Blocks and Themes
The Themes Review Team has been renamed the Themes Team. 📛
WordPress 5.5 will include checks for PHP and WordPress core version requirements in the theme installer. Users won’t be able to install themes whose requirements aren’t met. 🙅♂️
BuddyPress 6.0.0 has been released. It includes new blocks for the block editor. 📦
GenerateBlocks, from the maker of GeneratePress, is a new plugin for building your own blocks inside WordPress using the block editor interface. It’s versatile and “insanely lightweight” according to Brian Jackson of ForgeMedia and the Perfmatters plugin. 🔌
The ACF 5.9 beta is available for ACF PRO customers now. There’s a lot coming in this release: a refreshed interface, a lot of new features (row duplication, block editor validation, quick delete), developer treats, and support for InnerBlocks. 🆕
