Gutenberg 15.7 released on 3rd May, 2023. The latest Gutenberg release brings improvements to existing UI and UX for all the content creators, site owners, and theme developers out there. To achieve those user experience changes this update included 142 Pull-requests by 62 contributors. Kudos to all of them for making this happen.
Index
- Site Logo replacement via the sidebar
- Duo-tone controls to the block sidebar
- Display custom borders on the placeholder
- Fluid Typography improvements
- Full screen modal selection
Site Logo replacement via the sidebar
Managing a site’s branding identity should be an easy and intuitive process right? That’s why this version brings a direct way to replace the logo. You can set, replace, reset, or make any other changes directly from the sidebar.
Duo-tone filter controls in the block sidebar
Duo-tone effect was a great feature in the WordPress eco-system. The controls for using a preset filter or creating a custom one was hidden from the Block toolbar. With Gutenberg 15.7 these filters are directly available on the style settings in the sidebar allowing designers and content creators easier access.
Display custom borders on the placeholder
I hope you know that you could add custom borders to images, now the custom borders are also displayed in the place-holder. This helps the site owner pick a featured images that goes well and are in contrast with the borders.
Fluid Typography improvements
When fluid typography arrived in WordPress 6.0, users and designers experienced problems with large custom fonts. The previous calculations didn’t scale enough for smaller screens. From this version, fluid typography uses the logarithmic scale factor to calculate the minimum font size for smaller screens. With these scaling methods, the designers will have more typographical freedom and can rely on built-in responsiveness of their designs.
Full Screen modal selections
There are few changes in the modal selection to match the full-page patterns displayed when creating a new page. Now, you get the same full screen experience while choosing template pattern, query pattern, full-page pattern, template pattern, and to site preferences.
Parting Notes
For a detailed list of all the enhancements and bug fixes, please refer to the full change log available here.
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