Wordpress 5.5 Just Dropped & It Killed Some Popular Plugins

[@RosendoCuyasen]

Cool features. This is one reason why we love WordPress CMS to develop. I've used to developed WordPress since 20010 and I believe they are improving their platform this time. Easier to developed and build content for your website.

[@wplearninglab]

I agree Rosendo, recent updates are going in the right direction :) Thanks for watching!

[@sujitbiswasseo]

Firstly congratulations on having 100k subscribers!! Thank you for the update!!

[@wplearninglab]

Thanks for the congrats, much appreciated!

[@mydigitalmarketingjourney1087]

That was a super helpful update. Thank you. Going to keep aware of this stuff when making new client sites.

[@vandecasa3795]

Still no media categories and "replace media" function and ordering posts by drag&drop and advanced mail/smtp settings and expiration dates for posts and better widget control. But thank god for being able to manually update plugins/themes via the Dashboard, instead of having to upload them. WP5.5 broke some Dashboard functionality with some older themes.

[@wplearninglab]

Hey Van, It would be fantastic if they added the things you listed. I'm not sure you're aware, but there is a plugin for replacing media (here's a tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6jIiZ6uepiMqKM ) and there's one for organizing your media library (here's a tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYmsiXymYr1gpck ).

[@jlmf6274]

Nearly 100K subs!! Congrats! This is a great channel

[@wplearninglab]

Thanks Jaun! I try my best to be useful and helpful. Thanks for the congrats :)

[@coastalsafetyuae]

Thank you for for a simple and clear explanation. You did a great job of avoiding waffle and "double wordage" - clear and to the point - great 👍 😎

[@wplearninglab]

Thanks! I think what helped was that I don't know what "waffle" and "double wordage" are, haha.

[@bySterling]

First time I can recall a WP update that has a full handful of truly needed and appreciated useful updates!! BIG UPS Bjorn! 💪🏻⚡️🙌🏻💥💻🇺🇸🌎👏🏻

[@wplearninglab]

Yeah, it's been a long time since something practical came out way. Fingers crossed that they keep it up :)

[@CaseyStrouse]

Reducing reliance on plugins can be a good thing but still use hooks, filters, and the same poor database design. The features are still written with code, styles, and scripts that have to live somewhere so it may or may not really be an improvement.

[@wplearninglab]

You're right Casey, The Gutenberg blocks are modular, so they only load what is required for the blocks that exist on the page. Many plugins load their resources on every page even if they're not being used on that page. It's a starting point and a step in the right direction I think.

[@teameaglegaming9126]

Congratulations For 100 K subscribe rs. I Follow you from last 4 Years. Nice ❤️🤗

[@balescreative3115]

Thanks Bjorn, for this video. Haven't had a chance to check out all the updates in 5.5! Much appreciated this time-saver. Any issues with allowing auto-updates? I always back up before I update. So curious to know if auto-updating enabled could lead to issues as I'm sure it doesn't back up anything 1st.

[@ineedareligion5298]

Hi dear, you're awesome. I love your videos. Please create a video tutorial to save Additional CSS into the file, not to the database and queue it.

[@DustinSanchezTV]

About time they started addressing loading speeds

[@wplearninglab]

You're right Dustin, but better late than never I think.

[@michaelcolors]

Appreciate your knowledge, insights, and telling it like it is.

[@wplearninglab]

Thanks Michael, your support means a lot :)

[@MurrayTymms]

Great video - No, you are not alone when it comes to being inundated with the Wix Ads - will it ever end ????

[@wplearninglab]

I think it will end when Wix owns the entire internet. They've asked me to do sponsored videos for them on multiple occasions, haha. Wouldn't make much sense on this channel.

[@iandavidson471]

You mention WiX, but it was useless. I don't know about "lazy loading" - it was dead slow, and kept crashing when trying to edit. I moved to WordPress from WiX.

[@wplearninglab]

Hey Ian, I'm not a big fan of Wix either. I just mentioned it because they bombard me and probably everyone else with ads.

[@iandavidson471]

@@wplearninglab yep. They sometimes cause me to scream at my screen.... Haha!

[@wplearninglab]

I can relate. The skip ad button can't come fast enough!

[@JatinChhabra]

Contacted WP rocket, whether I should keep their lazyload active, then said that we have deactivated Lazyload from WP but I can uncheck their to keep WP lazyload on.

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Jatin, Yeah, seems like something a plugin dev would do to protect their territory. Yoast and Rank Math also turn of the WP XML Sitemaps if you have those plugins installed. Thanks for the heads up!

