Release 18.5.0 RC1 · WordPress/gutenberg

Changelog

Features

Global Styles

Add defaultSpacingSizes option (theme.json v3). (61842)
Edit/create shadows in global styles. (60706)
Relocate Background Image controls to sit under Layout. (61886)

Block Styles

Extend block style variations as mechanism for achieving section styling. (57908)

Enhancements

Block settings: Update variant of "Apply globally" Button component to secondary. (61850)
Editor: Align the Post Format control design with the rest of the post sidebar controls. (62066)
Editor: Polish the style of some of the post summary rows. (61645)
Format Library: Refactor 'Inline Image' edit component. (62135)
Post Sticky Toggle: Improve the design. (62012)
Post Summary: Move PostTemplatePanel below URL and Author. (62137)
Remove trash button in post/page inspector. (61792)
Shadows instead of borders on interface skeleton. (61835)
Tweak contextual block toolbar position. (61836)
Update: For synced entities the icon should be purple. (62024)
Update: Implement new author panel design. (61362)
Update: Implement new parent and order design. (61918)
Update: Move duplicate pattern and template part actions to the editor package. (61879)

Site Editor

Block Editor: Check for multiple block usage in the block-editor package. (62086)
Copy custom CSS between variations when switching. (61752)
Data views: Align page headers. (62115)
Inspector summary rows: Make tooltips appear middle-left. (61815)
Inspector: Add '/' prefix to Link button. (62073)
Inspector: Display home / posts page badge. (62071)
Inspector: Remove revisions panel. (61867)
Make post meta row button treatment consistent. (61954)
Remove 'Manage...' prefix in Pages / Templates data views. (62107)
Remove the details pages. (61741)
Update actions order in site editor for template and template parts. (61803)
Use site title as a link. (61258)
[Site Editor]: Add create pattern button in patterns page. (60302)
withRegistryProvider: Prevent intermediate state with no children. (61859)

Data Views

Add badge to title for posts & front pages. (61718)
Clarify date value in Pages. (61709)
DataViews: label prop in Actions API can be either a string or a function. (61942)
Fix pagination position on pages with short lists. (61712)
Pages data view: Add Pending and Private views. (62138)
Pages sidebar: Adds published & scheduled items. (62021)
Stop Patterns data view header shrinking. (61801)
Update grid layout on small screens. (61820)
Update list layout action styling. (61797)
Update page component (and some data view elements) spacing metrics. (61333)
Visually hide 'Actions' column header. (61710)

Global Styles

Add block-level Text Alignment UI. (61717)
Add option to remove site-wide theme background image. (61998)
Background image: Add support for relative theme path URLs in top-level theme.json styles. (61271)
Background image: Update controls defaults and layout. (62000)
Background images: Add defaults for background size. (62046)
Don't filter out typography variations where the heading and body fonts are the same. (61327)
Make color variations fit in a bit better visually. (61617)
Make it clearer how to edit a site's palette. (61364)
Move type presets below elements. (61863)
Restore the default variation to the color and typography style tiles. (61901)
Show shadow tool by default under global styles. (61981)

Components

Add vw and vh units to the custom font size picker. (60607)
CustomSelectControlV2: Use InputBase for styling. (60261)
Introduce Combobox expandOnFocus property. (61705)
Tabs: Indicator animation. (60560)
Try: Add CSS Custom Properties to CSS types. (61872)

Zoom Out

Hide inserters behind the experiment flag. (61866)
Inserter: Auto-close the inserter unless the zoom out experiment is on. (61856)
Show the inserters only when a section is selected. (61559)
The patterns tab behind a new experiment. (61601)

Block bindings

Add Block Bindings Panel to Block Inspector. (61527)
Add indicator for metadata changes to Save Panel when reviewing modified entities. (61811)
Allow editing in post meta source. (61753)
Lock binding editing with functions. (61734)

Block Editor

Adjust pattern list items resting, hover, focus styles. (61831)
Tweak pattern categories sidebar. (62113)
Writing flow: Remove first empty paragraph on Backspace. (61889)

