5.4.0-rc.1

Changelog

Features

• Add vertical alignment support for the columns block.
• Add playsinline support for the video block.

Enhancements

• Add the Media Library button to the gallery block appender.
• Improve appearance of the block hover state on colored backgrounds.
• Move the color and font size caption styles into theme styles.
• Replace the verse block icon.
• Standardize align and className attributes for dynamic blocks.
• Remove the title from mobile inserters.
• Capitalize button labels.
• Remove menu toggling on checkbox, radio buttons clicks.
• Make the invisible image resize handlers bigger.
• Improve the alt text field description.

Bug Fixes

• Improve the format boundary styles.
• Convert void blocks properly when converting or pasting content.
• Fix the ClipboardButton component behavior in Safari.
• Fix expanding the text selection when using shift + vertical arrows.
• Fix the alignment of the third-party block settings items.
• Fix invalid HTML in some more menu items.
• Fix JavaScript error in the columns block.
• Fix radio button appearance on small screens.
• Save line breaks in the preformatted block.
• Fix edge case in the is_gutenberg_page plugin function.
• Fix toolbar position in full size aligned blocks on small screens.
• Fix double scrollbar issue in Full Screen mode.
• Fix JavaScript error when downgrading to an old Gutenberg version.
• Fix the WordPress embed block resolution.
• Fix embedding links with trailing slashes.
• Fix the preloading apiFetch middleware when initialized empty.
• Fix php notice when using widgets without description.
• Better horizontal edge detection to fix the arrow key navigation in the table block.
• Fix error in API Fetch initialization.
• Fix unwanted margin in Column block.

Documentation

• Document the block editor module.
• Add design documentation for the Panel component.
• Document webpack config extensibility.
• Clarify experimental and unstable API guidelines.
• Setup automatic API documentation for the data module.
• Improve the automatic API documentation tool.
• Enhance the components documentation:
  • FormFileUpload component.
  • MediaPlaceholder component.
  • Notice component.
  • TextControl component.
• Updates the blocks creation tutorial.
• Typos & tweaks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

Various

• Implement a built-in static Gutenberg Playground.
• Override core block server-side code when using the plugin.
• Make the block editor module more reusable.
• Expose the lazy and Suspence React features in the element package.
• Avoid assuming persisted preferences state shape.
• Remove dead code from the calendar block renderer.
• Extract global CSS resets into reusable mixins.
• Replace image urls by base 64 encoded images in reusable CSS files.
• Add default empty implementation for the block types save function.
• Add a new data action to replace the inner blocks.
• Support parent data registry inheritance in the data module.
• Add extra props support for the Dashicon component.
• Add a BaseControl.VisualLabel component for purely visual labels.
• Refactor setupEditor effects to actions.
• Refactor the core/data store to be independent from the registry object.
• Remove componentWillMount usage from LatestPostEdit component.
• Add a generic e2e test for block transforms and work on its stability.
• Allow e2e test failures for php versions lower than 5.6.
• Add eslint rule to prevent incorrect truthy length property checks.
• Add eslint rule to prevent unsafe setTimeout usage in components.
• Run the local gutenberg environment in debug mode.
• Disable debug mode in local e2e tests.

5.3.0

Features

• Add the block management modal: Ability to hide/show blocks in the inserter.
• Support nested blocks for the Cover Block.
• Add an experimental Legacy Widget Block (enabled only in the plugin for the moment).

Enhancements

• Update the block outlines for the hover and selected states.
• Allow undoing automatic pattern block transformations.
• Add a RichText collapsed format toolbar for code, inline image and strikethrough formats.
• Allow collapsing inserter panels when searching.
• Add ability to transform video shortcodes to video blocks.
• Add ability to transform audio shortcodes to audio blocks.
• Add new @wordpress/data actions to invalidate the resolvers cache.
• Support custom classNames in the ToggleControl component.
• Clarify the button to exit the post lock modal.
• Improve the block validation error message.
• Automatically use the WordPress babel config when using @wordpress/scripts CLI.
• Add keyboard shortcuts to indent/outdent list items.
• Use links instead of buttons in the document outline.
• Use <s> for strikethrough, not <del>.
• Center the tooltips content.
• Update wording of the block switcher tooltip.
• Add support for the reduced motion browser mode.

