WordPress 6.7 New Features and Changes

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WordPress 6.7 “Rollins”, the third major release of 2024 has finally arrived. This release introduces a new default theme – Twenty Twenty-Five, a new zoom-out mode, several accessibility, media and performance improvements, and so on.

Expected Features and Changes in WordPress 6.7

A new default theme – Twenty Twenty-Five

WordPress 6.7 will include a new default theme called Twenty Twenty-Five. The theme will come with new patterns, styles, and fonts. Carolina Nymark and Juanfra Aldasoro are leading the development.  The Figma file is open to everyone and the development can be tracked on the Twenty Twenty-Five GitHub repository.

Twenty Twenty-Five WordPress 6.7 default theme

Editor updates

New font size presets

This version will include font size preset controls within the “Typography” settings in the “Styles” interface.

font size preset new feature in WordPress 6.7

This will allow users to customize the default theme font size and also define custom ones.

customize font size preset

Enhancements to data views

With regard to data views, we now have an improved “view option”, which allows us to define the preview size and so on.

changes to data views in WordPress 6.7

Another minor improvement includes the option to hide/show filters.

toggle filter on/off in data views

Another new change in WordPress 6.7 for data views involves the option to change the column order in table views.

rearrange column order in data views

Zoom out mode

Another new feature in WordPress 6.7 is the new zoom-out mode. This will elevate the editing experience and be really useful when working with patterns.

all new zoom out mode in WordPress 6.7

New background menu

The “Styles” section now has a new background option that allows users to define a background image for the website.

new background option in styles menu

Block updates

Heading block

The heading block will get a new border control option with the release of WordPress 6.7.

new change to heading block in WordPress 6.7

The gallery block also gets a border block support, allowing users to further customize it.

gallery block with border control

Image block

The image block has received a new margin control, which will offer users more freedom in terms of design.

image block with margin control

Latest comments block

A new change in WordPress 6.7 regarding the latest comments block is the addition of color support. This includes support for text, background, and links.

latest comments block with color settings

List item block

This block also receives a new color support feature, which allows users to highlight the elements in the list further.

list item block with color control

The social links block now has border control options, which ensure that the users can further highlight their social media links for maximum visibility.

social media links block with border control

Group block

A new shadow support control has been added to the group block.

group block with shadow control support

The query loop block is also set to receive a few enhancements with WordPress 6.7. More blocks have received various design tool updates and this ensures that users have more control and flexibility over their site’s layout.

Media improvements

Several new media enhancements are also ready to ship with WordPress 6 .7 such as HEIC support,  auto sizes for lazy-loaded images, updated background image support to use a modal, added support for background attachments (fixed backgrounds), and allowing block-level background images in global styles.

Beta 1 performance benchmark reports

Mukesh Panchal on Slack shared the beta 1 performance benchmark reports from his tests. He ran the tests by comparing WordPress 6.7 beta against WordPress 6.6.2, with Twenty Twenty-One and Twenty Twenty-Four, with object caching enabled and disabled.

His test reports reveal, “With object caching disabled, Classic themes (TT1) show a 3% regression (0.35ms slower) in wp-before-template measurements; LCP remains relatively stable. Block themes (TT4) show a 6% regression in TTFB  (6ms slower) and a 8% regression (8 ms slower) for wp-total measurements. LCP shows a 4.5% regression (7ms). Running the tests with object caching enabled shows slightly reduced regressions.” 

He has also shared the links to the test runs via GitHub:

Miscellaneous changes

New APIs and improvements

WordPress 6.7 will introduce a new Preview Options API (this will allow users to extend the Preview dropdown menu in the post/page editor.) and Template Registration API (this will allow plugins to register templates and template parts effortlessly.).

Besides these two new APIS, other APIs such as Interactivity API, Block Bindings API, and HTML API will receive further enhancements.

Improve support for PHP 8.x

The team will also work to improve support for PHP 8.x, which will be achieved by removing code pertaining to older PHP versions that are now unsupported.

Wrapping Up

This release marks the third and final major release of 2024 and we can expect even more features, improvements, and enhancements next year.

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