Block Library

Added Bluesky icon to the Social Icon Block. (61372)
Enable shadow support for cover block. (61883)
Media & Text: Replace the deprecated __experimentalImageSizeControl with ResolutionTool. (57540)

Block Variations

Have getActiveBlockVariation return variation with highest specificity. (62031)
Support dot notation in isActive string array. (62088)

Interactivity API

Add script module data implementation. (61658)
Clarify some warning messages. (61720)

Layout

More consistent root padding. (60715)
Try using coloured overlay instead of border for grid visualiser. (61390)

Inspector Controls

Align both "Design" pattern list panels. (62161)

Post Editor

Add home template details to inspector controls. (61762)

Patterns

Adjust the icons and text of the binding connected blocks. (61560)

Synced Patterns

Add __default binding for pattern overrides. (60694)

Bug Fixes

Compose: Fix 'useFocusOnMount' cleanup callback. (62053)
Do not auto save post status changes. (62171)
Editor: Fix canvas padding in post editor. (61893)
Editor: Only render the site logo once if there's a fill. (62320)
EntityProvider: Avoid remounts and simplify. (61882)
Fix shadow and border for pattern categories panel. (62158)
Image Block: Conditionally Render Block Control Based on Component Presence. (62132)
Interactivity API: Fix null and number strings as namespaces runtime error. (61960)
PostCardPanel: Fix ESLint error. (62109)
Remove build-types/ clean from clean:Packages. (62008)
Script Modules: Fix private method reflection access. (62154)
ServerSideRender: Fix data loading in development mode. (62140)
Shadow Panel: Make subtitle translatable. (62022)
Site Editor: Fix the Root Padding styles. (61906)
Writing flow: Fix heading crash on split (via paste). (61900)
e2e: Fix Site Editor Styles test. (62111)

Block Editor

Fix being unable to switch modes while inserter is open. (61563)
Fix editor inserter tabs indicator. (61973)
Fix positioning of close icons in panels to be consistent. (61832)
Fix syncing of publish date between publish and post status panel. (62165)
Improve link conrol preview when show button text label is enabled. (61726)
Inserter: Show all blocks (alternative). (62169)
Inserter: Update Openverse API URLs. (62241)
InspectorControls: Text not displayed when "Show button text labels" is enabled. (61949)
Link Control: Fix focus handlers in development mode. (62141)
Media & Text block: Remove the link option when the featured image is used. (60510)
Writing flow: Fix paste for input fields. (61389)

Post Editor

Consolidate and fix delete and edit post actions. (61912)
Consolidate and fix rename post action. (61857)
Document Bar: Decode HTML entities and take into account cases where there is no title. (62087)
Editor: Don't apply purple accent to the unsynced pattern title. (61704)
Editor: Ensure Copy button in sidebar copies whole permalink, with URL protocol. (61876)
Editor: Fix the 'DocumentBar' position for long titles. (61691)
Editor: Render publish date control when the status is future(scheduled). (62070)
Editor: Unify button size in pre-publish panel. (62123)
Editor: Use edited entity for post actions. (61892)
Fix read only post status styles. (61722)
Post Actions: Hide the trash action for auto-drafts. (61865)

Global Styles

Fix make dimensions.aspectRatios key of theme.json files translatable. (61774)
Hide the presets panel for when there are less or exactly one presets available. (62074)
Prevent Typography panel title from wrapping. (62124)
Shadow Panel: Generates unique shadow slugs by finding max suffix and incrementing it. (61997)
Styles: try wrapping with :Root to fix reset styles. (61638)
Transform Styles: Update selector so that styles work when custom fields panel is active. (62121)
Update copy for color variations from "Presets" to "Palettes". (62147)

Block Library

Classic block: Fix content syncing effect for React StrictMode. (62051)
Don't steal focus when opening browse all blocks. (61975)
Fix: The latest post block - post titles overlapping. (61356)
Fixed : Update alt text decision tree links to be translatable. (62076)
Fixed: Custom HTML Block should display content in LTR layout for all languages. (62083)
More block: Fix React warning when adding custom text. (61936)
useUploadMediaFromBlobURL: Prevent duplicate uploads in StrictMode. (62059)

