There are various internationalization (i18n) improvements in WordPress 6.7, so let's take a look at them together. Determining if a translation exists Sometimes it's useful to know if a translation already exists in memory without having to load the translation for a given text field first. The new has_translation() function does exactly that. See #52696 / [59029] for more details. Send e-mail in the administrator's locale In version 4.7, Word...

Since the introduction of block themes, theme developers have been able to create custom block templates. However, this possibility is limited to themes and plugins cannot register their own templates directly. In order to achieve similar functionality, plugins had to resort to complex methods including hooking up multiple PHP filters, manually creating WP_Block_Template objects, and copying internal WordPress logic. WordPress 6.7 introduces a new API that will greatly simplify the process of plugins registering their own block templates. For ...

After attempting to iframe the post editor, the presence of metaframes became an impediment that prevented the editor content from loading in the iframe and rendered these benefits of iframes unavailable: these benefits are important for supporting CSS reuse in the editor and front-end, as well as streamlining block and topic development. Even with the presence of metaframes, community members have been working to introduce them into the post editor, but it took many attempts to determine how to adapt the interface to separate metaframes from post content. Split view is now implemented to support...

WordPress 6.7 added the ability to delay loading images with sizes="auto". This feature, recently added to the HTML specification, allows browsers to use an image's rendered layout width, srcset, when selecting a source from a list, since delayed-loaded images don't load until after the layout is known. Background The responsive image attribute, srcset, was added in WordPress 4.4sizes. To quote a developer note from that time: To help browsers from the list of source sets...

WordPress 6.7 introduces a new feature that allows plugins to improve the performance of registering their block wp_register_block_metadata_collection() types, especially for plugins that register multiple block types. Extending WordPress Core Behavior to Plugins Since WordPress 6.1, WordPress Core has included a mechanism to improve the performance of loading all of the built-in block types: as the build process...

Every two weeks, Gutenberg is updated. Now it is to Gutenberg 19.4 has been released and is available for download! Let's see what's new. New Writing/Design Mode The Edit and Select modes are now called Write and Design modes. In writing mode, one can focus on writing and all layout options are hidden from the sidebar. If you want to adjust colors, size, create columns, etc., switch to design mode! The block-bound editor API is publicly available Gutenberg ...

We've been closely following the development of WordPress 6.7 and tested the beta version of the release (WordPress 6.7 Beta 2), which comes with updates and several new features that are more user-friendly and useful. For example, the upcoming release will come with a new default theme (Twenty Twenty-Five) and massive improvements to the block editor (Gutenberg) and site editing experience, among others. Zoomed view for site editing Like most users, we often feel that the editor contains multiple...

We previously covered the first beta version of WordPress 6.7 in detail! Today, we take a look at WordPress 6.7 Beta 2 (the second beta version) which is now released and ready for testing! This is the second beta version and it's WordPress software is still under development. People should not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on already running or critical sites while testing.Our recommendation, as before, is to test the service in...

WordPress 6.7 Beta 1 is now available for download and testing! This beta version of the WordPress software is under development. Do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on sites that are already running or are important to you; you can set up a test environment or local site to test the new features. How to test WordPress 6.7 Beta 1 Beta 1 can be tested in any of the following ways: WordPress...