WordPress 5.5 beta is out, and it is scheduled to be released on August 11, 2020. This will be the second major WordPress release of the year, and it comes packed with many new features and improvements.
WordPress 5.5 beta已发布，计划于2020年8月11日发布。这将是该年度的第二个主要WordPress版本，它包含许多新功能和改进。
We’ve been following the development closely and testing the first beta to try out new features that are on the way.
我们一直在密切关注开发过程，并测试了第一个Beta版，以试用即将推出的新功能。
In this article, we will show you what’s coming in WordPress 5.5 with features and screenshots.
在本文中，我们将通过功能和屏幕截图向您展示WordPress 5.5中的新功能。
Note: You can try out the beta version on your computer or on a staging environment by using the WordPress Beta Tester plugin.
注意：您可以使用WordPress Beta Tester插件在计算机或暂存环境中试用Beta版本。
WordPress 5.5 is still under development, which means features can still change and may not make into the final release.
WordPress 5.5仍在开发中，这意味着功能仍然可以更改，并且可能无法纳入最终版本。
Having said that, let’s take a look at what’s coming in WordPress 5.5.
话虽如此，让我们看一下WordPress 5.5中的功能。
影片教学 (Video Tutorial)
If you’d prefer written instructions, just keep reading.
如果您喜欢书面说明，请继续阅读。
块编辑器中的新功能和改进 (New Features and Improvements in The Block Editor)
Back in late 2018, WordPress introduced a new writing experience with WordPress 5.0. This new writing interface is called the block editor (aka Gutenberg).
早在2018年末，WordPress就在WordPress 5.0中引入了新的写作体验。 这个新的编写界面称为块编辑器 (又名Gutenberg)。
Since then, each new WordPress release brings tons of updates to the editor. WordPress 5.5 will come with many such improvements and new features that will enhance your writing experience several folds.
从那时起，每个新的WordPress版本都为编辑器带来了大量更新。 WordPress 5.5将进行许多此类改进和新功能，从而将您的写作体验提高几倍。
The following are just some of the enhancements that you may want to try out.
以下只是您可能要尝试的一些增强功能。
UI Improvements in Block Editor
块编辑器中的UI改进
WordPress 5.5 will come with major UI improvements to the block editor. You will notice borders around toolbars and buttons, new icons, and focus highlighting as you move across blocks while writing.
WordPress 5.5将对块编辑器进行主要的UI改进。 在编写时跨块移动时，您会注意到工具栏和按钮，新图标周围的边框以及突出显示的焦点。
The (+) button for adding a new block has changed too and is now more noticeable and looks more like a button.
用于添加新块的(+)按钮也已更改，现在更加引人注目，看起来更像一个按钮。
The New Block Directory
新块目录
WordPress 5.5 will bring the new block directory to life. These are just WordPress plugins that add new blocks to the block editor, and there are already dozens of new blocks available.
WordPress 5.5将使新的阻止目录栩栩如生。 这些只是WordPress插件，可将新块添加到块编辑器中，并且已经有数十个新块可用。
The block directory is also built-in to the ‘Add New block’ search. You can simply search for a feature, and if there is no block that matches your search, then it will automatically show matching results from the block directory.
块目录也内置在“添加新块”搜索中。 您可以简单地搜索功能，如果没有与您的搜索相匹配的块，那么它将自动显示来自块目录的匹配结果。
The block directory includes individual blocks. It does not include block library plugins which ship with multiple useful blocks that you can install.
块目录包括各个块。 它不包括带有可安装的多个有用块的块库插件 。
Block Patterns coming in WordPress 5.5
WordPress 5.5中的阻止模式
WordPress 5.5 will introduce block patterns. They are ready-to-use blocks with commonly used settings to help you quickly add them to make layouts.
WordPress 5.5将引入块模式。 它们是具有常用设置的即用型块，可帮助您快速添加它们以进行布局。
There are currently a handful of patterns already available. This will grow as plugins, WordPress themes, and the core continues registering more patterns.
当前有几种模式可用。 随着插件，WordPress主题的增长，该核心将继续注册更多的模式。
Streamlined Block Navigation and Movement
简化的块导航和移动
WordPress 5.5 will also make it easier to move blocks around inside the content editor. You can simply click on the block handle and drag it up and down.
