Changelog

Enhancements

• Add: Reorder control at the field level on the new view configuration UI. (64381)
• Core Data Types: recordId can be a number. (64796)
• Core Data: Derive collection totals for unbound queries. (64772)
• Create Block: Set minimum supported WordPress version to 6.6. (64920)
• Dataviews Filter search widget: Do not use Composite store. (64985)
• Dataviews list view: Do not use Composite store. (64987)
• Move bulk actions menu to the Footer, consolidate with floating toolbar and total items display. (64268)
• Try: Update block warnings. (64997)

Components

• Add variants to InputControl prefix/suffix wrappers. (64824)
• AlignmentMatrixControl: Do not use Composite store. (64850)
• CircularOptionPicker: Stop using composite store. (64833)
• Composite: Accept store props on top level component. (64832)
• DataViews: Adds two new stories for edge cases. (64975)
• Decrease standard padding to 12px. (64708)
• DropdownMenuV2: Add GroupLabel subcomponent. (64854)
• DropdownMenuV2: Update animation. (64868)
• DropdownMenuV2: Use overloaded naming conventions. (64654)
• InputControl: Tighten gap between input and prefix/suffix. (64908)
• Navigator: Polish Storybook examples. (64798)
• Navigator: Remove location history, simplify internal logic. (64675)
• UnitControl: Update unit select styles. (64712)
• Update hard-coded border-radius instances. (64693)
• Update modal animation. (64580)

Block bindings

• Add warning in attributes connected to invalid sources. (65002)
• Allow only admin users to create and modify bindings by default. (64570)
• Lock editing in fields in editor if meta fields panel is opened. (64738)
• Rely on Text component instead of Truncate in bindings panel. (65007)
• Remove getPlaceholder API and rely on key argument or source label. (64910)

Block Editor

• Add 'Reset' option to MediaReplaceFlow component. (64826)
• Block Patterns List: Do not use Composite store. (64983)
• Remove the Shuffle block toolbar button. (64954)
• Show block icon in contentOnly toolbar. (64694)

Block Library

• Cover Block: Move Clear Media button from Inspector Controls to Block Controls. (64630)
• Improve Social Icons setup and appending. (64877)
• Pagination Block: Fix inconsistent margins between editor and frontend. (64874)
• Tag Cloud: Improve state of block with no tags. (63774)

Block Locking

• ContentOnly: Add support for block styles on top-level contentOnly locked blocks. (64872)
• Only show title in content only toolbar if has title value. (64840)
• Remove ability to crop image if content only mode. (64838)
• Rename Alt to Alternative Text in content only image toolbar. (64841)

Interactivity API

• Categories Block: Add iAPI directive for client-side routing. (64907)
• Improve internal deepMerge function. (64879)

Global Styles

• Hide typeset button when there are no typesets available. (64515)
• Use four color palette colors instead of five for useStylesPreviewColors. (64700)

Zoom Out

• Add "Edit" button to Zoom Out mode toolbar. (64571)
• Double click block to exit zoom out mode. (64573)

Design Tools

• Comment Edit Link: Add Border Block Support. (64239)
• Comment Reply Link: Add border support. (64271)

Icons

• Add thumbs up and down icons. (65004)

Site Editor

• Apply radius scale in the editor. (64930)

Post Editor

• Post publish upload media dialog: Handle upload errors. (64823)

Typography

• Fluid typography: Allow individual preset overrides. (64790)

Media

• Add experiment for client-side media processing. (64650)

REST API

• Core Data: Resolve entity collection user permissions. (64504)

Block Transforms

• Details block: Add transform from any block type. (63422)

New APIs

Extensibility

• Editor: Add extensibility to PreviewOptions v2. (64644)

Bug Fixes

• Add safeguard to mediaUploadMiddleware. (64843)
• Allow multi-select on iOS Safari/touch devices. (63671)
• Fix Modify content-locked menu item not showing if the block is not selected. (61605)
• Fix editor error in Safari due to availability of checkVisibility method. (65069)
• Fix: Pagination arrows are pointing in the wrong direction in RTL languages. (64962)
• Footnotes: Only replace attribute if footnotes were detected. (63935)
• Paste: Fix image paste from Google Forms. (64502)
• Revert Focus pattern inserter search when activating zoom out inserter. (64748)

Block Library

• De-duplicate block toolbar icons for patterns. (65054)
• Fix: Page list: Pages without a title has no link text. (64297)
• Position BlockToolbar below all of the selected block's descendants. (62711)
• Site Logo Block: Fix non-admin users seeing zero character. (65010)
• Site Logo: Fix loader alignment issue. (64919)
• Template Part: Hide Advanced panel for non-admin users. (64721)
• Video Block: Fix layout issue. (64834)