Site Editor

Align the template title to the center in the 'Add template' screen. (62175)
Close publish sidebar if not in edit mode. (61707)
Fix the site editor Admin Bar menu item. (61851)
Use a consistent snackbar position. (61756)

Components

Block card: Fix typographic widow. (61438)
Fix: The focus styles for tabPanel. (61317)
InputControl: Fix z-index issue causing slider dots to appear in front of the Appearance dropdown. (61937)
getAutocompleterUI: Don't redefine ListBox component on every render. (61877)

Synced Patterns

Block Bindings: Filter pattern overrides source in bindings panel. (62015)
Fix detaching patterns when a pattern has overrides, but there are no override values. (62014)

Block Variations

Detect active variation correctly based on RichText attribute. (62325)

Block bindings

Don't show non-existing and not supported attributes in block bindings panel. (62183)

Layout

Remove extra bracket in the site editor root padding styles. (62159)

Block Styles

Fix block style variation styles for blocks with complex selectors. (62125)

Code Editor

Editor: Unify text/code editor between post and site editors. (61934)

Page Content Focus

Remove lock icons from Content blocks inner blocks when editing a page in the site editor. (61922)

Patterns

Templates: Only resolve patterns for REST API endpoints. (61757)

Interactivity API

Turn named capturing groups back into numbered ones inside toVdom. (61728)

Block API

Fix: Enable Text Align UI to be controlled correctly with theme.json. (61182)

REST API

Return an empty object when no fallback templates are found (wp/v2/templates/lookup). (60925)

Accessibility

Global Styles

Shadow Panel: Improve a11y and fix browser console error. (61980)

Data Views

Always show Actions table header. (61847)

Block Library

Fix: Adds help props for description of Play Inline toggle. (61310)

Performance

Perf: Batch block list settings in single action. (61329)
Remove additional call to WP_Theme_JSON_Gutenberg::__construct. (61262)

Interactivity API

Introduce wp-on-async directive as performant alternative over synchronous wp-on directive. (61885)

Post Editor

DocumentBar: Only selected data needed for rendering. (61706)

Experiments

Interactivity API

Use output buffer and HTML tag processor to inject directives on BODY tag for full-page client-side navigation. (61212)

Documentation

Add JSDoc to PostVisibility, PostVisibilityCheck, and PostVisibilityLabel. (61735)
Add PostURL component documentation. (61737)
Add a section about block filters to the Filters and Hooks doc. (61771)
Add an example and improve readability of the Block Filters doc. (61770)
Add docblock to PostTitle and PostTitleRaw component. (61740)
Add documentation for DocumentBar. (61733)
Add documentation for PostFeaturedImage, PostFeaturedImageCheck, PostFeaturedImagePanel. (61165)
Add documentation for PostLastRevision, PostLastRevisionCheck, PostLastRevisionPanel components. (61166)
Add documentation for PostSchedule, PostScheduleCheck, PostSchedulePanel, PostScheduleLabel, usePostScheduleLabel components. (61345)
Add documentation for the EditorNotices component. (61736)
Add documentation for the EditorProvider and ExperimentalEditorProvider components. (61739)
Added missing @global documentation. (61537)
Changelog: Add note about removing legacy operators. (62013)
Docs: Fix spacing in PHP doc block in comments block. (61911)
EditorBoundary editor component. (61950)
Fix typo. (61830)
Fix: Block library README.md link. (62081)
Fix: Custom block editor link. (61962)
For PostTextEditor component. (62099)
LocalAutosaveMonitor editor component. (61951)
PageTemplate + PostTemplatePanel editor components. (61961)
PostComments editor component. (61964)
PostDiscussionPanel editor component. (61966)
PostExcerptPanel editor component. (61967)
PostLockedModal editor component. (61968)
PostPendingStatus + PostPendingStatusCheck editor components. (61970)
PostPingbacks editor component. (62035)
PostPreviewButton editor component. (62036)
Storybook: Add badges based on tags. (61111)
Update PostFormat, PostFormatCheck editor component documentation. (61732)
Update block.json file with correct links. (61880)
Update link to architecture key concepts. (61965)
Update links to correct lodash website. (62188)
Update plugin-document-setting-panel.md. (61782)
Update tutorial.md. (62054)