Bug Fixes

• Always show the current month in the Calendar block for All CPTs but post.
• In the Latest posts block, avoid full line clickable titles.
• Avoid relying on DOM nodes to add the empty line in RichText component. This fixes a number of lingering empty lines.
• Fix the MediaPlaceholder icon color on dark backgrounds.
• Fix the Classic block toolbar in RTL languages.
• Fix the more tag in the Classic block.
• Fix the quote to heading block transformation.
• Fix “null” appearing when merging empty headings and paragraphs.
• Fix the block insertion restrictions in the global inserter.
• Fix the prepareEditableTree custom RichText Format API.
• Changes to the internal RichText format representation to separate objects (inline image..) from formats (bold…). This fixes a number of RichText issues.
• Fix the Spinner component styling in RTL languages.
• Fix focus loss when using the Set Featured Image buttons.
• Fix template lock not being taken into consideration.
• Fix composed characters at the beginning of RichText.
• Fix several block multi-selection bugs.
• Allow using a float number as a step when using the RangeControl component.
• Fix error when pasting a caption shortcode without an image tag.
• Fix focus loss when combining sidebars and modals (or popovers).
• Escape the greater than character when serializing the blocks content into HTML.
• Fix pasting links into the classic block.
• Include missing CSS in the classic block.

Documentation

• Enhance the i18n process documentation with a complete example.
• Add design guidelines to several components:
• The Button component
• The CheckboxControl component
• The MenuItemsChoice component.
• The MenuGroup component.
• Update the JavaScript setup tutorial to rely on the @wordpress/scripts package.
• Lowercase block editor and classic editor terms to conform to the copy guidelines.
• Use a central script to generate the JavaScript API documentation and run in parallel.
• Update the packages release process.
• Update the plugin release docs to rely on a lighter SVN checkout.
• Add automatic generation of JavaScript API documentation for:
  • @wordpress/element
  • @wordpress/escape-html
  • @wordpress/html-entities
  • @wordpress/keycodes
  • @wordpress/a11y
  • @wordpress/blob
  • @wordpress/block-library
  • @wordpress/compose
  • @wordpress/dom
  • @wordpress/i18n
  • @wordpress/autop
  • @wordpress/dom-ready
  • @wordpress/block-editor
  • @wordpress/rich-text
  • @wordpress/blocks
  • @wordpress/deprecated
  • @wordpress/priority-queue
  • @wordpress/shortcode
  • @wordpress/viewport
  • @wordpress/url
  • @wordpress/redux-routine
  • @wordpress/date
  • @wordpress/block-serialization-default-parser
  • @wordpress/plugins
  • @wordpress/wordcount
  • @wordpress/edit-post
• Link to the editor user documentation and remove the user documentation markdown file.
• Typos and tweaks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Various

• Upgrade to React 16.8.4 (React Hooks).
• Fix the dependencies of the e2e-tests and the e2e-test-utils npm packages.
• Avoid disabling regeneratorRuntime in the babel config to avoid globals in npm packages.
• Work on various e2e tests [stability](#1...

5.3.0-rc.1

Features

• Add the block management modal: Ability to hide/show blocks in the inserter.
• Support nested blocks for the Cover Block.
• Add an experimental Legacy Widget Block (enabled only in the plugin for the moment).

Enhancements

• Update the block outlines for the hover and selected states.
• Allow undoing automatic pattern block transformations.
• Add a RichText collapsed format toolbar for code, inline image and strikethrough formats.
• Allow collapsing inserter panels when searching.
• Add ability to transform video shortcodes to video blocks.
• Add ability to transform audio shortcodes to audio blocks.
• Add new @wordpress/data actions to invalidate the resolvers cache.
• Support custom classNames in the ToggleControl component.
• Clarify the button to exit the post lock modal.
• Improve the block validation error message.
• Automatically use the WordPress babel config when using @wordpress/scripts CLI.
• Add keyboard shortcuts to indent/outdent list items.
• Use links instead of buttons in the document outline.
• Use <s> for strikethrough, not <del>.
• Center the tooltips content.
• Update wording of the block switcher tooltip.
• Add support for the reduced motion browser mode.

