Wwith WordPress 6.7 scheduled for a November 12 release, it’s time to have a look at a few key features.
I recorded a video that goes over some key features in this release:
Timestamps:
- 00:20 Twenty Twenty-Five
- 01:31 How Twenty Twenty-Five tries to be multipurpose
- 01:54 Twenty Twenty-Five Style variations
- 02:52 Challenges of too much choice (style variations, patterns)
- 03:21 How other themes try to prevent overwhelm
- 04:40 What sets custom themes apart
- 05:54 Zoomed out view
- 06:53 Use of Section Styles
- 07:38 Font size presets in the Site Editor
- 08:22 How settings management has evolved over the WordPress versions
- 09:17 Ability to disable Page Patterns modal
- 10:11 Header level curation
- 11:06 New meta boxes handling
- 14:10 Block Bindings interface
Here are the resources mentioned in the video:
- Twenty Twenty-Five demo site
- Style variations for colors and typography
- Brian Gardner tweet asking about desire for a premium pattern plugin
- Rockbase theme
- My Peak Challenge case study
- Zoom Out dev note
- Section Styles: Efficient and flexible styling for block themes
- Post Editor iframing with meta boxes in WordPress 6.7
