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  • WordPress 5.2 Beta Released, whats coming in WordPress 5.2?

    WordPress 5.2 Beta Released, whats coming in WordPress 5.2?

    The newest Beta Release for the most popular website CMS in the world is expected to be released this month. We have been following the release notes and development of 5.2 closely and have listed the new features and development here.

    WordPress 5.2 comes with a number of new features as listed below and focuses on fixing existing bugs and introducing some new features to the block editor.

    This article will feature all the features and screenshots of WordPress 5.2. We are really excited about all the bug fixes on the Gutenberg editor, allowing admins to login in case of site errors and all the speed improvements on this Beta Release.

    Please note that WordPress 5.2 is still in development. Not all features and enhancements listed below are guaranteed to make it in the final version.

    What new features are coming up in WordPress 5.2?

    This latest update of the most popular website CMS in the world comes with the following features:

    Updates to the Gutenberg/Block Editor

    WordPress Block Editor, Gutenberg has been adding a lot of improvements and fixing a lot of the niggling bugs over the past few months and we feel like its come to the point where its fully usable. Here are the new updates to the Block editor

    • 35% faster load time for larger posts and 100% faster keypress time
    • Addition of 5 new blocks, Rss for displaying rss feeds, Amazon Kindle embed block, Search Block, Calendar block for displaying calendars and a tag cloud block for displaying tag clouds
    • Allowing hiding blocks using the block manager. This allows you to hide the blocks you don’t usually use.
    • Block editor is also coming to the WordPress mobile app to allow you to make changes easily from your mobile devices

    Fatal Error Protection

    If there is a fatal error on the website now, WordPress will pause the error and send a link to the admin allowing them to log into the backend and fix the issue. This is a very welcome feature and will help out a lot of web devs because logging into FTP was a massive pain and would take a lot of effort.

    Please note that you will need minimum PHP version 5.6 to run WordPress 5.2 website. So this is the best time to upgrade your PHP before WordPress 5.2 becomes available later this month.

    About WordPress

    WordPress is arguably the most powerful blogging and website content management system (or CMS) in existence today. 60% of all CMS run websites run on WordPress.

    NetON WordPress Beta Release Update Policy

    Our team will not be updating your WordPress site with this version until it is released. Please read through this post to see what is coming to WordPress, however noting that the final version may be slightly different from the Beta Release.

    Please note that the NetON team won’t be updating your website with this version because this is not a final version. We will update your installation when the full production version is released.

    NetON WordPress development services

    NetON is proud to provide a 360 degree solution of WordPress development in both Melbourne and Sydney Australia. We offer WordPress Website Development, WordPress Website Design, WordPress Website Hosting, WordPress security, Maintenance, WordPress SEO Optimisation and Upgrades.

    Our team has worked with small to enterprise companies in creating, managing and running successful WordPress websites in Australia and around the world. Our WordPress websites are customised based on your busines and you requirments. We have built large scale eCommerce websites, traffic generating/ad revenue websites, community building websites, Business 2 Business Websites and Business 2 Customers website. All of them are completely different in their lead generation and revenue models.

    Please reach out to one of NetON’s Account Managers for more of our services.Please use the contact details on our Contact Us Page.

    WordPress5.2 Demo website

    We love checking out all the new features before a major release. We keep an upto date demo site with the latest (sometimes even nightly builds) of WordPress that you are welcome to have a look at.

    Click here to view WordPress Demo site.

    Please ask us for a username/password to test the site. This will let you test run all the new features without putting your live website at risk.

  • WordPress 5 Beta 1 Release and Features

    WordPress 5 Beta 1 Release and Features

    The newest Major Release for the most popular website CMS in the world WordPress is almost here with the latest release of WordPress 5 Beta 1. The newest version is a Beta Release and is  for the next major version 5 which is due sometime later this year. This release is aimed at bringing major changes and upgrades to the WordPress CMS. WordPress 5 Beta 1 comes with a number of new features as listed below and focuses on bringing major changes and upgrades to the WordPress CMS. We are really excited about the new shiny Gutenberg WYSIWYG editor on this Beta Release.

    Whats new in WordPress 5 Beta 1?

    This latest update of the most popular website CMS in the world comes with the following features:

    A new shiny Gutenberg WYSIWYG editor

    This beta release of WordPress 5 come with the shiny new Gutenberg WYSIWYG editor. This editor will eventually replace the current classic WYSIWYG editor that WordPress currently has. Here is a comparison of the two editors.

    New Gutenberg Editor
    Classic Editor

    While Gutenberg editor has had it’s fair share of criticism, we love it here. It’s still a big buggy but its smooth, fast and does the basics.  We are using the Gutenberg editor to write this post. 

    Features of Gutenberg Editor

    Gutenberg has a number of features which make it easier for developers and website owners/marketing users. 

    • Utilising Gutenberg means that you are using less plugins.  So plugins for tables/ columns and page builders can now be removed completely because Gutenberg editor handles that for you.
    • Gutenberg is more user friendly. Yes it takes a few tries to get your head around it but once it’s done its very easy to use
    • The bugs that are there currently will get ironed out over time and it will work exactly as expected
    • Gutenberg uses blocks allowing you to modularise your content and use different types of contents in different blocks. The available blocks are listed below.
    • Gutenberg uses layout elements so that putting things side by side is a piece of cake. Also what you see in your screen is most likely how it will display to a user as well. 

    Available Gutenberg Blocks

    • Paragraph block – For normal text
    • Heading block – For article and paragraph headings
    • Subheading block – For Subheadings
    • Quote Block – For setting up quotes
    • Image Block – For showing images by themselves
    • Gallery Block – To show multiple images and gallery
    • Cover Image block – To show a bigger image that covers the whole area
    • Video Block – To show videos
    • Audio Block – To show and embed audio files
    • Columns Block – To show multiple columns in the same row for layout
    • File Block – For file downloads, links and embeds
    • Code Block – To work on html code separately
    • List Block – To show a ordered or unordered bullet list
    • Button Block – To show buttons and call to actions
    • Embed Block – To show embedded code
    • Plus more block coming up…

    A brand new Twenty Nineteen theme

    With this new release comes the long awaited new Twenty Nineteen theme. This theme has been built to showcase the Gutenberg editor and we are a bit disappointed that this looks very similar to the previous theme. However we expect this theme to get better as WordPress 5 gets closer to release. 

    WordPress Demo Website

    Want to try out all the new features :).  We keep an upto date demo site with the latest (sometimes even nightly builds) of WordPress that you are welcome to have a look at. We have even installed the new theme so that you can check it out.  Click here to view WordPress Demo Site.

    About WordPress

    WordPress is arguably the most powerful blogging and website content management system (or CMS) in existence today. 30% of all new domains run on WordPress. 60% of all CMS run websites run on WordPress.

    NetON Beta Release Update Policy

    Beta releases of WordPress are good for testing by developers and not intended to be used on live websites. Please read through this post to see what is coming to WordPress, however noting that the final version may be slightly different from the Beta Release. Please note that the NetON team won’t be updating your website with this version because this is not a final version. We will update your installation when the full production version is released.

    NetON WordPress development services

    NetON offers a complete range of WordPress Services for Australian businesses. We are constantly working with our clients on WordPress Website Design, WordPress Development, Hosting, WordPress Security, SEO Optimisation for WordPress sites and upgrading Core WordPress and Plugins. We work with some of the smallest and the biggest companies in Australia and around the world and help them build and maintain their WordPress website to generate the best results for them. Please reach out to one of NetON’s Account Managers for more of our services. Please call us or email us on the details on our Contact Us page.