After many delays and issues, the Widgets Panel has been replaced by the block editor in the new WordPress 5.8. While I like the idea, the final execution is mostly done badly and will (and already is) cause many problems to countless websites unaware of the changes.
WordPress 5.8 has been released, bringing some major changes that will affect almost every existing plugin, and I imagine, it will break quite a few of them, mostly because of the new block-based replacement Widgets page.
On May 27, 2003, the first public version of WordPress had been released. It was version 0.7 that started this long journey of our favorite CMS, and today we celebrate the 18th birthday and over 40% of market share among all the internet websites.
WordPress 5.7 ‘Esperanza’ has been released today. As it stands now, all Dev4Press plugins are ready and fully compatible with the new WordPress version, with few plugins released to address some specific things new WordPress brings.
In about two weeks WordPress 5.5 will be released. This version includes a lot of changes and new features, and it requires that plugins depending on those get updates before the 5.5 is actually released.
WordPress 5.3 was released yesterday, and it includes significant changes to Block Editor (including new blocks), Admin Interface, new theme, PHP 7.4 support, admin email verification and much more. I am currently in the process of testing the stable version, …
WordPress 5.0 with a brand new Block Editor, is scheduled for the second half of November 2018 with the accelerated release schedule, with the second Beta already released.
Over the past 4 months, since my previous article on Gutenberg, soon to be WordPress core editor has reached the version 3.3, and there is more talk about including the Gutenberg in WordPress core with version 5.0. Is it ready for that?
Since September, when I have written about the Gutenberg 1.1 version, this plugin soon to be part of the WordPress core, has come a long way and it has reached version 2.4.
I have waited for a while before I decided to write this review of the Gutenberg, I wanted to test editor that has come far in the development process. Now, with version 1.1 Beta, I think that editor is becoming …
WordPress 4.8, named after the jazz pianist and composer William John “Bill” Evans, is the first major update for WordPress in 2017 with longer development cycle compared to previous 3 years.
First public version of WordPress 0.70 was released May 27, 2003. It started as a fork from B2 blogging software, and over the past 14 years it has grown to most used CMS on the web.