WordPress 6.6 Key Updates
Design Enhancements:
- Grid Layout Support: Allows for flexible page designs with both auto and manual configurations for the Group block.
- Style Variations: Enables mixing and matching typography and color palettes from different theme styles.
- Section-Specific Styling: Lets theme authors define styles for specific sections within blocks, offering detailed design control.
- Negative Margins and Box Shadows: Adds support for negative margins and box shadows in the editor for overlapping elements and enhanced visual effects.
User Experience Improvements:
- Unified Publish Flow: Simplifies and unifies the publishing process across both the post and site editors.
- Improved Pattern Management: Modernizes pattern management with the introduction of starter patterns to help in layout creation.
- New Pattern Features: Includes the ability to override content in synced patterns and a shuffle button to cycle through similar patterns, offering more design variety.
Technical Advancements:
- Interactivity and Block Bindings APIs: Enhances these APIs with better test coverage, debugging tools, and dynamic data editing within blocks.
- HTML API and Token Map: Improves the handling of HTML documents and string parsing and replacement efficiency.
- Data Views: Introduces a new UI for managing templates and patterns with a focus on extensibility.
Additional Features:
- Custom Field Editing: Allows direct editing of custom field values within block settings.
- Bulk Export of Patterns: Facilitates the export of multiple patterns as JSON files for easy sharing.
- Performance Improvements: Achieves a 40% reduction in template loading time for faster page loads.
- PHP Support Updates: Drops support for PHP 7.0 and 7.1, with PHP 7.2.24 as the new minimum supported version.
release date : July 16 2024
WordPress 6.6 RC2 is now available for download and testing! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/3XRqlF1 and read about how you can get started contributing to the WordPress project by testing—no prior experience is necessary.
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