Components

• ColorPalette utils: Do not normalize undefined color values. (64969)
• DatePicker: Restore round radius for event dot. (65031)
• DropdownMenuV2: Fix active and focus-visible item glitches. (64942)
• DropdownMenuV2: Remove flashing styles when moving focus with keyboard. (64873)
• Fixes "delete" action in DataViews' storybook. (64901)
• Navigator: Fix isInitial, refine focusSelector logic. (64786)
• Range control: Restore bottom margin rule. (65035)

Post Editor

• Add back editor-post-locked-modal to post lock component. (64257)
• Add context to View string in post actions. (65046)
• Apply space below content using a pseudo-element instead of padding-bottom. (64639)
• Post Title: Fix pasting in Safari. (64671)
• Post Title: Move selection at the end after pasting over the text. (64665)
• Post publish upload media dialog: Fix silent failure. (64741)

Data Views

• DataViews: Fix field reordering and visibility logic. (64999)
• Fix actions scrim in list layout. (64696)
• Fix data views style inheritance. (64933)
• Fix: Impossible to see pagination on viewports between small and medium. (64844)
• List layout: Update broken styles. (64837)

Block Editor

• Add conditions when the Shuffle button can be displayed. (64888)
• Inserter: Fix subtle media insertion error. (65057)
• Post Editor: Fix click space after post content to append. (64992)
• Writing flow: Fix triple click inside text blocks. (64928)

Global Styles

• Adjust spacing of background panel. (64880)
• Cast globalFluid value to boolean. (64882)
• Fix site editor broken when fontWeight is not defined or is an integer in theme.json or theme styles. (64953)
• Fixes the default fluid value on the UI based on the global typography fluid value. (64803)

Block bindings

• Change placeholder when attribute is bound. (64903)
• Fix empty custom fields not being editable in bindings. (64881)

CSS & Styling

• Featured Image Block: Reduce CSS specificity. (64463)
• Retain the same specificity for non iframed selectors. (64534)

Patterns

• Pass 'blocks' as inner blocks value. (65029)

Synced Patterns

• Pattern: Don't render block controls when an entity is missing. (65028)

Site Editor

• DataViews: Fix pattern title direction in RTL languages. (64967)

NUX

• Fix visibility of the template Welcome Guide in the Site Editor. (64789)

Document Settings

• Fix: Adjust Site URL Styles to Prevent Overflow in Pre-Publish Component. (64745)

Zoom Out

• Focus selected block in editor canvas when clicking edit button on zoom out mode toolbar. (64725)

Templates API

• Make plugin-registered templates overriden by themes to fall back to plugin-registered title and description. (64610)

Block Style Variations

• Block Styles: Ensure unique classname generation for variations. (64511)

Distraction Free

• Make Distraction Free not conditional on viewport width. (63949)

Media

• Limit the max width of image to its container size. (63341)

Accessibility

Components

• AlignmentMatrixControl: Simplify styles and markup. (64827)
• TimePicker: Use ToggleGroupControl for AM/PM toggle. (64800)

Block Editor

• Layout content and wide width controls: Remove confusing icon and clarify labels. (64891)

Font Library

• Font Library Modal: Group font variations as a list. (64029)

Post Editor

• Fix the post summary Status toggle button accessibility. (63988)

Performance

• Core Data: Avoid loops in 'registry.batch' calls. (64955)
• Core data: Performance: Fix receive user permissions. (64894)
• Reusable blocks: Fix performance of __experimentalGetAllowedPatterns. (64871)

Site Editor

• Add 'OPTIONS /page' to preloaded paths. (64890)
• Editor: Don't use selector shortcuts for the Site data. (64884)

Block Library

• Media & Text: Don't use background-image. (64981)

Post Editor

• Editor: Remove create template permission check in 'VisualEditor'. (64905)

Block Editor

• Inserter: Use lighter grammar parse to check allowed status. (64902)

Patterns

• Shuffle: Don't call '__experimentalGetAllowedPatterns' for every block. (64736)

Experiments

Zoom Out

• Add new zoom out experiment. (65048)
• Remove the experiment that connects zoom out to the pattern inserter. (65045)

Documentation

• Add a new section to the SlotFill reference to show how to conditionally render Fills. (64807)
• Added Global Documentation in several php file. (64956)
• Components: Move displayName assignment to top-level files. (64793)
• Composite: Add context-forwarding with SlotFill example. (65051)
• Composite: Fix Storybook docgen. (64682)
• Corrected HTML Syntax for Closing Tags in api-reference.md file. (64778)
• DataViews docs: Fix typo in direction values. (64973)
• DataViews: Add story about combining fields. (64984)
• DataViews: Document combined fields. (64904)
• Dataviews docs: Layout properties checks and link. (64918)
• Docs/iAPI: Fix wrong code snippets in API reference. (64416)
• Docs: Update design resources to indicate edit isn't free. (64792)
• PluginSidebarMoreMenuItem: Update example, screenshot and description. (64761)
• Provide better examples and remove outdating site edit references for the MainDashboardButton SlotFill. (64753)
• Removing ryanwelcher as a documentation codeowner because my inbox is dead. (64762)
• Storybook: Hide deprecated __next36pxDefaultSize prop. (64806)
• Update screenshot and description for PluginSidebar slot. (64759)
• Update text to match code examples. (64751)
• Update the import for PluginBlockSettingsMenuItem. (64758)
• Updated Several Typos in Doc files. (64787)
• [Docs]: Update Usage Example for block variation picker: Fix Import from Wrong Package. (55555)