Bug Fixes

• Always show the current month in the Calendar block for All CPTs but post.
• In the Latest posts block, avoid full line clickable titles.
• Avoid relying on DOM nodes to add the empty line in RichText component. This fixes a number of lingering empty lines.
• Fix the MediaPlaceholder icon color on dark backgrounds.
• Fix the Classic block toolbar in RTL languages.
• Fix the more tag in the Classic block.
• Fix the quote to heading block transformation.
• Fix “null” appearing when merging empty headings and paragraphs.
• Fix the block insertion restrictions in the global inserter.
• Fix the prepareEditableTree custom RichText Format API.
• Changes to the internal RichText format representation to separate objects (inline image..) from formats (bold…). This fixes a number of RichText issues.
• Fix the Spinner component styling in RTL languages.
• Fix focus loss when using the Set Featured Image buttons.
• Fix template lock not being taken into consideration.
• Fix composed characters at the beginning of RichText.
• Fix several block multi-selection bugs.
• Allow using a float number as a step when using the RangeControl component.
• Fix error when pasting a caption shortcode without an image tag.
• Fix focus loss when combining sidebars and modals (or popovers).
• Escape the greater than character when serializing the blocks content into HTML.
• Fix pasting links into the classic block.
• Include missing CSS in the classic block.

Documentation

• Enhance the i18n process documentation with a complete example.
• Add design guidelines to several components:
• The Button component
• The CheckboxControl component
• The MenuItemsChoice component.
• The MenuGroup component.
• Update the JavaScript setup tutorial to rely on the @wordpress/scripts package.
• Lowercase block editor and classic editor terms to conform to the copy guidelines.
• Use a central script to generate the JavaScript API documentation and run in parallel.
• Update the packages release process.
• Update the plugin release docs to rely on a lighter SVN checkout.
• Add automatic generation of JavaScript API documentation for:
  • @wordpress/element
  • @wordpress/escape-html
  • @wordpress/html-entities
  • @wordpress/keycodes
  • @wordpress/a11y
  • @wordpress/blob
  • @wordpress/block-library
  • @wordpress/compose
  • @wordpress/dom
  • @wordpress/i18n
  • @wordpress/autop
  • @wordpress/dom-ready
  • @wordpress/block-editor
  • @wordpress/rich-text
  • @wordpress/blocks
  • @wordpress/deprecated
  • @wordpress/priority-queue
  • @wordpress/shortcode
  • @wordpress/viewport
  • @wordpress/url
  • @wordpress/redux-routine
  • @wordpress/date
  • @wordpress/block-serialization-default-parser
  • @wordpress/plugins
  • @wordpress/wordcount
  • @wordpress/edit-post
• Link to the editor user documentation and remove the user documentation markdown file.
• Typos and tweaks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Various

• Upgrade to React 16.8.4 (React Hooks).
• Fix the dependencies of the e2e-tests and the e2e-test-utils npm packages.
• Avoid disabling regeneratorRuntime in the babel config to avoid globals in npm packages.
• Work on various e2e tests [stability](#1...

5.2.0

Enhancements

• Update the button block description wording.
• Design and a11y improvements for the custom color picker.
• Tweak the FontSizePicker height to match regular select elements.
• Improvements to the local state persistence behavior.
• Improvements to the URL input popove design.
• Disable block navigation and document outline items in text mode.
• Improve the quote block icons.
• Animate the sidebar tabs switching.

Bug Fixes

• Select the last block when pasting content.
• Fix the block validation when the default attribute value of a block is changed.
• Forces the min/max value validation in the RangeControl component.
• Display HTML properly in the post titles of the latest posts block.
• Fix drag and dropping a column block on itself.
• Fix new lines in the preformatted block.
• Fix text underline shortcut.
• Fix calling gutenberg plugin functions in the frontend context.
• Fix pasting a single line from Google Docs (ignoring the strong element).
• Fix FocalPointPicker rendering unlabelled input fields.
• Show the images uploaded in the gallery block in the media modal.
• Fix wordwise selection on Windows.
• Preserve empty table cells when pasting content.
• Fix focus loss when deleting the last block.

