{"id":42630,"date":"2023-12-06T07:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhblog.dream.press\/blog\/?p=42630"},"modified":"2026-08-05T23:03:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T06:03:38","slug":"wordpress-6-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wordpress-6-5\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 6.5 is in the Works: Here\u2019s What We Know So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still treating WordPress 6.5 as the shiny new release? Myth, busted: it shipped back in 2024, and WordPress is now on the 7.0 series. <strong>WordPress 6.5 \u201cRegina,\u201d released April 2, 2024, added the Font Library for managing fonts in the admin, revisions for templates and template parts, new Data Views, the Interactivity API and Block Bindings API for developers, and 110+ performance improvements.<\/strong> It remains a landmark release in the history of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/glossary\/web-design\/content-management-system-cms\/\">content management system<\/a>, and this post is the record of what it actually delivered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We first published this preview in November 2023, while 6.5 was still on the drawing board. Now that the release has long since shipped, here\u2019s the updated record: what landed in 6.5, what slipped to WordPress 6.6, and what never made it past the proposal stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"article-newsletter article-newsletter--gradient\">\n\n\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__title\">Get Content Delivered Straight to Your Inbox<\/p><p>Subscribe now to receive all the latest updates, delivered directly to your inbox.<\/p><form class=\"nwsl-form\" id=\"newsletter_block_\" novalidate><div class=\"messages\"><\/div><div class=\"form-group\"><label for=\"input_newsletter_block_\"><input type=\"email\"name=\"email\"id=\"input_newsletter_block_\"placeholder=\"Enter your email address\"novalidatedisabled=\"disabled\"\/><\/label><button type=\"submit\"class=\"btn btn--brand\"disabled=\"disabled\"><span>Sign Me Up!<\/span><svg width=\"21\" height=\"14\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 14\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M13.8523 0.42524L12.9323 1.34521C12.7095 1.56801 12.7132 1.9304 12.9404 2.14865L16.7241 5.7823H0.5625C0.251859 5.7823 0 6.03416 0 6.3448V7.6573C0 7.96794 0.251859 8.2198 0.5625 8.2198H16.7241L12.9405 11.8535C12.7132 12.0717 12.7095 12.4341 12.9323 12.6569L13.8523 13.5769C14.072 13.7965 14.4281 13.7965 14.6478 13.5769L20.8259 7.39879C21.0456 7.17913 21.0456 6.82298 20.8259 6.60327L14.6477 0.42524C14.4281 0.205584 14.0719 0.205584 13.8523 0.42524Z\" fill=\"white\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button><\/div><\/form><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-so-what-s-on-the-drawing-board\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What shipped in WordPress 6.5?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-performant-translations\"><b>Performant translations<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most anticipated enhancements in the 2023 pipeline \u2014 and it shipped. WordPress 6.5 merged performant translations into core, a project led by the WordPress Performance Team to speed up sites that use translations (per the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2024\/02\/27\/i18n-improvements-6-5-performant-translations\/\">make.wordpress.org i18n dev note, February 2024<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The feature is built on a new, lightweight internationalization (i18n) library that loads the binary MO files WordPress uses for translations faster while using less memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The library also supports translations stored in PHP files, sidestepping the binary file format entirely and taking advantage of server-level caching where available. And per the Performance Team, the new library is so fast it paves the way for the Preferred Languages feature plugin to merge translations of multiple locales.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-font-library\"><b>Font Library<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Typography plays a pivotal role in shaping a website\u2019s aesthetic appeal and user experience, and WordPress 6.5 delivered here, too. The Font Library \u2014 initially slated for WordPress 6.4, then postponed \u2014 shipped with the 6.5 release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Per the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2024\/04\/regina\/\">official release announcement<\/a>, the Font Library lets you \u201ceffortlessly install, remove, and activate local and Google Fonts across your site for any Block theme.\u201d Note the scope: it\u2019s a Block-theme feature. The experience is akin to managing media, and custom typography collections give site creators and publishers more options for styling content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-interactivity-api-and-block-bindings-api\"><b>Interactivity API and Block Bindings API<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two developer features that weren\u2019t on our 2023 radar turned out to be headliners of the release. Think of blocks as the LEGO bricks of a WordPress site. The <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2024\/04\/regina\/\">Interactivity API<\/a> is what makes those bricks move: it gives developers a standardized method for building interactive front-end experiences with blocks, like fetching search results instantly or letting visitors interact with content in real time, with fewer dependencies on external tooling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Block Bindings API is the connector piece: it links core block attributes to custom fields and other dynamic content, so developers can use custom field values without creating custom blocks. If there\u2019s data stored elsewhere, blocks can point to that source with only a few lines of code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-plugin-dependencies\"><b>Plugin dependencies<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress 6.5 also made plugin dependencies easier to manage. Plugin authors can supply a new Requires Plugins header with a comma-separated list of required plugin slugs, and WordPress presents users with links to install and activate those required plugins first.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"h-what-slipped-or-remained-in-development\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What slipped or remained in development?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not every 2023 prediction made the cut. Here\u2019s what moved to WordPress 6.6, and what stayed on the drawing board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-focus-on-collaboration-features\"><b>Focus on collaboration features<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s a prediction that didn\u2019t pan out. WordPress 6.5 shipped no collaboration features: its highlights were the Font Library, expanded revisions, Data Views, and the developer APIs above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/about\/roadmap\/\">Phase 3 of the Gutenberg project<\/a>, which is dedicated to collaborative editing and workflows, is still underway as of August 2026. The wordpress.org roadmap\u2019s 2026 goals name WordPress 7.0 as advancing Phase 3 collaboration features.