WordPress 6.3 Maintenance Releases
WordPress 6.3 was released in August 2023. There have subsequently been two maintenance releases: WordPress 6.3.1 – August 29th, 2023; and WordPress 6.3.2 – October 12th, 2023.
WordPress 6.4
This version was launched on November 7th, 2023. See the WordPress 6.4 Release Post. For more technical information see the WordPress 6.4 Field Guide. A release overview can also be found on WPTavern.
This release is still predominantly concerned with developments and changes that are part of phase two of the Gutenberg project. For want of a better term, perhaps fine-tuning is a suitable phrase to describe it. It includes:
- Twenty Twenty-Four, this year’s new default theme
- Pattern management facilities
- redesign of the command palette (keyboard shortcuts) with further additions
- stand out (full screen image) capability
- plus various other minor changes, e.g. writing enhancements.
As has become regular in recent releases, there are improvements in the areas of both performance and accessibility.
What Next?
Three releases are planned for 2024: March, July and November. One hopes that phase three of the Gutenberg project (the Collaboration phase) will begin to make a noticeable appearance, although further fine-tuning to the site editor is inevitable.
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