Gutenberg 5.8 released three new features and more than thirty enhancements, documentation improvements and bug fixes on May 29.
This version enables users to change the text color in the title bar. The title bar now provides the same color options as available in paragraphs and button blocks.
The recently released EditorsKit plug-in (version 1.5) added this feature, and the author of the plug-in has tracked nearly twenty-two issues and discussions in which users requested text highlighting or similar features.
"We do need this for all block controls (lists, paragraphs, etc.)," Ben Gillbanks commented on the related GitHub issue. "Anything that can be used on blocks with a colored background may cause readability issues, so the text color needs to be changed." Gutenberg designer Mark Uraine said that adding text color options for all text blocks is the next update.
Gutenberg 5.8 adds support for reordering gallery images using simple arrow controls to move selection forward or backward. This is not an ideal interaction, but Gutenberg Phase 2 leader Riad Benguella said the team is exploring increasing drag and drop support.
This version introduces the initial version of the new widget screen. You can check it in the administrator under the Gutenberg »Gadgets (beta) menu. It is currently just a proof of concept, and there are many errors, but you can preview how the widget management screen is formed. Benguella said that users can currently use any available block to edit/update the widget area. The proof-of-concept implementation in the plugin allows the team to continue to optimize the UI and fix bugs in future versions.
The editor has also made progress on mobile devices, adding quotes and videos to available blocks, adding rich titles to image blocks, and fixing several key bugs.
Based on recent performance benchmarks, the editor has also regained some of the performance gains lost in version 5.7.
We have some commenters in the previous post saying that they are confused about the difference between WordPress' core editor and Gutenberg plugin. The plugin is where the submission activity is developed. All new features are put into the plugin first so that they can be tested later before entering the official WordPress version. If you want to access all the latest features provided by Gutenberg, install the Gutenberg plugin, and then you can try it before it reaches the core.
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