Description

There is still some room for improvements after WordPress 5.8 release that brings some new exciting features to Block API listed in dev notes:

• https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/06/23/block-api-enhancements-in-wordpress-5-8/
• https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/07/01/block-styles-loading-enhancements-in-wordpress-5-8/

Based on the feedback received during the implementation and after the dev notes were published we created some follow-up tasks.

Planned tasks

• Allow more than one stylesheets per block for both editorStyle and style
  • Gutenberg Block API: Allow more than 1 block stylesheets #32510
  • WP core Blocks: Allow registering multiple items for all supported asset types wordpress-develop#3108
• Allow more than one script per block for editorScript, script, and viewScript
  • Gutenberg Allow multiple view scripts per block #36176
  • WP core Blocks: Allow registering multiple items for all supported asset types wordpress-develop#3108
• Add viewScript - fronted only script support for the block type
  • Gutenberg Block Library: Unify handling for block view scripts #32814, Block Library: Improve view script integration to account for WordPress Core #32977
  • WP core Build: Split packages and blocks to their webpack configs wordpress-develop#1412
• Add viewStyle - frontend only multiple styles support for the block type
  • Gutenberg
  • WP core
• Document new APIs:
  • viewScript in block.json Blocks: Add view script to block schema and docs #36175
  • multiple styles per type allowed in block.json
  • multiple scripts per type allowed in block.json