Jan 2 (Enhancement) News Center will now let you categorize news by a metadata tag
You can now make it so News Center pulls news categories based on a metadata tag from your Site Pages library.
For example: below Announcements category can be set so only pages tagged as “Announcements” will show:
You can set up any metadata tag you like and define almost any filter you like, check out the steps in this article below to learn how: News Center web part
Jan 4 (Enhancement) Finder and Search Banner sources can now be Document Library URLs or Document Library View URLs
We simplified how the Finder and Search Banner web parts read source libraries.
These web parts will no longer support referencing libraries by Document Library Title 
.
The accepted source will be Document Library URL 
or Document Library View URL .
Example of which Finder and Search Banner sources are acceptable:
If you’re using Finder version prior to Jan 4, 2025 (or and Search Banner prior to Jan 6, 2025) and considering upgrade, please note below upgrade steps.
- Before taking the upgrade, take an inventory of each Finder and Search Banner instances you’re using–you will need to update source referenced to use URLs as shown above.
- After taking the upgrade, go through each instance of the Finder and Search Banner changing the source from referencing Document Library Title → to referencing Document Library URL.
More information about the Finder: Finder (for Forms & Templates)
More information about the Search Banner: Search Banner Web Part
Jan 4 (Enhancement) Finder can now categorize documents based on library metadata and not just folders
You can now make it so the Finder groups documents based on a metadata or a view (not just folders).
For example: below All Staff Pages button, when clicked, will show documents from a library view which can filters documents based on metadata:
You can even mix and match libraries and views and users can search across all of the sources without leaving the same spot!
More information about the finder: Finder (for Forms & Templates)
Jan 6 (Enhancement) Quick Links Plus will show links in a slider format when placed in smaller sections
To speed up user access to quick links, the web part will show like this if placed in one column section. This is the same view the web part uses on a smartphone.
Jan 6 (Enhancement) Search Banner gets more background image options
You can now select background image easier, clear the background image and able to adjust image position as needed with these options.
Jan 6 (Enhancement) Search Banner can now categorize documents based on library metadata and not just folders
You can now make it so the Search Banner groups documents based on a metadata or a view (not just folders).
For example: below All Staff Pages button, when clicked, will show documents from a library view which can filters documents based on metadata:
You can even mix and match libraries and views and users can search across all of the sources without leaving the same spot!
More information about the Search Banner: Search Banner Web Part
Jan 10 (New web part) LinkedIn Feed in your SharePoint
You can now show your company’s LinkedIn feed on your SharePoint pages!
Desktop view:
Mobile view:
More about the LinkedIn Feed web part: LinkedIn Feed web part for SharePoint
Jan 13 (Enhancement) Calendar can now show events in the month you're viewing
We added a new option to the Calendar web part properties:
When on, the calendar will show you events from the month you’re viewing instead of having to use date picker to select dates:
Jan 15 (Enhancement) Search Banner now has option to disable document previews
You can now turn off document preview using this toggle in Search Banner web part properties:
Jan 16 (Enhancement) Quick Links Plus now support separate colors for icons and text
You now have more color options allowing you to do even more with quick links:
Here is the design of how this can work on a page:
Jan 21 (Enhancement) Finder and Search Banner now lets you pick sort order for files and folders
You can now pick the sort order for your library files and folders:
Here is the relevant configuration in the web part properties:
Please note that when searching from the text box, the sort order will still be overwritten to sort by relevance.
Feb 7 (Enhancement) Carousel with Expanding Links can now display text at the bottom of the slide
You can now display carousel text at the bottom of the slide to leave more room at the top (great for slides with people in photos):
Feb 12 (New web part) Interactive Video
Create beautiful page interaction with on-hover and autoplay video web part.
Key features:
- Works with any section: flexible section, full-width etc
- Can autoplay on hover (use videos as dynamic buttons!)
- Supports Stream, YouTube, other embeds, and custom uploads
- Supports custom thumbnails
- Mute it, loop it, and resize it
- Customize video-click behavior
More about this web part: Video (on-hover, autoplay)
Feb 14 (Enhancement) FAQ web part now gets a search box
You can now help users find anything within a long FAQ list by using a built in refiner search.
More about this web part: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) App
Feb 14 (Enhancement) Banner with News Plus will now show rotating carousel of sidebar news instead of a 'View More' button
To help users see older sidebar news in a single click, we added an infinitely rotating carousel instead of a ‘View More’ button we had before.
When there are more than 3 sidebar news, the arrow down will prompt users to see older sidebar news posts automatically.
