WordPress version 6.6 introduces a host of new features and enhancements aimed at improving the user experience and expanding the creative possibilities for developers and designers.

Key News in WordPress 6.6

Data Views Updates
Improved information management in the Site Editor, with a new interface that consolidates patterns and templates, making it easier to navigate and manage these elements.

Synchronized Pattern Overlays
The ability to keep a pattern’s design consistent across your entire site while allowing content to vary by location. This is especially useful for things like recipe cards that need to have the same design but different content.​

Improved Block Management
When you have a block selected and open the block inserter, both blocks that can be inserted into the selected block and all other blocks are displayed, providing better overview and flexibility.

New Publishing Process
Integrated experience between post and site editor, making the workflow smoother and more consistent, regardless of whether you are working with posts or pages.

Style Variations and Section Styles
Expanded design options directly from the theme’s installed variations, as well as the ability to define style options for separate sections of multiple blocks, making it easier to create cohesive and branded sections.

Built-in Grid Layout
New variation for the group block that allows you to arrange blocks in a grid without having to use plugins​.

Negative Margins
Support for negative margin values, providing greater flexibility in layout design​.

Other Improvements:
Performance optimizations that reduce template load times by up to 40%​ (Pootlepress)​.

PHP Support

Support for PHP 7.0 and 7.1 has been removed, and the minimum supported version is now PHP 7.2.24​ (Pootlepress)​.

WordPress 6.6 is a major update that improves design flexibility and user experience, and introduces several new technical features that make the platform more powerful and easy to use for both developers and end users.

 

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