<p><?php_e('You’ve successfully upgraded to WordPress 5.1! Following WordPress 5.0—a major release which introduced the new block editor—5.1 focuses on polish, in particular by improving overall performance of the editor. In addition, this release paves the way for a better, faster, and more secure WordPress with some essential tools for site administrators and developers.');?></p>
<p><?phpprintf(__('With security and speed in mind, this release introduces WordPress’s first <a href="%s">Site Health</a> features. WordPress will start showing notices to administrators of sites that run long-outdated versions of PHP, which is the programming language that powers WordPress.'),'https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/01/14/php-site-health-mechanisms-in-5-1/');?></p>
<p><?php_e('When installing new plugins, WordPress’s Site Health features will check whether a plugin requires a version of PHP incompatible with your site. If so, WordPress will prevent you from installing that plugin.');?></p>
<p><em><?php_e('WordPress has detected your site is running an outdated version of PHP. You will see this notice on your dashboard with instructions for contacting your host.');?></em></p>
<p><?php_e('Introduced in WordPress 5.0, the new block editor continues to improve. Most significantly, WordPress 5.1 includes solid performance improvements within the editor. The editor should feel a little quicker to start, and typing should feel smoother. Nevertheless, expect more performance improvements in the next releases.');?></p>
<?phpif(current_user_can('edit_posts')):?>
<p><aclass="button button-default button-hero"href="<?php echo esc_url( admin_url( 'post-new.php' ) ); ?>"><?php_e('Build your first post');?></a></p>
<?php_e('5.1 introduces a new database table to store metadata associated with sites and allows for the storage of arbitrary site data relevant in a multisite / network context.');?>
<?php_e('The Cron API has been updated with new functions to assist with returning data and includes new filters for modifying cron storage. Other changes in behavior affect cron spawning on servers running FastCGI and PHP-FPM versions 7.0.16 and above.');?>
<?php_e('Miscellaneous improvements include updates to values for the <code>WP_DEBUG_LOG</code> constant, new test config file constant in the test suite, new plugin action hooks, short-circuit filters for <code>wp_unique_post_slug()</code> and <code>WP_User_Query</code> and <code>count_users()</code>, a new <code>human_readable_duration</code> function, improved taxonomy metabox sanitization, limited <code>LIKE</code> support for meta keys when using <code>WP_Meta_Query</code>, a new “doing it wrong” notice when registering REST API endpoints, and more!');?>
<aclass="button button-default button-hero"href="<?php echo esc_url( 'https://developer.wordpress.org/' ); ?>"><?php_e('Learn how to get started');?></a>
<p><?php_e('Prefer to stick with the familiar Classic Editor? No problem! Support for the Classic Editor plugin will remain in WordPress through 2021.');?></p>
<p><?php_e('The Classic Editor plugin restores the previous WordPress editor and the Edit Post screen. It lets you keep using plugins that extend it, add old-style meta boxes, or otherwise depend on the previous editor. To install, visit your plugins page and click the “Install Now” button next to “Classic Editor”. After the plugin finishes installing, click “Activate”. That’s it!');?></p>
<p><?php_e('Note to users of assistive technology: if you experience usability issues with the block editor, we recommend you continue to use the Classic Editor.');?></p>
