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@MaggieCabrera MaggieCabrera commented Feb 2, 2026

This PR backports core PHP changes from Gutenberg that remove the overlay experiment and migrate navigation overlay patterns to use the core namespace.

This backport includes the following core changes:

  1. Navigation Pattern Category: Adds the navigation block pattern category registration in block-patterns.php.

  2. Navigation Overlay Patterns: Adds five new navigation overlay block patterns.

  3. Template Part Area Constant: Adds the WP_TEMPLATE_PART_AREA_NAVIGATION_OVERLAY constant and corresponding area definition in block-template-utils.php to support navigation overlay template parts.

This backport is based on changes from WordPress/gutenberg#74968

Testing

  • Verify navigation pattern category appears in the block pattern inserter
  • Verify all five navigation overlay patterns are available and render correctly
  • Verify navigation overlay template parts can be created and used
  • Test pattern insertion in the site editor

Trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64589


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@MaggieCabrera MaggieCabrera marked this pull request as ready for review February 3, 2026 15:23
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