{"id":10505,"date":"2022-06-29T11:37:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T09:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/insights\/?p=10505"},"modified":"2024-03-20T13:14:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T11:14:14","slug":"what-you-need-to-know-about-the-wordpress-6-0-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/insights\/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-wordpress-6-0-update\/","title":{"rendered":"What you need to know about the WordPress 6.0 update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WordPress<\/a> 6.0 is the second major release of 2022, and it comes with almost 1 000 enhancements<\/a> and bug fixes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a website owner, here are all the major updates and features you should be aware of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Improved performance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

WordPress 6.0 includes several performance updates aimed at speeding up the page loading time on your site. Queries on navigation menus have been simplified to use fewer database queries, while cache performance has been improved by looking at cache time limits and memory size of the cache.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While these improvements may be small, every bit helps improve page load time<\/a>, which ultimately benefits the visitors to your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Improved accessibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The update includes improvements that help make it easier for people with disabilities to use WordPress sites<\/a>. People with visual impairments use programmes to describe the image content, and the ALT text describes the image. If you don\u2019t add ALT text, WordPress will use the article title. There\u2019s also an option to display icons and the appropriate text in the block editor, which is helpful if the icon can\u2019t be read by an auxiliary programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New templates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

WordPress 6.0 introduces several new templates<\/a> for specific functions, including templates for displaying posts from a specific author, category, date, tag or taxonomy.
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Block locking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This feature<\/a> prevents you from accidentally deleting, moving or editing an important block, which is beneficial if you work with many reusable blocks and don\u2019t want anyone else working on your site to change them. It also helps preserve design layouts if you create templates. You\u2019ll know a block is locked because you\u2019ll see a padlock when you click on it.
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Enhanced writing experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you’re hands-on with writing content for your website blog, then there are a few notable new features that will be beneficial. The new stack block lets you customise your posts with vertically stacked content, and includes settings for justification, orientation, text and background colours, typography, padding, block spacing and borders. WordPress 6 also introduces a new theme export tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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