This Week at WordPress.org (October 3, 2022)
WordPress 6.1 RC 1 has shipped with a release date of November 1. It’s time to start testing! Check out the Developer Notes, Field Guide, and related team updates.
WordPress 6.1 Release Candidate 1
⏳ WordPress 6.1 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) Now Available
🧪 Help Test WordPress 6.1
🔎 WordPress 6.1 DevNotes, Field Guides, and Team Updates
🧑🎓 New course on LearnWP: Using the WordPress Data Layer
News
WP 6.1 DevNotes and Team Updates
- WordPress 6.1 Field Guide
- Performance Field Guide for WordPress 6.1
- WordPress 6.1 ready to be translated
- Enhanced TypeScript support in WordPress 6.1
- Reference Styles values in theme.json
- WordPress 6.1 Accessibility Improvements
- Miscellaneous REST API improvements in WordPress 6.1
- Block API changes in WordPress 6.1
- Content locking features and updates
- Simplified data access with new React hooks in WordPress 6.1
- 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
- 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
Accessibility
CLI
Community
- By 15 October – Please complete the Annual Meetup Survey and share it widely!
- Upcoming #WPDiversity Events: October 2022
- Idea: Freescout for WordCamp organising teams
- Recap of APAC WPDiversity Network Building – 10th meeting (Sept 29, 2022)
Core
Meetings
Design
Documentation
Marketing
Meta
Mobile
Openverse
Performance
Polyglots
- Agenda: Weekly Polyglots Chat – October 12, 2022 (13:00 UTC) Category: Weekly chat
- WordPress 6.1 ready to be translated
Plugins
Test
Themes
Training
- How did you learn WordPress?
- Meeting Agenda for October 11, 2022
- UX Feedback
- Training Team Meeting Recap for October 4, 2022
Lesson Plans
Tutorials
Online Workshops
Courses
WPTV
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