5.0.0 Release Candidate

Features

• Add a new RSS block and follow-up improvements: 1, 2.
• Add a new Amazon Kindle embed block.
• Add a new FocalPointPicker component and use it to define the focal point of the Cover block background.

Enhancements

• Optimize the re-rendering performance when inserting/removing blocks.
• Improve the Reusable Blocks UX for contributor users.
• Disable embed previews for the smugmug provider.
• Make the fullscreen mode a desktop-only feature.
• Accessibility: Add speak messages when using the FeatureToggle component.
• Accessibility: Change the inserter search result message from assertive to polite.
• Accessibility: Remove duplicate aria label from menu items.
• Remove the "Show Download Button" toggle help text in the File block.
• Render the block switcher as disabled if not available in a multi-selection.
• Use a back arrow icon to clarify the Fullscreen mode exit button.
• Limit the Gallery block columns count to the images count.
• Automatically set a default block style if missing.
• Hide empty categories from the Categories block in the editor.
• Increase the padding of the gallery captions.
• Add left/right alignments to the latest posts block.
• Improve the columns margins.
• Add a help text for the hide teaser toggle in the More block.
• Improve the wording of the embed block messages.

Bug Fixes

• Accessibility: Fix the tab order of the date picker component.
• Support non hierarchical taxonomies in the category selector component.
• Fix blocks marked invalid incorrectly due to special HTML characters.
• Fix the Notice component styling.
• Fix the :root selector in the editor styles.
• Fix duplicate block toolbars.
• Fix warning message when using the DateTimePicker component.
• Fix the File block and Categories block style when applying custom classnames.
• Fix the Gallery block styling in Microsoft Edge.
• Fix the Button block styling when links are visited.
• Fix Block Style preview not dismissed after selection.
• Fix TabPanel buttons incorrectly submitting forms.
• Fix hierarchical dropdown in the Categories block.
• Fix wording for the color picker saturation.
• Fix the save keyboard shortcut while in the code editor mode.
• Fix the Google Docs table pasting.
• Fix jumps when indenting/outdenting list items.
• Fix FontSizePicker max width on mobile.
• Fix PHP 5.2.2 Parser issue.
• Fix plural messages POT generation.

Various

• Add ESnext build setup and commands to the @wordpress/scripts package.
• Add "focus on mount" config to the DropDown component.
• Improve the error handling in the data module resulting in clearer messages displayed in the console.
• Support marking days as invalid in the DatePicker component.
• Support block transforms with inner blocks.
• Improve the styles of the editor notices with actions.
• Replace Polldaddy embed block with Crowdsignal.
• Avoid setting the generic Edit Post Title on load.
• Deprecate window._wpLoadGutenbergEditor.
• Avoid an empty classname when deleting custom classnames.
• Add className prop support to the ServerSideRender component.

Documentation

• Improve the components README files
  • DropdownMenu.
  • RangeControl.
  • Add code example of the MediaPlaceholder component.
• Add a accessibility dedicated page.
• Add a Git workflow documentation page.
• Reorganize the contributors guide.
• Mention the dark theme support in the design docs.
• Enhance the compose package documentation.
• Expand the block templates code examples.
• Fix unregisterBlockType code examples.
• Clarify the block styles isDefault property.
• Move the npm packages management documentation to a dedicated page.
• Add a section explaining the links usage in the documentation.
• Add a note about the wp-editor dependency when using RichText.
• Update the isShallowEqual package documentation and tests.
• Refresh the repository management doc.
• Typos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

Chore

• Remove PHP Code maintained in Core and bump minimum WordPress version:
  • Block registration.
  • REST API Endpoints.
  • Markdown support fix.
  • Gutenberg body classname and responsive classname.
  • Preloading API calls.
  • Block detection utilities.
  • List screen integration.
  • Block content version.
  • Block categories hook.
  • TinyMCE scripts registration.
  • Reusable blocks post type labels and listing page.
  • Block Types Initialization.
  • PHP Unit tests.
  • Compatibility script.
  • Meta boxes support.
  • Polyfills.
  • oEmbed Proxy Endpoint filter.
  • Visual Editing Disabling.
• Update browserlist dependency.
• New E2E tests: Date floating for pending posts.
• New ESlint rules:
  • Enforce ES6 object shorthand syntax.
  • Declare variables only when used.
• Use ES5 eslint config for the is-shallow-equal package.
• Mark the eslint config as a root config.
• Remove the feedback form from the plugin.
• I18n:
  • Use a placeholder for the WordPress minimum version.
  • Use Sentence case in toolbar tooltips.
• Add the FontAwesome licenses to the GPL 2 compatible licenses.
• Move the generated spec parser to the corresponding package.
• Refactor the nonce apiFetch middleware.
• Refactor the list block indent/outdent buttons.
• Fix watching file changes on Linux.
• Update the question issue template in GitHub to redirect help requests.
• Fix wp-settings permissions in the local development environment.
• Use a filter to populate the demo content.

Mobile

• Improve the hide keyboard button.
• Add the PostTitle component support.
• Support Enter key press in the post title.
• Support native Media Upload.
• Support undo/redo in the post title.
• Make the InspectorControls available for mobile blocks.
• Add failed media upload support and cancel buttons.
• Introduce the BottomSheet component.