Faculty Websites has been upgraded to WordPress 6.0 “Arturo”.
It has nearly 1,000 enhancements and bug fixes and is the second major release in 2022.
Features and Improvements
- Enhanced Writing Experience – You can now select text across multiple blocks. You can quickly add internal links by typing ‘[[‘. When you customize buttons, the new buttons will retain the style automatically.
- Block Locking Controls – You can now lock your blocks. If you have a reusable block and don’t want it overwritten, you can now lock it.
- Improved Performance – These enhancements cover a range of performance areas including improving the page and post-load speed, reducing the execution time of various query types, caching, navigation menus, and much more.
- Improved Accessibility – WordPress 6.0 includes more than 50 updates specifically focused on enhancing the accessibility of the platform.