[@وسيمالشوافي-ح9ش]

Thank you very much for your help and invited the very good and sample things was need a lot of hard coding

[@InsideFashionLive]

Thanks for sharing such informative videos. We upgraded to WP5.5 and found that Elementor Pro no longer was available on new posts. Check Elementor's plugin and its seems that it has only been tested to WP 5.4.2. Not sure if that's what caused the problem. Wonder if others have had this experience?

[@wplearninglab]

I just tried Elementor on a new post on WP 5.5 and it worked for me.

[@ymunro]

I'm also having a problem editing my posts, but I use the classic editor. It seems that the new updates, Gutenberg editor is not compatible with the classic editor. Is there any way round this so that we can still edit posts with the classic editor?

[@dannythedabbler]

I haven't logged in to my site since the update. All the problems people are experiencing are giving me anxiety.

[@wplearninglab]

No doubt. The best piece of mind is backing up your site before updating and/or using a staging site to see if it breaks the staging site. Then it won't affect your live site. Check out this tutorial on how to do it for free: kzbin.info/www/bejne/emLEipWXrqujnLc I hope that helps :) Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!

[@felicial7628]

Very cool. Thanks so much for posting this. I learned a lot!

[@angelvids6024]

I had to roll back to 5.4 for now, 5.5 broke my wordpress control panel, the expandable menus refused to open up. It broke a couple of my plugins also, but I believe those have been updated now.

[@wplearninglab]

There have been a number of reports of things broken after updating to 5.5. I think that should be taken care of shortly with patches to WP and to themes and plugins.

[@angelvids6024]

@@wplearninglab Yep, I'm sure it'll be sorted soon. Thanks for the helpful videos, I just discovered your channel today.

[@wplearninglab]

Welcome to the community, better late than never :p

[@rocksteadymilitaria541]

man i have the same! shit hit the fan here.. now i cannot add new products to my webshop, none of the options within "add new product" unfold, and also if i want to add images i dont see them just numbers..

[@nayank5032]

I have updated woocommerce and wordpress 5.5 and now my website is a mess. It is showing that there is some problem with header. I don't know what to do. Can anyone please help

[@kalkidangebeyehu1498]

could you please tell me which plugins are not going to work? I think one is jetpack and Woocommerce

[@wplearninglab]

Hey Kalkidan, I don't have a list of plugins that don't play nice with WP 5.5. Your best bet is to back up your site before you update. Or you can create a staging site and test out the updates. Here's a tutorial for both of those in case you're interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/emLEipWXrqujnLc I hope that helps :) Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!

[@ANKITRAJ-kp5uy]

How do I make navigation menu sticky on scroll

[@wplearninglab]

Hey Ankit, check out this tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2GvlGCfqJd3lbM

[@zpepe]

YOAST says that even though XML sitemap in included he encourages us to keep the Yoast version as apparently it is better. Not sure how specifically but might warrant investigating further.

[@wplearninglab]

I checked out the WP generated sitemap. You can find it at yourdomain.com/wp-sitemap.xml The Yoast SEO sitemap and the RankMath sitemaps are better, that is true. The SEO plugin sitemaps will generate multiple sitemaps, one for Posts, one for Pages, one for Images. And then link them together with a main sitemap. The WP sitemap is just Posts and Pages and they're all in one. Yoast SEO automatically excludes pages like the Disclaimer, Privacy Policy, Terms of Use etc. from their sitemaps. And if you set a page to "noindex" in SEO plugins, those pages will not be included in the sitemaps. I don't see any settings in WordPress for excluding specific pages from the WP-generated sitemap. So as of right now, I think they're right, Yoast SEO and RankMath sitemaps are better if you need those extra features. If you don't need those extra features, then the WP sitemap works. And it's the first iteration of the WP sitemap and they have a model to follow in the SEO plugins, so hopefully they'll improve it.

[@zpepe]

@@wplearninglab oh wow thank you for that detailed explanation! Much appreciated!

[@wplearninglab]

No problem, I'm happy to help :)

[@himanshusharma8009]

@@wplearninglab I am Getting 404 Not Found , when opening sitemap why ?

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Himanshu, I have no idea. Do you have Yoast SEO, RankMath or another SEO plugin installed? They disable the WordPress sitemap automatically.

[@mr.terence1262]

Excellent work. Thanks for sharing.

[@belik295]

Thanks very much for informative video. But I do have a question. When I go to Add New Post and click on + I don't have tab PATTERN at all. I have a Search field and Drop Down menus: Most Used, Common Blocks, Formatting and etc. I did updated WP version to 5.5. Also you do have an EDIT ( Pencil) next to the + , but in my case it missing also. Why it is so? How i can get Posts patterns , they are very useful indeed?

