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WordPress 6.3 RC2 • Synced Patterns • Internationalization • Gutenberg Phase 3

Courtney Robertson

July 27, 2023

We're under two weeks away from WordPress 6.3 release. Have you started testing?

Big changes are envisioned for the Media Library, Admin Dashboard, and more. You have an opportunity NOW to share ideas. What considerations do we need to account for? Read the Phase 3 post from Matías and share your feedback in the comments.

No longer will you find Reusable Blocks. In WordPress 6.3, you'll now find Synched Patterns. Read on to learn why the name has been changed.

Community Roundup Week Ending July 28

Michelle Frechette

July 27, 2023

The Week in ReviewWordPress Community

Community Roundup Week Ending July 28: Post Status Code of Conduct, Upcoming Events, & Quick Links to podcasts and blog posts for this week.

Community Roundup Week Ending July 21

Michelle Frechette

July 21, 2023

The Week in ReviewWordPress Community

Community Roundup Week Ending July 21: WCUS, Sponsoring WordCamps, Upcoming Events, and Quick Links to podcasts and blog posts for this week.

WordPress 6.3 RC1 • Field Guide • Gutenberg Phase 3

Courtney Robertson

July 20, 2023

Make WordPressPlanet

WordPress 6.3 will arrive on August 8, so there isn't much time left for testing compatibility. Whether you are a plugin or theme maintainer or managing clients' websites, now is the time to test the latest features. Mike Schroder shares their most anticipated feature with auto-rollbacks coming.

Collaborative editing is coming to WordPress, but what might that look like? A much-needed refresh of the Admin dashboard will also arrive as we expand Gutenberg from posts and pages through themes and now to additional parts of WordPress. Rather than voicing your opinions after such large overhauls ship, now is the time to read through the Phase 3 ideas and provide insights.

Community Roundup Week Ending July 14

Michelle Frechette

July 14, 2023

The Week in ReviewWordPress Community

Accessibility This week I wrote about the SLAPP lawsuit that Audio Eye filed against accessibility expert, and WordPress community member, Adrian Roselli. The conversation over in the Post Status #club channel was enthusiastically supportive of Adrian and his messages about…

WordPress 6.3 Beta 4 • Help Test • DEIB New Team Proposal • Gutenberg Phase 3

Courtney Robertson

July 13, 2023

Make WordPressPlanet

WordPress 6.3 is less than one month away. Get started testing now and tune in for the live product demo.

As we head into WordPress 6.4's kickoff, it's time to set our sights on Gutenberg Phase 3: Collaborative Editing. Your feedback to the ideas presented is important.

The first cohort of New Contributor Mentorship Program has also begun. There is clearly more interest than capacity to staff in this first group, which is a very encouraging sight.

Community Roundup Week Ending July 7

Michelle Frechette

July 7, 2023

The Week in ReviewWordPress Community

Community Roundup Week Ending July 7: WordCamp Dhaka Canceled, July Post Status Meetup Dates, Quick Links, and the Image of the week.

Community Roundup Week Ending June 30

Michelle Frechette

July 3, 2023

The Week in ReviewWordPress Community

Community Roundup Week Ending June 30: WordCamp Europe, WordCamp US, & upcoming events & links to other interesting stories.

WordPress 6.3 Beta 2 • Help Test • WPDiversity • Plugin Team Next Phase • Mentorship

Courtney Robertson

July 1, 2023

Make WordPressPlanet

Release season is upon us as we approach WordPress 6.3's August 8th release. Your help is needed testing the latest changes.

Do you run or attend WordPress events and notice only one type of person is attending? What can you do to be a good ally to foster, promote, and support diversity and an inclusive space? Sign up now for the July 20th WPDiversity workshop.

Stop by the Plugin team to wish Mika a happy retirement as she hands over the work to the 6 new Plugin Review teammembers.

Applications to be mentored as a contributor in the inaugural Mentorship Program have now closed. The team is selecting both mentors and mentees at this time and will kick off the first cohort on July 12.

Sustainability Team • Supporting Organizations • Commercial & Community Themes & Plugins • Pattern Curation

Courtney Robertson

June 15, 2023

Make WordPressPlanet

The WordPress Sustainability Team has launched. What's that?
The main objective of the team is to embed sustainable practices into the WordPress community and its processes. We focus on ensuring longevity; socially, economically, and environmentally.

Several organizations exist to support the work of WordPress, such as The WP Community Collective and HeroPress. Matt is proposing a way of displaying such supporting organizations.

Filters arrive for Themes and Plugins around what are Commercial efforts and what are Community efforts, while the Patterns Directory ponders using filters for displaying all patterns associated with a theme.

Improving Visa Support • Event Tooling • WP-CLI Updates • Block Inspector Sub-groups

Courtney Robertson

June 7, 2023

Make WordPressPlanet

Community team is considering tooling around the building and using the WordCamp websites, in addition to the naming of events. To help speakers attend WordCamps, additional lead time for visas is requested as well. Share your thoughts now.

WP-CLI has released 2 updates. Get a look at what new features are available.

See the dev blog for more ways to use the block inspector.

Community Roundup Week Ending June 2

Michelle Frechette

June 2, 2023

The Week in ReviewWordPress Community

Community Roundup Week Ending June 2: WordCamp Europe, The WP World, Post Status Meetups, quick links and more!

WP 6.3 Planning • WP20 • AI Forum Replies • LearnWP Survey Results

Courtney Robertson

May 31, 2023

Make WordPressPlanet

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 to respond to forum issues. Human intervention is still necessary for the foreseeable future.

Training team surveyed attendees at the last 3 flagship WordCamps and any additional respondents. The data is in with feedback on the content and site functionality of Learn.WordPress.org.

Drama, Accountability, and a Way Forward

Michelle Frechette

May 27, 2023

WordPress CommunityWordPress News

WordPress is now 20. We need to value inclusion if we are to remain relevant to the next generations. We need to be an open source community.

WP 6.2.2 • WP Playground • Client-side Filtering • Future WordCamp Brainstorms • Plugin Review Update

Courtney Robertson

May 24, 2023

Make WordPressPlanet

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 the post.

Do you want to disable border settings for everyone but Administrators, and only for posts? See the Dev Blog.

What's the fate of the plugin review team with the primary maintainer soon to retire? It appears to have a bright future with additional contributors and tooling.

WP 6.2.1 • PHP8 Compatibility • Translation Playground • Contributor Mentorship Program

Courtney Robertson

May 18, 2023

Make WordPressPlanet

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 now considered End of Life, and hosts are eager to deploy supported versions. But first, Core compatibility needs additional testing to come out of beta compatibility.

Translating WordPress just got a little bit easier for contributors with the WP Translation Playground.

A Community team working group announces a pilot proposal for a Contributor Mentorship Program, helping all contributors onboard.

Drama, Accountability, and a Way Forward

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