📝 Some noteworthy items from the latest… • Post Status

📝 Some noteworthy items from the latest weekly WordPress developer meeting:

WordPress 5.1 RC1 is already out with RC2 either “late this week or early next week.” The final version is on target for 2/21.
WordPress 5.1.1 will probably be released two weeks after 5.1 with 5.2 coming in “maybe late April.”
There is a proposal to shorten the release cycles for WordPress to a time-based schedule instead of feature-based releases. After some discussion, Josepha Haden suggested an official proposal should be posted on Make WordPress Core. Jonathan Desrosiers volunteered to help produce the first draft.
Discussion of features for 5.2 included Gutenberg performance and UX improvements, core widgets converted to blocks, PHP Fatal Recovery (WSOD), and Site Health Check.