[@wplearninglab]

That's strange that you don't have those options. Can you check if you have the auto-update ability for themes and plugins which is another feature that shipped with WordPress 5.5

[@belik295]

I have this issue for one website only. Still not sure why. But I ran in to another issue. I think it is important for people to know. If you had Slider Revolution plugin installed on your website which came with theme( in my case). After the update to WP 5.5 version, the slider is not showing on the page at all. They require you to buy it for $29 ( Slider Revolution 6) :-(

[@wplearninglab]

Arg, that's a pain when that happens. Thanks for letting everyone know about the Slider Revolution 6 issue.

[@dating-reality]

Hello, thanks for this great update and I am always watching your videos and it has helped me a lot. I’m building my e-commerce shop but I want to ask if you have any idea about how I can simply add products to cart without moving to a new page or moving to checkout page so that I can continue adding products to cart on products page. Thanks

[@wplearninglab]

I'm happy I can help :) In all the WooCommerce implementations I've done lately, when I click on "Add to Cart", it adds the product to the cart and I can continue shopping. When I want to check out I have to go to the cart page then the check out page. Could it be the theme you're using or WooCom add-ons that are causing your problem?

[@andrewdowniephd]

Hi Bjorn, I've noticed that a client Booking System linked to via an has disappeared in WP5.5, although it might be the theme editor (Premium Coding editor). I wondered whether you'd seen this? The link is there in source code but not visible.

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Andrew, I haven't encountered that specifically, but there have been a number of issues reported in the comments when updating to WP 5.5. This could be another one of those issues.

[@18WHEELSDRIVE]

i am unable to edit anything nothing is working in worpress woocomerce

[@wplearninglab]

Hey Manish, if you're using Woocom 4.4.0, that could be the problem. That version of WooCom is breaking things.

[@18WHEELSDRIVE]

@@wplearninglab the problem is When i add new product or edit product. The product options like general, inventory, all that stuff and on the right side the product images options are not working.

[@wplearninglab]

Have you Googled it to see if there's a solution? I don't know of one off the top of my head.

[@18WHEELSDRIVE]

@@wplearninglab nothing found there too. Then i reinstalled everything 😧

[@AbdulBasit-oe9fu]

Hey! I am having an issue with my website.....i recently made some changes to my website and i end up making a mess and there's a huge space between my website header and the feature image...i would really appreciate any small help which can guide me to solve this problem..thank you

[@outtabox9567]

Yoast plugin is not working after the update. how to give descriptions for pages and posts?

[@wplearninglab]

If it's not working, I'm sure Yoast will release a patch soon. Also, the Yoast meta info for posts/pages was moved to a "Y" icon in the top right of the Gutenberg editor. Click on the "Y" icon and you'll see all the Yoast fields you need.

[@outtabox9567]

@@wplearninglab it's working now

[@wplearninglab]

Excellent :)

[@llampwall]

well considering lazy loading is now natively built into chrome and firefox, im glad wordpress is taking steps.

[@wplearninglab]

Hey Jordan, Better late than never I suppose :)

[@tamitchster]

Does the WP lazy load also apply to Iframes & Videos - or just images?

[@wplearninglab]

Hey Trevor, just images at the moment.

[@oliverfalk7452]

Hi! This is not a relevant question to the video, but I´m gonna ask anyway ;) How good is the integration between Elementor and CM Tooltip Glossary for Wordpress? Can you for example build regular Single Post Templates for Glossary terms?

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Oliver, Good question. I don't know for sure. I know that Elementor picks up most archive types and post types when you're building templates. My feeling is that it should work, but I'm not 100% sure.

[@dyrectory_com]

Thanks for the rundown on the latest.... Wordpress 5.5 ! 👏🏻

[@wplearninglab]

You're welcome, thanks for watching! Let me know if you have any questions :)

[@adityashrivastava2375]

Classic editor is not working in New update.. Publish button is missing from there

[@wplearninglab]

Hey Aditya, The WP team promised support for Classic for 5 years after Gutenberg can out. It must a bug or conflict with a plugin on your site. Have you googled it to see if others have the same problem?

[@adityashrivastava2375]

@@wplearninglab yes, I have searched it in many forums but the problem is still not resolved.. I have to uninstall it now

[@wplearninglab]

That is unfortunate :(

[@samanthaandrews5765]

Hello! Can you help us figure out why since these changes my pages are saying to me "failed to initialize plugin: mtheme_button" I hope anyone can help! Thanks! Samantha

[@lawrencejones737]

Will the onepress content locker plugin work in the 5.5 WordPress update? Because when I try to use the locker it doesn't appear

[@victormendoza3295]

WP Engine doesn't do enough. I'm automating a custom infra with better monitoring that self-heals and gives info.

[@wplearninglab]

Hey Victor, That sounds like a pretty cool setup you're creating.

[@lewisburton1852]

why doesn't wp bakery appear anymore? after I upgraded.

