WordPress 5.9 (Joséphine) Released

As discussed in my last blog WordPress 5.9 has finally arrived. This is a major release of WordPress and is named “Joséphine” in honour of acclaimed international jazz singer Joséphine Baker. From the wordPress.org website:

As a lifelong civil rights campaigner, Joséphine Baker believed that all people could live in harmony together, just as different instruments in a jazz band blend together to make a whole piece. Turn on a playlist from your favorite music service and enjoy her famous renditions of “You are the greatest love”, “Sans Amour”, and “Love is a Dreamer” as you discover all the features of this brand-new WordPress release.

WordPress 5.9 includes the following:

• Full site editing – making it easier to edit your site without writing code.
• New site-wide blocks – 10 new blocks made for full site editing
• Add Site-Wide Styles – the ability to add new styles to be applied across the entire site.
• A New Way to Add Navigation Menus – Menu’s are now called Navigation Menus. You can use the new Navigation Menu block in the site editor to change your navigation menus links, colours, spacing, alignment and more.
• New default theme twenty-twenty-two.
• Block improvements
• and lots more…..

WP Beginner has a great article here about some of these changes.

Here is the official blog from WordPress on 5.9

As always if you have a site managed by BSharp Tech we will be upgrading your site to 5.9 so that you can benefit from the latest changes.

If we don’t manage your WordPress site and you need help, feel free to book a free discovery session to discuss your needs or contact us today.