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-improvements-to-wordpress-admin-accessibility\"><b>Improvements to WordPress admin accessibility<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Admin notices inform WordPress users when something goes right \u2014 or wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we wrote this preview in November 2023, a proposal (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/50486\">Trac ticket #50486<\/a>) aimed to provide mechanisms to help users with accessibility needs navigate through the notices in a standardized way, beyond the existing visual indication. That standardized-notices mechanism wasn\u2019t among the features announced with WordPress 6.5, and it remained a proposal rather than a shipped feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related work on the focus styling in form inputs, buttons, and links (moving to a higher contrast, continuing accessibility work introduced in WordPress 5.3) was also in progress at the time.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-automate-the-workflows-for-testing-wordpress\"><b>Automate the workflows for testing WordPress<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Build package installations for new releases (such as wordpress-6.5.zip) are manually tested by WordPress.org core developers and release party attendees when a new version is released, but they don\u2019t usually cover an extensive range of PHP, MySQL, and older WordPress versions. With over 69,000 plugins in the directory (per wordpress.org\/plugins, checked August 2026) and hundreds of different hosting configurations, it\u2019s kind of hard to account for everything!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in 2023, there were proposals to expand these tests programmatically to cover more areas of focus and help avoid incompatibilities. These stayed at the proposal stage rather than shipping as 6.5 features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was also a November 2023 proposal to include links to <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/playground\/\">WordPress Playground<\/a> to automatically generate a testing environment for every new piece of functionality or patch without having to install a copy of WordPress locally, meaning more people without technical skills could test and provide feedback.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-disable-autoload-for-large-options\"><b>Disable autoload for large options<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress can be fast out of the box, but performance often drops as a site grows: themes, plugins, hosting, and database behavior all play a part. A classic culprit is unoptimized plugins bloating the database with options that load on every visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This change shipped, one version later than predicted. WordPress 6.6 (July 2024) updated the Options API so options containing large values are no longer autoloaded by default, per the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2024\/06\/18\/options-api-disabling-autoload-for-large-options\/\">\u201cOptions API: Disabling autoload for large options\u201d dev note<\/a> (June 18, 2024).<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-automatic-update-rollbacks\"><b>Automatic update rollbacks<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A feature that generated real buzz in 2023: the ability to roll back a failed plugin auto-update automatically. It landed in core, one release later than we guessed. The <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2024\/04\/19\/merge-proposal-rollback-auto-update\/\">merge proposal<\/a> was published on April 19, 2024, after 6.5 had shipped, and the feature became part of WordPress 6.6. It detects PHP fatal errors during automatic plugin updates and rolls the plugin back to the previously installed version, enhancing update confidence and site security, and reducing support dependency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The standalone \u201cRollback Auto Update\u201d feature plugin was retired on June 25, 2025 (the plugin directory lists the closure reason as \u201cMerged into Core\u201d), so there\u2019s nothing extra to install; the protection is built into current WordPress. While it adds a layer of security, regular site backups remain essential: every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/wordpress\/managed\/\">DreamPress<\/a> plan includes automated daily backups stored offsite, plus on-demand backups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wordpress-automatic-updates\/\">Our guide to WordPress automatic updates<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"h-digital-eyes-open-more-to-come\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">WordPress 6.5 FAQs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress 6.5 delivered on performance, typography, and developer tooling, and the predictions that missed arrived in WordPress 6.6 a few months later. The platform has kept moving since: per <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/releases\/\">wordpress.org\u2019s release archive<\/a>, the current release line is WordPress 7.0, and only its most recent release is actively maintained. Quick answers to the questions people still ask:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-when-was-wordpress-6-5-released\">When was WordPress 6.5 released?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress 6.5 \u201cRegina\u201d (named for jazz violinist Regina Carter) was released on April 2, 2024, slightly later than its original March 2024 target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-were-the-biggest-features-in-wordpress-6-5\">What were the biggest features in WordPress 6.5?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Font Library, revisions for templates and template parts, new Data Views, the Interactivity API, the Block Bindings API, plugin dependency management, and 110+ performance improvements, including the new performant translations system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-is-wordpress-6-5-still-supported\">Is WordPress 6.5 still supported?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No. Per wordpress.org\u2019s release archive, only the most recent release in the 7.0 series is safe to use and actively maintained. If a site is still running 6.5, update it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-the-latest-wordpress-version\">What is the latest WordPress version?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of August 2026, the latest version is WordPress 7.0.2, released July 17, 2026. WordPress 7.0 itself shipped on May 20, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-did-wordpress-6-5-include-collaboration-features\">Did WordPress 6.5 include collaboration features?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No. Gutenberg Phase 3 \u2014 collaborative editing and workflows \u2014 is still in progress; the wordpress.org roadmap names WordPress 7.0 as advancing Phase 3 collaboration features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Still treating WordPress 6.5 as the shiny new release? Myth, busted: it shipped back in 2024, and WordPress is now on the 7.0 series. 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