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title: WordPress 6.7
description: WordPress 6.7 introduces the versatile Twenty Twenty-Five theme, custom fields for blocks, enhanced accessibility, and more user-friendly features.
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date: '2024-11-13T01:31:28.000Z'
author: Rich Tabor
summary: WordPress 6.7 introduces the versatile Twenty Twenty-Five theme, custom fields for blocks, enhanced accessibility, and more user-friendly features.
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[WordPress 6.7](https://wordpress.org/download/releases/6-7/) has officially landed, bringing a host of new features, user-friendly improvements, and performance boosts to make publishing with WordPress better than ever.

Here’s my take on the key updates in this release.

## Introducing Twenty Twenty-Five

The release of WordPress 6.7 brings a brand-new default theme: [Twenty Twenty-Five](https://wordpress.org/themes/twentytwentyfive/). Designed to be modern, clean, and adaptable, this theme offers a [range of styles](/720-themes/) and patterns, making it quite a versatile theme.

## Zoom Out for the Big Picture

A broader perspective of your pages lets you add, edit, shuffle, or remove patterns to your liking. [Zoom](/shaping-wordpress-003/) to new levels.

## **Custom Fields + Blocks**

You can now map [custom fields to block attributes](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/06/28/editing-custom-fields-from-connected-blocks/), making it simple to create dynamic, data-driven content within your WordPress pages and posts.

## Curate Font Size Presets

With WordPress 6.7, you can create and edit font size presets with support with [fluid typography](/fluid-typography-block-themes/) for responsive font scaling.

**Templates Made Simple**

The new [Template Registration API](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/10/20/new-plugin-template-registration-api-in-wordpress-6-7/) lets plugins bundle templates for block themes seamlessly—functioning like any theme template.

![Screenshot showing PHP code to register a block template in WordPress. The code uses the add_action function with the init hook, and an anonymous function that calls register_block_template. The template is identified by 'gutenberg/plugin-template' and includes an array with title, description, and content keys. The code snippet is styled with syntax highlighting on a dark background, bordered by a pink background.](https://i0.wp.com/rich.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/6-7-templates.png?ssl=1&resize=960%2C961)

## **Add Preview Options**

Developers now have the ability to extend the editor’s [Preview](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/10/18/extending-the-preview-dropdown-menu-in-wordpress-6-7/) control to offer more ways to preview content.

![Menu interface on an orange background with a white pop-up card displaying options. The top section lists ‘Desktop,’ ‘Tablet,’ and ‘Mobile,’ with a checkmark next to ‘Desktop,’ indicating the selected view. Below are options labeled ‘View site’ with an external link icon and ‘View newsletter’ with an envelope icon, suggesting quick access links.](https://i0.wp.com/rich.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/6-7-preview.png?ssl=1&resize=960%2C960)

## 65+ Accessibility Improvements

Enhanced UI, smoother keyboard navigation, accessible login headings, and clearer labels—all to make WordPress more intuitive and inclusive.

![Graphic with a yellow background featuring a black accessibility icon (a stylized human figure within a circle) followed by the text ‘65+’ in black. The design suggests 65+ accessibility improvements relative to WordPress 6.7.](https://i0.wp.com/rich.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/6-7ally.jpg?ssl=1&resize=2400%2C2400)

## And much more…

-   Support for [HEIC images](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/08/15/automatic-conversion-of-heic-images-to-jpeg-in-wordpress-6-7/).
-   A better [Query Loop block](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/09/23/core-editor-improvement-simplified-query-loop-block-with-smarter-defaults-intuitive-settings/).
-   Improved [Interactivity API](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/10/15/subscribe-to-changes-in-the-interactivity-api-state-and-context-on-client-side-navigation-in-6-7/).
-   Refined [DataViews](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/06/13/data-views-update-june-2024/).
-   New site background tools.

* * *

WordPress 6.7 reflects the efforts of more than 780 contributors from all over the world, including 230 first-time contributors. HUGE props!

![Image displaying a densely packed list of names of people who have contributed to WordPress 6.7, arranged in alphabetical order on a pink background. Each name is separated by a comma, creating a visual texture of tightly grouped text.](https://i0.wp.com/rich.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/CleanShot-2024-11-12-at-17.30.53.png?ssl=1&resize=2400%2C2015)

As I reflect on this release, I’m genuinely impressed by how WordPress 6.7 has shaped up. Thanks to everyone who put in the time to make it happen.

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