What's New What's Hot WordPress 6.7

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WordPress 6.7 will be close to being released. Now is the best time to review the latest possibilities, features and capabilities that the new version of WordPress will offer the users.

The latest version includes 87 enhancements to the basic HTML0 code, along with enhancement requests and more than 200 bug fixes.

Eight Gutenberg versions that span between 18.6 to 19.3 and 19.3 are part of WordPress 6.7's base. The Block editor has been upgraded to include additional features as well as fixes for issues, along with 55 accessibility improvements.

Developers benefit from the latest APIs that are both robust and efficient. They are the heart of. Editor's interface is updated with many improvements and upgrades with tools which used to be restricted to programming. Improved usability as well as new tools to design can speed up the process of creating.

There's a lot of exciting new features and improvements to WordPress 6.7 We've picked those we believe to be the most thrilling both for the designers and users. There's lots to be discussed in this post, so take a look at the most recent changes.

Zoom out mode

WordPress 6.7 comes with a revolutionary zoom-out feature that lets you design and modify your website's content using patterns rather than specific blocks. It lets you work more efficiently and provides complete overview of your layout of the page.

The images below show the manner that this feature functions. The brand new feature switch Zoom Out option located in the upper toolbar allows you to turn on or off Zoom Out view, turning it off and on. This allows users work with designs or even individual blocks in many different methods.

If you have the Zoom Out mode has been removed, you'll be in a position to perform a variety of actions on the pattern you've chosen. The toolbar for blocks has buttons to scroll, Move up/down as well as the capability to move. The List view includes hyperlinks for various actions including edit, Duplicate as well as the ability to delete the pattern you've picked.

If you've got Zoom Out activated and the Block Inserter is set to show the tab with patterns by default. The List view also reflects the editing mode and will display patterns instead of blocks.

To get a thorough overview of the latest enhancements and new features that come with the zoom out mode, you can read this article about how to fix the Zoom Out Mode iteration Issue as well as developer notes on Zoom Out within WordPress 6.7.

Meta boxes in the Post editor

The previous Versions 6.7 Meta boxes prevented the Post Editor canvas from loading within frames. The reason for this was that certain benefits weren't offered, such as the segregation of block and theme CSS and editor's interface, as well as the precision of CSS units used for media queries and viewport. This limitation hindered the usage of the identical CSS which was utilized in both editor and front-end views.

In WordPress 6.7 The metabox to allow editors to edit content and the meta box is now integrated into the editor's interface. Thanks to the newly introduced split-view that allows editors to use their Post editor's canvas and load within an iframe despite it being the case that your website or article has an metabox. In the Dev Note:

This update ensures a similar WYSIWYG user experience both for the editor, along with the display at the front. In addition, it makes the meta boxes a lot more accessible as they once were. This allows visual references to every part of the information when working in meta boxes and in reverse.

The program takes advantage of its versatility in order to allow the metabox view and other areas accessible for scrolling.

This update includes a range of modifications that affect Post editor interface. Post editor interface. Post editor interface.

• The maximum height of the Meta box is limited to 50% in default to keep it from getting too large and filling up all the space.
• The space of the meta box is expandable and is able to be altered based on the viewport's height.
• The size of the length and the state of open and open will remain for the duration of the preference of the user.

Check out the note on development to get a better understanding of the needs for developers.

Enhancements to the Block Bindings API

WordPress 6.7 offers us improved capabilities and updates that were created by Block Bindings API. Bindings API, and the new default interface to managing the meta source of posts.

New Block Bindings are added to the UI

The latest version features a modern interface to manage Block Bindings within the Settings tab, using the meta-post built-in blocks bindings source. This is available under the tab of block bindings. Heading and Paragraphs, along with Button Blocks Heading, Image Blocks, and Button Blocks.

Once you've registered your customized fields and selected among the block options that support them, the newly-created attributes panel will be displayed in the block's sidebar settings. If you're creating or modifying fields for your posts The attributes panel is now interactive. It allows you to connect the attributes of your block to your customized fields.

This allows you to make bindings through the addition of code in the code editor.

By default, only administrators can modify or set bindings. Developers can override the default behavior using the block_editor_settings_all or map_meta_cap filters.

The note by the developers informs users about two issues that could be present in the recently released attribute interface.

