WordPress 6.2 RC4 • Code Generators and GPL
This Week at WordPress.org (March 20, 2023)
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WP 6.2 RC 4, Code Generators
🧪 WordPress 6.2 Release Candidate 4
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News
Central
- WordCamp Buffalo 2023
- WordCamp Entebbe 2023: An Amazing Recap
- Get your tickets for WordCamp Kerala 2023 on March 25th!
Community
- Recap of Contributor Working Group Inaugural Mentorship Chat on March 20, 2023
- Meetup Organizer Newsletter: March 2023
- Community Team Goals for 2023 : Chat session
- Contributor Working Group: Mentorship Kick-off chat Agenda | March 20th 12:00 UTC (EMEA) and 21:00 UTC (AMER)
- Community Team Goals for 2023 : Next Step
Core
WordPress 6.2
- WordPress 6.2 Release Day Process
- WordPress 6.2 Release Candidate 4
- FYI: Navigation section of new Site Editor experienced removed for 6.2 RC 2
- WordPress 6.2 Release Candidate 1
- WordPress 6.2 Translation Status (March 14, 2023)
- WordPress 6.2 ready to be translated
- WordPress 6.2 Field Guide
- Requests library upgraded to 2.0.5 in WordPress 6.2
- Patterns API expanded to include template_types property
- Introduction of Block Inspector Tabs
- Shadows in Global Styles with WordPress 6.2
- Introducing the HTML API in WordPress 6.2
- Miscellaneous Editor changes in WordPress 6.2
- Introducing move_dir() in WordPress 6.2
- Sticky position block support
- Upgrading to React 18 and common pitfalls of concurrent mode
- Add new prop to ServerSideRender component
- Google Fonts are included locally in bundled themes
- Custom CSS for global styles and per block
- Minimum height dimensions block support
- Editor Components updates in WordPress 6.2
- I18N Improvements in 6.2
- Customize settings for any block in WordPress 6.2
- Style Book preview of blocks in global styles
- Update to content only editing filter namespace
- WordPress 6.2 Accessibility Improvements
- WordPress 6.2 Beta 4 Postponed
- WordPress 6.2 Beta 3
- 6.2 Live Product Demo
- Phase 2, Finale
- Hallway Hangout: Performance Improvements for WordPress 6.2
- Roadmap to 6.2
- Bug Scrub Schedule for 6.2
- Early bug scrub schedule for WP 6.2
- WordPress 6.2 Planning Roundup
Meetings
- Dev Chat Agenda, Wednesday March 22, 2023
- Dev chat Summary, March 15, 2023
- Editor Chat Agenda: March 22nd 2023
- Editor chat summary: March 15th, 2023
Developer Blog
Design
do_action
Docs
Hosting
Marketing
Meta
Openverse
Performance
Plugins
Polyglots
- Agenda: Weekly Polyglots Chat – March 22, 2023 (07:00 UTC)
- New translation project: wp20.wordpress.net
Plugins
- Use of Code Generators Must Remain GPL Compatible
- Advance Notice of Retirement
- Plugin Review Team Update: 20 March 2023
Project
- Proposal: Creating a WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program
- Discussion: Ending the Eternal September
Support
- Agenda for March 23rd Support Meeting
- Support ticket triage session – March 29th 2023 at 16:00 UTC
- Support Team Meeting Updates for March 16th
Test
Theme
Training
Tutorials
- What kind of WordPress theme do I have: classic, block, or something else?
- WP REST API – custom fields, authentication, and testing
- Displaying testimonials on your website
- Interacting with the WordPress REST API
Online Workshops
- Exploring some of the new 6.2 WordPress features
- How to create a website on mobile (Part 2)
- How to join the Training Team’s Welcome Committee
- How to join the Training Team’s Welcome Committee
- Block Themes and WordPress: Exploring WordPress 6.2
- How to update a video tutorial for Learn.WordPress.org
- Build a blog with WordPress 6.2 (Released today!)
- Block Themes and WordPress: Live Stream
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