Summary: The navigation section of browse mode (technical project name) is being removed for 6.2 RC 2. This does not impact the additional way of managing your menus within the block settings of the Navigation block. This was a Continue reading FYI: Navigation section of new Site Editor experienced removed for 6.2 RC 2
Trac ticket #54504 was created to upgrade the Requests library to 2.0.0. Requests 2.0.0 was a major release and contains breaking changes. Additional upgrades to 2.0.5 were completed during this process. View the upgrade guide. Namespacing introduced Requests 2.0.0 introduces Continue reading Requests library upgraded to 2.0.5 in WordPress 6.2
Introduction The Patterns API is a powerful feature in WordPress that allows developers to create pre-designed blocks of content that can be easily inserted into posts, pages, custom post types, and templates. With the introduction of WordPress 6.2, the Patterns Continue reading Patterns API expanded to include template_types property
The new Block Inspector tabs aim to help organize and delineate the design tools within the Block Inspector sidebar. Before these tabs, the sidebar was becoming increasingly crowded and challenging to use. With the release of WordPress 6.2, you’ll find Continue reading Introduction of Block Inspector Tabs
Shadows are an important part of a design – they help to establish a hierarchy of content and help bring focus to particular areas of a site. With WordPress 6.2 it is now possible to add and modify shadows to Continue reading Shadows in Global Styles with WordPress 6.2
This post was co-authored by Adam Zielinski @zieladam and Dennis Snell @dmsnell WordPress 6.2 introduces WP_HTML_Tag_Processor – a tool for block authors to adjust HTML tag attributes in block markup within PHP. It’s the first component in a new HTML Continue reading Introducing the HTML API in WordPress 6.2
In this dev note, you will find a collection of smaller changes to existing features and deprecated APIs and components. Table of Contents Fluid typography minimum font sizeHow to use the minimum font size in your themeSizing controls for flex Continue reading Miscellaneous Editor changes in WordPress 6.2
The problem WordPress 2.5 introduced copy_dir() for copying a directory from one location to another. This function recursively creates the necessary subdirectories and copies files to their respective location in the new folder. However, there was previously no function to Continue reading Introducing move_dir() in WordPress 6.2
WordPress 6.2 adds a new position block support feature, beginning with support for sticky positioning, with the Group block opted-in by default. For themes using the appearanceTools feature in theme.json, the Group block will now be able to be set to “sticky”. The Continue reading Sticky position block support
WordPress 6.2 ships with version 18 of React, the JavaScript library used to build the Block Editor and all custom blocks. It comes with several new features, improvements, and bug fixes, including a new rendering algorithm, called concurrent mode. (#45235) Continue reading Upgrading to React 18 and common pitfalls of concurrent mode
WordPress 6.2 introduces a new skipBlockSupportAttributes prop to exclude attributes and styles related to block supports in the ServerSideRender component. This makes it easier to properly add support to blocks with the ServerSideRender components. ServerSideRender is a component used for server-side rendering a preview of dynamic blocks Continue reading Add new prop to ServerSideRender component
Global Custom CSS A custom CSS input box has been added to the Global Styles settings in the Site Editor. This provides similar functionality to the custom CSS input available in Customizer for classic themes. This option appears under the Continue reading Custom CSS for global styles and per block
In WordPress 6.2, a new minimum height block support feature has been added, with the Group and Post Content blocks opted-in by default. For themes using the appearanceTools feature in theme.json, the control will be available in the inspector controls, under Dimensions. It Continue reading Minimum height dimensions block support
Due to privacy concerns, the themes from Twenty Twelve to Twenty Seventeen will not fetch their fonts from Google addresses, starting with the next version. Twenty Twelve3.9Twenty Thirteen3.8Twenty Fourteen3.6Twenty Fifteen3.4Twenty Sixteen2.9Twenty Seventeen3.2 Each theme would serve a new stylesheet from Continue reading Google Fonts are included locally in bundled themes
This post lists notable changes to the @wordpress/components package for the WordPress 6.2 release: Deprecating bottom margin on control components Increased consistency when applying inline styles and class names to control components ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
Various internationalization (i18n) improvements found their way into WordPress 6.2, which I’d like to cover in this dedicated dev note. Make it easier to switch to a user’s locale A while back, WordPress 4.7 introduced user admin languages and locale Continue reading I18N Improvements in 6.2
This dev note is a follow up to a previous dev note: Content only editing and other locking updates. The Gutenberg PR, #43037, which introduced the feature, added a filter hook with the same namespace (‘core/style/with-block-controls’) as an existing filter Continue reading Update to content only editing filter namespace