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What's New in Wrike - May 2026

Our May edition brings exciting enhancements! From images in dashboards and expanded drill-downs, to new AI Agents actions and updates, Required Fields, Critical Path in the Gantt Chart, and much more!

 

AI Agents - New Actions and Updates

Available on Business and higher plans

AI Agents now support new actions and improvements to automate workflows with precision.

What's new?

  • Start and Manage Approval Flows: Agents can now automatically create or update draft approvals when tasks meet the specified conditions, with approvers defined in the action instructions using user chips such as individual users, user groups, the item author, or the assignee.
  • Send Emails via Gmail and Outlook: Agents can now send emails through Gmail and Outlook, extending actions beyond Wrike, with the subject, body, and recipients generated from work item context such as assignee email, author email, custom field values, or explicit addresses in the prompt.
  • Write to Date Custom Fields: Agents can now update custom date fields in addition to system start and due dates, helping automate workflows such as setting kickoff or completion dates based on task changes. Please note that custom date fields with a time component (a Wrike Labs feature) are not currently supported.
  • Act on Subitems: Agents can now act only on the subitems of the item that triggered them, making it easier to update child tasks of a newly created project without affecting unrelated subitems in the same folder or space.
  • User Chips: User chips can now be embedded directly in approval action instructions, allowing agents to reference individual users or user groups more reliably when assigning approvers or assignees.
  • Easier Agent Logs Access: New entry points make agent logs easier to access from the agent configuration page, space settings, and the work item stream, making it simpler to monitor and troubleshoot agent activity across your workspace.

See full details of these updates in this Community post, and learn more about AI Agents in the Help Center article.

Dashboards - Images in Text Widgets and Expanded Drill-Downs

Images are available on Team and higher plans
Some drill-down capabilities depend on the metrics available in your plan

Dashboards now offer more ways to customize widgets and explore data, including support for images in text widgets and additional drill-down options across chart and task-based widgets.

What's new?

  • Images in Text Widgets: Add one or more images directly into a text widget for branding, illustration, or added context, with the ability to resize images freely.
  • New metric drill-downs in task-based widgets: Duration, Time to completion, Time overdue, Time spent, Billable and non-billable time spent, Effort, Approvals and approval duration, Pending, overdue, and completed approvals.
  • New dimension drill-downs in all widgets: Checkbox, Date, Dropdown, Lookup, Multiple-select, Text, and User custom fields. Available drill-downs are now indicated by a hand icon.

Workflows Governance - Required fields

Available on Business and higher plans

Required Fields (mandatory custom fields) are now available! Enforce data completeness before status changes to keep workflows clearer, data collection seamless, and reports more relevant.

What's new?

  • Mandatory Fields: Set specific standard or custom fields as mandatory starting from the second status onward.
  • Status Change Validation: Wrike blocks status changes until required fields are valid.
  • Configuration: Required field can be configured at account and space-level workflow settings.
  • Mobile Support: Mobile also supports required fields and allows status changes.
  • Supported Field Types: Includes Assignee, Checkbox, Currency, Date, Multi-select, Number, People, Percent, Single-select, and Text.

Learn more about Required Fields in the Help Center article.

Description Field - Code and Code Block Formatting

Available on all plans

New Code Formatting and Code Block Formatting options in item descriptions are here, making it easier to add and share technical content clearly.

What's new?

  • Code Formatting: Format a single line as code for emphasis and easy copying.
  • Code Block Formatting: Preserve spacing and line breaks for structured, pre-formatted content.

Learn more about description field formatting in this Community post and Help Center article.

New Gantt Chart - Critical Path Now Available

Available on Business and higher plans

Critical Path is now available in the New Gantt Chart! Get clearer, faster insights into what drives your project finish dates with a modern experience.

What's new?

  • Core Features: Critical Path features from the Old Gantt are now available.
  • Reliability: Improved handling of weekends and milestones.
  • Upcoming Enhancements: Total Float visibility on the Critical Path to easier understand the flexibility in your schedule.

Learn more about Critical Path in the Help Center article.

Timesheets - Monthly and Weekly Timeframes Support

Available on Pinnacle and Apex plans

With this new update, admins can now set both weekly and monthly timesheet types for individual work schedules, enabling alignment with monthly billing while teams track weekly.

What's new?

  • Submit timesheets on a weekly, monthly, or hybrid basis.
  • Weekly and monthly timesheets stay in sync to avoid duplicate approvals.
  • Auto-submissions and auto-approvals when one timeframe completes the other.

To learn more, check out this Help Center article.

Wrike Document Generation - Automated Document Creation

Available on all plans

Wrike Document Generation powered by TurboDocx brings seamless, automated creation of DOCX, PPTX, and PDF files from your Wrike projects, tasks, and custom fields.

What's new?

  • Template-Based Generation: Generate documents using templates pulling in project, task, and custom field data.
  • Workflow Triggers: Document generation can be triggered by workflow status changes.
  • Versioning: Save regenerated files as new versions in Wrike.

This is especially helpful for proposals, statements of work, status reports, and executive updates. To know more, check out this Community post.

