whats coming in WordPress version 5.5 - the second major release of the year
WordPress core team is preparing for the second major release of the year - https://make.wordpress.org/core/5-5/
WordPress 5.5
We got behind the scenes look at WordPress 5.5, so you can see what's coming in August.
See what's coming in WordPress 5.5 (features and screenshots).
WordPress 5.5 will be the second major release of 2020 and aims to include a navigation menus block, automatic updates for plugins and themes, a block directory, XML sitemaps, lazy loading, and update Gutenberg to the latest release version as we continue to focus in 2020 on full site editing via Gutenberg. Matt Mullenweg is the Release Lead, Jake Spurlock is the Release Coordinator, and David Baumwald is returning as Triage PM. Joining the are Core Tech Sergey Biryukov, Editor Tech Ella van Durpe, Editor Design Michael Arestad, Media Tech Andrew Ozz, Accessibility Tech JB Audras, Documentation Coordinator Justin Ahinon, and the Marketing/Comms Coordinator is Mary Baum. All release decisions will ultimately be this release teams’ to make and communicate while gathering input from the community. There will NOT be a new bundled theme included in 5.5.
https://make.wordpress.org/core/5-5/