WordPress 5.0.2 improves Gutenberg editor performance

WordPress 5.0.2 has been released, this version is a maintenance release that resolves 73 errors. The main job of this release is to improve the performance of the Gutenberg editor: the cumulative performance boost has increased the speed of articles in 200 blocks by 330%.

Here are some other highlights:

• A total of 45 block editor improvements (14 performance enhancements and 31 bug fixes) are included.
• Fixed 17 bugs related to the block editor in the official built-in theme.
• Some internationalization (i18n) issues related to script loading have also been fixed.

For a complete list of changes, see the change log or the Trac work order list .