It’s called Arturo, and since 24 May 2022, it’s already working: it’s the new WordPress 6.0 version, which comes with almost 1000 updates and is more intuitive than ever.
Developers and end users alike will be able to benefit from the improvements of this latest version of the software, which, as WordPress itself explains in its official announcement, “takes full editing one step further by offering more customisation tools and new blocks, focusing on writing and design workflows.
In case you still don’t know, every WordPress update is named after a jazz artist, and this time it honours Grammy winner Arturo O’Farrill. As we were saying, this new version comes on strong with major improvements, some of which will be immediately noticeable, such as the fast performance of the website.
What’s new in WordPress 6.0
- Improved text editor
- Ability to edit more than one block at a time.
- Faster access to the link menu
- Preservation of styles even if the block type is changed
- Ability to customise buttons
- Blocks of different styles
- Creation of more templates, patterns and customisation of blocks.
- Design improvements: colour panel, transparency, borders, margins and spacing.
- Possibility of sorting elements of a group.
- More original designs by being able to add spaces in the galleries.
- Creation of block pages
- Improved performance and accessibility
Improved performance and accessibility
WordPress 6.0 integrates several updates focused on improving performance in several areas, such as improving page and loading speed, reducing query execution time, navigation menus and caching, among others.
WordPress, with its new version 6.0, aims to be a community open to all users worldwide. To this end, it has incorporated more than 50 updates that improve access to the platform, making it more inclusive for everyone.