WordPress 5.0, the Mother of all WP upgrades in recent history, has been delayed again. There is some speculation in regard to the cause of the delay including, WordPress 5.0 and / or the new Gutenberg WP editor are still too buggy or they are waiting for a major PHP update to occur.
According to Search Engine Journal, “On Wednesday November 28th, WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg opened a calendar for accepting feedback and concerns about the upcoming 5.0 release of WordPress. ‘A number of folks have requested an opportunity to connect more directly on where we’re at in the 5.0 process, or share their point of view on where we’re going. In the spirit of getting as many inputs as possible, I’ve opened up 24 office hours slots Thursday through Sunday.’”
While you’re waiting for WP 5.0 to rollout why not download the Gutenberg Editor plugin and start trying out all of the new bells and whistles available? There is a bit of a learning curve so it will pay to get started on this today.
Citations
https://make.wordpress.org/core/
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wordpress-5-release/280677/
Notice: December 06, 2018 – It’s Alive! It’s Alive! WordPress 5.0 has rolled out now.