Documentation

• Add the Block specific toolbar button sample to the format api tutorial.
• Introduce a package to automatically generate the API documentation.
• Tweaks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Various

• Introduce a generic block editor module.
• Creates an empty page that will contain the future widget screen explorations.
• Fix emoji in the demo content.
• Warn when the user is using an inline element as a RichText container.
• Make Babel import JSX pragma plugin aware of the createElement usage.
• Include the JSX pragma plugin into the default WordPress babel config.
• Update the non-embeddable URLs wording.

Chore

• Refactoring of the block fixtures tests.
• Refactoring the eslint custom import lint rule.
• Refactoring the selection of previous/next blocks actions.
• Refactoring the post editor effects to use actions and resolvers instead.
• Use forEach instead of map when appropriate and enforce it with an eslint rule.
• Remove TinyMCE external dependency mapping.
• Extract webpack config into the scripts package.
• Improve e2e tests stability.t
• Avoid mutating webpack imported config.
• Upgrade Jest to version 24.
• Add repository.directory field to the npm packages and an linting rule to enforce it.
• Update server blocks script to use core equivalent function.
• Remove the vendor scripts registration.
• Use the editor settings to pass a mediaUpload handler.
• Remove deprecated Gutenberg plugin functions and features moved to core.
• Remove unnecessary Enzyme React 16 workarounds from the unit tests.
• Remove wp-editor-font stylesheet override.
• Preserve inline scripts when overriding core scripts.
• Support referencing the IconButton component.
• Refactor the i18n setup of the Gutenberg plugin.

Mobile

• Add an image placeholder when the size is being computed.
• Update the image thumbnail when the image is being uploaded.
• Support the Format Library.
• Bottom Sheet design improvements.
• Update the default block appender placehoder.
• Support pasting content using the Gutenberg paste handler.
• Fix alignment issues for the appender and paragraph block placeholders.

5.2.0-rc.1

Enhancements

• Update the button block description wording.
• Design and a11y improvements for the custom color picker.
• Tweak the FontSizePicker height to match regular select elements.
• Improvements to the local state persistence behavior.
• Improvements to the URL input popove design.
• Disable block navigation and document outline items in text mode.
• Improve the quote block icons.
• Animate the sidebar tabs switching.

Bug Fixes

• Select the last block when pasting content.
• Fix the block validation when the default attribute value of a block is changed.
• Forces the min/max value validation in the RangeControl component.
• Display HTML properly in the post titles of the latest posts block.
• Fix drag and dropping a column block on itself.
• Fix new lines in the preformatted block.
• Fix text underline shortcut.
• Fix calling gutenberg plugin functions in the frontend context.
• Fix pasting a single line from Google Docs (ignoring the strong element).
• Fix FocalPointPicker rendering unlabelled input fields.
• Show the images uploaded in the gallery block in the media modal.
• Fix wordwise selection on Windows.
• Preserve empty table cells when pasting content.
• Fix focus loss when deleting the last block.

Documentation

• Add the Block specific toolbar button sample to the format api tutorial.
• Introduce a package to automatically generate the API documentation.
• Tweaks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Various

• Introduce a generic block editor module.
• Creates an empty page that will contain the future widget screen explorations.
• Fix emoji in the demo content.
• Warn when the user is using an inline element as a RichText container.
• Make Babel import JSX pragma plugin aware of the createElement usage.
• Include the JSX pragma plugin into the default WordPress babel config.
• Update the non-embeddable URLs wording.

