I attended a webinar by WP Engine today giving us a sneak peek at 6.4. There are some cool new things and quality of life enhancements coming with this release.
Things that stuck out to me:
– the group block will support background images
– you will be able to set styles for the contents of your group blocks, ie. Typography, buttons and more
– when building patterns, you can place an image block and set its aspect ratio. It will pick up the setting and act as a placeholder for when you place your pattern
– command palette is getting some more useful commands. You can do a lot from it that you would normally have to interact with manually
– block hooks are here. You can create a block hook that will automatically populate other blocks before, after and more with your block. Want to see how this will actually work
– YOU CAN EXPORT/IMPORT YOUR PATTERNS NOW! Then import them to another site entirely via JSON