WordPress 5.5还将使在内容编辑器内部移动块变得更加容易。 您只需单击块手柄并将其上下拖动即可。
Another improvement is the ability to select the parent block in the nested blocks like the group or columns block.
另一个改进是可以在嵌套块(如组或列块)中选择父块。
Inline Image Editing
内联图像编辑
WordPress allows you to do some basic image editing like crop, resize, rotate, and scale. However, to do that you need to open the image in the media library.
WordPress允许您进行一些基本的图像编辑，例如裁剪，调整大小，旋转和缩放 。 但是，为此，您需要在媒体库中打开图像。
WordPress 5.5 will allow you to edit images inline without leaving the block editor. You’ll be able to scale, crop, rotate, and resize an image on the spot.
WordPress 5.5允许您在线编辑图像而无需离开块编辑器。 您将能够在现场缩放，裁剪，旋转和调整图像大小。
WordPress插件和主题的自动更新 (Auto Updates for WordPress Plugins & Themes)
WordPress comes with a powerful updates management system. It also allows you to enable auto-updates for WordPress plugin and themes by changing your WordPress configuration or by using a third-party plugin.
WordPress带有强大的更新管理系统。 它还允许您通过更改WordPress配置或使用第三方插件来启用 WordPress插件和主题的自动更新 。
WordPress 5.5 will allow you to enable automatic updates for plugins and themes via the admin dashboard. You’ll be able to go to the plugins page and click on the ‘Enable auto-updated’ next to the plugins that you want to be automatically updated.
WordPress 5.5允许您通过管理仪表板启用插件和主题的自动更新。 您将能够转到插件页面，然后单击要自动更新的插件旁边的“启用自动更新”。
Similarly, you can also enable auto-updates for themes. Simply click on a theme on Appearance » Themes page and then click on the ‘Enable auto-updates’ link.
同样，您也可以启用主题的自动更新。 只需在外观»主题页面上单击一个主题，然后单击“启用自动更新”链接。
新的默认WordPress XML网站地图 (The New Default WordPress XML Sitemaps)
An XML sitemap is a file that lists all of your website content in XML format. This helps search engines like Google to easily discover and index your content.
XML网站地图是一个文件，其中列出了XML格式的所有网站内容。 这有助于Google之类的搜索引擎轻松发现您的内容并将其编入索引。
It plays a very significant role in the WordPress SEO set up. All top WordPress SEO plugins come with XML sitemap feature built-in.
它在WordPress SEO设置中起着非常重要的作用。 所有顶级WordPress SEO插件都内置了XML网站地图功能。
WordPress 5.5 will come with a built-in sitemaps feature enabled by default. It will create a new sitemap index file called wp-sitemap.xml which will contain links to all other sitemap files it will generate.
WordPress 5.5将默认启用内置的站点地图功能。 它将创建一个名为wp-sitemap.xml的新站点地图索引文件，该文件将包含将要生成的所有其他站点地图文件的链接。
The default Sitemap feature will support all post types, taxonomies (categories, tags and custom taxonomies), and author archives. However, it will still be only providing the basic required functionality of XML sitemap protocol.
默认的站点地图功能将支持所有帖子类型，分类法(类别，标签和自定义分类法)以及作者档案。 但是，它将仍然仅提供XML网站地图协议的基本必需功能。
If you are already using a WordPress SEO plugin that comes with its own XML Sitemaps, then you don’t need to do anything. The two biggest SEO plugins All in One SEO Pack and Yoast SEO have decided to continue providing their own sitemaps because they offer advanced customization features to help you get higher rankings.
如果您已经使用了自己的XML Sitemaps附带的WordPress SEO插件，则无需执行任何操作。 两个最大的SEO插件All in One SEO Pack和Yoast SEO已决定继续提供自己的站点地图，因为它们提供了高级自定义功能来帮助您获得更高的排名。
WordPress中的默认延迟加载图像 (Default Lazy Load Images in WordPress)
Images take longer to download than plain text and this increases page load times. Optimizing images for the web can help you boost the speed and performance of your WordPress website.
与纯文本相比，图像下载需要更长的时间，这会增加页面加载时间。 优化网络图像可以帮助您提高WordPress网站的速度和性能 。
One most commonly used technique is to lazy load images. This technique only downloads images that are visible on the user’s browser screen. Other images are downloaded as a user scrolls down your website.