Code Quality

• Button: Add lint rule for 40px size prop usage. (64835)
• Dataviews filter: Move resetValueOnSelect prop to combobox item. (64852)
• Rename refs to fix tons of 'Mutating a value' errors in react-compiler. (64718)
• Rich text: Add comment on placeholder approach. (64945)
• SelectControl: Fix remaining 40px size violations. (64831)
• Simplify useResizeObserver. (64820)
• Typography: Backport comment changes only. (64859)
• UnitControl: Add lint rule for 40px size prop usage. (64520)
• UnitControl: Move to stricter lint rule for 40px size adherence. (65017)
• Use rectIntersect instead of a custom argument to rectUnion. (64855)

Site Editor

• Add Custom Template modal: Do not use Composite store. (65044)
• Add units to avoid console warning. (64810)
• Edit Site Layout: Remove redundant fullResizer. (64821)
• Remove unused 'useSiteEditorSettings' hook. (64892)
• Style Book: Do not use Composite store. (65047)

Block Editor

• Block Inserter Listbox: Do not use Composite store. (65042)
• Block Inserter Media List: Do not use Composite store. (65043)
• Block Pattern Setup: Do not use Composite store. (65039)
• Global Styles Shadow Panel: Do not use Composite store. (65041)
• Pattern Transformations Menu: Do not use Composite store. (65040)

Zoom Out

• Add selector for getting section root clientId. (65001)
• Don't pass 'rootClientId' to block lock selectors. (64887)
• Fix error and improve privacy of sectionRootClientId setting. (65000)

Components

• AlignmentMatrixControl: Promote to stable. (60913)
• Deprecate DimensionControl. (64951)

Block Library

• Block Bindings: Fix ESLint warnings. (64684)
• Video Block: Remove custom CSS code for placeholder style. (64861)

Global Styles

• Allow referenced zero value and simplify getValueFromObjectPath calls. (64836)
• Navigator: Replace deprecated NavigatorToParentButton with NavigatorBackButton. (64775)

Block Directory

• Downloadable Block List: Do not use composite store. (65038)

Design Tools

• Color panel hook: Rename to remove ambiguity. (64993)

Tools

• Add remaining i18n rules to recommended ESLint ruleset. (64710)
• Scripts: Added chunk filename in webpack configuration to avoid reading stale files. (58176)
• Scripts: Import CSS files before optimization. (61121)
• Scripts: Update puppeteer-core dependency. (64597)

Testing

• Flaky Test: Fix "Sorting" test in new-templates-list.spec.js. (64776)
• Revert "Downgrade node 22(.5) unit tests to 22.4 (#63728)". (63758)

Various

• Dataviews docs: Fixed property name for defaultLayouts settings. (64897)
• task: Remove dcalhoun code owner. (64886)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @Imran92: Fix site editor broken when fontWeight is not defined or is an integer in theme.json or theme styles. (64953)
• @jacobcassidy: Scripts: Update puppeteer-core dependency. (64597)
• @jawadmalikdev: [Docs]: Update Usage Example for block variation picker: Fix Import from Wrong Package. (55555)
• @lezama: Editor: Add extensibility to PreviewOptions v2. (64644)
• @rithik56: Scripts: Added chunk filename in webpack configuration to avoid reading stale files. (58176)
• @rohitmathur-7: Cover Block: Move Clear Media button from Inspector Controls to Block Controls. (64630)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @afercia @akasunil @Aljullu @andrewserong @atachibana @benoitchantre @carolinan @cbravobernal @ciampo @DAreRodz @dcalhoun @desrosj @dsas @ellatrix @fullofcaffeine @getdave @gziolo @Imran92 @imrraaj @jacobcassidy @jameskoster @jasmussen @jawadmalikdev @jeryj @jorgefilipecosta @jsnajdr @juanmaguitar @kevin940726 @lezama @Mamaduka @matiasbenedetto @mirka @noisysocks @ntsekouras @oandregal @ockham @ramonjd @richtabor @rithik56 @rohitmathur-7 @ryanwelcher @SantosGuillamot @scruffian @sgomes @shail-mehta @spacedmonkey @stokesman @swissspidy @t-hamano @talldan @tjcafferkey @tyxla