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NC State Web Platform Development Plan

Last Updated 10/16/26

Upcoming Product Features

  • Block Feature Packs (Phase 2, Integration with documentation testing). Likely in 4.19.0
  • 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
  • Active State tracking in Mega Menu. Likely in 4.19.0
  • Gravity Forms Event tracking with Google Analytics. Likely in 4.19.0
  • Adding a toggle for heading level as a component. Likely in 4.19.0
  • Setting to allow giving link to open in a new tab. Likely in 4.19.0
  • Featured Content icons instead of photos option. Likely in 4.19.0 or 4.20.0
  • Rounded Corners Branding. Likely in 4.19.0 or 4.20.0

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
  • Design system cleanup — Several minor tweaks to style to match the design system. Likely in 4.18.2 and 4.19.0
  • HP Story Block Update. Likely in 4.18.2 or 4.19.0
  • Several z-index updates for the mega menu. Likely in 4.18.2

Upcoming Bug Fixes

  • Page Intro Spacing between Content. Likely in 4.18.2
  • Parent Link not bounded within content width. 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
  • Fix for Mega Menu aria focus (accessibility) Likely in 4.18.2
  • Added all icons to the Mega Menu options. Likely in 4.18.2
  • Fixed a mega menu issue that was causing a javascript warning. Likely in 4.18.2
  • Update to fix for several PHP warnings that are being sent to the logs. Likely in 4.18.2
  • Newswire column layout not working in editor. Likely in 4.18.2
  • Mega Menu second level is missing arrows when linked. Likely in 4.18.2
  • Split Header background color not working in the editor. Likely in 4.18.2
  • Reorder two column ordered list flow. Likely in 4.18.2

Known Bugs

Tentative Release Plan

  • Late October

  • Early November

  • November or Early December

  • January