Gutenberg 12.9 Adds Block Locking UI, Automatic Pattern Registration, and Full Theme Exports
Gutenberg 12.9 landed in the WordPress.org plugin directory today, and it is a beefy release, packed with a little something for everyone. Even after tinkering with new features over the last few days, I have yet to explore everything as much as I would like. Given the practical limitation of time, I will not be able to dive into everything in this post, but I will attempt to introduce you all to some of the highlights. The following are some selected items that I was unable to dive into, but I still encourage readers to check out: The selected color’s name now appears in the color picker.Users can now choose from a suggested list of date formats or add a custom one for the Post Date block. These are internationalized, so the suggestions will be locale-specific.Themes can add blocks to a No Results container block when a Query returns no posts.The Tag Cloud block now has minimum and maximum size controls.The Separator block supports the newer color control, allowing users to select transparent colors. Block Locking UI Customizing a locked block. Gutenberg 12.9 introduces a new UI for locking blocks. Under the “more options” dropdown in the toolbar, users can…
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