# Material for MkDocs 9.7.0 — mkdocs-material-9.7.0

- Product: Material for MkDocs (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/mkdocs-material)
- Vendor: Martin Donath
- Date: 2025-11-11
- Version: 9.7.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/releases/tag/9.7.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/mkdocs-material/releases/9.7.0

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- **added** — Support for projects plugin (for compatibility, now deprecated)
- **added** — Support for typeset plugin (for compatibility, now deprecated)
- **added** — Support for pinned blog posts and author profiles
- **added** — Support for customizing pagination for blog index pages
- **added** — Support for customizing blog category sort order
- **added** — Support for staying on page when switching languages
- **added** — Support for disabling tags in table of contents
- **added** — Support for nested tags and shadow tags
- **added** — Support for footnote tooltips
- **added** — Support for instant previews
- **added** — Support for instant prefetching
- **added** — Support for custom social card layouts
- **added** — Support for custom social card background images
- **added** — Support for selectable ranges in code blocks
- **added** — Support for custom selectors for code annotations
- **added** — Support for configurable log level in privacy plugin
- **added** — Support for processing of external links in privacy plugin
- **added** — Support for automatic image optimization via optimize plugin
- **added** — Support for navigation paths (breadcrumbs)
- **fixed** — Vector accents do not render when using KaTeX

> [!WARNING]
> 
> __Material for MkDocs is now in maintenance mode__
>
> This is the last release of Material for MkDocs that will receive new features. Going forward, the Material for MkDocs team focuses on [Zensical], a next-gen static site generator built from first principles. We will provide critical bug fixes and security updates for Material for MkDocs for 12 months at least.
>
> [Read the full announcement on our blog]

This release includes all features that were previously exclusive to the Insiders edition. These features are now freely available to everyone.

__Note on deprecated plugins__: The [projects] and [typeset] plugins are included in this release, but must be considered deprecated. Both plugins proved unsustainable to maintain and represent architectural dead ends. They are provided as-is without ongoing support.

__Changes__:

- Added support for projects plugin (for compat, now deprecated)
- Added support for typeset plugin (for compat, now deprecated)
- Added support for pinned blog posts and author profiles
- Added support for customizing pagination for blog index pages
- Added support for customizing blog category sort order
- Added support for staying on page when switching languages
- Added support for disabling tags in table of contents
- Added support for nested tags and shadow tags
- Added support for footnote tooltips
- Added support for instant previews
- Added support for instant prefetching
- Added support for custom social card layouts
- Added support for custom social card background images
- Added support for selectable rangs in code blocks
- Added support for custom selectors for code annotations
- Added support for configurable log level in privacy plugin
- Added support for processing of external links in privacy plugin
- Added support for automatic image optimization via optimize plugin
- Added support for navigation paths (breadcrumbs)
- Fixed #8519: Vector accents do not render when using KaTeX

  [Zensical]: https://zensical.org
  [Read the full announcement on our blog]: https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/blog/2025/11/05/zensical/
  [projects]: https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/plugins/projects/
  [typeset]: https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/plugins/typeset/