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WordPress Updates

Here you’ll find a summary of the most important changes in the latest versions of WordPress:

WordPress 5.8 “Tatum”

🧱 Improved block editor (Gut 10.7)
🧱 New block-based widget editor
🧱 New content list block
🧱 Directory integration block patterns
🧱 Improved loading styles blocks
πŸŒ„ WebP
🎨 Duotone filters
🎨 New template editor (+20 new blocks)
🎨 New theme.json
πŸ₯³ New emojis (Twemoji 13.1.0)
❌ Removed Internet Explorer
πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» REST API new features
πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ’» Block API improvements
πŸ₯ “Site Health” improvements
πŸ‘€ 96 improvements + 170 fixes
βž• 530 volunteers πŸ‘

More info.

WordPress 5.7 “Hope”

πŸ”’ Migration from HTTP to HTTPS in 1-click
🧱 Block editor Improvements
πŸ–Ό Lazy-loading iframes
🎨 Standardization WP Admin colors (CSS variables)
πŸ€– API robots
❌ Removal of jQuery Migrate
πŸ”‘ Send recovery password (admin)
πŸš› Improvements in import/export
πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» New filters for blocks
πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ’» InnerBlocks API improvements
πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» New API for blocks variations
πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ’»New functions get_post_parent() and has_post_parent()
πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» New i18n filters + changes in createI18n()
πŸ‘€ 66 improvements + 127 fixes

More info.

WordPress 5.6 “Simone”

🎨 Theme Twenty Twenty-One
πŸ” Auto-WordPress updates
🧱 Block improvements
🧱 Block pattern improvements
πŸ“Ή Captioning videos
πŸ”Ž Accessibility improvements
πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» REST API authentication (Application Passwords)
πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» 36 REST API updates
πŸ‘€ 87 improvements + 197 fixes
πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» New hook “wp_after_insert_post”
πŸ₯ 11 improvements in “Site Health “
Team led 100% by women πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’»πŸ‘©πŸΌβ€πŸ’»πŸ‘©πŸ½β€πŸ’»πŸ‘©πŸΎβ€πŸ’»πŸ‘©πŸΏβ€πŸ’»πŸ‘

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WordPress 5.5 “Eckstine”

🧱 Block Patterns
🧱 Block Directory
πŸŒ„ Lazy-loading images
πŸŒ„ Editing images
πŸ” Auto-plugin and theme updates
πŸ—œ Update plugins and themes from zip
πŸ—Ί Native XML Sitemap
🧱 UI and accessibility improvements block editor
πŸ“š External libraries update
✈️ 65 new Dashicons
🧱 Blocks registered on server
πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ’» PHP compatibility scan improved
πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» Define Environments (wp_get_environment_type)
πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ’» Passing arguments to template files
πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» Changes get_custom_logo()
πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ’» Default categories in CPT
πŸ‘€ 157 improvements + 307 fixes
πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ’» 36 REST API updates
πŸŒ„ 26 media improvements
πŸ”Ž 34 accessibility improvements
πŸ”’ 6 security updates
🎨 7 customizer improvements

More info.


WordPress 5.4 “Adderley”

🧱 Social icon block
🧱 Latest posts block with featured image
🧱Block collections (+ API)
🧱 Block variations (+API)
🧱 Color gradients (+ API)
🎨 Fullscreen editor (default)
πŸ₯ “Site health” improvements
πŸ” Add custom fields in menus
πŸ•΅πŸ» Privacy improvements
πŸ“… Calendar widget changes (HTML)
πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ’» PHP requirements for themes
πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» REST API changes
πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ’» [ ] apply_shortcodes replaces do_shortcode

More info.


WordPress 5.3 “Kirk”

🎨 Twenty Twenty theme
🧱 150 block editor improvements (accessibility…)
🧱 Group block πŸ₯³
πŸŒ„ Auto-rotate images
πŸ₯ “Site health” improvements
βœ‰οΈ Admin email verification
⬆ PHP 7.4 support

More info.


WordPress 5.2 “Jaco”

☠️ Protection against “White Screen of Death”
πŸ₯ Site Health Check
🧱 Block manager that allows to disable them
🧱 Block editor improvements (accessibility, performance…)
⬆ Minimum PHP version 5.6
πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’Ό25 new Dashicons

More info.


WordPress 5.1 “Betty”

🧱 Performance improvements in the block editor
πŸ₯ Addition of “Site Health”
πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» Introduction of metadata for multisite
πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ’»Cron API

More info.


WordPress 5.0 “Bebo”

🧱 Addition of block editor to WordPress core
🎨 Twenty Nineteen theme improvements
πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ’» New APIs for block editor
πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» REST API improvements
⬆ PHP 7.3 support

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