--- title: What’s new in Gutenberg 23.8? (19 August) | daily.dev description: Gutenberg 23.8 adds shareable URLs and an in-editor code diff view to visual revisions, email notifications for users mentioned in collaboration notes, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-gutenberg-23-8-19-august--8rlvnucpd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What’s new in Gutenberg 23.8? (19 August) | daily.dev og:description: Gutenberg 23.8 adds shareable URLs and an in-editor code diff view to visual revisions, email notifications for users mentioned in collaboration notes, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-gutenberg-23-8-19-august--8rlvnucpd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8rLVNuCpd.png og:image:alt: What’s new in Gutenberg 23.8? (19 August) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [Make WordPress Core](https://daily.dev/sources/wordpresscore) [Read post](https://api.daily.dev/r/8rLVNuCpd) # [What’s new in Gutenberg 23.8? (19 August)](https://api.daily.dev/r/8rLVNuCpd "Go to post") Gutenberg 23.8 adds shareable URLs and an in-editor code diff view to visual revisions, email notifications for users mentioned in collaboration notes, and major List View performance gains, including cutting 'select all' on a 1,000-paragraph post from 16.8 seconds to 0.4 seconds. The empty canvas now renders a real default block instead of a placeholder appender, and new blocks inherit neighboring block styles consistently. Developer-facing changes include declarable inner block templates in registerBlockType(), React 19 compatibility for @wordpress/element, a new time field type for DataViews, and public Calendar/RangeCalendar components in @wordpress/ui. [#react](/tags/react "Check all #react posts")[#wordpress](/tags/wordpress "Check all #wordpress posts") Aug 19•19m read time•From [make.wordpress.org](https://api.daily.dev/r/8rLVNuCpd "make.wordpress.org") [](https://api.daily.dev/r/8rLVNuCpd "Go to post") Table of contents [Visual revisions: Shareable URLs and a code diff view](https://api.daily.dev/r/8rLVNuCpd?a=visual-revisions-shareable-urls-and-a-code-diff-view "Visual revisions: Shareable URLs and a code diff view")[Email notifications for mentions in notes](https://api.daily.dev/r/8rLVNuCpd?a=email-notifications-for-mentions-in-notes "Email notifications for mentions in notes")[Other notable highlights](https://api.daily.dev/r/8rLVNuCpd?a=other-notable-highlights "Other notable highlights")[Changelog](https://api.daily.dev/r/8rLVNuCpd?a=changelog "Changelog")[First-time contributors](https://api.daily.dev/r/8rLVNuCpd?a=first-time-contributors "First-time contributors")[Contributors](https://api.daily.dev/r/8rLVNuCpd?a=contributors "Contributors")[Props](https://api.daily.dev/r/8rLVNuCpd?a=props "Props") Questions this post answers What performance improvements does Gutenberg 23.8 bring to the List View for large posts? Gutenberg 23.8 dramatically speeds up the List View through a leaner rendering path that cuts most DOM nodes, skips a second render pass, and reduces re-renders when expanding or collapsing sections. On a post with 1,000 paragraphs, the 'Select all' action dropped from 16.8 seconds to 0.4 seconds, and a freeze that previously occurred when selecting all blocks on large posts is gone. Developers tuning editor performance can track WordPress and Gutenberg release notes on daily.dev. How do I link directly to a specific revision in the WordPress block editor? Gutenberg 23.8 adds shareable URLs for visual revisions: opening a URL with a revision parameter takes you straight to that revision in the editor, and the address bar updates automatically as you navigate history. A code diff view can also be toggled to see changes in code form, making it easy to share and discuss exact edits. Teams collaborating on WordPress content can follow editor feature updates like this on daily.dev. Is @wordpress/element compatible with React 19? Yes, as of Gutenberg 23.8, the @wordpress/element package is importable in React 19\. This change also accompanies other developer-facing additions in the same release, including the ability for blocks to declare inner block templates directly in registerBlockType() settings, applied synchronously at insertion. Plugin developers tracking WordPress and React compatibility changes can follow releases like this on daily.dev. 60.5K Impressions7 Upvotes1 Comment Comment Bookmark Copy Share your thoughtsPost [](https://daily.dev/sources/wordpresscore) [Make WordPress Core](https://daily.dev/sources/wordpresscore "https://daily.dev/sources/wordpresscore") WordPressCore's platform is a central hub for WordPress developers and contributors, offering insigh... Read more 427 Followers • 1.4K Upvotes #### Would you recommend this post? 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