Lots of under-the-hood improvements this month – mostly bugfixes, but you should notice that the app doesn't prompt you for ratings nearly as often.
We're excited to have more to share with you soon!
We'd love to hear your feedback on the app – you can reach us at
[email protected].
23.3.1
We changed the way alerts appear when you’re inserting media into blocks from a URL. So we’ve got that going for us, which is nice.
It’s also easier to tell the difference between placeholder text and actual content in block-based themes.
23.2
- The Social Link block includes an outline so you can see when it’s selected.
- In the block editor, the app should no longer crash when you turn a nested Columns block into a Group block.
- In the block inserter, you can now search for a block type without crashing the app.
23.1
- The Social Link block now includes an outline so you can see when it’s selected.
- The undo and redo buttons are no longer visible in the HTML editor.
- You’ll now see hex codes for the selected color when you’re using the Cover Block color picker.
23.0
- Removed visual gap between selected gallery blocks and toolbar
- Hid the gallery caption button on mobile devices.
- Made correct gallery block remain selected while you’re adding media
- Fixed a plugin install bug that caused the app to crash
22.8
The app will no longer crash after you delete a site. Phew.
22.7
- We gave the floating action button a new shape, color, and style.
- Image blocks now display the correct aspect ratio, whether or not the image has a set width and height.
- We moved the “Me” section with your avatar to the main menu under “Manage”.
22.6
Locked and loaded—there’s now a lock icon for disabled cells in the block editor so you know when they aren’t in use.
22.5
- Home page editable from Pages list on sites with block-based themes
- Undo/redo post-link text when setting links to open in new tab
- Tap-to-edit available for all nested block types
- Accounts closable from account settings screen
- Bug fixes in block editor and plugin screen
22.4
When you tap on a nested text block, you can immediately edit content in that block—no more tapping through every nesting level to get where you want to go. (Our fingers were getting tired, too.)
22.3
No updates this week, but we’re hard at work on a pressing feature we know you’ll enjoy.
22.2
- We added a yellow warning box telling you when notifications and blogging reminders are no longer being sent to your device as push notifications.
- We updated media access permissions for photos, videos, and audio to align with the Android 13 update.
22.1
When you log in to a self-hosted site that connects to Jetpack through individual plugins, you’ll see a pop-up stating that this type of connection doesn’t support the app’s core features yet. You can get around that problem by switching over to the Jetpack app. Up, up, and away.
21.9.1
Mar 21, 2023
Good words are read
The WordPress logo is blue
There are no new updates
Sorry to disappoint you
21.8
Mar 4, 2023
Say hello to our shiny new in-app landing screen! It almost makes you want to look at it all day and not publish anything new. Almost.
21.7
Feb 17, 2023
We’ve been hard at work on extra-technical, behind-the-scenes fixes and updates to keep the WordPress app running smoothly.
- Posticulating features
- Rearchitecting interfaces
- Reticulating splines
- Codifying similitude
- Rebuilding the gigaverse
21.6
Feb 4, 2023
We’ve been hard at work on extra-technical, behind-the-scenes fixes and updates to keep the WordPress app running smoothly.
- Posticulating features
- Rearchitecting interfaces
- Reticulating splines
- Codifying similitude
- Rebuilding the gigaverse
21.5
Jan 21, 2023
We’ve been hard at work on extra-technical, behind-the-scenes fixes and updates to keep the WordPress app running smoothly.
- Posticulating features
- Rearchitecting interfaces
- Reticulating splines
- Codifying similitude
- Rebuilding the gigaverse
21.3
Dec 19, 2022
- You can now migrate your site content to the Jetpack app without a hitch.
- The Notification Settings switch disables weekly roundup, blogging reminder, and site notifications.
21.2
Nov 25, 2022
If you already have site stats enabled, you won’t see a prompt to enable them again when you tap the stats widget on your device’s home screen. Nice.
21.0
Oct 28, 2022
- Removed the Automattic Family app marbles from the About page
- Updated the launch screen for Android versions 12+
- Changed success message text from red to black for QR code logins
- Fixed the Stats screen to include Western Arabic numerals for Arabic language users
20.9
Oct 14, 2022
- “Get to know your app” flows now stay on screen after rotating your device.
- Long titles display properly on Stats cards without being cut off.
- We added the Enter key to Post excerpts to allow for easy line breaks.
20.8.1
Oct 5, 2022
20.8:
Users on multi-author sites can change content authors in post and page settings.
Arabic language users will now see numerals on Stats screens exclusively in Western Arabic numbers—no more mix and match with Eastern Arabic numbers.
20.7
Sep 16, 2022
20.7:
We can see clearly now—media preview controls (like the back button) are now visible in both light and dark mode.
The Login Code screen in the Compose theme also has better color contrast for more readable text. Shiny.
20.6.1
Sep 7, 2022
- You can now log in to the app using an email address that contains a special character.
- Preloading themes no longer crash the app during Site Creation. Whew.
- Power up—the Jetpack Powered banner is shown in lists of search results
20.5
Aug 19, 2022
20.5:
- We added a new label in App Settings to show the app’s current interface language. Shiny.
- Now that the app supports higher-resolution image previews, we bumped up the size of theme screenshots in the site theme picker. No more pixellation, only pixel perfection.
20.3
Jul 22, 2022
20.3:
- When you add an item in the media library to an Image block, the item’s alt text comes with it.
- You can insert media from a URL in Video blocks.
- Use the block recovery option to bring back unexpected or invalid content in a block.
- Fix a crash when scrolling posts containing Embed blocks.
20.2
Jul 8, 2022
20.2:
- You can now upload HEIC and HEIF images to your site through the media picker.
- We squashed a bug that removed special characters from reader topics in other languages.
20.1
Jun 24, 2022
20.1:
- We improved the site design selection screen in the Site Creation process.
- When you click a WordPress link, it opens in the app instead of your default browser.
- We moved Quick Start focus points to the correct spots for right-to-left language users.