Changelogs

What’s Changed

Performance

• Replaced request-time block and field-group discovery with a generated OPcache-friendly manifest.
• Consolidated editor styles into one cacheable bundle, with site-specific bundles that exclude blocks disabled through Block Manager.
• Removed the TOC block’s full-post do_blocks() re-render and moved its runtime CSS/JavaScript to conditional assets.
• Moved external-image downloads and thumbnail generation out of post saves into a bounded WP-Cron queue.
• Changed migration and recovery scans from unbounded all-post queries to resumable keyset batches, including an optional background migration worker.
• Added request-level image attachment lookup caching, post cache priming, bounded URL-preview responses, and contextual module loading.
• Moved callout, feature-grid, post-display, checklist, changelog, and pros/cons variation styling into cacheable stylesheets or CSS custom properties.

Added

• Block Manager for disabling unused block registrations and field groups.
• Asynchronous block usage inventory, job status, and performance diagnostics.
• Optional Server-Timing metrics in debug environments.
• Generated-artifact checks, PHP 7.4-8.5 compatibility CI, JSON validation, and PHPUnit coverage.

Fixed

• Replaced PHP 8-only str_ends_with() calls while retaining the advertised PHP 7.4 minimum.
• Reworked public star ratings to use atomic database tables and a REST endpoint, preventing lost concurrent votes and transient-option growth.
• Made URL Preview editor code cacheable and limited remote HTML responses to 1 MB.

Commits

• Release 2.9.0 performance overhaul (5503112)

Stats

• Commits: 1
• Changes: 48 files changed, 12640 insertions(+), 1356 deletions(-)

Plugin Info

• Blocks included: 29
• Requires WordPress: 6.0+
• Requires PHP: 7.4+
• Requires: ACF Pro 6.0+ or Secure Custom Fields

Installation

1. Download acf-blocks-plugin-*.zip from the assets below
2. Go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin in WordPress admin
3. Upload the zip file and activate