This Week at WordPress.org (May 29, 2023) How did you celebrate WordPress’s 20th birthday? Read Building Blocks: The Evolution of WordPress, now available on GitHub and e-reader formats. WordPress 6.3 is underway. Core has shared the planning roundup, and the Design team is starting to prepare now. Support forums recently discussed considerations on using AI… Continue reading WP 6.3 Planning • WP20 • AI Forum Replies • LearnWP Survey Results
Category: Test Team
WP 6.2.2 • WP Playground • Client-side Filtering • Future WordCamp Brainstorms • Plugin Review Update
This Week at WordPress.org (May 22, 2023) WordPress 6.2.2 is available now for update. This reintroduces shortcodes in Block Theme Templates in a more secure way. Rich Tabor and WordPress Playground innovator Adam Zielinski discuss the capabilities and promise of WP Playground. What do you want to see for future WordCamps? Share your ideas on… Continue reading WP 6.2.2 • WP Playground • Client-side Filtering • Future WordCamp Brainstorms • Plugin Review Update
WP 6.2.1 • PHP8 Compatibility • Translation Playground • Contributor Mentorship Program
This Week at WordPress.org (May 14, 2023) It’s time to update your WordPress websites now. This week’s release breaks shortcodes used in Block Themes on Templates, but is related to a security issue. Is WordPress, and the plugin and theme ecosystem around it, ready for PHP 8? Earlier versions of PHP, such as 7.4, are… Continue reading WP 6.2.1 • PHP8 Compatibility • Translation Playground • Contributor Mentorship Program
WP 6.2.1 RC1 • Annual Survey Results • WCUS Scholarship Fund
This Week at WordPress.org (May 8, 2023) WordPress 6.2.1 RC1 is now available for testing, and planning is underway for the 6.3 AND 6.4 release squad members. Head over to the Core team website for more information. Each year the WordPress community has an opportunity to participate in the annual survey. The results from 2022… Continue reading WP 6.2.1 RC1 • Annual Survey Results • WCUS Scholarship Fund
Blogs to Blocks • Core + AI • LCP Image Performance • Testing FSE Front Page
This Week at WordPress.org (May 1, 2023) The WordPress Marketing Team is hosting a Blogs to Blocks celebration and invites you to get involved by creating and responding to daily prompts around blogging, design, development, photos, community, and more ways to contribute. The Core Team is considering how to include extendible technology to integrate AI.… Continue reading Blogs to Blocks • Core + AI • LCP Image Performance • Testing FSE Front Page
WP Feature Notifications • Prioritizing Performance Benefits • DevBlog updates
This Week at WordPress.org (April 24, 2023) Tired of the overwhelm of WordPress notifications? Join the WP Feature Notifications effort to streamline the alerts. What performance gains have happened in WordPress 6.2? From the Developer Blog: How webpack and WordPress packages interact. WP Feature Notifications, Performance in 6.2, and DevBlog updates WP Feature Notifications: 2023… Continue reading WP Feature Notifications • Prioritizing Performance Benefits • DevBlog updates
WordPress Book • Women & Nonbinary Release • WP6.3 • More Effective Contributor Days
This Week at WordPress.org (April 17, 2023) The second installment of the WordPress project book is now available. Be sure to read Building Blocks. WordPress 6.3 is beginning planning and calling for volunteers. Women and Non-binary folks are encouraged to ride-along on 6.3 in preparation for the 6.4 release squads form. How can we improve… Continue reading WordPress Book • Women & Nonbinary Release • WP6.3 • More Effective Contributor Days
Women & Nonbinary Release • WP-CLI 2.8.0 • Redesign Update • Build Block Theme
This Week at WordPress.org (April 3, 2023) Sign up soon to mentor and be a part of the upcoming women and nonbinary release squad. Join the Test team in building a block theme. WP-CLI 2.8.0 is coming soon with PHP 8.2 compatibility. Get the latest updates on the WordPress.org redesign. Women and Nonbinary Release Squad,… Continue reading Women & Nonbinary Release • WP-CLI 2.8.0 • Redesign Update • Build Block Theme
Build a Block Theme • Theme Performance Improvements * Interactivity API • Why Jazz?
This Week at WordPress.org (April 3, 2023) Matt shares why WordPress releases are named after jazz musicians. The FSE block theme explores functionality gaps and gathers feedback on the Site Editor experience. WordPress 6.2 improves load times and server-side performance for block and classic themes. The Interactivity API proposal standardizes frontend interactivity for Gutenberg blocks.… Continue reading Build a Block Theme • Theme Performance Improvements * Interactivity API • Why Jazz?
WordPress 6.2 “Dolphy” • Gutenberg Phase 3 • Test Plugin Dependencies
This Week at WordPress.org (March 27, 2023) WordPress 6.2 is now available! If you haven’t started testing yet, now is the time. Gutenberg is a 4 phase approach to nearly all areas of WordPress. Phase 1 was Posts and Pages. Phase 2 included Themes. Matias Ventura shares what we could see in Phase 3. Andy… Continue reading WordPress 6.2 “Dolphy” • Gutenberg Phase 3 • Test Plugin Dependencies