Upcoming Product Features

• Support for Smart Search in Unbranded. Expected in 4.18.0
• Block Feature Packs (Initial). Expected in 4.18.0
• Block Feature Packs (Phase 2, Integrations). Expected in 4.19.0 or 4.20.0
• Block to display a date based on a lead time. (Due Dates Block) Expected 4.18.0
• Yoast Plugin Support. Expected in 4.18.0
• Adding In The News CPT as an option for the Category Callout Block. Likely 4.18.0
• Calendar+ support. Likely 4.19.0
• Block to countdown to a date. Expected 4.19.0
• Add ability to turn off In The News custom post types. Likely in 4.18.2 or 4.19.0

Upcoming QoL Enhancements

• Migration of PHP attributes into block.json to accommodate new WordPress paradigms. Likely in 4.18.1
• Removing the VPN Banner from the editor side of the theme. Likely in 4.18.2
• Updating Smart Search to work with Unbranded theme variants. Likely 4.18.0
• Design system cleanup — Several minor tweaks to style to match the design system. Likely in 4.18.1 and 4.19.0
• Updating the heading blocks from H2 through H4 to be black in order to use red more strategically. Likely 4.18.0
• HP Story Block Update. Likely in 4.18.0 or 4.18.2
• PHP Warning Cleanup. Likely in 4.18.1 or 4.18.2

Upcoming Bug Fixes

• Section Label not updating on Highlight Block. Likely in 4.18.0
• Page Intro Spacing between Content. Likely in 4.18.2
• Parent Link not bounded within content width. Likely in 4.18.2
• Page Title of Protected Content is shown in the browser tab. Likely in 4.18.2
• Immersive Side-by-Side Header Editor Styling. Likely in 4.18.2
• Editing Fancy Paragraph Block Patterns is broken. Likely in 4.18.2

Known Bugs

Tentative Release Plan