WordPress 6.2 Beta 2 Released with Fixes for 71 Issues and Important Performance Improvements for Block Themes

WordPress 6.2 Beta 2 was released today and is now available for testing, one week after Beta 1. Testers can easily download the latest beta zip file or install the WordPress Beta Tester plugin and set it to the “Bleeding edge” channel and the “Beta/RC Only” stream. Beta 2 includes fixes for ~71 issues since last week’s release, along… Continue reading WordPress 6.2 Beta 2 Released with Fixes for 71 Issues and Important Performance Improvements for Block Themes

Watch WordCamp Asia 2023 via Livestream February 17-19

WordPress enthusiasts from around the world are beginning their journeys to attend the inaugural WordCamp Asia, which is happening in Bangkok, Thailand, February 17-19. Organizers are expecting 1,500 attendees at this new flagship event. For those who cannot attend in-person, there will be a livestream broadcasting the sessions from the conference days after Contributor Day,… Continue reading Watch WordCamp Asia 2023 via Livestream February 17-19

WooCommerce to Launch WC Blocks Extensibility Monthly Chat

WooCommerce is calling on its developer community to join a new monthly chat focused on WooCommerce block extensibility. The chat is being run as a three-month pilot program with different topics each month. “During these sessions, we want developers to actively shape the future of WC Blocks by hearing what developers’ integrations need from us… Continue reading WooCommerce to Launch WC Blocks Extensibility Monthly Chat

WordPress.com Is Testing AI-Generated Images and Content

WordPress.com is currently testing two new blocks for generating images and paragraph content using AI. The blocks, which are currently labeled as experimental, were first spotted by Jen T of WPcomMaven who published a few examples on her blog this week. WordPress.com developed the blocks through a partnership with OpenAI, creators of ChatGPT and DALL·E.… Continue reading WordPress.com Is Testing AI-Generated Images and Content

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Twitter Outage Uncovers More Details on Upcoming API Access Changes, Giving the Fediverse a Shot in the Arm

Twitter experienced a major outage today lasting several hours, which left most users unable to tweet or send private messages to each other. Some reported receiving error messages telling them they were “over the daily limit for sending tweets.” Twitter’s development team took the opportunity to update users on the upcoming changes to API access,… Continue reading Twitter Outage Uncovers More Details on Upcoming API Access Changes, Giving the Fediverse a Shot in the Arm

WP Community Collective Names Alex Stine as First Accessibility Fellow

WordPress Accessibility contributor Alex Stine – photo credit: The WP Community Collective The WP Community Collective (WPCC), a newly formed nonprofit organization dedicated to funding individual WordPress contributors and community-led initiatives, has announced its first Accessibility Fellow. Alex Stine, a fully blind individual contributor who has been working with the WordPress Accessibility team since 2016,… Continue reading WP Community Collective Names Alex Stine as First Accessibility Fellow

WordPress Opens Applications for 2023 Community Summit

The WordPress open source project will be hosting a Community Summit as part of WordCamp US this year. It will take place prior to the main conference on August 22-23, 2023, in National Harbor, Washington, DC. The invitation-only event will be the first summit in six years, since the last one was held in Paris,… Continue reading WordPress Opens Applications for 2023 Community Summit

WordPress 6.2 Beta 1 Released and Ready for Testing

WordPress 6.2 Beta 1 was released on time today, and can be tested by using the WordPress Beta Tester plugin or downloaded directly. In just seven weeks, the upcoming major release will roll in the last nine Gutenberg plugin releases, which account for 292 editor enhancements and 354 bug fixes. The beta 1 announcement confirms that WordPress… Continue reading WordPress 6.2 Beta 1 Released and Ready for Testing

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BuddyPress 12.0 to Focus on Merging BP Rewrites Into Core, Moving Legacy Widgets Into BP Classic Plugin

During the most recent BuddyPress development meeting, contributors decided to focus the upcoming 12.0 release on merging the BP Rewrites feature plugin into core. This plugin is the result of a ten-year-old effort to migrate BuddyPress’ custom URI parser to use WordPress’ Rewrite API. One year ago, BP Rewrites went into beta. It’s not certain how… Continue reading BuddyPress 12.0 to Focus on Merging BP Rewrites Into Core, Moving Legacy Widgets Into BP Classic Plugin

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