Chore

• Refactoring of the block fixtures tests.
• Refactoring the eslint custom import lint rule.
• Refactoring the selection of previous/next blocks actions.
• Refactoring the post editor effects to use actions and resolvers instead.
• Use forEach instead of map when appropriate and enforce it with an eslint rule.
• Remove TinyMCE external dependency mapping.
• Extract webpack config into the scripts package.
• Improve e2e tests stability.t
• Avoid mutating webpack imported config.
• Upgrade Jest to version 24.
• Add repository.directory field to the npm packages and an linting rule to enforce it.
• Update server blocks script to use core equivalent function.
• Remove the vendor scripts registration.
• Use the editor settings to pass a mediaUpload handler.
• Remove deprecated Gutenberg plugin functions and features moved to core.
• Remove unnecessary Enzyme React 16 workarounds from the unit tests.
• Remove wp-editor-font stylesheet override.
• Preserve inline scripts when overriding core scripts.
• Support referencing the IconButton component.
• Refactor the i18n setup of the Gutenberg plugin.

Mobile

• Add an image placeholder when the size is being computed.
• Update the image thumbnail when the image is being uploaded.
• Support the Format Library.
• Bottom Sheet design improvements.
• Update the default block appender placehoder.
• Support pasting content using the Gutenberg paste handler.
• Fix alignment issues for the appender and paragraph block placeholders.

5.1.1

Changelog

Bug Fixes

• Fixes a Firefox regression causing block content to be deleted.

5.1.0

Features

• Add a new Search block.
• Add a new Calendar block.
• Add a new Tag Cloud block.

Enhancements

• Add micro-animations to the editor UI:
  • Opening Popovers.
  • Opening Sidebars.
• Restore the block movers for the floated blocks.
• Consistency in alignment options between archives and categories blocks.
• Set the minimum size for form fields on mobile.
• Disable the block navigation in the code editor mode.
• Consistency for the modal styles.
• Improve the FormToggle styling when used outside of WordPress context.
• Use the block icons in the media placeholders.
• Fix rounded corners for the block svg icons.
• Improve the CSS specificity of the paragraph block styles.
• Require an initial click on embed previews before being interactive.
• Improve the disabled block switcher styles.
• Do not split paragraph line breaks when transforming multiple paragraphs to a list.
• Enhance the Quote block styling for different text alignments.
• Remove the left padding from the Quote block when it’s centered.
• A11y:
  • Improve the permalink field label.
  • Improve the region navigation styling.
• Remove the 3 keywords limit for the block registration.
• Add consistent background colors to the hovered menu items.
• Allow the editor notices to push down the content.
• Rename the default block styles.

Bug Fixes

• Fix a number of formatting issues:
  • Multiple formats.
  • Flashing backgrounds when typing.
  • Highlighted format buttons.
  • Inline code with backticks.
  • Spaces deleted after formats.
  • Inline boundaries styling issues.
  • Touch Bar format buttons.
• Fix a number of list block writing flow issues:
  • Allow line breaks in list items.
  • Empty items not being removed.
  • Backspace merging list items.
  • Selecting formats at the beginning of list items.
• Fix the color picker styling.
• Set default values for the image dimensions inputs.
• Fix sidebar panels spacing.
• Fix wording of the nux tip nudging about the sidebar settings.
• Fix the translator comments pot extraction.
• Fix the plugins icons color overriding.
• Fix conflicting notices styles when using editor styles.
• Fix controls recursion in the redux-routine package.
• Fix the generic embed block when using Giphy as provider.
• Fix the i18n message used in the Gallery block edit button.
• Fix the icon size of the block switcher menu.
• Fix the loading state of the FlatTermSelector (tags selector).
• Fix the embed placeholders styling.
• Fix incorrectly triggered auto-saves for published posts.
• Fix missing classname in the Latest comments block.
• Fix HTML in shortcodes breaking block validation.
• Fix JavaScript errors when typing quickly and creating undo levels.
• Fix issue with mover colors in dark themes.
• Fix internationalisation issue with permalink slugs.

Various

• Implement the inline format boundaries without relying on the DOM.
• Introduce the Registry Selectors in the data module.
• Introduce the Registry Controls in the data module.
• Allow extending the latest posts block query by using get_posts.
• Extend the range of allowed years in the DateTime component.
• Allow null values for the DateTime component.
• Do not render the FontSizePicker if no sizes defined.
• Add className prop support to the UrlInput component.
• Add inline image resizing UI.

