Latest Comments: Remove wrapper div and use HtmlRenderer for dynamic content rendering

[prasadkarmalkar]

What?

Part of Issue- #74248

Why?

• Remove extra divs and eliminate the extra CSS required to match the frontend and editor UI

How?

• Uses the HTMLRenderer component and useServerSideRender() hook to eliminate these extra divs and make the HTML on the front end and editor match for Latest Comments Block.

Testing Instructions

1. Edit a Post/Page
2. Add the Latest block
3. Save and Check UI on both frontend and editor

Testing Instructions for Keyboard

Screenshots or screencast

Screen.Recording.2025-12-30.at.4.16.25.PM.mov

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[hbhalodia]

Suggested change

	attributes,
	attributes: serverSideAttributes,

Should'nt be this? why to remove serverSideAttributes variable?

[prasadkarmalkar]

Hi @hbhalodia , I initially thought about removing the serverSideAttributes variable since HtmlRenderer merges both the server-rendered attributes and wrapperProps, and during my testing it didn't seem to cause any visual issues. I've reverted changes to keep serverSideAttributes.