#wordpress 6

Welcome to WordPress 6.0 version "Arturo", inspired by Grammy-winning Spanish jazz musician Arturo O'Ferrill.

The release includes nearly 1000 fixes and improvements across broad areas of the WordPress platform. In this post, we have covered major updates and features with live video examples.

What’s New In WordPress 6.0 “Arturo”?

More templates with new blocks

Style variations

Various writing improvements

List view enhancements

Block locking UI

More design and layout tools

More patterns in more places

Block theme workflow improvement

WordPress 6.0 is the most-awaited release of 2022. The release involves approximately 1000 fixes and improvements in wide areas of the WordPress platform.

If you’re wondering what’s more to come with it, you’ve come to the right place. Here is the list of major enhancements that we will discuss in this post.

More templates with new blocks

Style variations

Various writing improvements

List view enhancements

Block locking UI

More design and layout tools

More patterns in more places

Block theme workflow improvement

Let’s dig in to understand the details with practical videos. Read this post — https://bit.ly/3wrNPBb

How to Update to WordPress 6.0

One-Click Update is an easy way to update your WordPress to 6.0. Once you are on the ‘Update WordPress’ page, click on the ‘Update Now’ button to start the process immediately. If this is not possible, you can also opt for a manual update.

It is always a good idea to have a backup of your site. To avoid any problems, don’t forget to back up your website before updating.

Step-by-Step Guide to Update to WordPress 6 (Manually):

Take a backup of your website database.

Back up all your WordPress files in your WordPress directory and don’t forget your .htaccess file.

Download and extract the WordPress package from https://wordpress.org/download/

Only delete the file and folders that are being overwritten by the new files on your site, but DO NOT DELETE – wp-config.php file; – wp-content folder; Special Exception: the wp-content/cache and the wp-content/plugins/widgets folders should be deleted. – wp-images folder; – .htaccess file–if you have added custom rules to your .htaccess, do not delete it; – robots.txt file–if your blog lives at the root of your site (ie. the blog is the site) and you have created such a file, do not delete it.

If the manual upgrade is being done after the failure of auto-upgrade, make sure you delete the file. maintenance from your WordPress directory using FTP. This will remove the ‘Failed Update’ message.

Update the installation by visiting the WordPress admin page and do not forget to reactivate plugins.

Update your cache to allow the changes to go live immediately. In case you miss this, your website visitors including will be able to see the older version of your site.