WordPress 6.0 makes building a website easier than ever

Date:
Wed, 25 May 2022 12:41:00 +0000

Description:
WordPress 6.0 aims to improve the writing and designing experiences for website creators.

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Open source content management system WordPress.org has announced its latest major release for creators using its website builder .

Offering to create more intuitive sites online and named after jazz musician Arturo OFarrill, WordPress 6.0 Arturo features more than 1,000 updates and enhancements to consolidate the no code experience for site-building.

The new release includes bug fixes and expands on WordPress existing customization tools such as block themes that now contain multiple style variations. WordPress revamped

Edging closer to a drag-and-drop style builder, WordPress 6.0 Arturo also includes a new style switcher for its block themes capability that gives website creators access to various style presets without having to switch themes. Read more

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With thoughtful updates to the writing experience, building better block functionality, and adding a new intuitive style switcher, Im really proud of the work thats been done in this release to make a great site editing experience, said Josepha Haden Chomphosy, executive director at WordPress.

WordPress has also released five new template options for block themes, added more features such as a new color panel and transpacity options to its design tool, and included a new feature that lets website designers choose lock restrictions in blocks to aid the simplification of project handovers.

Expanding Gutenberg into a full site editing experience in WordPress means that all of the problems the community had to address were complex and far reaching. WordPress 6.0 is an example of the communitys commitment to
tackling these tough challenges together, added Chomphosy.

The new WordPress release was made possible by the contributions of more than 500 people in roughly 58 countries, according to the CMS platforms blog post
.

Its the second major release from WordPress.org this year following the release of WordPress 5.9 Josphine in January 2022, four months ago, which introduced full site editing and block themes . By choosing a professional WordPress hosting provider, web designers do not need to invest in a secure server infrastructure to host their website



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