On 24 May 2022, WordPress 6.0 « Arturo » was released to the public. For more information on this release, read the WordPress 6.0 announcement.
For Version 6.0, the database version (db_version in wp_options) was updated to 51917, and the Trac revision was 53445.
A full list of tickets included in 6.0 can be found on Trac.
Installation/Update Information
To download WordPress 6.0, update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site’s admin area or visit the release archive.For step-by-step instructions on installing and updating WordPress:
If you are new to WordPress, we recommend that you begin with the following:
- New To WordPress – Where to Start
- First Steps With WordPress or Upgrading WordPress Extended
- WordPress Lessons
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Highlights
Top ↑Enhanced Writing Experience
Writing improvements abound, whether you’re writing a brand new post or adding elements to an existing page. Explore more ways to streamline your content creation process, including:- Select text across multiple blocks for easier copying and pasting.
- Type two open brackets `[[` to quickly access a list of recent posts and pages.
- Keep existing styles when you transform some blocks from one kind to another—from a Paragraph block to a Code block, for instance.
- Create customized buttons and any new buttons you make will retain the style customizations automatically.
- Make tag clouds and social icons even more appealing with updated settings and controls, and a new outline style for the tag cloud.
