{"id":18771,"date":"2020-08-12T11:51:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T03:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/?p=18771"},"modified":"2021-04-14T15:40:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T07:40:07","slug":"wordpress-5-5-is-finally-available-for-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wordpress-5-5-is-finally-available-for-update\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 5.5 is Finally Available for Update!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18772 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/WordPress-5.5-is-Available-for-Download-1.png?resize=696%2C364&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/WordPress-5.5-is-Available-for-Download-1.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/WordPress-5.5-is-Available-for-Download-1.png?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/WordPress-5.5-is-Available-for-Download-1.png?resize=1024%2C536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/WordPress-5.5-is-Available-for-Download-1.png?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/WordPress-5.5-is-Available-for-Download-1.png?resize=696%2C364&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/WordPress-5.5-is-Available-for-Download-1.png?resize=1068%2C559&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/WordPress-5.5-is-Available-for-Download-1.png?resize=803%2C420&amp;ssl=1 803w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/WordPress-5.5-is-Available-for-Download-1.png?resize=218%2C114&amp;ssl=1 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>WordPress 5.5 is finally available for update!<\/h2>\n<p>What you can expect from WordPress 5.5:-<br \/>\n&#8211; UI Improvements in Block Editor<br \/>\n&#8211; Automatic Updates for Plugins and themes<br \/>\n&#8211; Lazy Loading Included<br \/>\n&#8211; New Block Directory<br \/>\n&#8211; New Default WordPress XML Sitemap<br \/>\n&#8211; More!<\/p>\n<p>Sounds great? Before updating your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/web-hosting\/wordpress-hosting?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=wph\">WordPress<\/a> to the latest version, do remember to do a good backup of your website so that you can restore anytime in case the update process goes wrong.<\/p>\n<p>To update, simply login to your control panel (Plesk \/ cPanel) and look for the update notification that says &#8216;Update to 5.5 Now&#8217;. Click and wait for the download to complete.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18774 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pasted-image-0.png?resize=696%2C371&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"how to update to wordpress 5.5\" width=\"696\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pasted-image-0.png?w=1548&amp;ssl=1 1548w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pasted-image-0.png?resize=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pasted-image-0.png?resize=1024%2C546&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pasted-image-0.png?resize=768%2C410&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pasted-image-0.png?resize=1536%2C820&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pasted-image-0.png?resize=696%2C371&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pasted-image-0.png?resize=1068%2C570&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pasted-image-0.png?resize=787%2C420&amp;ssl=1 787w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pasted-image-0.png?resize=214%2C114&amp;ssl=1 214w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pasted-image-0.png?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s all. 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