{"id":6743,"date":"2020-08-18T21:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T21:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutorialsclass.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=6743"},"modified":"2020-08-18T21:01:06","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T21:01:06","slug":"new-features-changes-in-wordpress-5-5","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/tutorialsclass.com\/article\/new-features-changes-in-wordpress-5-5\/","title":{"rendered":"What are New Features &#038; Changes in WordPress 5.5?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WordPress version 5.5 \u201cEckstine\u201d has been released publicly on August 11, 2020. 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