[@wplearninglab]

Hey Lewis, I'm pretty sure it's because WP Bakery didn't test/update their plugin for WP 5.5. They'll probably release a patch soon.

[@lewisburton1852]

@@wplearninglab Thank you!

[@wplearninglab]

No problem

[@AlecKatz]

Thank you Bjorn, this is a really nice review!

[@wplearninglab]

You’re welcome Alec, thanks for watching!

[@iman2804]

Hi. If you can please upload a video on how to make a category list of multiple category lists in the bottom of WordPress home pages. If you can do this for the astra theme that would be so helpful. Here is the catch re doing it without elementor?! 🙏🙏🙏

[@wplearninglab]

HI Clorinda, Do you have an example of a site where this already implemented?

[@iman2804]

@@wplearninglab here is the link ahrefs.com/blog/link-building-case-study/ These people have their blogs in a lovely order at the bottom of the page. Pleeeeease make a video explaining how newbie website builders can do the same?! Thank you for responding so quickly. I use the free astra theme.

[@abdulwaheed2322]

So where to find the sitemap after new update ? Should we off the sitemap option in SEO plugin ?

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Adbul, The WP generated sitemap is located at yourdomain.com/wp-sitemap.xml I think you should check out what the WP sitemap looks like and decide if it's good enough for your needs. I did a little more investigating and found that there is just one sitemap. Whereas SEO plugins create multiple, one for each content type on your site. For example Yoast will create a sitemap for Posts, a sitemap for Pages, a sitemap for Images and then link to all those from one main sitemap. At the end of the day, I don't think search engines care or give preference to the structure of the sitemap just as long as all the links are there and they're not broken. I hope that helps :) Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!

[@abdulwaheed2322]

@@wplearninglab Thank you very much for clearing the doubts. I actually was facing issue when i update to the new version of the WordPress, Google search console says the sitemap is not readable ,then I resubmit the site and after 2 days now there is no error. I will stick to plugin sitemap.

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Abdul, Thanks for the heads up on the issue with GSC. I haven't tested it in there yet.

[@susangemayel-tapper3794]

Hi Bjorn, how can I disable the Auto-update (for the plugins & themes) function with WP 5.5?

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Susan, Nothing auto-update unless you click on 'enable auto-update' beside it. I haven't seen an option to disable it completely so those 'enable auto-update' links don't appear. I hope that helps, let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!

[@susangemayel-tapper3794]

@@wplearninglab Hi Bjorn, I'm with SiteGround and with the Auto-update for WP that I have set up with SiteGround it looks like when the WP 5.5 update came through it enabled all my plugins & themes to be Auto-updated, so when I view the list of Plugins they all have the Auto-update Enabled. I find it ludicrous that WP have not factored in a "disable" option. Where can I go to find out how I can turn this Auto-update from my plugins & themes off?

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Susan, In your list of plugins and themes, then "Auto-update Enabled" text is actually a link. If you click it it should turn the auto-update function off. I hope that helps :) Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!

[@peterpryputniewicz5661]

Thanks for this thorough review!

[@wplearninglab]

You’re welcome Peter, thanks for watching!

[@peterpryputniewicz5661]

I love the idea of auto update so I don’t have to constantly check my client sites and update manually, but do you know if there is a way to schedule the auto updates so they don’t interrupt the site? Its usually very brief but I do have some high volume sites that I don’t want to interfere with during business hours.

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Peter, From what I can tell there is no way to schedule the auto updates. And autoupdates can be scary if you don't make a backup before the update. I manage all my sites and client sites with MainWP. It also can't schedule updates, but I can back all sites up with a couple clicks and then update everything on all site with one click. I have a tutorial for it here: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6vFpKl4q5d0mq8 I hope that helps, let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!

[@peterpryputniewicz5661]

@@wplearninglab Thanks for that tip! I wasn't initially thinking about the backup aspect but yes, that would hopefully be part of what could be scheduled if possible. But I'd rather be more cautious on my client's behalf and stick with being more vigilant and manually choosing the times and of course backup first. I will check out the MainWP tool since any batching of tedious tasks is helpful. at least then I'm not doing for a dozen sites one at a time.

[@philip9677]

Hi just wonderign how many plugins is too many? also do you have any intermediate/ advanced wordpress turorials that go beyond basic loop custom fields etc

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Philip, It depends who you talk to. Some will say that even using 1 plugin is too many. Other people have 30 or more on their sites. My rule of thumb is that you need your website to do certain things. Whatever number of plugins you need to get those things done is what you need. Down the road you can always revisit a site and assess whether you need each of the plugins. Also, there are many plugins that can be replaced with code in the functions.php or code included in JS files. If you can replace a plugin with code, it's best to do so. I don't have any intermediate/advanced tutorials that go beyond basic loop custom fields at the moment.

