WordPress 5.1 “Betty” was officially released on February 21, 2019, and is available for download. WordPress 5.1 is the first major release since the launch of the WordPress block editor (AKA Gutenberg) in WordPress 5.0. And while it does bring some tweaks and improvements for the block editor, the biggest new features in this release involve the WordPress Site Health project and notices for PHP versions.
In this post, we’ll take a look at all of the new features that might affect how you use WordPress:
New Dashboard Notice for PHP Version
Here at Kinsta, we always recommend using the latest versions of PHP for improved performance and security.
From our benchmarks, PHP 7.3 is on average 9% faster than PHP 7.2. And If you compare PHP 7.3 to PHP 5.6, it can handle almost 3x as many requests (transactions) per second! You should always test your plugins and themes first on a staging site for compatibility. If all is good, make sure to take advantage of this free performance boost.
WordPress is now finally getting on board with pushing the latest versions of PHP with some new tools and notices to promote PHP versions and compatibility.
First up, if you’re running
Source: https://managewp.org/articles/18435/what-s-new-in-wordpress-5-1-moving-php-forward
source https://williechiu40.wordpress.com/2019/03/08/whats-new-in-wordpress-5-1-moving-php-forward/
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