v1.9.0 – Dec 11, 2017

Table of Content

  • Introducing reusable global blocks. (Stored in a wp_blocks post type.)
  • Add ability to lock down the editor when using templates so edits can happen but blocks can&;t be removed, moved, nor added.
  • Handle and upgrade deprecated blocks. This allows to migrate attributes without invalidating blocks and an important part of the block API.
  • Drag and drop upload support to gallery block.
  • Extensibility:
    • Expose packages/hooks public API under wp.hooks.
    • Introduces withFilters higher-order component to make component filtering easier.
    • Introduces getWrapperDisplayName helper function to make debugging React tree easier.
    • Introduces compose function to unify composing higher-order components.
    • Exposes hook for Block component.

Other changes

Originally posted at make.wordpress.org here.

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