25.8

What’s New for this month?

• Better Comments: Updated design, depth indicators for threads, improved rich content support, and a fullscreen composer with draft saving.
• Bug Fixes & Stability & Performance Improvements.

25.8.0.1

• [**] The comments are now displayed using the same styles across the app and with better support for rich comments [#24055]
• [**] The comment composer now opens fullscreen, shows previews of the comment you are replying to, supports savings drafts, and clearly communicates the upload state and errors [#24075]
• [*] Add depth indicators for comment threads to make them easier to follow [#24117]
• [*] Enable dismissing the virtual keyboard in the experimental editor [#23988]
• [*] Fix unselectable group blocks in the experimental editor [wordpress-mobile/GutenbergKit#68]
• [*] Prevent a intermittent crash when opening the experimental editor's "more" menu [#24065]
• [*] Fix incorrect background color for draft post cells on dashboard [#24080]
• [*] Fix an issue with comments sometimes displaying black text on black background in dark mode [#23536]
• [*] Fix broken header view visible when post is loading [#24123]
• [*] Fix incorrect sizing of images and other attachments in comments [#19943]
• [*] Fix an issue with search results disappearing after returning from site details [#24121]
• [*] Fix an issue with comments button being disabled when shown from Comments [#24120]
• [*] Fix unexpected "unsaved changes" notice when closing an un-edited post containing media in the experimental editor [#24102]
• [*] Add a "Comments Closed" view and disable the "Add Comment" button instead of hiding it in case the comments are closed [#24139]

25.7.1

For this month's release, we've:

• Added support for Image Playgrounds! Use it to add images to your posts, generate a featured image, or site icon.
• Added undo and redo to the experimental editor (have you tried the editor yet? if not, you should!)
• Made the Gravatar Quick Editor a bit nicer.
• Added a shortcut for changing the featured image for a post.
• Improved how images in your media library are displayed – it should be a little nicer now.
• Done the usual bug fixes and performance improvements (mostly in the editor)

25.7

For this month's release, we've:

• Added support for Image Playgrounds! Use it to add images to your posts, generate a featured image, or site icon.
• Added undo and redo to the experimental editor (have you tried the editor yet? if not, you should!)
• Made the Gravatar Quick Editor a bit nicer.
• Added a shortcut for changing the featured image for a post.
• Improved how images in your media library are displayed – it should be a little nicer now.
• Done the usual bug fixes and performance improvements (mostly in the editor)

25.7.0.1

For this month's release, we've:

• Added support for Image Playgrounds! Use it to add images to your posts, generate a featured image, or site icon.
• Added undo and redo to the experimental editor (have you tried the editor yet? if not, you should!)
• Made the Gravatar Quick Editor a bit nicer.
• Added a shortcut for changing the featured image for a post.
• Improved how images in your media library are displayed – it should be a little nicer now.
• Done the usual bug fixes and performance improvements (mostly in the editor)

25.7.0.0

• [**] Add Image Playground support (part of Apple Intelligence suite) for adding images to your posts, generated featured image, site icons, and more [#23688]
• [**] Enable history navigation (undo and redo) for the experimental editor. [#23961]
• [**] Various bug fixes and improvements in the new experimental editor [#23919]
• [**] Enhance the Gravatar Quick Editor by adding features that allow users to delete and share their avatars. [#23868]
• [**] Add new lightbox screen for images with modern transitions and enhanced performance [#23922]
• [**] Add the capability to create an avatar using Apple Image Playground through the Gravatar Quick Editor. [#23868]
• [*] Fix sorting in Stats Subscriber Emails (latest first) [#23913]
• [*] Reader: Fix a couple of rare crashes in Reader [#23907]
• [*] Add prefetching to Reader streams [#23928]
• [*] Reader: The post cover now uses the standard aspect ratio for covers, so there is no jumping. There are also a few minor improvements to the layout and animations of the cover and the header [#23897, #23909]
• [*] Reader: Move the "Reading Preferences" button to the "More" menu [#23897]
• [*] Reader: Fix an issue with empty state views being non-scrollable in streams [#23908]
• [*] Reader: Hide post toolbar when reading an article and fix like button animations [#23909]
• [*] Reader: Fix off-by-one error in post details like counter when post is liked by you [#23912]
• [*] Fix an issue with blogging reminders prompt not being shown after publishing a new post [#23930]
• [*] Fix transitions in Blogging Reminders flow, improve accessibility, add close buttons [#23931]
• [*] Fix an issue with compliance popover not dismissing for self-hosted site [#23932]
• [*] Fix dynamic type support in the compliance popover [#23932]
• [*] Improve transisions and interactive dismiss gestures for sheets [#23933]
• [*] Add "Share" action to site link context menu on dashboard [#23935]
• [*] Fix layout issues in Privacy Settings section of App Settings [#23936]
• [*] Fix incorrect chevron icons direction in RTL languages [#23940]
• [*] Fix an issue with clear navigation bar background in revision browser [#23941]
• [*] Fix an issue with comments being lost on request failure [#23942]
• [*] Fix an issue with Referrers in Stats showing invalid icons [#23943]
• [*] Integrate zoom transitions in Themes, Reader [#23945, #23947]
• [*] Fix an issue with site icons cropped in share extensions [#23950]
• [*] Show selected filter in the Discover navigation bar [#23956]
• [*] Enable fast deceleration for filters on the Discover tab [#23954]
• [*] Disable universal links support for QR code login. You can only scan the codes using the app now. [#23953]
• [*] Add scroll-to-top button to Reader streams [#23957]
• [*] Add a quick way to replace a featured image for a post [#23962]
• [*] Fix an issue with posts in Reader sometimes showing incorrect covers [#23914]
• [*] Fix non-stable order in Posts and Pages section in Stats [#23915]
• [*] (P2) Reader: Fix an issue with a missing "Mark as Read/Unread" button that was removed in the previous release [#23917]
• [*] (P2) Reader: Show "read" status for P2 posts in the feeds [#23917]
• [*] Fix some missing or invalid social sharing icons [#23918]
• [*] Fix small tap area for “More” button in the Subscriptions screen in Reader [#23964]
• [*] Fix “Notification Settings” for individual posts sometimes being clipped [#23964]
• [*] Add context menu (long-press) and previews for subscriptions with quick access to “Share”, “Copy Link”, “Add to Favorites”, “Notification Settings”, and “Unsubscribe” buttons in both the Subscriptions view and the Sidebar in Reader [#23964]
• [*] Fix an issue with fullscreen button in reply view clipped by the notch [#23965]
• [*] Remove "Lazy Images" option that is no longer part of the Jetpack plugin [#23966]
• [*] Fix an issue with "Speed up your site" section not refreshing (fails silently) [#23966]
• [*] Fix an issue with small tap area of the ellipsis in the post list [#23973]
• [*] Avoid unexpectedly marking post content as unsaved. [#23969]
• [*] Fix an issue with Mastodon connection not working [#23981]
• [**] Send feedback from within the experimental editor "more" options menu. [#23980]
• [**] Support accessing the code editor within the experimental editor. [#23979]

25.6

This update:

• Fixes some UI issues on iPad.
• Adds the media ID and URL to each media item
• Uses the new Gravatar Quick Editor to update your avatar.
• Uses a web-based approach for WordPress.com login. This should be more reliable for most users, but please contact support if you have any trouble!

25.6.0.2

Bump version number

25.6.0.1

Bump version number

25.5

This month, we've:

• Stability improvements to the experimental editor (you should try it if you haven't already!)
• Adjusted how users log into WordPress.com – we hope it'll make it easier for folks to get started.