What’s New in WordPress 5.8?

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WordPress 5.8 Tatum is perhaps the biggest update to WordPress since the introduction of the block editor! It’s packed with lots of fantastic features, including blocks in widget areas, editor improvements, WebP support, and the first seeds of Full Site Editing. Let’s take a look at all the major changes to WordPress in this walk through video.

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* WordPress 5.8 Tatum: https://wordpress.org/news/2021/07/tatum/
* Kinsta’s What’s New Guide: https://kinsta.com/blog/wordpress-5-8/

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Chapters
00:00 – Intro
02:00 – IE 11 Dropped
02:42 – Bock Editor Improvements
05:00 – Embedding PDFs
05:46 – Duotone Filter
06:24 – Table Improvements
07:22 – WebP Support
09:08 – Blocks in Widgets
12:15 – Full Site Editing Features
12:56 – Page Template Editor
15:58 – theme.json file
16:54 – Wrapping Up

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