Newspack Plugin

• Added a new set of block patterns for content gates to help with getting started with content gating strategies.
• Added a setup wizard for Reader Activation features and default Campaigns prompts and segments. This will be available to a smaller set of beta testing sites at first before being rolled out to the full platform in the next release.
• Bugfixes for the Newsletters dashboard and Perfmatters base settings.

Blocks

• Added a new Checkout Button block which allows you to attach specific WooCommerce products to get a streamlined modal checkout process.
• Added block support for Multi-Branded Sites.
• Fixed a bug which caused the Tiers-based style layout for the Donate block to not be available under desired conditions.

Theme

• Added a missing title for custom taxonomies’ archive pages.
• Correct the default color used for the highlight menu label.

Newsletters

• Added a new feature which allows you to optionally display form field labels in the Subscription Form block.
• Fixed a fatal error when configuring Constant Contact connections.
• Optimized JS dependencies for better front-end performance.

Campaigns

• Added features to support the new Reader Activation wizard and Multi-branded Site features.
• Fixed a bug where overlay prompts would sometimes appear over open sign-in modals.

Ads

• Added the ability to support key/value targeting for any WordPress taxonomy, not just categories and tags.