Insert Special Characters

Ever wanted to add a special character while working within the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg) and suddenly find yourself longing for the days of the Classic Editor and the Special Character inserter? Well long no more, the Insert Special Characters plugin is here to ease your publishing woes! Note: you can display the popover via the ctrl/cmd + o keyboard shortcut. Development takes place in the GitHub repository.

1.1.2 - 2024-01-08

• Added: Support for the WordPress.org plugin preview (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #232).
• Fixed: Issue with blocks crashing due to faux caret (props @Sidsector9, @dkotter, @ankitguptaindia via #225).
• Fixed: Issue with characters added to the beginning trimming text from the end (props @Sidsector9, @dkotter, @ankitguptaindia via #225).
• Changed: Bump WordPress "tested up to" version to 6.4 (props @qasumitbagthariya, @jeffpaul, @QAharshalkadu, @ankitguptaindia, @dhanendran, @iamdharmesh via #228).

1.1.1 - 2023-10-17

• Fixed: Address an issue where some blocks would crash due to a missing attribute (props @dkotter via #221).
• Security: Bump @babel/traverse from 7.20.5 to 7.23.2 (props @dependabot, @dkotter via #219).

1.1.0 - 2023-10-16

• Added: Show a faux cursor to preserve context (props @Sidsector9, @helen, @ravinderk via #207).
• Added: Check for minimum required PHP version before loading the plugin (props @kmgalanakis, @peterwilsoncc via #210).
• Changed: Bump WordPress "tested up to" version to 6.3 (props @kmgalanakis, @jeffpaul, @peterwilsoncc via #212, #215).
• Fixed: Ensure that when highlighting a special character, the block doesn't crash (props @jrmd, @dkotter via #204).
• Security: Bump semver from 5.7.1 to 5.7.2 (props @dependabot, @dkotter via #202).
• Security: Bump word-wrap from 1.2.3 to 1.2.4 (props @dependabot, @Sidsector9 via #206).
• Security: Bump @cypress/request from 2.88.10 to 3.0.0, cypress from 12.8.1 to 13.3.1 and @10up/cypress-wp-utils from 0.1.0 to 0.2.0 (props @dependabot, @dkotter via #213).
• Security: Bump tough-cookie from 4.1.2 to 4.1.3 and @cypress/request from 2.88.10 to 2.88.12 (props @dependabot, @ravinderk via #214).
• Security: Bump postcss from 8.4.20 to 8.4.31 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #216).

1.0.7 - 2023-06-28

• Added: Mochawesome reporter added for Cypress test report (props @jayedul, @peterwilsoncc via #194).
• Changed: Bump WordPress "tested up to" version 6.2 (props @jayedul, @peterwilsoncc, @Sidsector9 via #192, #193).
• Changed: Run E2E tests on the zip generated by "Build release zip" action (props @jayedul, @peterwilsoncc via #190).
• Fixed: Maintain text formatting when inserting a character (props @jrmd, @Sidsector9 via #187).
• Fixed: Ensure grid positioning is correct when text is selected (props @bmarshall511, @peterwilsoncc via #195).
• Fixed: Popover grid positioning in the Site Editor (props @bmarshall511, @fabiankaegy via #199).
• Fixed: Address failing E2E tests in WP 6.2 (props @ggutenberg, @iamdharmesh via #189).
• Security: Bump @sideway/formula from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #186).
• Security: Bump webpack from 5.75.0 to 5.76.1 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #188).
• Security: Bump simple-git from 3.15.1 to 3.19.1 (props @dependabot, @dkotter via #200).
• Security: Bump ua-parser-js from 0.7.32 to 0.7.35 (props @dependabot, @dkotter via #201).