[@philip9677]

@@wplearninglab Thanks your channel is amazing i learn a lot

[@wplearninglab]

Thanks Philip and thank for hanging out on my channel. I appreciate it :)

[@cgswebdesigns]

Thanks for mentioning how Gutenberg has the risk of being bloated like a page builder - this has been an argument I’ve had with the folks who complain about page builders for over a year now.

[@wplearninglab]

On the flip side, Gutenberg also runs the risk of not being bloated because of its' modular design. We'll see where they take.

[@tanzimibthesam5861]

Its built in core it will not be bloated

[@KlawMan27]

Well, page builders are bloated by default. So Gutenberg is still better in this regard, because it all depends on what you wanna add in there. If you don't add extra stuff, then it's slim and way faster than any page builder

[@tanzimibthesam5861]

@@KlawMan27 yup in case of blogging imagine if you write 30 posts in Elementor how heavy it would be

[@pbryan1967]

Ya think that one day, when I am old and toothless, WordPress might get around to adding brute force login protection in Core? 🤔

[@wplearninglab]

haha, I hope it doesn't take that long!

[@luizpalmiro886]

Hi Bjorn. Congrats for high quality contents in your videos. I'm sure many people is learning a lot with you. However, allow me a suggestion that could expand your audience coverage, specially international: Please, speak slower !

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Luiz, That's good advice. You can slow down the speaking using the KZbin video tools (the gear icon that is on the playbar), but that's not the same. Thanks for the tip!

[@e-contents-blocks]

Thank you mate

[@vicspracticetracks7563]

Installed new website with new WordPress and tried to install Woocommerce but it said it was incompatible with PHP and would not let me install Woocommerce

[@wplearninglab]

The latest WooCommerce (4.4.0 I believe) has been breaking things too. You should be able to upgrade your PHP version inside your hosting account.

[@kanilasamarasinghe3801]

Yoast also not working properly

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Kanila, Yoast updated their plugin to automatically disable the XML sitemaps generated in WP 5.5. I'm not sure why they wouldn't have made sure it worked properly. What is the problem you're experiencing with Yoast?

[@geehammer]

Auto update huh... I can see that ending in tears 😭 😭

[@wplearninglab]

Lol, I can too. I forgot to mention in the video that you should only do that for select plugins that you trust will update without incident. But that still isn't a gaurantee.

[@geehammer]

@@wplearninglab just wondering if plugins like wpvivid will still get triggered for autobackup before updates?

[@wplearninglab]

I was wondering the same thing when I wrote a reply to you. I'll see what I can find out.

[@Sauvenil]

@@wplearninglab WooCommerce autoupdating could be a nightmare if you make your own custom templates - suddenly your store just poops itself because the templates are out of date and WooCommerce refuses to load them. Not sure if that's an issue anymore but it was something to worry about years ago.

[@wplearninglab]

You're right, the key is to have a scheduled backup mechanism on your site. And I would not enable automatic backups for the majority of plugins/themes.

[@jasonlisonbee]

Lazy loading shouldn't even be a feature of the web application or page. It should be an automatic browser function turned on by default. Don't even load images more than a short distance below the view port. It's a function I've read about for one or a couple browsers probably a couple years ago. Doing it any other way, as in via JS, wastes resources.

[@georgevanvalkenburg2560]

THANKS, GREAT PRESENTATION. GOOD INFO,

[@Ennahdee]

I've noticed that since the update, the Responsive Lightbox & Gallery plugin has stopped functioning. Is anyone else having this problem? wordpress.org/plugins/responsive-lightbox/

[@StanleyBateswar]

There is a bug when im typing any number in the input field into the block pattern. it doesnt gives me the correct number which I type. Only after several times

[@wplearninglab]

Hey Stanely, Thanks for the heads up! Have you filed a big report with WordPress?

[@ArmanViews]

I am using autoptimize for lazy loading, should I turn off that feature now?

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Arman, I would turn it off and see if WP does lazy loading just as good or better. If it does, then use the WP lazy load. If not, keep the autoptimize lazy load. I hope that helps :) Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!

[@metawala]

Thanks for sharing.

[@wplearninglab]

You're welcome Mitul, thanks for watching! Let me know if you have any questions :)

[@gothicforesttroll5115]

Another side note: Next to NONE of the stuff implemented in WP 5.5. is NEW. A lot of features that nowadays appear as "brand-spanking new" have been postponed for years, if not even decades. That includes all the accessibility issues (as a matter of fact, I've seen several Trac tickets I took part on in the past getting lively again, all of a sudden, after having been moved from "next release" to "next release" to "who cares" status for years). So, is that a good thing? Better late acknowledgement than none? .. Decide for yourself.

