{"id":39311,"date":"2023-02-16T09:32:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T17:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhblog.dream.press\/blog\/?p=39311"},"modified":"2025-05-21T18:56:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T01:56:15","slug":"wordpress-6-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www-dev.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wordpress-6-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 6.2 is Coming Soon! Here\u2019s Your First Look"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On February 6, 2023, the WordPress core development team published its Roadmap to 6.2<\/a>, which includes a wealth of exciting details about the key sections of work expected to be completed for WordPress 6.2, the next iteration of WordPress that’s planned for a March 28 release. This release, like the ones that have come before it<\/a>, looks to offer features that make working within the content management system more user-friendly and promises to help make you more productive than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Refinements and significant improvements, as well as ease of use, are the main focus areas of WordPress 6.2. Among those improvements are a revamped approach to navigating between templates and template parts, an additional way to manage menus with the navigation block, and the ability to import widgets to block themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Full-Site Editor<\/h3>\n

The Full-Site Editor is a tool that enables you to modify theme templates using blocks. It replaces the Theme Editor in past versions of WordPress.<\/p>\n \n Read More <\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The base block experience will also receive improvements, including features like a new distraction-free writing mode and a scaled block settings experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s dive right in and check out what you and other WordPress users have to look forward to!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Site<\/strong> Editing Becomes a Breeze<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Site Editor will now center the entire structure of your site starting with the homepage. Whereas in the past when you’d be dropped into a single template, various features will now come together to make it easier to navigate across your site and take the actions you want. In addition, you’ll be able to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Site Editor Features<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Experience a refreshed Site Editor with the new Browse mode.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Easily identify template parts and reusable blocks with added colorization.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Write without interruption with the specially designed distraction-free editing mode.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Insert media directly from your Media Library using the Inserter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Quickly add images from Openverse to your posts using the Inserter, with the option to disable this feature.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Keep an eye out for the updated Block Settings icon, an indicator of additional forthcoming changes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Migrate your widgets to block themes with ease.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • View your list view and document information all in one unified panel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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