WordPress New Features 2025

The newest version of WordPress is 6.8, released on April 15, 2025. It’s a major release focusing on streamlining workflows, improving design capabilities, and making content creation more intuitive, with a strong emphasis on enhancing site design workflows, according to WordPress.com. 

• Key Features: WordPress 6.8 includes a new theme, design features, editor improvements, and automation enhancements. 
• Focus: This release refines existing tools and prioritizes improving site design workflows. 
• Release Schedule: WordPress plans to release one major version per year starting in 2025. 
• Maintenance Releases: In addition to the major releases, WordPress also releases maintenance and security updates, like version 6.5.2, 6.5.3, and 6.5.5. 
• Testing: WordPress encourages users to test beta and RC versions of new releases to ensure stability and address any issues