[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #65389: Block Visibility: Keep hide-everywhere working after a block opts out of visibility support

[WordPress Trac]

#65389: Block Visibility: Keep hide-everywhere working after a block opts out of
visibility support
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 Reporter:  wildworks     |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  7.0.1
Component:  Editor        |    Version:
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:  gutenberg-merge
  Focuses:                |
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 - Gutenberg Issue: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/78701
 - Gutenberg PR: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/78780
 - [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/03/15/block-visibility-in-
 wordpress-7-0/ Block Visibility in WordPress 7.0]

 The block content is not displayed on the front end when the block
 supports `visibility` and `metadata.blockVisibility` is `true`.

 Previously, the Shortcode block and the HTML block supported `visibility`.
 However, [https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/76138 this support
 was removed] because it was found that the responsive hiding feature
 introduced in WordPress 7.1 did not work with these blocks.

 As a result, even if these blocks were already hidden in WordPress 6.9,
 their content would unintentionally be displayed upon updating to
 WordPress 7.0.

 Since this clearly goes against the user's intent, I propose that we do
 not display the block content on the front end whenever
 `metadata.blockVisibility` is `true`, regardless of whether the
 `visibility` block supports.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/65389>
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