Code Quality

Add curly brace autofix commit to .git-blame-ignore-revs. (62144)
Add eslint rule for curly brace presence in JSX. (62026)
Blocks: Remove pipe usage and dependency on compose. (62127)
Clean up packages build-types when cleaning types. (61939)
Command Palette: Remove unused URL parameter. (61783)
Commands: Unify the editor context between post and site editors. (61862)
Dataviews: Remove unused dependencies. (62010)
Distraction Free: Unify the header animation. (62167)
Editor: Move editor toggle commands to the editor package. (62093)
Editor: Move the InterfaceSkeleton to the editor package. (62118)
Editor: Move the resizing of the editor to the EditorCanvas component. (61896)
Editor: Remove extra div container and unify the container between post and site editors. (62016)
Editor: Remove obsolete listViewLabel prop from DocumentTools. (62032)
Editor: Remove useless props from InserterSidebar component. (62103)
Editor: Unify the MediaUpload hook between post and site editors. (62085)
Editor: Unify the content area of the post and site editors. (61860)
Fix: React compiler error on button. (61958)
Fix: Remove unused css block on patterns page. (62058)
Fix: Remove unused css code from the navigation screen. (62060)
Fix: Some jsdoc return types on edit site selector. (62061)
Improve distclean script. (62019)
Interactivity API: Move all utils inside utils.ts. (61721)
Interactivity API: Move init.js to TypeScript. (61723)
Make onPatternCategorySelection private. (62130)
Remove useless clsx calls. (61969)
Rename backport-changelog/6279.md to backport-changelog/6.6/6279.md. (61894)
Update: Remove unused components. (61955)
end-to-end Tests: Fix React warnings triggered by test plugins. (61935)

Components

CustomSelectControl: Fix menuProps mutation. (62149)
Fix remaining warning in ColorPanelDropdown. (61933)
Make the ProgressBar public. (61062)
Remove reduceMotion utility. (61963)
SlotFills: Use state for registry initialization. (61802)
Style Book: Use state to initialize examples. (61848)
Tooltip: Fix Ariakit tooltip store usage. (61858)
ProgressBar: Simplify default width implementation and make it more easily overridable. (61976)

Block Editor

Fix ZoomOutModeInserters dependencies. (61908)
Fix wrapper props mutation in BlockListBlock. (61789)
Remove some utility functions. (61784)
Shadows: Unlock private components and hooks at the file level. (61790)
Unlock private setting keys at the file level. (61813)
Unlock the private 'kebabCase' function at a file level. (60755)
useBlockInspectorAnimationSettings: Remove unnecessary deps. (61822)

Data Views

DataViews: Full type the dataviews package. (61854)
DataViews: Remove non-used file. (61853)
DataViews: Remove unnecessary dependency for pattern fields memo. (61870)
DataViews: Type all the filters components. (61795)
DataViews: Type the BulkActionsToolbar component. (61673)
DataViews: Type the ViewActions component. (61729)
DataViews: Type the ViewTable component. (61682)

Block Library

Added unit test for post excerpt block render function. (43451)
Avoid using component naming conventions for non-component code. (61793)
Button: Fix ESLint warning. (62126)
Remove CSS hack for Internet Explorer 11. (62043)
Remove useless styles. (62017)
Search Block: Fix borderRadius mutation. (61794)

Site Editor

History: Add getLocationWithParams method. (61823)
Navigation Focus Mode: Remove leftover code. (61897)
Remove useless onClick handler. (61902)
Update to use the EditorInterface component from the editor package. (62146)