[@wplearninglab]

Those are great points.

[@AdrianStagg]

Thanks for this - maybe I need to start taking notice of Gutenberg - have been using Thrive Architect & Elementor - some really cool stuff here

[@jamesdavis8731]

This would never ever take me away from Thrive Architect, which I think is the best page builder - by far.

[@fahadreda3060]

Great Video ,Thanks

[@wplearninglab]

You’re welcome Fahad, thanks for watching!

[@SonnyBurnett2012]

What will be the new business model of wp? Plugins will be dead? So the blocks will be the new plugins?

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Sonny, I don't think plugins will be dead. They can't possibly put everything in the core. I think what they're trying to do is add in all the things a basic website should have. A sitemap and some speed optimization should definitely be part of every site.

[@irfanhumy5038]

tell me in one word is it better version or not

[@wplearninglab]

No. But I'll add some more words. I only say no because after updating some people are reporting problems here in the comments and in the FB group. If you haven't joined the FB group yet, you should check it out: facebook.com/groups/wplearninglab You may want to do the update on a staging site first. I show you can do that for free in this tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/emLEipWXrqujnLc

[@irfanhumy5038]

@@wplearninglab accept me in fb group

[@fvgoya]

Amazing!!! Less plugin more performance.

[@wplearninglab]

I agree Fernando, thanks for watching!

[@lucasdeaver9192]

The problem Wordpress has with adding these things is they usually do it badly with little control. The question is how does Wordpress handle Lazy Loading? Are there ways to control it? does it only work in the Gutenberg editor? This can create more problems than it solves if not implemented correctly. Gutenberg ruined custom layouts. It was a cluster fk rollout and messed a lot of developers up. Lets see if these "features" are as poorly thought out.

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Lucas, I've recorded another video where I go into more detail on some of the new features and how they're implemented. As far as I can tell there are no ways to control Lazy Loading and they use the "lazy" attribute in the image tag, which doesn't enjoy full browser support yet.

[@microtasker]

Rofl, Gutenberg messed me up for about 5 minutes while i looked for the classic editor plugin. I use Visual Composer and you can kill it from the general settings page for that plugin.

[@Sauvenil]

i'm a Gutenberg denier. Kind of ruins the whole point of having custom themes. I also dislike the current fashion of the industry... the neverending pages of extremely padded nothing. Gutenberg was made for that only.

[@OpinionOutposts]

Sir how to create a website like wix.com mins user come and make his website and published by my subdomain fully like wix.com

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Pritam, Building Wix.com is not a small project. You'll have to learn some serious coding to make it happen. And if you want to get it done in a reasonable amount of time you'll probably need help from other developers. Something similar you can do is create a WordPress multisite. People can create their own sites in subdomains of the main site. But it's built on WordPress, so it won't be a clean interface like Wix is.

[@ЮрийДжиндоев]

Keep up the good work!

[@wplearninglab]

Thanks and thanks for watching!

[@GALPOKAR]

Please make a tutorial about Google adsense invalid click protection

[@freshtechtips]

i updated before watch your video 😭😭

[@wplearninglab]

Wipe your tears, you would have had to update eventually anyway.

[@microtasker]

With Gutenberg adding all of those image editing abilities, it is quickly becoming WP Bloatware.

[@mowtoll]

allmost no one use Gutenberg, so dont care

[@stephenbetley9596]

Passing data to template files is a real biggie for devs. We've been asking for it a decade! No more include(). Now if they can get guttenberg to a point it destroys all other page builders then I'm happy.

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Stephen, I don't think they want to destroy all other page builders. They just want to create a good content editing experience for blog posts and pages. Passing data to template files would be awesome. Hopefully it comes at some point.

[@MyTechDesk]

Greate coverage. Thanks!

[@thelazyfox5617]

It's took 1 hour still updating .. I don't want to stop it may be it will create problem. Tell me It's is showing like this Downloading updates from https: //downloads.wordpress.crg/release/wordpress-5.5-ne-content.zip... The authenticity of Wordpress-5.5-no-content.zip could not be verified because no signature was found. Unpacking the update.. Verifying the unexpected files.. Peepering to install the latest version .. Enabling maintenance created .. Copying required data

[@wplearninglab]

Thanks and thanks for watching!

[@Ennahdee]

What does this mean for the SEO Framework?

[@wplearninglab]

Can you elaborate?

[@Ennahdee]

@@wplearninglab Sure, I use a plugin called The SEO Framework, which is seen as a competitor again Toast - I just wondered if it was worth keeping? wordpress.org/plugins/autodescription/

[@wplearninglab]

I've never used it, so I'm not sure if it's worth keeping. I'm a big fan of Rank Math right now and one some of the niche sites I'm building I'm not even using an SEO plugin. It's a little experiment to see if we really still need them.

