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WordPress 5.1 “Betty”
Version 5.1 of WordPress, named “Betty” in honour of acclaimed jazz vocalist Betty Carter, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard.
Following WordPress 5.0 — a major release which introduced the new block editor — 5.1 focuses on polish, in particular by improving the overall performance of the editor. In addition, this release paves the way for a better, faster, and more secure WordPress with some essential tools for site administrators and developers.
Block Management Features Proposed for WordPress 5.2
WordPress 5.1 has been downloaded more than 3.6 million times since its release last week and work on 5.2 is now underway. The upcoming release will be led by Matt Mullenweg with Josepha Haden acting as Release Coordinator. Gary Pendergast posted a proposed scope and schedule that would have 5.2 arriving April 23, 2019.
We Analyzed 13 Billion Log Entries – Here’s What We Learned
The data below is compiled from thousands of WordPress sites hosted on Kinsta servers. They analyzed 13 billion (that’s right billion) log entries, and this time around they’ve decided to share all of their findings with you!
