This Week at WordPress.org (October 3, 2022)
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News
- WordPress 6.1 Beta 3 Now Available
- WP Briefing: Episode 40: All Things Testing with Special Guests Anne McCarthy and Brian Alexander
Accessibility
Community
- By 15 October – Please complete the Annual Meetup Survey and share it widely!
- Community Team Meeting Agenda for Oct 6, 2022
- WordCamp Mentors’ October check-in!
- Help Improve the Make/Community Contributor Day Onboarding
- Help Improve the Overall Make/Community Onboarding
- Recap of the Diverse Speaker Training group (#WPDiversity) AMER/EMEA on September 28, 2022
Core
WP 6.1 DevNotes
- Introducing WP_List_Table::get_views_links() in WordPress 6.1
- Escaping Table and Field names with wpdb::prepare() in WordPress 6.1
- Create-block scaffolding tool updates
- Introduction of presets across padding, margin and block gap
- Improved PHP performance for core blocks registration
- Introducing “Update URI” theme header in WordPress 6.1
- Block-based “template parts” in traditional themes
- Block-based “template parts” in traditional themes
- Improvements to WP_Query performance in 6.1
- New cache Site Health checks in WordPress 6.1
- Navigation Block Fallback Behavior in WP 6.1
Meetings
- Editor chat summary: 5 October, 2022
- Dev Chat Agenda, October 5, 2022
- Editor chat summary: Wednesday, 28 September 2022
- Editor Chat Agenda: October 5th, 2022
Documentation
Marketing
- Agenda: WordPress global marketing team meeting, October 5, 2022
- Notes: WordPress global Marketing Team meeting, September 28, 2022
Meta
Mobile
- Call for Testing: WordPress for Android 20.9
- Call for Testing: WordPress for iOS 20.9
- Mobile Team Update – October 5th
Openverse
Performance
- Performance Chat Agenda: 11 October 2022
- Performance team meeting summary 4 October 2022
- Core Performance Team Update – September 30, 2022
Polyglots
Plugins
Support
Test
- FSE Program Testing Call #17: Guiding the Gutenberg Gallery
- Test Team Update: 26 September 2022
- Test Team Update: 3 October 2022
Themes
Training
- How did you learn WordPress?
- Training Team Meeting Recap for October 4, 2022
- Project Thread: GitHub Process Updates
- September 2022 Monthly Faculty Meeting Recap
Tutorials
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