Summary: The New Era for WordPress: The Updates and How to Prepare for WordPress 5.8 ReleaseThe dawn of a new WordPress era is just but around the corner. The Gutenberg and WordPress Core team is gearing up for the release of WordPress 5.8 on July 20, 2021. This upcoming release makes significant strides towards solidifying WordPress’s site-building capabilities by improving the features users have come to enjoy over the years.That said, you must prepare your business for the looming WordPress updates to fully enjoy its benefits. But before we look at how you can do that, let’s first take a closer look at the updates.What are the updates made on WordPress 5.8?WordPress 5.8 presents some of the most exciting features since the launch of the block editor. Here is a look at these features.WebP Image Support: The new version of WordPress will now natively support WebP images. WebP will be a replacement for JPEG and 4PNG which means it will also support image transparency that initially could only be done using 4PNG. The advantage that it has over 4PNG is that it will be a much smaller file size. Moreover, you can use WebP images across various browsers like Chrome, Opera, and Firefox for Android.Template Editor: The template editor will be available to all sites that use the WordPress theme. Users can now create and edit custom templates for posts and pages using blocks. This feature will also include the new list view panel that gives users an overview of all the template sections and blocks.The Query Loop Block: This feature comes with various designs for how you can display the loop. Once you choose a basic layout for a starting point, this tool enables you to customize the blocks within the loop. Some customizations you can make include color, length of excerpt, topography, and more.Duotone Image Effects: This new core block adds some fun to using WordPress. Duotone filters enable you to colorize your images and cover blocks. Therefore, you can add a pop of color to your designs and style your images to integrate with your themes seamlessly.Widget Area Block: The new block-based widget screen in WordPress 5.8 is a welcome change to the old widget system, which was more rigid. As opposed to all widget systems which required that whatever functionality you are trying to insert be readily available as a shortcode or widget, this new version allows you to add a vast world of blocks to widgetized areas. Using blocks in widgets will give users more flexibility in inserting various items. Given that the Widget Area Block feature is relatively new, you may need a little time to adapt to it. While you try to figure this feature out... You are listening to the topic about "The New Era for WordPress: Prepare for WordPress 5.8 Release", if you want to read the full article, please visit https://geniuswp.com or the link in the description.
