TL;DR: Discover the new Successors column in Table and Gantt views and explore enhanced AI Agent item creation. Plus, get ready for the September 2026 Community Challenge, and check out the August What’s New digest, our Software License Request Form template, Wrike-Up Wednesday, and our latest Approvals onboarding guide.
Feature Updates
You can now add a Successors column in Table view and the Gantt chart table. Acting as the mirror image of the Predecessors column, it instantly shows which downstream tasks depend on the current task.
What’s new?
- Add the Successors column directly from the Fields picker in Table view or the Gantt table.
- Easily view dependent tasks by row number directly within the table grid.
- Edit dependencies directly inside the cell using row numbers and dependency types (e.g., FS, SS, FF, SF) along with lag duration (e.g., 9SS+2d).
- Automatic bi-directional syncing: adding a successor automatically updates the Predecessors column on the target task, and vice versa.
How to set it up
- Open a project in Table view or Gantt view.
- Open the Fields picker menu.
- Search for and enable the Successors column.
- Type a row number into any Successor cell to establish a dependency.
Note: Scheduling behavior remains forward-driven, dates flow downstream from predecessors to successors. Adding or editing a successor updates visibility and dependency lines without triggering backward scheduling.
- AI Agents: Create Items from Blueprints and Add Formatted Descriptions 🤖
We’ve upgraded the "create-item" action for AI Agents, making automated workflow creation and task formatting more robust.
What’s new?
- Create items from blueprints: AI Agents can now launch complete standardized structures, including parent items and subtasks, in a single step. Instead of building bare tasks field by field, automated workflows spin up full project templates automatically when triggered. You simply pre-select the blueprint when configuring the action setup.
- Rich formatted descriptions: Items created by AI Agents no longer default to plain text. Agents can now generate styled descriptions complete with headings, bullet points, checkbox lists, bold text, and colored highlights. This rich formatting is fully preserved across execution logs and the testing playground.
Learn more about AI Agents in this Help Center article.
We’re tidying up the Appearance gallery in preparation for upcoming theming updates. As part of this work, we’ve removed several themes with duplicate color schemes. If you were using one of these themes, we’ve automatically migrated you to the closest available match. Please let us know if you have any feedback.
Community News
- Wrike Community Challenge: September 2026 🔥
The September Wrike Community Challenge is starting next week! Participate for a chance to win an exciting prize. Whether you are a longtime member or new to the forum, everyone is welcome to join in. Stay tuned: full details and prize information will be announced soon!
- What's New in Wrike - August 2026 Digest 📰
The August 2026 What's New Digest is here! This month's highlights include expanded AI Agent actions, dynamic role-based @mentions , people and duration field support, flexible Board view columns and custom swimlanes, plus enhanced filtering for dashboard chart and calendar widgets.
Head over to the Community post for full details.
- Template Tuesdays: Software License Request Form 💻
This week’s Template Tuesdays spotlight features the Software License Request Form template. Designed to streamline license procurement, it captures software, vendor, contract, and cost details upfront, maps responses to custom fields, and routes requests for quick approval.
Check out this Community post for more details.
- Wrike-Up Wednesday: What’s Your Favorite Thing About the Wrike Community? 💛
This Wrike-Up Wednesday, share your favorite part, person, or memorable moment from the Wrike Community. Whether it’s a helpful member, an unforgettable conversation, a favorite event, or simply the welcoming vibe, head to the Community post and tell us what keeps you coming back!
- [Onboarding Series] How to Use Approvals in Wrike ✅
Need stakeholder sign-off before work moves forward? Our latest onboarding guide explains how to start and customize approvals, add approvers and due dates, review files, submit decisions, automate status changes, and track pending or completed approvals.
Visit the Community post for the full walkthrough!