• The ability to connect the attributes of blocks to sources that can be customized cannot be achieved with this version. This enhancement is coming with the release of the upcoming version.
• An additional issue involves the wide variety of custom fields that appear in the attributes panel. For the time being, only fields that are types strings and text rich fields can be accessed. Additionally, we're anticipating the gradual release of different kinds of fields that can be custom made in the coming versions.

Read the Dev Note for more details about the fascinating use-case of an enhanced Block Bindings API with custom post templates.

New post meta label attribute

The brand-new label attribute was added to the plugin. The attribute allows plugin creators to design a custom label for the meta fields that they provide at the time of registration. You can now use the code below to create a registration for your fields which have been designed using labels:

register_post_meta( 'post', 'book_title', array( 'show_in_rest' => true, 'type' => 'string', 'single' => true, 'sanitize_callback' => 'sanitize_text_field', 'label' => __('Book title') ) );

If the label is defined, the label will appear as a substitute for the meta-key displayed in the UI for Block Bindings. This picture shows an attribute panel. The panel contains labels that were made using labels that are custom-designed

Block bindings can be altered

Along with the new Block Bindings interface, a new canUpdateBlockBindings editor setting can be used to determine whether the new interface is interactive for users. The default setting for this is the newly created block_bindings_edit option, which can be changed to the true setting for administrators and similar to other users.

You can change the default behavior using the block_editor_settings_all filter.

New APIs, features, and even a new API are now available for developers

WordPress 6.7 adds new features that will allow you to utilize blocks within the editor.

A brand new editor API permits the creation of custom source files via the server by using bootstrapped data. It is possible to include additional sources in the editor. These sources can then show them on the UI via an API for the server. // Registers block binding sources. If ( ! function_exists( 'twentytwentyfive_register_block_bindings' ) ) : /** * Registers the copyright block binding source. * * @since Twenty Twenty-Five 1.0 * * @return void */ function twentytwentyfive_register_block_bindings() register_block_bindings_source( 'twentytwentyfive/copyright', array( 'label' => _x( '(c) YEAR', 'Label for the copyright placeholder in the editor', 'twentytwentyfive' ), 'get_value_callback' => 'twentytwentyfive_copyright_binding', ) ); endif; // Registers block binding callback function for the copyright. If ( ! function_exists( 'twentytwentyfive_copyright_binding' ) ) : /** * Callback function for the copyright block binding source. * * Effective as of twenty five 1.0 * Returns the Copyright copyright content. */ function twentytwentyfive_copyright_binding() $copyright_text = sprintf( /* translators: 1: Copyright symbol or word, 2: Year */ esc_html__( '%1$s %2$s', 'twentytwentyfive' ), '(c)', wp_date( 'Y' ) ); return $copyright_text; endif; add_action( 'init', 'twentytwentyfive_register_block_bindings' );

The code will show (c) years on the UI in default. The code is displayed in the next image.

It is important to remember that the text displayed in the block canvas does not actually exist and only shows the original label.

To find the exact location on this block, it is necessary to duplicate the pattern Twenty25 that is an Copyright pattern. Once you have done that, access the duplicate pattern inside The Code editor:

Further details regarding the unique Block Bindings feature are provided within Block Bindings in the 6.7 notes of the creation.

Modifications to views of data

Data Views offers a new interface for designing and creating templates as well as web pages, among different features. Data Views is also an element as well being an API which allows you to display your content in the Editor for Sites using a variety of layouts, such as grid or table. or a list.

Beginning with WordPress 6.7 A gear icon is displayed in the upper right corner of the grid view. If you click on this icon, the appearance panel. appearance panel provides a range of options to view. You are able to arrange the elements in your layout, adjust the grid's dimensions and alter the size of elements displayed on a page. It is also possible to select the element's property that you want to show on the page.

The option of switching allows users to conceal or reveal views filters for better user performance when using screens that are small in size.

Once you've selected the filter you wish to use The toggle switch for filtering will show the active filters.

Other modifications to the Data Views Include an aspect ratio that can be adjusted, data view choices from the alternative menu as well as numerous other changes.

Better query loop block

Its Query Loop block is one of the most sophisticated and intricate blocks. It is required to provide maximum flexibility and performance with regard to customization but it's also user-friendly and easy to use. With WordPress 6.7 and 6.7, WordPress 6.7 as well as 6.7 its Query Loop is upgraded and receives a number of changes to enable the loop to become simpler and easier to use.

