WordPress 5.5 New Features

I just upgraded. Here are some of the newly added features it comes with:

Speed
Posts and pages feel faster, thanks to lazy-loaded images.

Images give your story a lot of impact, but they can sometimes make your site seem slow.

In WordPress 5.5, images wait to load until they’re just about to scroll into view. The technical term is ‘lazy loading.’

On mobile, lazy loading can also keep browsers from loading files meant for other devices. That can save your readers money on data — and help preserve battery life.

Search
Say hello to your new sitemap.

WordPress sites work well with search engines.

Now, by default, WordPress 5.5 includes an XML sitemap that helps search engines discover your most important pages from the very minute you go live.

So more people will find your site sooner, giving you more time to engage, retain and convert them to subscribers, customers or whatever fits your definition of success.

Security
Auto-updates for Plugins and Themes

Now you can set plugins and themes to update automatically — or not! — in the WordPress admin. So you always know your site is running the latest code available.

You can also turn auto-updates on or off for each plugin or theme you have installed — all on the same screens you’ve always used.

Update by uploading ZIP files

If updating plugins and themes manually is your thing, now that’s easier too — just upload a ZIP file.

Highlights from the block editor
Once again, the latest WordPress release packs a long list of exciting new features for the block editor. For example:

Block patterns
New block patterns make it simple and fun to create complex, beautiful layouts, using combinations of text and media that you can mix and match to fit your story.
You will also find block patterns in a wide variety of plugins and themes, with more added all the time. Pick any of them from a single place — just click and go!

Inline image editing
Crop, rotate, and zoom your photos right from the image block. If you spend a lot of time on images, this could save you hours!

The New Block Directory
Now it’s easier than ever to find the block you need. The new block directory is built right into the block editor, so you can install new block types to your site without ever leaving the editor.

And so much more.
The highlights above are a tiny fraction of the new block editor features you’ve just installed. Open the block editor and enjoy!


Accessibility
Every release adds improvements to the accessible publishing experience, and that remains true for WordPress 5.5.

• Now you can copy links in media screens and modal dialogs with a button, instead of trying to highlight a line of text.
• You can also move meta boxes with the keyboard, and edit images in WordPress with your assistive device, as it can read you the instructions in the image editor.

buggy ruined my site

As some other people mentioned try to avoid updating cause it may broke your site. my theme was custom build so it was ok but some of my plugins stopped working.

I feel it break the youtube correctly playing video, I check with my theme seller, they claim will look check

I not sure is due to theme or wordpress 5.5 update , But I feel is due to the wordpress update partly because before upgrade my mobile side youtube video can play never show what video unavailable but on desktop can play

To be honest I like the new features

new features are good

How the f does this circus work. So they update when and where they feel like it and don't even give the plugin developers a reasonable heads-up?

Of course, The more Attractive Features available in the WP 5.5, But some of the Plugins are not effectively supported WP 5.5. So please update your Publigins before Update WP 5.5.