Deprecate `Pullquote` Block by Utsav-Ladani · Pull Request #72028 · WordPress/gutenberg

Utsav-Ladani · 2025-10-02T10:20:22Z

What?

Deprecating the Pullquote block and recommending the use of the Quote block instead.

Why?

Purpose of Pullquote and Quote is almost identical, but Quote is using <blockquote> tag which is semantically more correct compared to Pullquote which uses <figure>

See #11610 for more details.

How?

Updated the description of the Pullquote block to indicate that it’s deprecated and suggest using the Quote block instead.
Disabled this block from inserter.
Disabled the block transformation to the Pullquote block.
Updated the end-to-end tests and documentation.

Testing

Previously added Pullquote blocks should work without any issues.
The Pullquote block should not be available in the inserter or should not be added inline using the /pullquote command.
None of the blocks should have an option to transform it into a Pullquote block.

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ramonjd

I tested and it's working well.

pullquote is not available in the inserter or slash command
existing pullquote blocks work as before
global styles for pullquote are all good
pullquote > quote transforms work as expected

Thanks for picking this task up!

Before	After

Before	After

I found another ref to core/pullquote in the rich text transforms in

packages/block-library/src/utils/transformation-categories.native.js

Should that be removed as well?

Utsav-Ladani · 2025-10-09T07:18:40Z

@ramonjd Good catch. I have removed it in the last commit.

t-hamano

Thanks for the PR!

It looks good overall, but if we want to completely deprecate it, we may also be able to address the following points:

Replace blocks in the demo content:

gutenberg/post-content.php

Lines 176 to 178 in e5e95ff

    
           <!-- wp:pullquote --> 
        
           <figure class="wp-block-pullquote"><blockquote><p><?php _e( 'Code is Poetry', 'gutenberg' ); ?></p><cite><?php _e( 'The WordPress community', 'gutenberg' ); ?></cite></blockquote></figure> 
        
           <!-- /wp:pullquote -->

Remove Pullquote from the document or replace it with Quote

gutenberg/docs/contributors/documentation/copy-guide.md

Line 108 in e5e95ff

> - Add a pullquote block.

gutenberg/platform-docs/docs/basic-concepts/block-library.md

Line 97 in e5e95ff

- **Pullquote block**: `pullquote`

Remove Pullquote from the native app transformation menu:

gutenberg/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-switcher/block-transformations-menu.native.js

Line 36 in e5e95ff

'core/pullquote': [ 'core/paragraph' ],

Replace core/pullquote with core/quote in the List View e2e test:

gutenberg/test/e2e/specs/editor/various/list-view.spec.js

Line 549 in e5e95ff

{ name: 'core/pullquote' },

Replace with Quote block in StyleBook overview screen

gutenberg/packages/edit-site/src/components/style-book/examples.tsx

Lines 171 to 177 in e5e95ff

    
           const otherBlockExamples = [ 
        
           	'core/image', 
        
           	'core/separator', 
        
           	'core/buttons', 
        
           	'core/pullquote', 
        
           	'core/search', 
        
           ];

test/e2e/specs/editor/blocks/pullquote.spec.js

packages/block-library/src/pullquote/transforms.js

packages/block-library/src/pullquote/test/transforms.native.js

packages/block-library/src/pullquote/test/edit.native.js

Utsav-Ladani · 2025-10-10T10:48:18Z

Thanks @t-hamano and @ramonjd for the review. I made changes as per your suggestions. Let me know if I missed anything else.

test/e2e/specs/editor/various/list-view.spec.js

packages/edit-site/src/components/style-book/examples.tsx

t-hamano · 2025-10-10T14:16:50Z

Note: We are almost ready to ship this PR, but given the impact on default themes and theme developers, let's punt this to the 7.0 cycle. See WordPress/wordpress-develop#10202 (comment)

t-hamano

LGTM!

Important

This PR is planned to ship in WordPress 7.0. Therefore, this PR can not be included in Gutenberg 21.9, because if it were included in Gutenberg 21.9, it would ship in WordPress 7.0. We will merge this PR after Gutenberg 21.9 is released.

ramonjd · 2025-10-13T21:42:08Z

Retested. Bye bye, pull quote!

Thanks for all the work on this @Utsav-Ladani

t-hamano · 2025-11-12T09:00:36Z

I've merged the latest trunk into this branch, but somehow the conflict message doesn't disappear, and CIs don't start.

I plan to submit a new PR based on this branch.

t-hamano · 2025-11-13T10:27:27Z

I submitted a new PR based on this branch: #73228

Deprecate Pullquote block

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Update end-to-end test realated to Pullquote block

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Empty commit to re-run PR checks

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Pullquote: Deprecate the block in favor of Quote block #11610

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Update mobile app unit tests

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t-hamano added [Type] Code Quality Issues or PRs that relate to code quality [Package] Block library /packages/block-library [Block] Pullquote Affects the Pullquote Block labels Oct 4, 2025

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Remove 'core/pullquote' from transformation categories

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Address PR feedbacks

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Completely deprecate Pullquote block

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Remove Pullquote block from theme twenty nineteen WordPress/wordpress-develop#10202

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Utsav-Ladani added 2 commits October 13, 2025 18:41

Use Code block instead of Quote to prevent focus from moving

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Update comment

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Add block transforms between Verse and Quote blocks #73068

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Deprecate Pullquote Block #73228

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	<!-- wp:pullquote -->
	<figure class="wp-block-pullquote"><blockquote><p><?php _e( 'Code is Poetry', 'gutenberg' ); ?></p><cite><?php _e( 'The WordPress community', 'gutenberg' ); ?></cite></blockquote></figure>
	<!-- /wp:pullquote -->

	const otherBlockExamples = [
	'core/image',
	'core/separator',
	'core/buttons',
	'core/pullquote',
	'core/search',
	];

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