The original Inherit query that made up the template setting control is now modified for the purpose of making it more accessible and easy to understand.

If you alter the template in conjunction with editing the query loop, the settings panel will display a the type of query control. These images show you how to modify the parameters for two types of types of queries like the default type and custom.

The capability to recognize the context is also upgraded. The Query block has been equipped with the inherit setting, which is changed to the false value by the default. On a single page, this setting has any impact on results or queries. The controls were removed by WordPress 6.7.

As opposed to templates for archive templates, also referred to as index templates. The content of queries blocks is dependent upon the type of inquiry. The archive pages of a specific category will display information related to the subject matter, irrespective of any additional options set by each user. In particular, it shows the total number of blog articles.

You can get an in-depth description of problems that affect queries in the Loop block when you click here.

Additional media management enhancements

In the new version WordPress 6.7 the management of media has been enhanced and more efficient. Auto sizes are now available for lazy loading images to the addition of many backgrounds. Here are some improvements for managing media coming in 6.7.

Auto size sizes for loading lazily loaded images

A first setting for setting dimensions will enable your browser to recognize the file that you want to utilize by the value of the attribute srcset attribute. The browser is able to find the dimensions of the image, before the layout is recognized.

The HTML specification allows images to be stripped of their dimension attribute. It is also possible to alter the attribute value to the word auto or to a string that begins with the word auto:

list of source-size-list>autoauto

In WordPress 6.7 using the auto attribute, the auto attribute will be included that it appears at the top of the dimension attribute for every images that load slowly. This results in a performance increase in speed when loading web pages.

Developers can correct the value of the sizes attribute using the new wp_img_tag_add_auto_sizes() function.

Font Library enhancements

WordPress 6.7 will also bring many beneficial improvements to The Font library. One of them is that fonts will now be separated into two categories: Sources ( Theme and Custom), making it much easier to find the sources of each type in a single glance.

A new alternative to choose all options is as simple as a few mouse clicks when you are searching for exactly the font you're seeking in Google Fonts.

Other modifications include a revised "No fonts installed" message for fonts not currently in use as well as an improved "No Fonts installed" state when fonts are installed, but have not yet in use.

Support for the HEIC format

Its file format, HEIC (High Efficiency Image Container) is the most recent version of format HEIF (High Efficiency Image Format) that is utilized by Apple to all iPhones and iPads running iOS 11 and later. This format allows iOS users to get maximum benefits from 4K cameras, and also can have smaller file sizes.

In WordPress 6.7, HEIC image uploads are instantly converted to JPEG by the WordPress server when it's possible. This allows users to look through HEIC images in the Media Library and use them in posts and pages regardless of whether your browser is compatible with HEIC.

Design tools that remain constantly up-dated and improved.

With WordPress 6.7 Designers will have access to modern and sophisticated tools for designing, like expanded block support, the font size settings and many more.

Background images are a great way to improve the user interface to the text, Quote, as well as Post Blocks

WordPress 6.7 comes with the most recent controls that control the appearance of background images in a handful of blocks that are included in the overall design. These blocks comprise Verse, Quote and Post Content.

Background images that's set in general styles could be applied to the whole site. Once you've placed your background image into the shape of a block it is important to alter the options on every instance of the block to give it an individual look.

The feature is available in The Post blocks to wrap each page of the post and the contents within templates. This image is an example of the usage of this feature. Background image.

Block support can be a method to assist in adding blocks

Furthermore, it offers the ability to use background images in the Verse and Quote blocks, and also the ability to utilize Post Blocks in Content WordPress. 6.7 adds new features for creating blocks that include a range of capabilities that theme developers will love.

Border border support has been extended to various blocks. This includes Buttons category, Buttons Gallery, Headings, Media Text, Paragraph, Post Title quote, and a host of other blocks.

The release adds color as well as colors for buttons, List Item and Comments that were previously available..

WordPress 6.7 will include an anticipated feature to developers and designers: shadow support in group blocks. Group block. Block for Groups.

Font size presets

WordPress 6.7 comes with a distinctive modern user interface which lets users alter the size of your font and the style of your pre-sets within the Global Styles interface. The users can change the default settings for the theme, as well as modify, delete or even add Font size presets by making use of the editor.

Additionally, you'll be able to use the capability to switch towards fluid typography, and also to establish the values you want to use for fluidity.

