This Week at WordPress.org (October 24, 2022)
WordPress 6.1 rolls out on November 1. Help test 6.1 Release Candidate 3 — and the Rollback feature plugin. Be sure to look over the 6.1 DevNotes, Field Guides, and Team Updates.
News
- WordPress 6.1 Release Candidate 5 (RC5) Now Available for Testing
- Call For Action – Testing Rollback Feature
WP 6.1 DevNotes and Team Updates
- WordPress 6.1 Field Guide
- Performance Field Guide for WordPress 6.1
- WordPress 6.1 Translation Status (October 20, 2022)
- WordPress 6.1 ready to be translated
- Multisite registration and activation pages have new HTML and CSS
- Global terms removed in WordPress 6.1
- 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_Queryperformance in 6.1 - New cache Site Health checks in WordPress 6.1
- Navigation Block Fallback Behavior in WP 6.1
Accessibility
Community
Core
- WordPress 6.1 Release Day Process
- A Week in Core – October 24, 2022
- Core Editor Improvement: Advancing the writing experience
- What’s new in Gutenberg 14.4? (26 October)
- WordPress 6.1 Release Candidate 4 (RC4) Now Available for Testing
- WordPress 6.1 Release Candidate 3 (RC3) Now Available
Meetings
- Dev Chat agenda: October 26,2022
- Editor chat summary: Wednesday, 20 October 2022
- Editor Chat Agenda: October 26th 2022
- Dev Chat summary, October 19, 2022
- Performance Chat Agenda: 25 October 2022
Design
Documentation
- New design for HelpHub in WordPress.org
- The first ever Documentation team Contributor Day – 25th October, 2022
- Documentation Team Update – October 24, 2022
Hosting
Marketing
Meta
Openverse
Performance
Plugins
Polyglots
- Agenda: Weekly Polyglots Chat – Oct. 26, 2022 (13:00 UTC)
- WordPress 6.1 Translation Status (October 20, 2022)
- WordPress 6.1 ready to be translated
Support
Test
Themes
Training
- How did you learn WordPress?
- Meeting Agenda for October 25, 2022
- October 2022 Monthly Faculty Meeting Agenda
- X-post: WordPress.org Redesign Update
- Managing Projects and Terminology: DRI
- Proposal: Create a new onboarding experience to the Training Team
Tutorials
Online Workshops
- What is SEO? (Search Engine Optimization)
- Let’s code! Global Styles Variations in Block Themes
- WordPress development live stream: Global Styles
- WordPress Roles and Capabilities
- Block & Theme Global Styles Customization
- A Brief History of WordPress
Courses
WPTV
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