1.0.6 - 2023-02-07 Note that this release bumps the WordPress minimum from 5.7 to 6.1. and minimum PHP version from 5.6 to 7.4

• Added: Scanning of dependencies to ensure they are GPL-compatible (props @jeffpaul, @vikrampm1, @GeekMasher, @dkotter, @Sidsector9 via #157, #164).
• Added: GitHub Action workflow to build a pre-release ZIP (props @Sidsector9, @dkotter via #174).
• Changed: Support Level from Active to Stable (props @jeffpaul, @Sidsector9 via #184).
• Changed: Bump minimum PHP version from 5.6 to 7.4 (props @Sidsector9, @cadic via #166).
• Changed: Bump minimum WordPress version from 5.5 to 5.7 (props @Sidsector9, @cadic via #166).
• Changed: Bump minimum supported WordPress version from 5.7 to 6.1 (props @Sidsector9, @faisal-alvi, @iamdharmesh, @jeffpaul via #173).
• Changed: Bump minimum Node version from 12 to 16 (props @Sidsector9, @cadic via #166).
• Changed: Updated documentation and plugin screencast GIF demo (props @jeffpaul, @cadic via #163).
• Fixed: Non-breaking spacing   character (props @redorca, @Sidsector9, @iamdharmesh via #159).
• Fixed: WordPress minimum supported version to 5.5 (props @grappler, @dkotter via #158).
• Fixed: Translation issue for the string "Most Used" (props @alexclassroom, @Sidsector9, @faisal-alvi, @iamdharmesh via #172).
• Security: Bump wp-env from 4.9 to to 5.3 (props @peterwilsoncc, @Sidsector9 via #161).
• Security: Bump loader-utils from 2.0.2 to 2.0.4 (props @dependabot, @Sidsector9 via #171).
• Security: Bump simple-git from 3.14.1 to 3.16.0 (props @dependabot, @jeffpaul via #175, #182).
• Security: Bump json5 from 1.0.1 to 1.0.2 (props @dependabot, @Sidsector9 via #180).
• Security: Bump ua-parser-js from 0.7.32 to 0.7.33 (props @dependabot, @peterwilsoncc via #183).
• Security: Bump http-cache-semantics from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1 (props @dependabot, @Sidsector9 via #185).

1.0.5 - 2022-07-18 Note that this release bumps the WordPress minimum supported version from 5.4 to 5.5.

• Added: Most and last used character palette. Most used palette can be turned on by going to Settings > Writing (props @Sidsector9, @faisal-alvi via #147).
• Added: End-to-end testing with Cypress (props @Sidsector9, @iamdharmesh via #116).
• Added: More robust PHP testing, including PHP 8 compatibility (props @Sidsector9, @dkotter, @cadic via #118, #129).
• Added: Dependency security scanning (props @jeffpaul, @Sidsector9 via #126).
• Changed: Character palette UI changed to be in alignment with Gutenberg (props @Sidsector9, @faisal-alvi via #147).
• Changed: Bump WordPress version "tested up to" 6.0 (props @vikrampm1, @jeffpaul via #125).
• Changed: Bump WordPress minimum supported version from 5.4 to 5.5 (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul, @peterwilsoncc via #150).
• Changed: Release instructions to ensure dependency updates are included (props @jeffpaul via #155).
• Fixed: Address an issue where the inserter popup can overflow which prevents user from selecting characters (props @cldhmmr, @Sidsector9, @peterwilsoncc via #130).
• Fixed: Ensure required WordPress libraries were included as dependencies (props @peterwilsoncc, @Sidsector9, @iamdharmesh via #132).
• Security: Bump guzzlehttp/psr7 from 1.6.1 to 1.8.5 (props @dependabot via #119).
• Security: Bump minimist from 1.2.5 to 1.2.6 (props @dependabot via #120).
• Security: Bump ansi-regex from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1 (props @dependabot via #121).
• Security: Bump async from 2.6.3 to 2.6.4 (props @dependabot via #124).
• Security: Bump semver-regex from 3.1.3 to 3.1.4 (props @dependabot via #128).
• Security: Bump react-character-map from 0.4.4 to 0.4.6 (props @dependabot via #139).
• Security: Bump @wordpress/env from 4.3.1 to 4.9.0 (props @dependabot via #140).
• Security: Bump @10up/cypress-wp-utils from ecf048c to d52e775 (props @dependabot via #142).
• Security: Bump husky from 4.3.8 to 8.0.1 (props @dependabot via #144).