If you'd like to try this, begin by using the styles interface and go through font sizes and then The Presets for The Font Size Sets. A new window will appear with the font size presets. Choose the font size preset you like and apply modifications as necessary.

The changes you make on your site will reflect across your site.

UI improvement and editing tools

WordPress 6.7 adds an array of UI improvements as well as a wide range of options that make it easier for editing. We'll take a look some of the options.

The publish button was moved in the right location.

It is believed that the cancel and publish buttons on the check-box to pre-publish have been moved.  cancel as well as publish and cancel Publish buttons of the check-box to pre-publish have been moved to different locations to allow you to publish content with no need to move the cursor around the page.

Block names that are customized in the block inspector

In WordPress 6.7 When you have made the block's name custom the name appear in the block inspector. be displayed in the block inspector too. When using the previous version 6.6 The block inspector would show the default block name (e.g. the heading).

You can deactivate the Modal Pick Pattern

It is now possible to disable the option to choose patterns option which is shown whenever you create a new page. If you want to remove this option, you can simply go to the preferences in the menu choices menu, and then disable the option that displays the"starter pattern" choice.

Automatic phone number linking

The link field adds the number as you type your address.

It is possible to add many images to the block.

Now you can add several pictures to an Image block. You can also transform the block into gallery blocks.

New APIs, new features and even a brand new API are now available to developers

WordPress 6.7 has a variety of new APIs developers are able to use in order for their plugins to increase the capabilities of the plugins they create. The brand new Preview Options API has been added, along with additional APIs which have been upgraded with new options, such as the HTML API and API for Interactivity. Interactivity API. Let's look at a few of.

Preview Options API

The new Preview Options API allows plugin developers to extend their options and increase the dimensions of the Preview dropdown menu in the post/page editor. The API introduces a new PluginPreviewMenuItem component that plugins can use to add custom menu items with custom titles and click handlers to the Preview dropdown menu.

The plugin developers can create custom methods to show the WordPress editor to cover different things, such as:

• Previews with custom formats (think of your posts that you post on social media)
• Posts or pages that are viewed as previews that are only accessible to only certain roles-based users
• Additional preview modes, such as dark mode, emails, etc.

Based on the tools that you have at hand, you are able to make custom menu items in order to show your contents in the form of buttons, hyperlinks or other.

Here's a sample from the instruction to developers about what to do with the brand new API:

import __ from '@wordpress/i18n'; import PluginPreviewMenuItem from '@wordpress/editor'; import registerPlugin from '@wordpress/plugins'; function onPreviewClick() // Handle preview action const CustomPreviewMenuItem = () => ( __( 'Your menu item label' ) ); registerPlugin( 'custom-preview-menu-item', render: CustomPreviewMenuItem, );

The plugin is accessible. Template Registration API

Before WordPress 6.7 was released, the only way to customize blocks was via themes. Registration of blocks using an plugin could be difficult unless you used complicated workarounds.

With the help of the brand newly released template registration API that is now available and allows you to create your own block templates registered through an application. The new API provides two new functions for registering and unregistering a template: register_block_template() and unregister_block_template().

It is pretty easy to use. All you need to do is give the function some parameters.

$template_name: The name of the template in the form of plugin_uri//template_name (note the //) $args: A list of the following arguments:

• title
• description
• Content
• post_types

To learn more about the API, and use examples look up the Note on Development and the first Pull Request.

Block type APIs are now available to sign-up.

A new wp_register_block_metadata_collection() function registers a block type from a manifest file if it exists instead of reading and parsing the block.json file directly. This is particularly helpful for plugins that register several blocks as it's not necessary to translate and read block.json for each block type.

Note that this new function does not replace the existing register_block_type() and register_block_type_from_metadata() functions. This function can be used in lieu of, however, it is highly recommended to utilize plugins that allow multiple blocks to be registered for improved efficiency.

Check out the Developer Note to get a thorough description of the API as well as diagrams of how you can make use of the API.

Optional Heading Level Options for Optional Headings

By using the brand-new attribute dubbed levelOptions feature of the new feature called levelOptions. Users can specify the different levels that headings are to be added in the dropdown menu to include headings in the Site Title Tagline of the site, the Query Title as well as Post Title in addition to Comment title blocks.

It is most often used as a block template or template elements, and patterns. This code will disable H1 Headings H5 (H5 as well as H5, H5 and) inside the block. Headings:

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