WordPress 6.8 “Cecil”: Our contributions to 33rd consecutive release

WordPress 6.8 “Cecil” is officially out. This is the 33rd consecutive release featuring core contributions from rtCamp.

Huge props to the efforts of 57 rtCampers who contributed to this release – Aashish Sharma, Ahmar Zaidi, Aishwarrya Pande, Akanshu Singh, Akshat Kakkad, Amaan Khan, Amit Raj, Ankit Kumar Shah, Anmol Verma, Anuj Singh, Bhavik Kalpesh, David Levine, Debarghya Banerjee, Devansh Chaudhary, Dhananjay Kuber, Dhruvik Malaviya, Eshaan Dabasiya, Hilay Trivedi, Himanshu Pathak, Hit Bhalodia, Imran Hossan, Indira Biswas, Juzar Bharmal, Kapil Paul, Karthikeya Bethu, Lovekesh Kumar, Manoj Maharrshi, Mayank Tripathi, Milind More, Mukul Singh, Nani Samireddy, Niraj Giri, Pooja Killekar, Prasad Karmalkar, Pratik Londhe, Raj Patel, Rishav Dutta, Rishit Gupta, Rohan Jha, Rohit Mathur, Rudrakshi Gupta, Sabbir Ahmed, Sagar Tamang, Sainath Poojary, Sarthak Nagoshe, Shalin Shah, Sneha Patil, Sourav Pahwa, Subodh Rajpopat, Sukhendu Guria, Utsav Patel, Vipul Gupta, Vipul Patil, Vrishabh Jasani, Yahil Madakiya, Yash Kukreja and Yogesh Bhutkar – thank you for continuing to move WordPress forward with your dedication.

What’s new in WordPress 6.8

This release introduces several enhancements across performance, editor experience, and accessibility. Speculative loading improves perceived performance by preloading pages when users hover over links. The Style Book becomes available for classic themes that support editor styles. Users can now set any image block as the featured image. Homepage and posts page can be assigned directly within the Site Editor. Zoom Out mode enables better control of styles and layout. The Query Loop blocks now offer the option to include or skip sticky posts, and passwords are now hashed with bcrypt by default. Other enhancements include better multilingual error handling and improved pattern management.

For a complete list of the new features and updates, check out the release documentation and the field guide.

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