{"id":17517,"date":"2024-07-16T16:51:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T16:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=17517"},"modified":"2024-07-16T17:49:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T17:49:05","slug":"dorsey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2024\/07\/dorsey\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 6.6 \u201cDorsey\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Say hello to WordPress 6.6 \u201cDorsey,\u201d named after the legendary American Big Band leader, Tommy Dorsey. Renowned for his smooth-toned trombone and compositions, Dorsey\u2019s music captivated audiences with its emotional depth and vibrant energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let your heart swing, sing, and sway to the deep brass notes of Dorsey\u2019s Big Band sound<\/a> as you explore the new features and enhancements of WordPress 6.6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hello, 6.6!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

WordPress 6.6 delivers on the promise of a better web by bringing style, finesse, and a suite of creative possibilities to your site-building experience. This version helps you do more with ease, putting enhanced tools at your fingertips and giving you unprecedented power behind the scenes. You will find more ways to create beautiful, coherent design elements across your site, a new layout for quick page previews in the Site Editor, and the safety of automatic rollbacks for failed plugin auto-updates\u2014among many other highlights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the new features, \u201cDorsey\u201d continues to deliver the performance and accessibility gains you can expect from every WordPress release. Explore what WordPress 6.6 has to offer and get ready to let its features take your sites to new heights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Download WordPress 6.6 \u201cDorsey\u201d<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s inside<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Add more design options to block themes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Create color or font sets to multiply design combinations across one theme. These sets offer more contained design possibilities, allowing visual variety within the site\u2019s broader styling guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Simplify your workflow with a new layout for pages in the Site Editor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

See all of your pages and a preview of any selected page with the new side-by-side layout in the Site Editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Auto-update your plugins with peace of mind<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy the convenience of plugin auto-updates with the safety of rollbacks if anything goes wrong\u2014offering your site a new level of security, enhanced functionality as it becomes available, and almost no time or bandwidth from you to make it happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Customize content in synced patterns<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Make content changes in each instance of a synced pattern while maintaining a consistent style across them. Set these overrides for Heading, Paragraph, Button, and Image blocks when placed in a synced pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Performance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

WordPress 6.6 features important updates like removing redundant WP_Theme_JSON calls, disabling autoload for large options, and eliminating unnecessary polyfill dependencies. Other highlights include lazy-loading post embeds, a new data-wp-on-async<\/code> directive, and templates in the editor that load approximately 35% faster overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accessibility<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This release includes 58 accessibility fixes and enhancements. These focus on foundational aspects of the WordPress experience, particularly the data views component powering the new site editing experience and areas like the Inserter, which provide a key way of interacting with blocks and patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And much more<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Visit the feature showcase<\/a> for a full overview of all the new features and enhancements in WordPress 6.6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Check out what’s new<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about WordPress 6.6<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Explore Learn WordPress<\/a> for quick how-to videos, online workshops<\/a>, and other free resources to level up your WordPress knowledge and skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The WordPress 6.6 Field Guide<\/a> contains detailed technical information and developer notes<\/a> to help you build with WordPress and get the most out of this release. Don\u2019t forget to subscribe to the Developer Blog<\/a> for updates, tutorials, and other helpful WordPress content for developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For information about installation, file changes, fixes, and other updates, read the 6.6 release notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 6.6 release squad<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Every release comes to you from a dedicated team of enthusiastic contributors who help keep things on track and moving smoothly. The team that has led 6.6 is a cross-functional group of contributors who are always ready to champion ideas, remove blockers, and resolve issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n