WordPress 6.1

Cleaner Layouts

One-Click Lock Settings

When locking blocks, a new toggle lets you apply your lock settings to all of the inner blocks in a containing block (e.g. the group, cover, and column blocks).

Improved Block Placeholders

Various blocks have improved placeholders to reflect customization options that will help you when designing your site and its content.

For example, the Image block placeholder displays custom borders and duotone filters even before selecting an image.

Richer Lists And Quotes

The List block and Quote block now support inner blocks. This allows for more flexible and rich compositions like adding headings inside your Quote blocks.

Fluid Typography

Fluid typography gives you more responsive text by letting you define font sizes that adapt for easier reading in any screen size.

Add Starter Patterns To Post Types

When you created a new page in WordPress 6.0, you would see suggested patterns so you did not have to start with a blank page.

In 6.1, you will also see the starter patterns modal when you create a new instance of any post type.

Find Block Themes Faster

The WordPress Themes directory has a filter for block themes, and a pattern preview gives a better sense of what the theme might look like while exploring different themes and patterns.

• Saving WordPress Site Editor settings for each user, making these consistent across different browsers and devices.
• A streamlined style system.
• Improved admin and editor accessibility.
• A new time-to-read feature showing content authors the approximate time-to-read values for pages, posts, and custom post types.
• An empty site tagline by default in new sites that can be modified in General Settings.
• A new modal design with a background blur effect makes it easier to focus on the task at hand.
• Updated interface options and features that include styling elements like buttons, citations, and links globally.
• The ability to override default content dimensions provided by themes in the Styles Sidebar gives site builders better control over full-width content.
• New filters for the Query Loop Block.
• Filters for all styles.
• Spacing presets for faster and more consistent design with preset margin and padding values for multiple blocks.
• Content-only editing settings with layouts that can be locked within container blocks allow designers to control the layout and leave writers free to focus on the content.