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WordPress

The latest WordPress news from our blog

WordPress is the world’s most popular website platform for a reason. In this section, you’ll find tips, tutorials, and insights on getting the most out of your WordPress site—whether you’re just starting out or looking to enhance your existing setup. From choosing the right plugins and themes to improving performance, security, and SEO, we cover everything you need to build and manage a powerful, user-friendly website with WordPress.
WordPress
Alex Swabey

WordPress 5.5.1. Speed. Search. Security.

In WordPress 5.5.1, your site gets new power in three major areas: speed, search, and security. Speed Posts and pages feel faster, thanks to lazy-loaded

WordPress powers over 25% of the web. Here’s why WordPress is right for you.
WordPress
Alex Swabey

WordPress 5.5 nearly ready for launch! Is your website ready?

The WordPress development team has now released the first release candidate for WordPress 5.5! This is an important milestone in the WordPress community’s progress toward the final release of WordPress 5.5 to website owners. Get in touch today to find out more about WordPress website support services from O’Brien Media.

WordPress
Chris Grant (he/him)

WordPress 5.4.2 is now available, upgrade today!

WordPress 5.4.2 is now available to be installed and fixes a small mix of bugs and security issues – so we recommend installing it as soon as you can to keep your site running at its best. For O’Brien Media customers with support agreements, WordPress 5.4.2 will be installed as part of your monthly maintenance service,

WordPress 5.4 presentation
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Andy Smart

Say hello to more and better with WordPress 5.4

Every major WordPress release adds more to the block editor. More ways to make posts and pages come alive with your best images. More ways to bring your visitors in, and keep them engaged, with the richness of embedded media from the web’s top services.

WordPress
Chris Grant (he/him)

WordPress 5.3 introduces WordPress’ most refined user experience with the improved block editor

With the release of WordPress 5.3 the software sees expansion and refinement of the block editor introduced in WordPress 5.0 with new blocks, more intuitive interactions and improved accessibility. New features in the editor increase design freedoms and provide additional layout options and style variations to allow designers complete control over the look of a site.

WordPress
Chris Grant (he/him)

WordPress 5.2.4 Release Addresses Several Security Issues

The core WordPress team released version 5.2.4 of WordPress on October 14th 2019. The release addresses six security issues that were all privately reported through WordPress’ responsible disclosure procedure. Like any security release, users should update immediately to the latest version to keep their sites secure.