EP385 - WordPress 5.7

On this episode, we will be discussing the release of WordPress 5.7. This release is named after Esperanza Spalding, a modern musical prodigy. As with all WordPress released, we will break down the latest changes to the release and what we have noticed about it.

• Full Site Editing Pre-Merge Overview – Team Updates
• Early Thoughts on WP5.8 Planning – Make WordPress Core
• multiverse diary
• WordPress 5.7: Top 21 Features & Improvements
• REST API Changes in WordPress 5.7 – Make WordPress Core
• Download jQuery
• Updating jQuery version shipped with WordPress – Make WordPress Core

New features

• Block Editor Changes
• WP Admin and it's new color palette
• HTTP to HTTPS in a single click
• New Robots API
• Cleaning up jQuery 3.5.1
• Lazy-load iFrames

WordPress Field Guide. It highlights developer notes for each change you may want to be aware of: WordPress 5.7 Field Guide

 

Panel

Jason Tucker @jasontucker https://twitter.com/jasontucker​ Steve Zehngut @zengy https://twitter.com/zengy​ Jason Cosper @boogah https://twitter.com/boogah​

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