Gatsby Product Updates for May 2020

In May 2020, Gatsby celebrated its fifth anniversary with significant achievements, including surpassing 2,000 plugins and announcing a series B funding round aimed at revolutionizing web development. The platform introduced new features to enhance performance, such as the Strapi Instant Preview for content editors and faster build times on Gatsby Cloud, with examples like Agility CMS achieving five-second builds. Collaborations with the Chrome team have improved site performance by optimizing JavaScript loading, and new configurations, such as Gatsby Recipes and TypeScript support, were launched to streamline development. The Gatsby community also witnessed various events and contributions, including the upcoming virtual Gatsby Days, new themes and plugins, and enhancements in GraphQL tracing and accessibility. Additionally, integrations with Azure Static Web Apps were introduced, and WPGraphQL continued to grow, marking an exciting period for Gatsby and its ecosystem.