WordPress is thrilled to announce the release of 5.3 “Kirk”, which was created by our largest and most diverse contributor team ever! No less than 645 amazing volunteers from 56 countries helped put together this release.
Introducing Twenty Twenty
Kirk includes more than 150 new features and a new default theme, Twenty Twenty. It also addresses more than 650 bugs and improves seven core blocks, making it one of the most impactful releases ever.
Read the full list of changes in the WordPress 5.3 release announcement post: https://wordpress.org/news/2019/11/kirk/
With the new enhancements to the Block Editor, you can use your imagination to share your ideas and content. Whether marketer or musician, we all love the flexibility to be creative. Much like Kirk, who could play multiple instruments and often paired them together to make new combinations, the new Group Block lets content creators combine blocks and pair them together to create new and beautiful designs with ease. Creating content has never been more effortless.
Download WordPress 5.3: https://wordpress.org/download/
Still using the Classic Editor?
Start using the Block Editor today and experience new publishing freedom. You will be able to create more beautiful content with less effort and technical knowledge. Experience the magic of blocks today!
Try Gutenberg: https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/
Upgrade to WordPress 5.3
Kirk is the most intuitive version of WordPress and performs beautifully right out of the box, with a gorgeous Gutenberg-ready theme and native blocks to create anything you can imagine. Upgrade quickly and easily by clicking the update button in your WordPress dashboard.
Experience Twenty Twenty: https://wordpress.org/themes/twentytwenty/
Marketing Contributors
Special thanks to all of the contributor teams that made WordPress 5.3 possible! In particular we would like to recognize the Marketing contributors for the 5.3 release:
Mike Reid, Sebastian Koch, Aurooba Ahmed, Meg Phillips, Yvette Sonneveld, Olga Gleckler, Abha Thakor, Mike Allen
Contributor data provided by Jb Audras.
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