WordPress 7.0 can hide a block per viewport, but the block still renders and its assets still download. Notes on the new metadata shape and the server-side check I use to handle both formats.
WordPress 7.0 lets you write CSS on a single block instance from the inspector. Here is how the hash-based scoped class is generated, where the rule is stored in the block markup, and how to opt a block out in block.json.
Core bundles its own AI client in WordPress 7.0, so older AI Experiments builds fatal the moment you activate them. What is graduating out of experiment status, the LLM kill switch in Trac 64706, and how to load your own AI code without crashing.
In WordPress 7.0 unsynced patterns open in contentOnly mode by default, so any block without a content role goes uneditable. What to fix in block.json, what the new listView support gives container blocks, and how to switch the whole thing off.
WordPress 7.0 Beta 5 adds a Command Palette shortcut to the admin bar and closes more than 101 bugs. What the shortcut does, how to register your own commands with the API, and why I update beta sites with WP-CLI.
WordPress Studio added Xdebug support and a dedicated debug log toggle. Here is how I turn both on, the one-site-at-a-time catch, and the port your IDE has to listen on.
WordPress 7.0 moves width and height into block supports and adds dimensionSizes presets to theme.json. What goes in block.json, and which custom inspector controls you can finally delete.
WordPress 7.0 syncs the block editor through Yjs, and one classic meta box switches the whole thing off. Migrating meta to the REST API, swapping HTTP polling for WebSockets, and the block side effects that fire for every editor in the session.
AI Experiments 0.5.0 requires WordPress 7.0, drops its bundled AI client for the one in core, and moves API keys to the Connectors screen. What that means if you are still on 6.9.
The Add to Cart with Options block compared hyphenated slugs against labels with spaces, so variable product selections failed validation. WooCommerce 10.6.1 fixes that, reorders new payment gateways, and drops the stray number from single shipment labels.