Chore

• Update lodash and deasync dependencies.
• Use addQueryArgs consistently to generate WordPress links.
• Remove merged PHP code:
  • jQuery to Hooks heartbeat proxyfying.
  • References to the classic editor.
  • gutenberg_can_edit_post function.
• Disable CSS animations in e2e tests.
• ESLint
  • Add a rule to ensure the consistency of the import groups.
  • Add a rule to protect against invalid sprintf use.
• Remove obsolete

5.1.0 Release Candidate

Features

• Add a new Search block.
• Add a new Calendar block.
• Add a new Tag Cloud block.

Enhancements

• Add micro-animations to the editor UI:
  • Opening Popovers.
  • Opening Sidebars.
• Restore the block movers for the floated blocks.
• Consistency in alignment options between archives and categories blocks.
• Set the minimum size for form fields on mobile.
• Disable the block navigation in the code editor mode.
• Consistency for the modal styles.
• Improve the FormToggle styling when used outside of WordPress context.
• Use the block icons in the media placeholders.
• Fix rounded corners for the block svg icons.
• Improve the CSS specificity of the paragraph block styles.
• Require an initial click on embed previews before being interactive.
• Improve the disabled block switcher styles.
• Do not split paragraph line breaks when transforming multiple paragraphs to a list.
• Enhance the Quote block styling for different text alignments.
• Remove the left padding from the Quote block when it’s centered.
• A11y:
  • Improve the permalink field label.
  • Improve the region navigation styling.
• Remove the 3 keywords limit for the block registration.
• Add consistent background colors to the hovered menu items.
• Allow the editor notices to push down the content.
• Rename the default block styles.

Bug Fixes

• Fix a number of formatting issues:
  • Multiple formats.
  • Flashing backgrounds when typing.
  • Highlighted format buttons.
  • Inline code with backticks.
  • Spaces deleted after formats.
  • Inline boundaries styling issues.
  • Touch Bar format buttons.
• Fix a number of list block writing flow issues:
  • Allow line breaks in list items.
  • Empty items not being removed.
  • Backspace merging list items.
  • Selecting formats at the beginning of list items.
• Fix the color picker styling.
• Set default values for the image dimensions inputs.
• Fix sidebar panels spacing.
• Fix wording of the nux tip nudging about the sidebar settings.
• Fix the translator comments pot extraction.
• Fix the plugins icons color overriding.
• Fix conflicting notices styles when using editor styles.
• Fix controls recursion in the redux-routine package.
• Fix the generic embed block when using Giphy as provider.
• Fix the i18n message used in the Gallery block edit button.
• Fix the icon size of the block switcher menu.
• Fix the loading state of the FlatTermSelector (tags selector).
• Fix the embed placeholders styling.
• Fix incorrectly triggered auto-saves for published posts.
• Fix missing classname in the Latest comments block.
• Fix HTML in shortcodes breaking block validation.
• Fix JavaScript errors when typing quickly and creating undo levels.
• Fix issue with mover colors in dark themes.
• Fix internationalisation issue with permalink slugs.

Various

• Implement the inline format boundaries without relying on the DOM.
• Introduce the Registry Selectors in the data module.
• Introduce the Registry Controls in the data module.
• Allow extending the latest posts block query by using get_posts.
• Extend the range of allowed years in the DateTime component.
• Allow null values for the DateTime component.
• Do not render the FontSizePicker if no sizes defined.
• Add className prop support to the UrlInput component.
• Add inline image resizing UI.

Chore

• Update lodash and deasync dependencies.
• Use addQueryArgs consistently to generate WordPress links.
• Remove merged PHP code:
  • jQuery to Hooks heartbeat proxyfying.
  • References to the classic editor.
  • gutenberg_can_edit_post function.
• Disable CSS animations in e2e tests.
• ESLint
  • Add a rule to ensure the consistency of the import groups.
  • Add a rule to protect against invalid sprintf use.
• Remove obsolete

5.0.0

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](https://github.com/WordPre...

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.
    ...