[@Ennahdee]

@@wplearninglab Thanks for the reply and all-round good work Bjorn!

[@wplearninglab]

Thanks!

[@vbtechloaded3622]

my site got hacked and injected the redirection link. I have tried so much but failed. feel very sad.

[@wordpressmaster5765]

Fixed?

[@vbtechloaded3622]

@@wordpressmaster5765 yes bro. An now i have solved permanently. Now no one can hack my site. Because i have increased my security level now. By doing lot's of efforts i have done it. Now for me it is very easy to solve.

[@dstaedeli]

Thanks bro

[@wplearninglab]

You’re welcome Daniel, thanks for watching!

[@digital__entrepreneur]

The only thing I love is the lazy load and sitemap. Aside from that am not thinking of moving to Gutenberg any time soon. And for wix... I hate their speed

[@wplearninglab]

Gutenberg isn't for everyone Adbul, but at least it's a step in the right direction :)

[@digital__entrepreneur]

@@wplearninglab that's true...and by d way its Abdul not the way you spelt it :)

[@wplearninglab]

Sorry Abdul, I was typing too quickly! My bad :(

[@marknasri1201]

thanks

[@wplearninglab]

You’re welcome Mark, thanks for watching!

[@ANKITRAJ-kp5uy]

My uploaded images is not showing

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Ankit, are not displaying on the front end of the website? Or are they gone from the media library?

[@ANKITRAJ-kp5uy]

Showing now thanks

[@wplearninglab]

@ANKIT RAJ Awesome!

[@Theindianfreelancer]

Thanks a lot!

[@kingmarcel89]

For some reason I can't bulk edit posts

[@wplearninglab]

Hey Tony, did bulk editing stop recently? With the update to 5.5?

[@kingmarcel89]

@@wplearninglab Possibly, I tried to bulk edit on two WordPress sites from 2 different servers and nothing changes.

[@wplearninglab]

I just tried on a site with WP 5.5 on it. I was able to bulk edit 3 posts at a time (I only have 3 posts on that site). I changed the author to someone else and it worked. You could be experiencing a plugin conflict. Make sure all plugins, your theme and your WordPress core files are up-to-date. Deactivate your plugins one at a time. After each one, try to bulk edit. Or you could cross-reference the plugins on the two sites you tried it on and just deactivate the ones that both sites have.

[@kingmarcel89]

@@wplearninglab will try that thanks

[@theinel]

All my comments disappear after update to WP 5.5, but still can create new comment . any advice?

[@belik295]

Thanks

[@wplearninglab]

You’re welcome, thanks for watching!

[@lawrencejones737]

Has WordPress 5.5 also killed the social and content lockers?

[@davehayden]

good job

[@wplearninglab]

Thanks David and thanks for watching!

[@mridul7200]

I just broke up with my girlfriend today, which I think is a step in the right direction :)

[@insanecuckooman8342]

now i have to get a plugin to DISABLE lazy loading, because wordpress thinks, forcing choices upon users without a setting for it, is a good ideea.

[@malikanas3326]

Always first on WPLL

[@wplearninglab]

I do my best Malik, thanks for watching!

[@wplearninglab]

Some of you have been reporting problems after the WordPress 5.5 update. I recommend you apply the update on a staging version of your site first. Here's a tutorial about my preferred staging plugin which you can also get for free: kzbin.info/www/bejne/emLEipWXrqujnLc Want to make sure your site is secure? Check out the 10 most common WordPress security mistakes I see over and over again. Make sure you're not making even a single one of these: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKWWlq2MqNqZhqc

[@thelazyfox5617]

It's took 1 hour still updating .. I don't want to stop it may be it will create problem. Tell me It's is showing like this Downloading updates from https: //downloads.wordpress.crg/release/wordpress-5.5-ne-content.zip... The authenticity of Wordpress-5.5-no-content.zip could not be verified because no signature was found. Unpacking the update.. Verifying the unexpected files.. Peepering to install the latest version .. Enabling maintenance created .. Copying required data.

[@thelazyfox5617]

Now it shows that There has been a critical error on your website. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions.

[@wplearninglab]

None of those things happened to me. That's one of the reasons a backup is always recommended before you update anything. Was the installation rolled back? Which version of WP was the site running before you updated?

[@thelazyfox5617]

@@wplearninglab Do you have any WhatsApp no where I can msg u sir.. I can send u screen shot.. so u can solve my problems ..thank you

[@jaakkotahtela123]

Wordpress 5.4 was actually released on March 31st

[@MidlifeCredo]

Just here to ask why they have NOT killed Hello Dolly? 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@wplearninglab]

Haha, good question. Probably for nostalgia reasons. The same reason that any programming language you learn, you learn how to make the code print out 'Hello World'.