1.0.4 - 2022-01-27

• Added: Many new special characters (e.g., ⅐, ⅑, ⅒, single quotation marks, ß, ẞ, Ć, ć, Ḉ, ḉ) and grouping (Music) (props @jeffpaul, @Sidsector9).
• Added: Issue management automation and CodeQL analysis via GitHub Actions (props @jeffpaul, @cadic).
• Changed: Move icon from dropdown to block format toolbar (props @pabamato, @jeffpaul, @Sidsector9, @mahnunchik).
• Changed: Updated react-character-map from 0.4.2 to 0.4.4 (props @jeffpaul, @Sidsector9).
• Changed: Bump WordPress "tested up to" version 5.9 (props @cadic, @sudip-10up).
• Changed: Documentation updates (props @faisal-alvi, @sudip-10up).
• Fixed: Character map popover scrolling issue on mobile viewport (props @ajmaurya99, @Sidsector9, @adamsilverstein, @helen).

1.0.3 - 2021-08-17

• Added: Many new special characters (e.g., em dash, en dash, hair space, thin space, no-break space, en space, em space, zero width non-joiner, non-breaking hyphen) and groupings (Currency, Punctuation, Greek).
• Added: Focus style on buttons to improve accessibility for keyboard users (props @samikeijonen).
• Added: WP Acceptance tests (props @johnwatkins0, @jeffpaul).
• Changed: Update to React Character Map v0.4.2 (props @johnwatkins0, @dinhtungdu, @jeffpaul).
• Changed: Integrate @wordpress/scripts for building and linting (props @johnwatkins0, @ocean90, @adamsilverstein).
• Changed: Renamed release branch from master to trunk, so please make sure to update and direct references to master in downstream code (props @jeffpaul).
• Changed: Bump WordPress version "tested up to" 5.8 (props @jeffpaul, @davidchabbi, @pabamato, @ankitguptaindia, @phpbits, @BBerg10up).
• Changed: Documentation updates (props @bobbingwide).
• Fixed: Make UI text in the component translatable (props @johnwatkins0, @dinhtungdu).
• Fixed: Popover initial focus on top instead of bottom or center of the contents (props @phpbits, @BBerg10up).
• Fixed: Compatility with the new widget screen in WordPress 5.8 and formatting of returned elements (props @phpbits).
• Security: Bump acorn from 5.7.3 to 5.7.4 (props @dependabot).
• Security: Bump ini from 1.3.5 to 1.3.7 (props @dependabot).
• Security: Bump elliptic from 6.5.2 to 6.5.4 (props @dependabot).
• Security: Bump y18n from 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 (props @dependabot).
• Security: Bump rmccue/requests from 1.7.0 to 1.8.0 (props @dependabot).
• Security: Bump ssri from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2 (props @dependabot).
• Security: Bump lodash from 4.17.15 to 4.17.21 (props @dependabot).
• Security: Bump browserslist from 4.8.7 to 4.16.6 (props @dependabot).
• Security: Bump path-parse from 1.0.6 to 1.0.7 (props @dependabot).

1.0.2 - 2019-11-22

• Changed: Relicensed from MIT to GPLv2.
• Fixed: Hook on enqueue_block_editor_assets so script is only enqueued in editor (props @adamsilverstein, @josch87).
• Fixed: Register text domain to ensure translations can be loaded (props @ocean90).
• Fixed: Bump WordPress version "tested up to" 5.3 (props @adamsilverstein).
• Fixed: Documentation and credits (props @jeffpaul).

1.0.1 - 2019-09-06

• Added: Documentation for keyboard shortcut (props @mrwweb, @jeffpaul).
• Fixed: Ensure character map appears as expected in Firefox (props @adamsilverstein).

1.0.0 - 2019-08-21

• Added: Initial plugin release 🎉.
• Added: Wrap React Character Map in a Gutenberg Popover (props @adamsilverstein).
• Added: Plugin header and icon images (props @dillonmccallum).