Material Full site editing (beta)

Google Material Theme full site editing support is available. Please note this WordPress feature is currently in beta and testing on a separate environment is advised before enabling it in production. Read more.

For the full list of changes in this release, please see the FSE milestone

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Using FSE

Download theme and plugin zip from release assets and upload in testing environment.

Props

Thanks to the many contributors who made this release possible through work on development, design, testing, project management, and more:

@emeaguiar, @rodydavis, @mattchungxwp, @felipebochehin87, @igruszkauy and @PatelUtkarsh

0.3.0

Version 0.3.0 Block Patterns!

For the full list of changes in this release, please see the 0.3.0 milestone.

The key highlighted features in this release include:

• Block Patterns We have added complex layouts as block patterns to make it easier to create custom pages.
• Icon block Now you can insert material icon as a standalone block element.

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Changelog:

• New feature: Block Patterns - We have added following patterns to make:
  • Call to action
  • Call to action + benefit
  • Contact form
  • Features + CTA
  • Numbers
  • Hero section
  • Hero section + image
  • Latest posts
  • Highlights
  • Feature list
  • Logos
  • Media grid
  • Single feature
  • Single feature extended
  • Pricing
• New feature: Icon block: Insert material icon.
• New feature: Allow hiding title of a post.
• Enhancement: Allow button to be large.
• Fix: Bug in the Material color picker with WP 5.7.2.

Props

Thanks to the many contributors who made this release possible through work on development, design, testing, project management, and more:

@PatelUtkarsh, @ravichdev, @emeaguiar, @csossi, @jauyong, @mattchungxwp, @dawidmlynarz, @pbearne, @rodydavis

0.2.0

We are very excited about this v0.2.0 release of the official Material Design plugin and theme for WordPress! Lots of work went into this release, and it is loaded with new features and improvements in usability.

For the full list of changes in this release, please see the 0.2.0 milestone.

The key highlighted features in this release include:

• Settings Page with options to enable auto updates for Google Fonts and Icons, Material Design plugin and theme (using the WordPress core auto-update API).
• Curated Card Collection Block supports custom post types and an improved UI in the block editor.
• Gallery Block with device specific (desktop, tablet & mobile) columns and padding options.
• Button Block with a tooltip text option for the icon button style.