Dependency extraction: bundle theme, route and boot by default#75504
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Dependency extraction: bundle theme, route and boot by default#75504
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Pull request overview
This PR updates the dependency extraction webpack plugin to bundle three additional WordPress packages by default: @wordpress/boot, @wordpress/route, and @wordpress/theme. These packages will no longer be externalized to WordPress core or the Gutenberg plugin, but instead will be included in the plugin's build output. This change is intended as a temporary measure while these packages are unstable and frequently changing, to allow plugins to maintain compatibility across different WordPress versions.
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- Added three packages to the BUNDLED_PACKAGES array in alphabetical order
- Updated the CHANGELOG to document this new feature
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| packages/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin/lib/util.js | Adds @wordpress/boot, @wordpress/route, and @wordpress/theme to the BUNDLED_PACKAGES array, maintaining alphabetical order |
| packages/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin/CHANGELOG.md | Documents the addition of the three bundled packages under "New Features" section |
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youknowriad
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Feb 13, 2026
| const WORDPRESS_NAMESPACE = '@wordpress/'; | ||
| const BUNDLED_PACKAGES = [ | ||
| '@wordpress/admin-ui', | ||
| '@wordpress/boot', |
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This is not meant to be bundled either, it's a module.
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Ah, thanks @youknowriad, makes sense, I misunderstood how these work in the first place.
With Gutenberg enabled, I was seeing these come from Gutenberg:
gutenberg/build/styles/theme/style.cssgutenberg/build/modules/boot/index.jsgutenberg/build/modules/route/index.js
This loads from the build folder:
my-plugin/build/scripts/theme/index.js
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- DataViews & UI bundled with my-plugin.js
I was expecting everything be coming from the plugin.
The build folder includes those scripts:
When I disable Gutenberg, they all do come from the build version. So that works. 👍
Sounds like the actual problem is indeed the load-order explored in #75460 (comment) — the build folder versions should always take precedence.
Does pinning versions in package.json I still control the module dependency versions for WP Build? Then I can pin e.g. theme to a specific version. Since DataViews used inside the page is bundled, so I should ensure the theme always has a version-appropiate design tokens available as well.
youknowriad
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| '@wordpress/icons', | ||
| '@wordpress/interface', | ||
| '@wordpress/route', | ||
| '@wordpress/theme', |
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I think theme is not mean to be bundled.
youknowriad
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| '@wordpress/fields', | ||
| '@wordpress/icons', | ||
| '@wordpress/interface', | ||
| '@wordpress/route', |
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I think this one is a module too, it's not meant to be bundled.
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Flaky tests detected in 8ed13fe. 🔍 Workflow run URL: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/actions/runs/21986397158
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What?
@wordpress/boot,@wordpress/theme, and@wordpress/routeto list of bundled packages; these are heavily used withWP Buildpackage.Why?
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