release: verson 2.5.2

### Bug Fixes
- **Fixes Performance Issue**: Fixes an issue with Otter making repeated calls to Rest API and slowing down the editor.

docs/coding-best-practices.md

@@ -101,4 +101,6 @@ In this project, we do not have cases when the code must do a lot of things at a
 
 The challenge in this project is to extend the code to support more features. The more we have, the harder it will be to maintain the code. Fancy tricks without a good reason are not good.
 
-A piece code that is performant, easy to read and understand, and easy to maintain is the best. [But sometime you can not have it all](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFDcoX7s6rE). So, you need to choose what is more important for your case.
+A piece code that is performant, easy to read and understand, and easy to maintain is the best. [But sometime you can not have it all](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFDcoX7s6rE). So, you need to choose what is more important for your case.
+
+If you are using filters or HOC to add, for example, a Toolbar to all Blocks, it's recommended that you make useSelect or other requests inside child components to avoid them being triggered when they're not needed. An example of what type of issues it can cause: https://github.com/Codeinwp/otter-blocks/pull/1974

plugins/blocks-animation/readme.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 === Blocks Animation: CSS Animations for Gutenberg Blocks ===
 Contributors: themeisle, hardeepasrani, mariamunteanu1
 Tags: gutenberg, block, block editor, editor, animation, animations, animate, styles, block animations
-Requires at least: 5.9
+Requires at least: 6.2
 Tested up to: 6.4
 Requires PHP: 5.4
 Stable tag: trunk

plugins/blocks-css/readme.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 === Blocks CSS: CSS Editor for Gutenberg Blocks ===
 Contributors: themeisle, hardeepasrani
 Tags: gutenberg, block, css, css editor, blocks css
-Requires at least: 5.9    
+Requires at least: 6.2    
 Tested up to: 6.4
 Requires PHP: 5.4  
 Stable tag: trunk

plugins/blocks-export-import/readme.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 === Blocks Export Import ===
 Contributors: themeisle, hardeepasrani
 Tags: gutenberg, block, blocks, export, import, exporter, importer, block exporter, block export, block import, block importer
-Requires at least: 5.9    
+Requires at least: 6.2    
 Tested up to: 6.4
 Requires PHP: 5.4  
 Stable tag: trunk

readme.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 === Otter Blocks - Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE ===
 Contributors: themeisle, hardeepasrani, soarerobertdaniel7, mariamunteanu1, arinat, uriahs-victor, john_pixle, wildmisha, irinelenache
 Tags: block, blocks, gutenberg, gutenberg blocks, wordPress blocks, editor, block Editor, page Builder, post blocks, post grids
-Requires at least: 5.9
+Requires at least: 6.2
 Tested up to: 6.4
 Requires PHP: 5.6
 Stable tag: trunk

src/blocks/helpers/use-settings.js

@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ import api from '@wordpress/api';
 
 import { __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
 
-import { dispatch } from '@wordpress/data';
-
 import {
-	useEffect,
-	useState
-} from '@wordpress/element';
+	dispatch,
+	useSelect
+} from '@wordpress/data';
+
+import { useState } from '@wordpress/element';
 
 /**
- * useSettings Hook.
+ * useSettings Hook, modifed for Otter usage.
  *
  * useSettings hook to get/update WordPress' settings database.
  *
@@ -29,29 +29,28 @@ import {
  * @returns {[(optionName: string) => any, (option: string, value: any, success?: string, noticeId?: string, onSuccess: Function) => void, 'loading' | 'loaded' | 'error' | 'saving']} [ getOption, updateOption, status ]
  *
  */
+let updatedSettings = {};
 const useSettings = () => {
 	const { createNotice } = dispatch( 'core/notices' );
 
-	const [ settings, setSettings ] = useState({});
 	const [ status, setStatus ] = useState( 'loading' );
+	const [ settings, setSettings ] = useState({});
 
-	const getSettings = () => {
-		api.loadPromise.then( async() => {
-			try {
-				const settings = new api.models.Settings();
-				const response = await settings.fetch();
-				setSettings( response );
-			} catch ( error ) {
-				setStatus( 'error' );
-			} finally {
-				setStatus( 'loaded' );
-			}
-		});
-	};
+	useSelect( select => {
+		const { getEntityRecord } = select( 'core' );
+
+		// Bail out if settings are already loaded.
+		if ( Object.keys( settings ).length ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const request = getEntityRecord( 'root', 'site' );
 
-	useEffect( () => {
-		getSettings();
-	}, []);
+		if ( request ) {
+			setStatus( 'loaded' );
+			setSettings( request );
+		}
+	}, [ settings ]);
 
 	/**
 	 * Get the value of the given option.
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ const useSettings = () => {
 	 * @returns {any} Option value.
 	 */
 	const getOption = option => {
-		return settings?.[option];
+		return updatedSettings?.[option] || settings?.[option];
 	};
 
 	/**
@@ -107,7 +106,8 @@ const useSettings = () => {
 				);
 			}
 
-			getSettings();
+			updatedSettings = response;
+			setSettings( response );
 			onSuccess?.( response );
 		});