Category Archives: WordPress 5.8

Weekly WordPress News: Newfold Digital Acquires YITH

18.03.2022DigitalOcean, Gutenberg, WordPress 5.8, WordPress NewsTeam WPLift

Hey, WordPress friends! We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. The acquisition train continues. This week, Newfold Digital has acquired YITH, one of the largest independent sellers and developers of WooCommerce plugins and themes for WordPress. Meanwhile, DigitalOcean has acquired popular web development learning site CSS-Tricks. Beyond that, WordPress 5.9.2 [...]

Weekly WordPress News: WordPress New Default Theme Unveiled

08.10.2021WordPress 5.8, WordPress NewsTeam WPLift

Hey, WordPress fans. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, we got a first look at the upcoming Twenty Twenty-Two default theme coming in WordPress 5.9. This theme has been designed to be the most flexible default theme ever created for WordPress. Beyond that, there are several plugin releases [...]

Weekly WordPress News: WordPress 5.8 Beta 2 Ready For Testing

18.06.20212021, Automattic, WordPress 5.8Team WPLift

Hey, WordPress fans. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, the WordPress 5.8 Beta 2 is out and ready for testing. Over 25 bugs have been fixed since the first beta release of this update. Beyond that, Automattic acquired a popular journaling app. We also have some amazing [...]

Weekly WordPress News: WordPress 5.8 Beta 1 Is Ready for Testing

11.06.20212021, WordPress 5.8Team WPLift

Hey, WordPress fans. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, the first beta for WordPress 5.8 is officially out. While the software is still in development, you can start testing the new version. The current target for the final release is July 20. Beyond that, the WordPress.org blog [...]

Weekly WordPress News: Full-Site Editing in WordPress 5.8

16.04.20212021, WordPress 5.8Team WPLift

Hey, WordPress friends. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, a decision was made on whether Full Site Editing (FSE) would land in WordPress 5.8 release. While site editor and global styles will not be landing in this release, other FSE-related features are expected to ship. Beyond that, [...]