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WordPress 5.3 Overview

Updated: January 28, 2022 / Plugin Updates

New WordPress is here and brings us some improvements, especially in the block editor. It also introduces the new default WordPress theme called Twenty Twenty. As usual, we are glad to announce that all WP Desk plugins are compatible with WordPress 5.3.

It's the last major WordPress release in 2019, so let’s see what we can expect from it.

New Default WordPress Theme

As it will be the last major release of the year, in WordPress 5.3 we get new default WordPress Theme named Twenty Twenty (no surprises there). This new theme was designed by Anders Norén, and based on other free theme called Chaplin. Twenty Twenty was made to use the full potential of the WordPress block editor.

New default theme in WordPress 5.3

Block Editor Improvements

WordPress claims that a new release introduces over 150 new features and usability improvements. Which one of them is the most important?

Grouping Blocks

Basically, it’s a new layout element, that allows to gather parts of your page and control them as a group. You can group already existing blocks or add some new ones inside of it.

Grouping blocks in WordPress 5.3

Improved Image Uploads

WordPress 5.3 finally allows continuing uploading files that were stopped. It will be very helpful while uploading non-optimized, high-resolution pictures that sometimes can unexpectedly stop uploading. Also, the images should be correctly rotated upon upload according to the embedded orientation data.

Layout Picker For Columns Blocks

WordPress 5.3 brings two improvements to columns block. While adding the new column block you can choose from several pre-defined patterns or skip it. And when you get your column, now it’s easier to set a custom width for each column with basic slider.

Columns Layout in WordPress 5.3

Improved Table Blocks

Table blocks got a few improvements. It now allows adding table header and footer, set stripes and background colors. Also, it supports text alignments in columns.

table blocks in WordPress 5.3

Other improvements in WordPress 5.3

Health status

WordPress 5.3 changes the Site Health feature, that was introduced in WordPress 5.1. Areas that may need troubleshooting now can be highlighted, so it should be easier to identify issues. Instead of showing site health score in percentage, it will give status like “Good” or “Needs Improvement”.

WordPress 5.3 Site health

Admin Email Verification

Since new release the admin users will be periodically asked to confirm their email address. This feature is intended to reduce the chance of getting locked out of your site if you change your email address.

PHP 7.4 Compatibility

WordPress 5.3 continues to encourage all users to use the latest versions of PHP and is heading to fully support PHP 7.4. This release contains multiple changes to remove deprecated functionality and ensure compatibility.

WordPress 5.3 plugin compatibility

What’s important, all of WP Desk plugins are compatible with WordPress 5.3. Just like with new WooCommerce 3.8. Some of them need to be updated, but don’t worry - it’s all safe.

I hope that this article will be helpful for you to see what’s new in WordPress 5.3. You can find the complete list of changes on official WordPress site.

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Bartosz Gajewski

Content Specialist in WP Desk. He tries to increase the number of plugin users with useful content. Privately an enthusiast of mountains and European cinema.

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