Newspack Plugin

• Removed the theme selection option from the onboarding wizard.

Blocks

• Added a new Subscribe block pattern.
• Deprecated block support for the “aside” post format.
• Various bugfixes for the Homepage Posts, Post Carousel, and Author Profile blocks.

Theme

• Added support for the Trust Indicators plugin’s job title field in author bios.
• Deprecated theme support for the “aside” post format.
• Bugfixes for the Column block, heading styles on mobile viewports, and styles for the Video block.

Newsletters

• Style updates for the “new newsletter” modal wizard.
• Improved handling of “newsletter sent” and “public” statuses via core WordPress post statuses.

Ads

• Added support for default Newspack ad units, to make adding ads to your site easier than ever.