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Here it is! Named “Eckstine” in honor of Billy Eckstine, this latest and greatest version of WordPress is available for download or update in your dashboard. Welcome to WordPress 5.5. In WordPress 5.5, your site gets new power in three major areas: speed, search, and security. Speed Posts and pages feel faster, thanks to lazy-loaded images. Images give your story a lot of impact, but they can sometimes make your site seem slow. In WordPress 5.5, images wait to load until they’re just about to scroll into view. The technical term is ‘lazy loading.’ On mobile, lazy loading can also keep browsers from loading files meant for other devices. That can save your readers money on data — and help preserve battery life. Search Say hello to your new sitemap. WordPress sites work well with search engines. Now, by default, WordPress 5.5 includes an XML sitemap that helps search engines discover your most important pages from the very minute you go live. So … [Read more...] about WordPress 5.5 “Eckstine”

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Hello Everyone, Syed Balkhi here. On July 4th, we celebrated our 4th birthday with the largest WordPress giveaway . We also did a fundraiser to raise $25,000 to build a school, and we were successful. I want to thank all of you guys for your continuous support that you have shown over the years. I also want to thank all of our sponsors who helped made this giveaway possible. We had 200+ prizes with a combined value over $25,000. I want to give a special shout out to the top sponsors: MaxCDN , StudioPress and the Copyblogger family, ManageWP family with SEO Smart Links and last but not least HitTail. Thank you all sponsors (friends): iThemes and BackupBuddy , Sucuri , Bluehost , Themify , Elegant Themes , Headway , Soliloquy, Gravity Forms , Standard Theme , InMotion Hosting , Web Hosting Hub , Pippins Plugins , SeedProd, WPValet , WPZoom , Michael Hyatt , Page.ly , ZippyKid , Yoast , RaffleCompter , Themefuse , PixelKit , … [Read more...] about We Built the School + WPBeginner Giveaway Winners

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Version 4.5 of WordPress, named “Coleman” in honor of jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. New features in 4.5 help streamline your workflow, whether you’re writing or building your site. Editing Improvements Inline Linking Stay focused on your writing with a less distracting interface that keeps you in place and allows you to easily link to your content. Formatting Shortcuts Do you enjoy using formatting shortcuts for lists and headings? Now they’re even more useful, with horizontal lines and <code> . Customization Improvements Live Responsive Previews Make sure your site looks great on all screens! Preview mobile, tablet, and desktop views directly in the customizer. Custom Logos Themes can now support logos for your business or brand. Try it out with Twenty Sixteen and Twenty Fifteen in the Site Identity section of the customizer. Under the Hood Smart Image Resizing … [Read more...] about WordPress 4.5 “Coleman”

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On the 10th anniversary of WPBeginner, I shared that WPBeginner hosting infrastructure got a huge upgrade thanks to our web hosting partner, HostGator . Shortly after, I started getting emails from readers asking me to share the details on how we made WPBeginner load blazing fast. Yes, WPBeginner load faster than most static site generators and in some cases faster than Google AMP sites too. In this article, I will give you behind the scenes look at how we made WordPress faster than static site generators and headless CMS platforms. Note: This article is a bit more technical than what we typically publish on WPBeginner. For non-techy users, I recommend following our ultimate guide on how to speed up WordPress . Update: We’re no longer using the setup shared in this article. Instead we have switched entirely to Google Cloud platform managed by SiteGround . We have the same speed results and have unlocked even faster back-end performance. Read why we switched to … [Read more...] about How We Made WordPress Faster than Static Site Generators (Case Study – Speeding up WPBeginner)

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Version 4.3 of WordPress, named “Billie” in honor of jazz singer Billie Holiday , is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. New features in 4.3 make it even easier to format your content and customize your site. Menus in the Customizer Create your menu, update it, and assign it, all while live-previewing in the customizer. The streamlined customizer design provides a mobile-friendly and accessible interface. With every release, it becomes easier and faster to make your site just the way you want it. Formatting Shortcuts //s.w.org/images/core/4.3/formatting.mp4 Your writing flow just got faster with new formatting shortcuts in WordPress 4.3. Use asterisks to create lists and number signs to make a heading. No more breaking your flow; your text looks great with a * and a # . Site Icons Better Passwords Other improvements A smoother admin experience – Refinements to the list view across the admin make your … [Read more...] about WordPress 4.3 “Billie”

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