Block hooks

Navigation block: Check for insert_hooked_blocks_into_rest_response i…. (62134)
Navigation block: Check for update_ignored_hooked_blocks_postmeta in core. (61903)

Font Library

Font Library Modal: Remove some contexts. (62042)

Post Editor

Template Actions: Fix console error when resetting template. (61921)

Global Styles

Components: Fix React Warning triggers by the new JSX transform. (61917)

Interactivity API

Interactivity API : Refactor interactivity-router to TS. (61730)

CSS & Styling

Fix editor view mode canvas shadow. (61688)

Tools

Build: Use globalThis over process.env and enable TS lib checking. (61486)

Testing

E2E: Fix canvas waiter in visitSiteEditor. (61816)
PaletteEdit: Fix another flaky test. (61818)
PaletteEdit: Fix flaky test. (61791)
Playwright end-to-end Utils: Add fullscreenMode option to createNewPost. (61766)
Shadow: Add unit tests for shadow support. (60063)
Skip flaky 'Zoom out' end-to-end test. (61925)
Synced Pattern: Wait for pattern creation in end-to-end tests. (62174)
Tests: Change how directives processing gets disabled. (62095)
Workflows: Try a backport changelog. (61785)

Build Tooling

Add 60 minute timeout to performance job. (61957)
Enable parallel processing for PHPCS sniffs. (61700)
Fix an issue causing wp-scripts commands to fail if the file path contained a space character. (61748)
React: Upgrade to the new JSX transform. (61692)
Workflows: Test to check for label and skip backport changelog. (61808)

Various

Inserter: Encapsulate styles for tablist and close button. (61760)
Script Modules: Adjust filter and ID. (62170)
Update 'Add template' screen to prefer template_name label instead of singular_name. (60367)
Update: Move pattern actions to the editor package. [take 2]. (61612)

Synced Patterns

Remove IS_GUTENBERG_PLUGIN check to ensure pattern overrides ship in 6.6. (62011)

npm Packages

Packages: Increase the minimum required Node.js version to v18.12.0. (61930)

Layout

Update child layout selector to match core. (61777)

First time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first time contributors:

@akashdhawade2005: Fix: Block library README.md link. (62081)
@amitraj2203: Added Bluesky icon to the Social Icon Block. (61372)
@dbrian: Add JSDoc to PostVisibility, PostVisibilityCheck, and PostVisibilityLabel. (61735)
@gemkev: Update tutorial.md. (62054)
@kellenmace: Fix an issue causing wp-scripts commands to fail if the file path contained a space character. (61748)
@narenin: Fixed: Custom HTML Block should display content in LTR layout for all languages. (62083)
@nateinaction: Add documentation for the EditorProvider and ExperimentalEditorProvider components. (61739)
@paolopiaggio: Playwright end-to-end Utils: Add fullscreenMode option to createNewPost. (61766)
@sanjucta: Add docblock to PostTitle and PostTitleRaw component. (61740)
@vipul0425: Fix: The latest post block - post titles overlapping. (61356)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @abhi3315 @afercia @ajlende @akashdhawade2005 @akasunil @Aljullu @amitraj2203 @andrewserong @anton-vlasenko @anver @artemiomorales @carolinan @cbravobernal @colorful-tones @creativecoder @DaniGuardiola @DAreRodz @dbrian @draganescu @ellatrix @fabiankaegy @fullofcaffeine @gemkev @geriux @glendaviesnz @gziolo @jameskoster @jasmussen @jeryj @jorgefilipecosta @jsnajdr @kellenmace @kevin940726 @kt-12 @madhusudhand @Mamaduka @mattsherman @mcsf @michalczaplinski @mirka @narenin @nateinaction @ndiego @ntsekouras @oandregal @ockham @paolopiaggio @ramonjd @retrofox @richtabor @sanjucta @SantosGuillamot @scruffian @senadir @shail-mehta @sirreal @stokesman @t-hamano @talldan @taylorgorman @tellthemachines @tjcafferkey @twstokes @tyxla @vcanales @vipul0425 @westonruter @WunderBart @youknowriad