Tag: wordpress news

WordPress is planning major jQuery changes in version 5.5 and future versions. Since WordPress relies on jQuery which is a popular JavaScript framework, the WordPress team wants to update jQuery to the latest possible version. In the long term, they want to minimize or completely remove the reliance on the jQuery framework as mentioned in this blog post. Following are some short notes about this topic: Currently, WordPress provides jQuery with version 1.12.4 released in 2016. The WordPress team wants to update the jQuery version gradually because many themes and plugins are using an older version of jQuery as a...
forward

WordPress 5.4 is planned to be released on March 31, 2020. The first release candidate for WordPress 5.4 is already released on March 03, 2020. In this blog post, we will discuss the new features and important code changes coming in WordPress 5.4 so that the theme and plugin developers can prepare themselves and plan the version updates accordingly.

forward

Block Editor is refinedAdditional layout options and style variationsNew theme Twenty Twenty is bundled with this version update150 new features and usability improvements are addedTwo new blocks "Group" and "Columns" are addedAdditional style options for WordPress blocksAutomatic Image RotationSite Health CheckAdmin Email VerificationPHP 7.4 Compatibility...
forward