WordPress is the most trusted and popular blogging platform in the world. It keeps its features updated to ensure its users get the best experience with this platform. Now, WordPress 5.8 update is currently scheduled for the general release on July 20, 2021. Do you want to know what’s new in this latest update of WordPress? In this blog, I have explained all the updated features of the new WordPress 5.8. so, Let’s begin:
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Full Site Editing
The main upgrade planned for the latest WordPress 5.8 is Full Site Edit (FSE)
As per the WordPress Core, “Full Site Editor is where Gutenberg’s promise is proven.” The technical aspect fits the philosophical part as a user-centric tool designed to empower users to express, create, and maintain themselves on the web
The initial plan of WordPress was to release FSE with WordPress 5.8 fully, but this version only partially introduces FSE to WordPress
The partial rollout of FSE is intended to allow Core to integrate FSE by the end of 2021 and increase awareness and skills in the WordPress community
Here are some of the FSE-related features that will be available in WordPress 5.8:
Enhancements from Gutenberg 9.9+.
- New theme-related blocks such as “site logos,” “queries,” and “navigation.”
- heme.json integration supports themes to specify default values and block settings
- Ability to edit templates in the block editor
- Integrated block-based customizer and display widget
- New block design tools like layout control, duotone (SVG filter for images), and padding
The core team says that not all of the above features are ready to ship now, but they believe they will be prepared by launch day
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Schema List
WordPress 5.8 also introduces a pattern directory catalog for block patterns to block layouts through themes & plugins
Like the plugins and themes directory, the patterns directory will be a one-stop store for WordPress patterns
The Core has set the following goals for the initial release in WordPress 5.8:
- Everyone will be able to browse patterns by pattern catalog, pattern category, or search
- Everyone will see a live preview of a pattern and copy the block code to use on their websites
- The users of WP.org will be able to create as well as share block patterns and view and manage submitted designs
- Patterns can be selected from curated images and media but not from uploaded media
- Submitted block patterns will undergo some basic validation/automatic review checks
- The block editor will search and extract basic patterns from the catalog
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WebP image support
Starting with WordPress 5.8, you can now upload WebP images to your media library, just like PNG and JPEG images
WebP images are generally smaller than these other image types and are also supported by all modern browsers. Using WebP images will make your website load faster and improve the experience of the website visitors.h
However, you should check with your WordPress hosting company to see if their service supports WebP
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Pattern
his release includes a new pattern schema as well as initial integration with the upcoming pattern directory on WordPress.org. Also, you can now do pattern transformations to convert a block or collection of blocks into another pattern
In addition, block patterns have been added to all of the core themes, starting with Twenty Ten, and the combined themes have been expanded to include more variations
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Dropped Support
WordPress is officially discontinuing support for Internet Explorer 11 by the end of the year
Let’s Wrap Up:
The stable release of this latest WordPress 5.8 update is scheduled for July 20, 2021. We hope with this latest update, WordPress will improvise its user experience. There are many WordPress development companies like TIS India having expertise in the development of this newest WordPress version. You can choose TIS India and get your feature-packed WordPress website built with the latest features.
