WP Builds Weekly WordPress News #127 - WordPress 5.5 released, Astra upset and Fortnite blocked

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This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 10th August 2020:

WordPress Core

WordPress 5.5 “Eckstine”
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WordPress 5.5 “Eckstine” Introduces Block Directory, Block Patterns, and Automatic Updates for Themes and Plugins

Gutenberg 8.7 Adds Minor Changes, Updates Block Pattern Designs, and Continues Full-Site Editing Work

Major jQuery Changes on the Way for WordPress 5.5 and Beyond

Community

A Non-Technical Release Lead’s Journey to Becoming a Mentor for WordPress Core Development

Astra Theme Suspended and Reinstated, Themes Team Works Toward Delisting Strategy for Guideline Violations

New WordPress Plugins Disable Unsplash CDN
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Pexels: Free, Unrestricted-Use Images

Page Speed: What We Learned By Analyzing 1,500 Agency Websites

WP Engine Pledges Five for the Future

Struggles of Remote Work Half a Year Into the Pandemic

Plugins / Themes / Blocks

Convert Reusable Blocks to Block Patterns with 1-Click

An Improved Server Side Render Component for Dynamic WordPress Blocks

Content Ticker for Beaver Builder - PowerPack for Beaver Builder

Elementor Pro v3.0 Beta 2 Release

Deals from this week

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Security

Critical Vulnerabilities Patched in Quiz and Survey Master Plugin

WordPress Vulnerability News, August 2020

WP Builds

192 – WordPress V other blogging platforms

WordPress Podcasts to Help Grow your Agency (2020)

Jobs

Nothing for you this week, but remember that I've started a jobs submission form on this page if you hear about a job!

Not WordPress, but useful anyway...

Apple boots Fortnite from the App Store after Epic adds direct payments