--- title: What’s new in Gutenberg 22.8? (25 March) | daily.dev description: Gutenberg 22.8 ships with several notable improvements. Real-time collaboration now shows collaborator text selections (not just cursors), with redesigned... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-gutenberg-22-8-25-march--atixoxb3h twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What’s new in Gutenberg 22.8? (25 March) | daily.dev og:description: Gutenberg 22.8 ships with several notable improvements. Real-time collaboration now shows collaborator text selections (not just cursors), with redesigned... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-gutenberg-22-8-25-march--atixoxb3h og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/AtIXOXB3h.png og:image:alt: What’s new in Gutenberg 22.8? (25 March) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What’s new in Gutenberg 22.8? (25 March) **[Make WordPress Core](https://daily.dev/sources/wordpresscore)** · 18 min read · 4 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Gutenberg 22.8 ships with several notable improvements. Real-time collaboration now shows collaborator text selections (not just cursors), with redesigned presence avatars, peer limits, and disconnection debouncing for stability. A new State dropdown in Global Styles lets editors visually style Button block pseudo-states (Hover, Focus, Active) — the first visual interface for theme.json pseudo selectors. Site logo and favicon management gets a dedicated Design panel screen. The Connectors system gains a registry API (registerConnector/unregisterConnector) for plugin extensibility. Other highlights include AVIF support for client-side uploads, a Command Palette trigger in the admin bar, and the ability to add navigation links directly from the sidebar List View. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@allinonetools** · 1 upvotes > The visual styling for button states and better real-time collaboration are big upgrades. Gutenberg is slowly becoming much more practical for real editing workflows, not just basic content updates. **@rajanbm** · 0 upvotes > cool ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [What’s new in Gutenberg 22.7? \(11 March\)](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-gutenberg-22-7-11-march--zqaquth9n) · Make WordPress Core · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [What’s new in Gutenberg 23.9? \(2 September\)](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-gutenberg-23-9-2-september--urytpwrhl) · Make WordPress Core · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [What’s new in Gutenberg 23.2? \(21 May\)](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-gutenberg-23-2-21-may--k0ihdonpl) · Make WordPress Core · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [What’s new in Gutenberg 23.0? \(22 April\)](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-gutenberg-23-0-22-april--psbdovgvc) · Make WordPress Core · 5 upvotes · 3 comments --- Tags: [#wordpress](https://daily.dev/tags/wordpress) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-gutenberg-22-8-25-march--atixoxb3h) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"What’s new in Gutenberg 22.8? 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