Wrike MCP - Now Available on the ChatGPT Marketplace

Available on all plans

Wrike MCP is now available on the ChatGPT Marketplace, making it easier for users to discover and connect Wrike with ChatGPT.

What’s new?

  • Easier discovery: Users can now find Wrike directly in the ChatGPT Marketplace.
  • Simpler setup: Wrike can be enabled through ChatGPT settings using a standard connection flow.
  • Smoother access to Wrike in ChatGPT: Users can connect and start using Wrike with less setup effort.

Read more about Wrike MCP in this Help Center article, and refer to this documentation for setup instructions.

Wrike AI -  AI Elite Usage Limits and Action Packs

Available on Business and higher plans

We’re introducing updates to AI Elite usage to help teams scale adoption more predictably and avoid unexpected interruptions.

What's new?

  • Usage Limits: AI Elite features now follow usage limits based on included actions.
  • Action Packs: Additional AI Elite Actions Packs can be purchased to extend usage.
  • Notifications: In-product notifications alert accounts approaching usage milestones.

Learn more about AI usage in the Help Center.

Templates - Wider Coverage of Space Configurations

Available on Business and higher plans

Templates now let you save even more details, helping preserve important elements when you create and share them across your teams.

What's new?

The following items are now fully supported in Templates: the Effort field, Planned fees, Planned cost, Budget, Project Billing Type, custom field descriptions, workflow descriptions, and workflow transitions. In addition, the order of items in views is always preserved in the template.

Learn more about Templates and Solutions Center in the Help Center.

Wrike Whiteboard - New Whiteboards Page is Now Available

Available on Visual Collaboration add-on (Paid or Trial plans)

The new Whiteboards page centralizes access to all boards linked to Wrike tasks, folders, projects, and spaces, making it easier to find, open, and create boards.

What's new?

  • Dedicated Whiteboards Page: Access a centralized Whiteboards page directly from the main navigation menu for quicker entry to all your boards.
  • Centralized Board Catalog: View all boards linked to tasks, folders, projects, and spaces in one place, simplifying navigation and organization.
  • Recents and Shared with Me Tabs: Quickly locate relevant boards using dedicated tabs that surface recently accessed and shared content.
  • Enhanced Board Details: View key information such as Author, Created date, Last edited date, and Last viewed by me to better track board activity.
  • Sorting and Creation Options: Sort boards by any available column, with “Last viewed by me” as the default, and create new boards directly from the page.
  • Seamless Access and Collaboration: Open and collaborate on boards without leaving Wrike, while permissions continue to follow existing location-based access settings, including restricted sharing where applicable.

See full details of this update in the Community post, and learn more about Wrike Whiteboard in the Help Center article.

Wrike Mobile App (Android & iOS) - New Updates

Available on Wrike iOS and Android App

Required Fields workflow governance is now supported in the Wrike mobile app for Android and iOS, helping ensure consistent data compliance across web and mobile.

What's new?

  • Required Fields Support: Workflow guardrails for status transitions enforced on mobile app.
  • Consistent Governance: Whether users update statuses on web or mobile, required fields must be completed before the status change is allowed.
  • Filter Presets and Sort Updates: Apply saved Filter Presets and adjust sorting in Table and Board views on mobile.

These updates are available in the latest Wrike mobile app version for Android and iOS. Check if you're on the latest version via App store or Play store.

Klaxoon Board - Drag-and-Drop Stickies and Vertical Toolbar

Available on Wrike accounts with Klaxoon Boards enabled

Updates to the Klaxoon Whiteboard toolbar improve board usability and provide more flexibility in how you organize your workspace.

What's new?

  • Drag-and-Drop Stickies: Create sticky notes more intuitively by dragging them directly from the toolbar or sticky notes submenu and placing them anywhere on the board.
  • Vertical Toolbar Layout: Switch the toolbar from a horizontal to a vertical layout on desktop to better optimize screen space and adapt to your workflow.

See full details of this update in the Community post, and learn more about Klaxoon Board features in the Help Center articles - Board Toolbar | Add a Sticky Note to a Board .

Klaxoon Board - Now Supported in Templates

Available on Wrike accounts with Klaxoon Boards enabled

Klaxoon Boards can now be included in Templates created from spaces, making it easier to replicate collaborative setups across your workspace.

What's new?

  • Template Packaging: When saving a space as a Template, any included Klaxoon Board is packaged within the Template.
  • Board Creation: When the Template is used to create a new space, the board is created as a tool in that space.
  • Reference Preservation: References to Wrike items on the board are preserved and automatically relinked to the newly created items.

See full details of this update in the Community post, and learn more about Custom Space Templates in the Help Center article.

Klaxoon Board - Go to Participant’s Position and Easier Board Renaming

Available for New Board users

New updates improve collaboration and board management by making it easier to navigate boards and update board details.

What's new?

  • Participant Navigation: Jump directly to another participant’s location from the participants submenu or by clicking their avatar in the header when cursors are enabled.
  • Board Renaming: Rename a board by clicking its title in the upper-left corner if you are the author or co-author.
  • Information Menu Update: Existing hover details on the board title have been moved to the Information submenu for easier access.

See full details of this update in the Community post, and learn more about these features in the Help Center articles: How to Go to a Participant’s Position | How to Rename a Board. 

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