Newspack
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A roundup of fixes released May 22–29, 2026.
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A roundup of fixes released May 18–22, 2026.
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WordPress 7.0 introduces features that create a more cohesive editing experience and can boost reader engagement. You can now create slideshows from Galleries, build responsive grids, and use third-party videos as backgrounds. Editor workflow updates A more cohesive experience for editing patterns With WordPress 7.0, you’ll see some changes to the pattern editing experience. Before…
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WP 7.0 Support: Campaigns, Donate Block and the iFrame Editor WordPress 7.0 comes out on May 20th, so this update includes various fixes in preparation for that release, including: Add ‘Posts Page’ as an option for Campaigns in Archives In WordPress, when you have a static homepage set, you also have an option to select…
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A roundup of fixes released May 4–11, 2026.
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Redesigned Placements screen for Advertising The Advertising → Placements screen has been redesigned to make managing placements faster and more direct. Instead of opening a modal to configure each placement, settings now expand inline within the placement card — fewer clicks to get to the options you need, and easier to compare configurations across placements…
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Data Privacy features We’ve added a couple new settings for sites using Complianz to provide more flexibility in the way third-party analytics and advertising requests are handled: By default, both of these settings are off. We’ve also updated our data privacy compliance guidelines documentation to provide some high-level recommendations and tips that you may want…
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Content Gate overlay row and stack block styles In this release we’ve tweaked where the overlay version of the Content Gate is inserted in the post markup, to make sure certain styles (like the Row block’s horizontal alignment) is properly generated. Newspack Theme: Customize author avatar size This release includes an option to change the…
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A new and unified experience for the Reader Registration Block The Reader Registration block has been refactored to provide a better experience for readers. Instead of providing separate Sign In and Sign Up options, a single “Continue” button will determine the next step. If the provided email address is new, a new account is registered.…
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Support for wide and full-width blocks in Content Gates Content Gates now properly render wide and full-width block alignments for posts using the One Column or One Column Wide templates. Previously, these alignment styles were not applied inside the gate, which could cause layout issues for gates that rely on wider blocks. With this update,…
