Reach a new milestone with the new WordPress 5.5

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Reach A New Milestone With The New
WordPress 5.5
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The popularity of WordPress need not be expressed
in words as it is speaking through websites all
over the world. More than 37 percent of websites
that are surfing on the internet are built using
WordPress and on average, about 500 sites are
made each day using WordPress. This is an
example of the growing popularity of WordPress.
And to keep the customers up to date with the
current trends and improve efficiency WordPress
is releasing new versions often. According to
the official WordPress website, version 5.4 has
the maximum number of users. With the increased
expectation the WordPress 5.5 version is all set
to hit the market on August 11, 2020.
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The WordPress 5.5 Status

• The WordPress 5.5 beta 4 has new in-built
  features and plugins for your website. WordPress
  has been releasing its beta versions from the
  start of July. The company has advised not to
  use the WordPress 5.5 version on the production
  sites. It is now meant only for testing by web
  developers. The beta 3 versions of WordPress 5.5
  have claimed to have fixed 43 bugs. In the same
  way, the latest release is said to be loaded with
  new features, refinements, and bug fixes. Let us
  unveil the features of the new WordPress 5.5.

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Noteworthy features of WordPress 5.5 version

• The WordPress 5.5 version has multiple new
  features from block editor features to
  improvements to the built-in lazy loading for
  images. These notable features are to catch the
  attention of all WordPress development company to
  improve their sites.

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Overcome lazy load with WordPress 5.5

• WordPress 5.5 has refinements to improve the new
  standards of the browser to support lazy-loaded
  images. With these features, the bandwidth for
  the hosts, ISPs, and users is saved. But you
  might be wondering how this would happen?This
  feature wont allow the images to be exhibited on
  the client-side unless they come to the viewport.
  This will be highly helpful for users with slow
  internet. This will make the website faster as a
  result, will offer better user engagement and
  interactivity.

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The sitemaps of the website

• A sitemap is an important part of the website
  which enables the search engines to identify the
  content of your page. The WordPress 5.5 version
  is going to include the XML sitemaps as a default
  option. The sitemap will include things like
  post pages, the home page of your site, custom
  post types, and more to increase the visibility
  of your website.

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The improved accessibility features

• The WordPress core team improves the
  accessibility of the content management system
  with every new release. In an aim to improve the
  convenience of the end-users they have made
  various minute fixes for accessibility making it
  as easy as just clicking a button. The following
  list includes the accessibility of the
  improvements
• The list of tables comes with extensive and
  alternate view modes
• The buttons that are disabled will now look
  disabled
• The meta boxes can now be moved with the keyboard
• The  custom logo on the front page will no longer
  link to the front page
• The assistive devices can see the status messages
  now in the image editor

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Improved block editor experience

• It is said that above 1500 improvements are made
  for the ultimate block editor experience. It
  includes tons of features including the following
• Inline image editing you can crop, rotate, and
  zoom photos in-line directly from the block
  editor which helps to save a lot of time, and
  errors in the process can be reduced to a great
  extent.
• Block patterns The several default patterns can
  make building elaborate pages a breeze. The
  WordPress 5.5 will introduce block patterns which
  will help the users to add unique blocks to their
  website. Block patterns are per-configured
  templates which the user can add to their page or
  host.
• User interface improvements there are many
  notable changes in the block editor like borders
  around the toolbars, new icons, and focus
  lighting. The sign has been changed
• You have Device preview to see how your content
  will be displayed to the user on different screen
  sizes

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Auto-update of plugins and themes

• WordPress is finally bringing the long-awaited
  automatic update of themes and plugins. It is
  highly handy to keep the end-users updated on the
  latest features. 
• To spice up with a personalized touch during PSD
  to WordPress conversion these plugins and themes
  are real helpers. This feature will allow the
  user to automatically update the plugin via the
  admin dashboard within the platform. 
• The older versions of the same tool would have
  held you back from creating the best design but
  with this update, it has now improved. By
  uploading a zip file you can update themes and
  plugins as WordPress has become smarter than
  before.

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Other fascinating features

• WordPress 5.5 also has many other under the hood
  changes which will help the WordPress website
  development company to improve its website.
• It will ship with several updated external
  libraries like phpMailer, SimplePie, Twemoji, and
  more.
• Developers can control the auto-update options
  for specific plugins or themes
• The dash icons will be updated
• It will also have the ability to scan for PHP
  compatibility  more efficiently

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Bottom Line

• The release of WordPress 5.5 is much awaited and
  for sure it is going to be fun. The usability of
  the website will be drastically improved with the
  new features and enhancements of the new version.
• WordPress has announced that they fixed a lot of
  issues and it is going to be a treat for all the
  WordPress website users. Make use of the latest
  version and have a top-notch website.
• You can even go through this link for more
  information New Milestone With The New WordPress
  5.5