{"id":33285,"date":"2022-05-24T08:23:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T15:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhblog.dream.press\/blog\/?p=33285"},"modified":"2026-08-06T10:37:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T17:37:01","slug":"wordpress-6-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www-dev.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wordpress-6-0\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 6.0 \u201cArturo\u201d &#8211; Here&#8217;s What&#8217;s New"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 id=\"h-wordpress-6-0-announcement-amp-download-link\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s new in WordPress 6.0 \u201cArturo\u201d?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Update 05\/24\/2022<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress 6.0 \u201cArturo\u201d \u2014 named for Grammy-winning Latin jazz musician Arturo O\u2019Farrill \u2014 was released on May 24, 2022, with nearly 1,000 enhancements and bug fixes, including style variations for block themes, block locking controls, and a smoother writing experience. WordPress has since moved on: the latest release is 7.0.2 (July 17, 2026), per the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/releases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official release archive<\/a>. The original 6.0 announcement is below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-wordpress-news wp-block-embed-wordpress-news\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"PuE7My8N0j\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2022\/05\/arturo\/\">WordPress 6.0 \u201cArturo\u201d<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content lazyload\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;WordPress 6.0 \u201cArturo\u201d&#8221; &#8212; WordPress News\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2022\/05\/arturo\/embed\/#?secret=Q3eGsQ2CXr#?secret=PuE7My8N0j\" data-secret=\"PuE7My8N0j\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Update 05\/12\/2022<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s a mere sampling of the many exciting changes that arrived with WordPress 6.0:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Accessibility.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The WordPress open-source software itself has received upgrades so that it\u2019s easier to use overall.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Block editor.<\/b>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bundle multiple style variations for block themes.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create page content patterns that you can choose from to create your pages.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New ancestor property in block.json. This will allow you to restrict where blocks may be placed.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new user interface will allow you to set a lock attribute for every block in the editor.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Registration of blocks from within themes.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unrecognized content can now be preserved thanks to upgraded support.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Site Editor\u2019s block-theme export feature also received several improvements.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Block markup updates for image, quote, list, and group blocks.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new set of Post Comments blocks, No Results block, and more.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Bootstrap\/load.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Skip unneeded queries by applying a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">do_parse_request <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">filter<\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Cache API improvements.<\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wp_cache_*_multiple<\/span> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is now full CRUD.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Media.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> New filters and user interface additions.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>More dynamic hooks for custom post types<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Taxonomy improvements.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Query caching, taxonomy query limits, navigation menu items, terminology changes, and more.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Themes.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Simpler pattern tools for theme authors, support for multiple theme.json files, improved theme exports from the Site Editor, and more.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Users.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sites with particularly high traffic will now be able to query and count users.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Updates for developers<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style><div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nF1pgxhWNw8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-wordpress-5-9-amp-full-site-editing\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">WordPress 5.9 and full site editing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just because something is already pretty great doesn\u2019t mean that there isn\u2019t ever room for further improvements and refinements. Take WordPress 5.9 for example. It was released back on January 25, 2022 \u2014 several major versions before today\u2019s 7.0 branch \u2014 with a whole fleet of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wordpress-full-site-editing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new features and refinements<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dubbed \u201cJos\u00e9phine,\u201d the WordPress 5.9 release bounded forward with a number of updates intended to make the website creation and design experience much more friendly for end-users than any previous release. The hallmark features of Jos\u00e9phine include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wordpress-full-site-editing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full site editing<\/a> controls when using a supported block-based theme<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sitewide blocks that allow for additional customization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navigation blocks that allow for further flexibility with site menus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The new, full site editing ready Twenty Twenty-Two theme<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enhanced lazy loading performance for images<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Performance improvements to the Inserter, Block Themes, List View, and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"351\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/wordpress-5-9.png\" alt=\"WordPress 5.9 Update\" class=\"wp-image-33291 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www-dev.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/wordpress-5-9.png.webp 1999w, https:\/\/www-dev.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/wordpress-5-9-300x53.png 300w, https:\/\/www-dev.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/wordpress-5-9-1024x180.png 1024w, https:\/\/www-dev.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/wordpress-5-9-768x135.png 768w, https:\/\/www-dev.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/wordpress-5-9-1536x270.png 1536w, https:\/\/www-dev.