WordPress 5.5 Update Features & Gotcha’s and WCAG News for ADA

September’s edition of Insightful Tech reviews two technology topics announced at the end of August. 

The first is the launch of WordPress 5.5. Learn about new features and a gotcha in this version of one of the leading Content Management System for building websites.

Our second topic for Insightful Tech comes from the Word Wide Web Consortium (W3C). WC3’s Web Content Accessibility Guideline (WCAG) workgroup published a draft version of the WCAG 2.2 for public review. This exciting update of the draft version adds new ‘success criteria’ to the current WCAG 2.1. Watch the video to learn more about this topic.

Video Chapters:

WordPress 5.5 Update New Features 

• Improvements in page speed
• Optimize Sitemaps for Search Engines
• Theme and plugin security
• Build great page layouts with the new Block Editor 
• Accessibility improvements in WordPress core
• REST API Enhancement
• WordPress 5.5 Gotcha

Accessibility News – WCAG 2.2 Draft for Public Review

• Who is the W3C
• WCAG 2.2
• New Success Criteria

References: 

• WordPress 5.5 Update
• Updating jQuery Version Shipped with WordPress
• WCAG 2.2 Draft for Public Review