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The most impactful feature for raw site speed was the introduction of .

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The Gutenberg block editor received a massive facelift and feature injection.

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Highly effective. Native lazy loading removes heavy upfront asset loads.

You can search for and install third-party blocks directly within the editor interface without navigating to the primary plugin page. wordpress-5-5-final-high-speed-download-update-8-12-2020

WordPress 5.5 added a generator enabled by default.