Plone 6.1.4 improvements
New Year, new version! We are excited to announce the release of Plone 6.1.4.

Date: 2026-01-17

The developers have been hard at work and the next release of Plone is here. This release is part of the Plone 6.1 series and is recommended for all Plone 6.1 sites.

This page describes the new features and improvements of Plone 6.1.4 in a more general way. If you want to skip this and test Plone 6.1.4 right away, check our download page which links to the Technical Release Notes, and Installation instructions for several platforms.

Key highlights in this release include:

    Plone 6.1.4 focuses on reliability and everyday improvements:

    • More robust upgrade handling, especially around older editor plugins

    • Improved performance and memory usage during large content imports

    • Better support for multilingual sites using the Volto frontend

    • Improved image handling, including support for animated WebP images

    • Small UI refinements, such as improved spacing in the mobile navigation menu

    • Continued enhancements to block-based editing with Volto

    Frontend options

    Plone 6 continues to support two fully maintained frontends:

    • Volto – the modern, React-based frontend and default for new Plone 6 sites

    • Classic UI – the traditional server-rendered interface, still supported and improved

    Should you upgrade?

    If you are already using Plone 6.1, upgrading to Plone 6.1.4 is strongly recommended. This is a safe maintenance release focused on quality and stability.

    Learn more

    • Installation and upgrade instructions are available in the Plone documentation.

    • Please report any issues in the main Plone issue tracker.

Thank you to everyone in the Plone community who contributed to this release, and continues to work on Plone CMS. 💙

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The initial draft of this documentation section was created using ChatGPT 5.2 and then reviewed and edited.