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

ByCourtney Robertson

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

ByCourtney Robertson

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.

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Business Roundup Week Ending May 12

ByMike Demopoulos

WordCamps: The Next Generation The official WordPress Community blog recently published a post titled “The Next Generation of WordCamps,” outlining the future of in-person WordPress conferences in the post-pandemic world. The successful transition of WordCamps from in-person to virtual during the pandemic has paved the way for hybrid event formats featuring both virtual and in-person…

WP 6.2.1 RC1 • Annual Survey Results • WCUS Scholarship Fund
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WP 6.2.1 RC1 • Annual Survey Results • WCUS Scholarship Fund

ByCourtney Robertson

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 are now available.

Contributors that are a self-identifying female, have a financial need and have never attended WordCamp US are encouraged to apply by June 12, 2023, 11:00 pm Eastern time

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Business Roundup Week Ending May 5

ByMike Demopoulos

WishList is Joining the Caseproof Family of Products • WishList Products, the parent company of WishList Member™ and CourseCure, has been acquired by Caseproof and its CEO Blair Williams.  • Tracy Childers, Co-Founder of WishList Products, will no longer be involved in the business, but the entire team will continue to run WishList with the…

Blogs to Blocks • Core + AI • LCP Image Performance • Testing FSE Front Page
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Blogs to Blocks • Core + AI • LCP Image Performance • Testing FSE Front Page

ByCourtney Robertson

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. Additionally, there is a proposal needing your feedback around improving image performance. Felix Arntz notes that adding fetchpriority=”high” to the LCP image typically improves LCP performance by 5-10%.

The latest call for testing from the Test team includes an exercise using the new Grid view, as well as creating pages from patters.

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Business Roundup Week Ending April 28

ByMike Demopoulos

Ultimate Tech Event Sponsorship Deck is a comprehensive list of over 450 tech events tailored to connect tech innovators with the ideal platform for showcasing their groundbreaking ideas or solutions. The deck promises to offer crucial details about each event, such as links to their websites, key themes, target audience, and estimated attendance, making it…

WP Feature Notifications • Prioritizing Performance Benefits • DevBlog updates
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WP Feature Notifications • Prioritizing Performance Benefits • DevBlog updates

ByCourtney Robertson

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.

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Business Roundup Week Ending April 14

ByMike Demopoulos

WordPress Turns 20 Resource Hub We are calling all WordPressers! It’s been 20 incredible years of coding, creating, and dreaming. WP has grown from a blog platform to power an ever-growing percentage of the world’s websites — let that sink in for a moment! If you’ve experienced any wonderful moments or memories since 2003 –…

Women & Nonbinary Release • WP-CLI 2.8.0 • Redesign Update • Build Block Theme
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Women & Nonbinary Release • WP-CLI 2.8.0 • Redesign Update • Build Block Theme

ByCourtney Robertson

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.

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Business Roundup Week Ending April 7

ByMike Demopoulos

The Ultimate No-Code Website? Need a website in the blink of an eye? With Butternut.ai, it’s as easy as pie! Enter your business name and keywords, then sit back and enjoy – this magical AI will give you a stunning site with no code to deploy! Editor’s Note: This technology used with BoldGrid, Extendify, or…

Build a Block Theme • Theme Performance Improvements * Interactivity API • Why Jazz?
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Build a Block Theme • Theme Performance Improvements * Interactivity API • Why Jazz?

ByCourtney Robertson

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.

WordPress 6.2 “Dolphy” • Gutenberg Phase 3 • Test Plugin Dependencies
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WordPress 6.2 “Dolphy” • Gutenberg Phase 3 • Test Plugin Dependencies

ByCourtney Robertson

🥳 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 Fragen has posted a call for testing on the Plugin Dependencies plugin.

WordPress 6.2 RC2 • Plugin Review Team Retirement News • WP20 Giveaway
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WordPress 6.2 RC2 • Plugin Review Team Retirement News • WP20 Giveaway

ByCourtney Robertson

Discover WordPress 6.2’s new features, accessibility enhancements, and developer updates. Contribute to the community by joining the Contributor Working Group. Explore new block theme template. Engage in discussions on mentorship programs. Celebrate WP20 and participate in the Wapuu Coloring Giveaway.

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