Feb 19 (Enhancement) News Center can now show news from all sites under the hub site
If you’d like a specific category to show news from multiple sites, you can set those sites be associated to a hub site and then set the category to read from this site like this:
More about this web part: News Center web part
Feb 19 (Enhancement) News Center can now sort news by date, popularity and more
You can sort your news or pages by:
- Title - best for knowledgebase articles
- Modified Date or Created Date - best for news articles
- Number of Views - best for social posts
More about this web part: News Center web part
Feb 25 (Enhancement) Quick Links Plus individual link targeting
You can now make it so specific links are shown only to people in specific M365 Groups.
To target a quick link to people in specific group, search for that group name as shown with the red arrow below:
More about this web part: Quick Links Plus web part
Feb 27 (Enhancement) Anniversaries can read from list on another site
You can now point Anniversary web part to read from a list on another site (as long as users have access to that site).
To set the web part to read from anniversary list on another site, toggle Change Anniversary List to On and provide the Anniversary List Site URL in format: https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/SiteName
More about this web part: Anniversaries, Milestones and Birthdays web part
Mar 5 (New web part) Anniversaries (live) automatic feed from Microsoft 365 and Azure/EntraID
Automatically pull employee Hire Date Anniversaries or Birthdays from Azure AD and User Profile.
This new Anniversary web part will work similarly to Anniversaries, Milestones and Birthdays web part but it will retrieve data automatically from Azure/Entra ID user profile or Graph profile.
No more tracking users manually!
More about this web part: Anniversaries and Birthdays (automatic feed from Microsoft 365 and Azure/EntraID)
Mar 9 (Enhancement) Banner (Half-Image) gets image zoom function
You can now zoom in an out of the image using controls as shown below:
More about this web part: Banner (Half-image)
Mar 18 (New App Customizer) Sidebar Navigation
Sidebar navigation can pull pages from the site view, or show any links you select, making them searchable with a single click.
Sidebar navigation for SharePoint
More about this component: Sidebar Navigation for SharePoint
Mar 19 (Enhancement) Process and Timeline now has icon picker and custom icon upload
You can now pick an icon by using an icon picker or upload a custom PNG icon:
More about this web part: Process and Timeline (with targeting and tracking)
Mar 21 (Enhancement) Banner Half-Image gets more color options and simplified image picker
We’ve added additional option to control text color and make it easier to pick an image:
More about this web part: Banner (Half-image)
Mar 27 (Enhancement) Search Banner now lets you change the header text color
You can now choose the color of the header text:
More about this web part: Search Banner Web Part
Apr 2 (Enhancement) Heading web part now lets you save style settings as a template
Another great suggestion from the Origami user community has come to life!
You can now fully customize the Heading web part — apply your corporate fonts, colors, and styles — and save those settings as a template with just one click.
From now on, any new Heading web part will automatically use your saved style settings as the default.
You can always tweak styles if needed–applying a template will not restrict your options, you simply have a better starting point.
More about this web part: Heading and separator web part with custom font for SharePoint
Apr 14 (Enhancement) Tabs with Cards now lets you choose which M365 group can see each tab
Simply set the group (or multiple groups) in web part properties as shown below:
If you leave this field empty, the tab will show to everyone.
More about this web part: Tabs with Cards web part
Apr 15 (Enhancement) Tabs with Cards can now show cards stacked or in carousel
Another great suggestion from the Origami user community has come to life!
You can now show overflowing cards either in a carousel (as it is now), or stacked.
Here is how this looks on the page:
Carousel
Stacked
More about this web part: Tabs with Cards web part
Apr 23 (Enhancement) Quick Links Plus web part now lets you save style settings as a template
You can now fully customize the Quick Links Plus web part — apply your corporate fonts, colors, and styles — and save those settings as a template with just one click
From now on, any new Quick Links Plus web part will automatically use your saved style settings as the default.
You can always tweak styles if needed–applying a template will not restrict your options, you simply have a better starting point.
More about this web part: Quick Links Plus web part
Apr 23 (Enhancement) Process and Timeline now lets you choose which M365 group can see each tab
Simply set the group (or multiple groups) in web part properties as shown below:
If you leave this field empty, the tab will show to everyone.
More about this web part: Process and Timeline (with targeting and tracking)
Apr 24 (Enhancement) Process and Timeline now lets users 'complete' steps and track who completed which steps
You can now configure the Process and Timeline web part to let users tick off steps as they complete them:
Here is more about this configuration: Process and Timeline (with targeting and tracking)