What’s new in Xara Web Designer+
Get the latest product changes on Web Designer+. Learn about new features and what we’re doing to help you unlock more possibilities for your website.
1200 new Photo Filter Overlays
Another major addition to the Web Designer+ Online Content Catalog.
We’ve added nearly 1200 new photo filter overlays in 4 new categories in Image Resources > Photo Filter Presets > Overlays (Light Rays, Night Sky, Rose Petal and additions to Light Leak).
Photo overlays can be added to your photo, even on top of other photo filters, to provide a huge choice of creative possibilities.

Export tables to Word & Powerpoint. Unsupported characters and more
Tables created with the new Xara Table tool and exported to Microsoft Word (in docx format) are now fully editable in Word. Xara tables should now also look visually correct when exported to Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx) presentations, although they're not currently editable in PowerPoint (text can be edited but the table won’t update).
New Web Themes
The template bonanza of 2022 continues with another 12 new website templates, all with the latest animation effects and SEO optimizations - and totally customizable to fit your business or personal website requirement: All include mobile variants A new wider 1280 pix wide main variant for the best possible results on your 4K monitors (but of course they auto scale to lower resolution on other devices) Default image export is now WebP for faster loading, giving a better experience for your visitors, and better SEO results too.
Pasting & Tables
Hot off the press, a couple of additions to our new Table Tool to smooth your table workflow: A new 'paste unformatted' option, so you can copy and paste between table cells without styles if required And improved handling of multi-line text when copy and pasting data from external applications such as spreadsheets into your Xara tables
Copy external data into tables
Another important step forward for our new Table Tool: You can now copy and paste data from spreadsheets or other external sources straight into your Xara tables.
Almost 1300 new Photo Filter Overlays
Another huge update to the Web Designer+ Content Catalog. We've added nearly 1300 new photo filter overlays in 4 new categories in Image Resources > Photo Filter Presets > Overlays (Bokeh, Color Gradient, Light Leak and Snow). Why not explore the new overlays this autumn and see what you can do ensure your photos stand out from the crowd.
100+ New Templates
Christmas has come early with this massive update to the Online Content Catalog of Xara Web Designer+: 2 website themes (in addition to the 20 added last month in Websites > Creative Websites) 57 extra tables, so you can make the most of our brand new table tool 42 social media buttons to help you maximize the potential of your social media
Table Improvements
Our great new table tool gets even better. Whatever your requirements - presenting data, comparing products, displaying prices to name just a few examples - it'll be quick and easy in Xara: you can now re-order rows & columns with a simple click & drag an automatic way to convert old Smart tables to the new tables a host of other minor improvements & fixes, listed in full in the Web Designer+ Release Notes, including an interim 22.1.1 release
New Web Themes
A major boost to your web design choices with 20 all-new website templates for Web Designer+ only. All fully customizable, and all with ready-made mobile variants. Check out the new themes in the Web Designer+ Online Content Catalog > Websites > Creative Websites.