WordPress 5.0 is Live!

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A short post about the latest and greatest WordPress release, WordPress 5.0, which is now LIVE and available for download.

This release contains a brand new editor experience, known as Gutenberg, which is a major change.

As a consequence, we recommend to update first in a test or staging environment, and, as ever, you should backup your files and database before attempting your update.

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WooCommerce Working Well With WordPress 5.0

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As the alliterative title suggests, this is a very quick post to confirm that WordPress 5.0, which was released last night, works really nicely with WooCommerce. Go to WooCommerce 3.5.1 (at least) first You should be aware, though, that you need to run WooCommerce version of at least 3.5.1 before you update to WordPress 5.0. …

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FacetWP and the WordPress 5.0 Update

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Here at Silicon Dales we’re keeping a close eye on the big WordPress 5.0 update, otherwise known as “Gutenberg“. One of the popular WordPress plugins we love installing for clients is FacetWP, which creates rich search capabilities – including for WooCommerce. FacetWP have issued a note about potential issues with updating to WordPress 5.0 and …

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