一种最常用的技术是延迟加载图像 。 此技术仅下载在用户浏览器屏幕上可见的图像。 当用户向下滚动您的网站时，还会下载其他图像。
WordPress 5.5 will make it a default option for all sites by adding the ‘loading’ attribute to img tag. This attribute is supported by all modern web browsers (except Safari).
通过在img标签中添加'loading'属性，WordPress 5.5将使其成为所有网站的默认选项。 所有现代网络浏览器(Safari除外)都支持此属性。
This is an important performance bump not just for your WordPress site but for the whole internet. WordPress is the most popular website builder, and it is used by more than 35% of all websites on the internet.
这不仅对您的WordPress网站而且对整个Internet都是一个重要的性能提升。 WordPress是最受欢迎的网站构建器 ，互联网上超过35％的所有网站都使用WordPress。
Lazy loading images will save a lot of bandwidth and improve the performance of WordPress hosting servers. It will also make websites faster which is always a good thing.
延迟加载图像将节省大量带宽并提高WordPress托管服务器的性能。 它还可以使网站更快，这始终是一件好事。
使用Zip文件更新主题和插件 (Update Themes and Plugins with a Zip File)
Sometimes WordPress plugin or theme updates may not work as expected in which case you have to manually update a theme or plugin. Currently, you can do that by using an FTP client.
有时WordPress插件或主题更新可能无法按预期工作，在这种情况下，您必须手动更新主题或插件。 当前，您可以通过使用FTP客户端来实现。
WordPress 5.5 will allow you to do that inside the WordPress dashboard. You’ll be able to go to Plugins » Add New page and click on the Upload button.
WordPress 5.5将允许您在WordPress仪表板中执行此操作。 您将可以转到插件»添加新页面，然后单击上载按钮。
Now go ahead and upload the zip file you downloaded for the plugin update. WordPress will automatically detect that this plugin is already installed and give you an option to ‘Replace current with uploaded’.
现在继续上传您为插件更新下载的zip文件。 WordPress会自动检测到该插件已安装，并为您提供了“替换上载的当前文件”选项。
Similarly, you can also install updates for WordPress themes. Simply go to Appearance » Themes page and click on the ‘Add New’ button. After that click on the Upload Theme button to upload your theme zip file.
同样，您也可以为WordPress主题安装更新。 只需转到外观»主题页面，然后单击“添加新”按钮。 之后，单击“上传主题”按钮以上传您的主题zip文件。
WordPress will detect that you already have that theme installed and will give you the option to ‘Replace current with uploaded’ version.
WordPress将检测到您已经安装了该主题，并为您提供了“用上载的内容替换当前版本”的选项。
WordPress 5.5的内幕变化 (Under The Hood Changes in WordPress 5.5)
WordPress 5.5 will also be bringing lots of changes for developers to explore and use in their own themes, plugins, and projects.
WordPress 5.5还将为开发人员带来许多变化，以供开发人员在自己的主题，插件和项目中探索和使用。
WordPress 5.5 will ship with several updated external libraries like phpMailer, SimplePie, Twemoji, and more. (See details). If you’re using our WP Mail SMTP plugin, then it’s already updated with the new phpMailer library.
WordPress 5.5将附带几个更新的外部库，例如phpMailer，SimplePie，Twemoji等。 ( 查看详细信息 )。 如果您使用的是WP Mail SMTP插件，那么它已经使用新的phpMailer库进行了更新。
Developers can control the auto-update options by disabling, enabling, or selectively blocking them for specific plugins or themes. (See details)
开发人员可以通过针对特定插件或主题禁用，启用或有选择地阻止它们来控制自动更新选项。 ( 查看详情 )
Dashicons will be updated and include 65 new icons. (See details)
Dashicon将进行更新，并包含65个新图标。 ( 查看详情 )
WordPress 5.5 will come with the ability to scan for PHP compatibility issues more effectively. (See details)
WordPress 5.5将具有更有效地扫描PHP兼容性问题的功能。 ( 查看详情 )
We hope this article helped you get a good idea of what’s coming in the WordPress 5.5 release. Let us know what features you find interesting and what you’d look to see in a future WordPress release.
我们希望本文能帮助您更好地了解WordPress 5.5版本中的功能。 让我们知道您发现有趣的功能以及在将来的WordPress版本中看到的功能。
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如果您喜欢这篇文章，请订阅我们的YouTube频道 WordPress视频教程。 您也可以在Twitter和Facebook上找到我们。
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