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Edit Widgets: Guard canInsertBlockInWidgetArea against an empty block list #82107

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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions packages/edit-widgets/CHANGELOG.md
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## Unreleased

### Bug Fixes

- Prevent an error in `canInsertBlockInWidgetArea` when no widget area blocks are present.

## 6.54.0 (2026-08-26)

## 6.53.0 (2026-08-12)
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions packages/edit-widgets/src/store/selectors.js
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Expand Up @@ -287,6 +287,10 @@ export const canInsertBlockInWidgetArea = createRegistrySelector(
// widget area can be inserted into any widget area. Uses the first
// widget area for testing whether the block can be inserted.
const [ firstWidgetArea ] = widgetAreas;
if ( ! firstWidgetArea ) {
return false;
}

return select( blockEditorStore ).canInsertBlockType(
blockName,
firstWidgetArea.clientId
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