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DataViews & DataForm Enhancements coming in WordPress 6.9

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Discussed in https://github.com/WordPress/developer-blog-content/discussions/408

Originally posted by juanmaguitar September 18, 2025
WordPress 6.9 brings major updates to DataViews and DataForm, making them even more powerful for building data-driven interfaces. Developers now have access to new field types, expanded filtering options, grouping support, and improved configuration for custom dashboards and workflows.

An article highlighting latest features coming in these components would be great to continue advocating for this impactful component in the WordPress Admin UI and to explain latest enhancements coming in WP 6.9.

This article would follow up on earlier posts that introduced DataViews basics:

Key Points for the article:

  • New field types: Media, Boolean, Email, Array, Date
  • New filters: comparison, text, and date operators
  • New options: per-page size controls, grouping support, validation for dates
  • Use cases: custom admin dashboards, editorial workflows, reporting tools

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Audience: WordPress developers and advanced users.
Timing: Ahead of the WordPress 6.9 release to encourage early testing.

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Maybe this should be a two-part article with one focused on DataViews and another focused on DataForm

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