As an ever-growing technology, WordPress changes every year and brings a lot of new interesting things for the users. As a dedicated WordPress user, both you and us do care how things will work out. So, without further ado, let's find out the changes in WordPress. Read more 👉 https://wedevs.com/110752/changes-wordpress-in-2018/?utm_source=Slideshare

1. Significant Changes and Expectations from
WordPress in 2018

2. Many Noticeable Changes Brought By Wordpress
➢ Changes & modifications start with the 4.8 version of WordPress.
➢ Guttenberg, a revolutionary project of WordPress brings massive change.
➢ And many more changes will be discussed in this presentation by us.

3. New Content Editor for WordPress
After doing a lot of hard works people at WordPress
come with this revolutionary content creator/editor.
Features are-
❖ Gutenberg is mainly a block editing system, most
likely Medium/Mailchimp.
❖ You will be able to drag and drop elements on
the canvas, including images and videos.
❖ It’ll be added as a built-in content editor in
WordPress 5.0 version.
WordPress
Guttenberg...
Guttenberg

4. What will happen with the Classic Editor?
The rise of Gutenberg is like saying goodbye to the
familiar 10 years old WordPress Classic Editor.
❖ Don’t be upset, who are habituated with that. You
can use it as an alternative separate plugin.
Classic WordPress Editor

5. Changes in WP CLI in Action
The command-line interface for WordPress
(WP CLI) is going to be extended in the way it
would be used to create things. It would be
much easier for the users to –
❖ Set up new WordPress sites
❖ Control WordPress with CRON
❖ Manage plugins
❖ Quickly test code
New Command-line Interface
WP
CLI in Action...

6. Rest API Will be More Enhanced
A few things such as custom applications will be
added to the WordPress dashboard. They are-
❖ You will be able to get the Admin panel on Rest
API.
❖ You can use WordPress as a Framework to
manage content for any web application.
❖ Now you can create mobile apps on
WordPress like creating websites.

7. JavaScript will Power More Apps
It's been a long time since JavaScript comes in a
bundle with WordPress. JavaScript’s library makes WP
more powerful.
❖ The syntax of Vue 2.0, is very simple.
❖ Now it is simple and more into a “template” to
build fast web apps.
❖ Vue.js will power up the plugins to a whole new
level like these will be more faster.

8. Extended Accessibility of WordPress
Tons of free themes abound in WordPress.org
ranging from basic layout themes to customizable
ones.
❖ Most of the theme industry will bring drag &
drop Feature.
❖ Now developers could check a rough score of
every plugin and theme's quality from now on.
❖ Tide project for WordPress is a medium that
benchmarks which won't be a panacea for
security issues.
Theme Industry of WP

9. Rise of SaaS in WordPress
WooCommerce recent move to an automatic
renewal suggests there is an ongoing trend for
more SaaS plugins to come.
❖ SaaS (Software as a service) is based on server
computing via the personal computer's access.
❖ A lot of popular plugins will emerge as SaaS
solutions in 2018.

10. Extended Accessibility of WordPress
In 2018, WordPress will be more accessible and
have extended accessibility. Due to the
amazing features new people and companies
will start using WordPress.
❖ ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solution is
already available in WordPress at an affordable
price.

11. GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)
concerns the data protection of users on various
websites including the ones developed using
WordPress.
❖ Generally, how long a website keeps the data of
a user is regulated using GDPR.
Importance of Security and GDPR

12. WordPress already supports virtual reality content.
360° images and videos are the proof of it. You can
also find many plugins. Some are-
❖ Momento Press
❖ WP-VR View
❖ 360° Panoramic Image Viewer
Does WP Support Virtual Reality?

13. Video Headers
WordPress has realized this and provided support for
video headers with looping features with version 4.7
Vaughan.
❖ WordPress will add more features in terms of
video headers.
❖ video first approach will be adopted by most of
the websites.

14. Mobile Friendly Themes
The use of mobile, smartphones to be precise,
is rapidly increasing. So, mobile supported
themes and plugins are a must for WordPress.
❖ In near future, we can expect to see more
mobile-centric designs that would rule
over smartphones and tablets.

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