Craft 5.6 is here! This release brings several exciting improvements across the system. Here’s a few of the highlights:
Authoring
Cross-site field value copying. It’s now possible to quickly pull in a field’s value from another site, using the new “Copy value from site…” field action.
Revamped Color fields. Color fields can now define a color palette that authors must choose from, with the option to allow custom colors.
Advanced Link fields. Link fields now have an “Advanced” toggle that can contain “Target”, “Title Text”, “ARIA Label”, “URL Suffix”, “Class Name”, “ID”, and “Relation” meta fields.
Standalone Live Preview. Front-end templates can now include a link to a special control panel route that will immediately open the entry within Live Preview.
Entry type relabeling. Sections and Matrix fields can now customize the names and handles of their selected entry types.
Development
Universal arrow functions. Twig has been updated to 3.15, which adds support for using arrow functions anywhere in your templates.
Front-end login and 2FA templates. Craft’s login and 2FA templates are now available on the front end, and they’re themeable! Custom login pages will automatically redirect to the 2FA template for users with a two-step verification method enabled.
Administration
Front-end redirects. It’s now possible to define redirects that should be factored in on 404 requests, via a new config/redirects.php file.
Read-only settings. System and plugin settings can now be viewed (but not edited) in environments where allowAdminChanges is disabled.
Site-specific email settings. Multi-site installs can now specify the system email address, reply-to address, sender name, and HTML email template on a per-site basis, overriding the global email settings.
And then some
Craft 5.6 packs over 200 changes, including accessibility, stability, and performance improvements, new development and extensibility features, and more. Read the full release notes on GitHub and get updating!