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/wordpress-5-9-600x105.png.webp 600w, https:\/\/www-dev.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/wordpress-5-9-1200x211.png.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www-dev.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/wordpress-5-9-730x128.png.webp 730w, https:\/\/www-dev.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/wordpress-5-9-1460x256.png.webp 1460w, https:\/\/www-dev.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/wordpress-5-9-784x138.png.webp 784w, https:\/\/www-dev.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/wordpress-5-9-1568x275.png.webp 1568w, https:\/\/www-dev.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/wordpress-5-9-877x154.png.webp 877w, https:\/\/www-dev.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/wordpress-5-9-1754x308.png.webp 1754w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1999px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1999\/351;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And yet, in early 2022, WordPress developers were already looking ahead to 6.0, and figuring out what new features it might boast. (WordPress 6.0 ultimately shipped on May 24, 2022.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-the-future-of-wordpress\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How WordPress 6.0 fit the Gutenberg roadmap<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Early reports on WordPress 6.0 hinted at even bigger advances and refinements. In a January 26, 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2022\/01\/26\/preliminary-roadmap-for-6-0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog post<\/a>, Mat\u00edas Ventura, an engineer and designer who was the lead architect of the Gutenberg block editor for WordPress and co-designer of the Twenty Eleven default theme, laid out a preliminary, high-level roadmap for the next steps and general scope for the new release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe overall aim is to consolidate and expand the set of customization tools introduced in 5.9 for creating themes with blocks, with a special focus towards usability and refinement,\u201d Ventura said. \u201cThis new release could be considered a conceptual wrap for Gutenberg: Phase 2. This doesn\u2019t mean the customization phase would be concluded with it, but that its main features would have been established.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those of you who aren\u2019t aware, Gutenberg is the name given to the controversial yet revolutionary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wordpress-full-site-editing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">block editor<\/a> that was introduced alongside the release of WordPress 5.0 in December 2018. The Gutenberg project\u2019s goal is to help even the most novice, non-developer users easily create and manipulate content in a way that WordPress\u2019 previous editor could not. Gutenberg allows for building and editing impressive, media-rich pages using movable block elements such as paragraphs, images, lists, galleries, videos, audio, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"article-newsletter article-newsletter--gradient\">\n\n\n<h2>Get Content Delivered Straight to Your Inbox<\/h2><p>Subscribe now to receive all the latest updates, delivered directly to your inbox.<\/p><form class=\"nwsl-form\" id=\"newsletter_block_\" novalidate><div class=\"messages\"><\/div><div class=\"form-group\"><label for=\"input_newsletter_block_\"><input type=\"email\"name=\"email\"id=\"input_newsletter_block_\"placeholder=\"Enter your email address\"novalidatedisabled=\"disabled\"\/><\/label><button type=\"submit\"class=\"btn btn--brand\"disabled=\"disabled\"><span>Sign Me Up!<\/span><svg width=\"21\" height=\"14\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 14\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M13.8523 0.42524L12.9323 1.34521C12.7095 1.56801 12.7132 1.9304 12.9404 2.14865L16.7241 5.7823H0.5625C0.251859 5.7823 0 6.03416 0 6.3448V7.6573C0 7.96794 0.251859 8.2198 0.5625 8.2198H16.7241L12.9405 11.8535C12.7132 12.0717 12.7095 12.4341 12.9323 12.6569L13.8523 13.5769C14.072 13.7965 14.4281 13.7965 14.6478 13.5769L20.8259 7.39879C21.0456 7.17913 21.0456 6.82298 20.8259 6.60327L14.6477 0.42524C14.4281 0.205584 14.0719 0.205584 13.8523 0.42524Z\" fill=\"white\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button><\/div><\/form><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"498\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/wordpress-6-0.png\" alt=\"WordPress 6.0 - the Gutenberg Editor\" class=\"wp-image-33292 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www-dev.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/wordpress-6-0.png.webp 750w, https:\/\/www-dev.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/wordpress-6-0-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www-dev.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/wordpress-6-0-600x398.png.webp 600w, https:\/\/www-dev.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/wordpress-6-0-730x485.png.webp 730w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 750px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 750\/498;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Gutenberg editor has three main components:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Content:<\/b> The content takes up most of the screen. You\u2019ll see a visual preview of what everything should look like when a visitor is browsing your site. It\u2019s not always 100% accurate, but the editor provides you with a rather good idea of the final layout.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Top toolbar:<\/b> The toolbar at the top helps you insert new blocks, undo or redo any edits you have made, and access other vital settings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Sidebar:<\/b> The sidebar contains two tabs. The Post tab lets you configure post-level settings such as categories, tags, the featured image, etc. The Block tab shows the settings for whatever block that you have selected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his January 2022 roadmap, Ventura said the goal for WordPress 6.0 was to expand the existing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wordpress-full-site-editing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tools that were introduced with the Gutenberg release<\/a> and revisit some previously considered and shelved features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A number of ideas were on the table at the time, and Ventura laid many of them out in <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2022\/01\/26\/preliminary-roadmap-for-6-0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his roadmap<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On top of the WordPress 6.0 roadmap, the Gutenberg project itself has its own development roadmap, broken down into four phases. They are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Easier Editing:<\/b> Block-based content editing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Customization:<\/b> FSE, block patterns, block directory, block themes, and global styles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Collaboration:<\/b> Co-authoring content.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Multilingual:<\/b> Implementation of multilingual sites.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress 6.0 marked the conceptual wrap of Phase 2, Customization, which culminated in WordPress 6.3 (2023) with the launch of the Site Editor. 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