[@MidlifeCredo]

@@wplearninglab yes. I actually know the story about why the developer put that in. But it’s just an annoyance that I always have to remove it as part of any installation. 😂

[@wplearninglab]

Lol, I don't know the story, I just know it happens 😀 Hello Dolly is annoying though, nobody would be upset if it disappeared.

[@maeilive3263]

it breaks my sight when i try to update my site

[@wplearninglab]

Does it roll back the update? Do you have 5.4 currently working on your site?

[@wplearninglab]

Either wait, or make a backup of your site first. You can revert back to the backed up version if you need to. Here's a tutorial for the only backup plugin I use right now: kzbin.info/www/bejne/emLEipWXrqujnLc I hope that helps :) Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!

[@pandaosa9]

Of course not WP, but Squarespace has the image-centering ability.

[@wplearninglab]

Hey Amanda, I've never used SquareSpace. At least WP has it now. Better late than never 😀

[@pandaosa9]

@@wplearninglab glad to see I also. Glad to see that WP is making changes.

[@wplearninglab]

I think they have to, things are getting more and more competitive. Plus Wix is spending gazillions on ads. I haven't seen a single ad for WordPress, I mean WordPress as a platform.

[@Sauvenil]

@@wplearninglab Marketing is the destroyer of humanity!

[@wplearninglab]

You could be on to something. Sometimes I get really tired of seeing ads. Not just online, but they're in every possible place in the real world. Luckily I don't notice them most of the time :)

[@susangemayel-tapper3794]

Hi Bjorn, not sure if you know this but KZbin have decided to stop sending email notifications when you post videos. This means that you have a higher risk of your followers missing out of the videos which means you miss out on the likes & shares and increasing the number of people that follow you.

[@wplearninglab]

Thanks for the heads up Susan! KZbin starting doing that a long time ago once the platform bacame a little too crowded. The algo will send out emails to more and more people as long as the video gets a lot of engagement. And as long as the subscriber has turned on notifications.

[@susangemayel-tapper3794]

@@wplearninglab yes I get your emails so that is a blessing!

[@wplearninglab]

That's good news :) That's also the reason I post new video details in so many places (KZbin, Email, Facebook group and page, Twitter, Pinterest). If every platform shares it with some people it adds up.

[@Jan-yn4tl]

Another incomplete functions we need to disable on each website we made. Great! Why? Fo example sitemap. We don’t want every post type to by visible in sitemap. Lazy loading? Another javascript that will collide ... with the overall logic. I’m not even mentioning the gutenberg which is saving all bits to one content field... i would rather see wordpress as solid core rather then fancy toy Many features they add are well and better covered by plugins and should stay as addons

[@wplearninglab]

Those are valid concerns. I hope they add improvements in the near term.

[@ryanb2244]

My Elementor has completely broken on my Wordpress site. I can't even edit my pages. Anyone else having this issue and know how to solve it? I haven't installed any new plugins 🤷‍♂️

[@marketingdept2218]

I have that problem. Did't change letter color , not visible button etc..

[@carlodimaandal]

Kinda like ios and android adding os features to new iterations that used to be done by apps.

[@wplearninglab]

You're right Carlo, it's just like that. Trying to take back more control.

[@guiaecommerce1512]

My experience with version 5.5 has been disastrous !!! ... what I applauded the most about version 5.4 is that when you incorporate block plugins like Coblock or kadence etc, wordpress shows you a title differentiating from the elements that each Block contains special, but in version 5.5, instead of this differentiation, it shows a "savannah" with hundreds of blocks without differentiating the origin or the uses, that is to say, worst, the worst I have seen !!!, in fact I returned to my version previous 5.4.2

[@muradfataliyev1345]

Hi how it is going. I hope you fine. I need your help. I am using flatsome theme and woocommerce/ But i have a issue. I want to create second category. And other products/ But when i create i see sidebar other category names. Exp - I have Furniture category and i want to create fashion category but i see Furniture categories at the side bar at the fashion page. Please i need your help.

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Murad, Do you want to remove the categories in sidebar? Or have only Fashion options show in the sidebar of the Fashion category?

[@muradfataliyev1345]

@@wplearninglab Thanks for answer my comment - How i explain Ok this is a shadeoflight website www.shadesoflight.com/categories/all-chandeliers at this section this sidebar menu at the left and www.shadesoflight.com/categories/all-ceiling-lights this section you see another sidebar at the left/ I want to make like that at my website/ But when i couldn't create . Please help

[@muradfataliyev1345]

Did I explain to you? İ want to create differen sidebars for different sections.