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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