Latest WordPress 5.5 & List of New Features

Latest WordPress 5.5 & List of New Features

WordPress version 5.5 named “Eckstine” has been released on August 11, 2020. This major version has added a few new features & functionalities.

WordPress 5.5 New Features:

  • Auto-updates added for Plugins and Themes.
  • Update plugins and themes manually by uploading ZIP files
  • Block patterns (create pattern layouts using combinations of text and media & use them)
  • The new block search directory to search blocks in the editor
  • Added Built-in XML Sitemaps
  • Improved speed (especially via lazy-loaded images).
  • Inline image editing directly in editor (crop, rotate, and zoom)
  • 3 Devices previews to check on different screen sizes
  • Added more backgrounds and gradients options to multiple blocks
  • Improvement Accessibility and Keyboard shortcuts in Editor
  • jQuery Migrate library removed (Outdated themes/plugins may break because of this).
  • Upload External Images with a single click (If an image is visible in the Gutenberg block)
  • New Icons added in Dashicons library