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19May

Here is All You Need to Know About WordPress 5.0

The new version of WordPress is out there and we are all excited about its features. However, new versions in the past have not gathered as much buzz as is created by WordPress 5.0. And, this is because the new WordPress 5.0 version comes with a block-based editor, also known as Gutenburg.

With the new version of WordPress, the default way through which earlier content was created has changed radically. Although, it is hard to accept changes in your favourite platform, however, massive platforms like WordPress are also required to remain up with the times. Gutenburg is not simply the update that is coming up, it is a bold leap forward.

In this article, we are providing you with insight into WordPress 5.0 and Gutenberg editor.

Let’s begin.

What all is WordPress 5.0 bring?

With some major changes, WordPress 5.0 is kicking incremental to the curb. The most important one is the aforementioned Gutenberg editor, but apart from this WordPress 5.0 is also bringing some other interesting upgrades.

Here is a list of a few new updates that you can find in WordPress 5.0, apart from Gutenberg editor:

The Platform is Planning To Make Significant Leaps:

Earlier WordPress used to bring two major updates per year, along with plenty of mini updates in the meantime. Now, the WordPress core team is planning to move away with predetermined deadlines to take significant leaps.

Improvement in Site-building functionality:

The platform is planning to move towards a more intuitive site-building experience in order to hold the market share and suppress the rising competition by hosted website builders.

Improvements to WordPress Rate API:

WordPress Rate API enables developers to create feature-rich products by making it easier to pull data from websites. With this update, developers will be able to create applications more easily using the platform as a framework.

Making Custom Themes Becomes More Accessible:

With Gutenberg, theme creation will become easier. In the past, you needed at least simple development background to create a WordPress theme, but thanks to block-editor, it has become more accessible.

Now, let’s have a look into the major change that WordPress 5.0 is bringing.

What is Gutenberg or Block-based Editor?

The launch of Gutenberg or block-based editor means you will be getting a whole new editing experience. One more thing to note here is that you need not settle for features that are in-built as you can customize them using a wide range of add-on plugins. Some of these are

additional content blocks.

Apart from changing your own editing experience, Gutenberg will also bring important changes to quite a lot of themes and plugins. There will be a lot of Gutenberg-friendly themes coming into existence, which will help you take advantage of all the new features that are offered by Gutenberg editor.

There are a few interesting themes like Twenty Nineteen and Atomic Blocks that are Gutenberg friendly. Moreover, popular themes like Neve and Hestia have become compatible with this new block-based editor.

Soon, there will be changes in widely used plugins also. A lot of plugins that interact with the WordPress editor directly need to become Gutenberg compatible to hold the part of their user base. It may also be possible that from years from now you will only find plugins that support Gutenberg.

So, this was all about new updates in WordPress. For more such useful articles, stay tuned!

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