WordPress for iOS version 16.7 beta is available for testing on TestFlight. You can sign up for our TestFlight program and join as a beta tester by opening that link on your iPhone or iPad.
Release Notes
Site Creation
- Adds the option to choose between mobile, tablet or desktop thumbnails and previews in the home page design picker when creating a WordPress.com site [#15688]
- Enables dot blog subdomains for each site design. [#15736]
Block Editor
- New Block! 🎉 🎶 Audio 🎶 [#2854, #3070]
- Add support for setting heading anchors [#2947]
- Disable Unsupported Block Editor for Reusable blocks [#3067]
- Add proper handling for single use blocks such as the more block [#3042]
- Fix issue with uploading media after exiting the editor multiple times [#15656].
iOS 14 WIDGETS
- New All Time Widgets to display the All Time Stats on your iPhone/iPad home screen. [#15771, #15794]
Reader
- Fixed an issue where the options in post details did not match those on post cards. [#15778]
- Site filter in Reader: show unseen post count. [#15581]
- Post card and post details: added ability to mark a followed post as seen/unseen. [#15638, #15645, #15676]
Please Make Sure You Are Testing the Correct Build
Not part of the internal beta program yet? Check out the details in the Field Guide on how to join.
Release notes source: WordPress-iOS/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
Updates that went into this release: WordPress-iOS 16.7, gutenberg-mobile 1.46
Test Setup
- Go to Account > App Settings > Privacy Settings and turn on the Collect information option.
- Go to Account > Help & Support and turn on the Extra Debug option.
- Go to My Site > Settings > Use Block Editor to enable the block editor for new posts.
- If you are comfortable testing in a language other than English, please test in that language.
What Testing is Most Needed
- Audio Block – Get creative!
- New All Time widget – please note this is not an update to existing widgets, you have to manually add the new widget.
Where to Report
Please report bugs in GitHub at WordPress-iOS or gutenberg-mobile (for block editor issues) if you are comfortable doing so or add a comment to this post if you have any questions, feedback, or issues you’re not sure how to report.
Instructions for Reporting Issues
- Search the GitHub repository first to see if the bug is a known issue. If you verify a known issue, please leave a comment noting the app and device info you tested with!
- For new issues, please follow the template GitHub repository that shows up when creating a new issue.
- Please be aware that a bot will ask for labels but you may not have rights to add them. Know that labels will be added by someone on the triage team.
- Please do not include full Activity Logs which include tokens. Activity Logs can be very helpful for debugging but you should only include them if you have removed tokens as those should not be shared publicly. You can find the logs at Account > Help & Support > Application log.
Thanks for testing!