This Week at WordPress.org (March 18, 2024)
News
- WordPress 6.5 Release Candidate 3
- WP Briefing: Episode 75: WordCamp Asia 2024 Unwrapped
- Zip uploads not working from Finder/Nautilus/Gnome/etc in WP 6.4.3
WordPress 6.5
- Font Library update: storage of font files
- Drop Shadow updates in WordPress 6.5
- WordPress 6.5 Field Guide
- New Feature: Font Library
- WordPress 6.5 Release Candidate 3
- Unblocking WP6.5 – Font Library and Synced Pattern Overrides
- Miscellaneous Editor changes in WordPress 6.5
- Miscellaneous developer changes in WordPress 6.5
- WordPress 6.5 Release Candidate 2
- WordPress 6.5 ready to be translated
- Unblocking WP6.5 – Font Library and Synced Pattern Overrides
- New Feature: The Block Bindings API
- WordPress 6.5 Release Candidate Phase
- Introducing Plugin Dependencies in WordPress 6.5
- Unification of the site and post editors in 6.5
- Updates to the HTML API in 6.5
- Interactivity API in 6.5
- Script Modules in 6.5
- Block metadata viewScriptModule field in 6.5
- Updates to Block Hooks in 6.5
- Performance improvements for registering block variations with callbacks
- I18N Improvements in 6.5 (Performant Translations)
- WordPress 6.5 adds AVIF support
- Merge Announcement: Interactivity API
- Merge Announcement: Plugin Dependencies
- Welcoming 2024 with WordPress 6.5 Beta 1
- WordPress 6.5 Beta 3
- WordPress 6.5 Beta 2
- WordPress 6.5 Beta 1
- Help test WordPress 6.5 Beta 1
- 6.5 Release Parties Schedule and Hosts
- Editor: Important milestones for WordPress 6.5
- WordPress 6.5 release squad formation
- Discussion: Training’s contribution to the 6.5 release (and beyond)
Community
Core
- Hallway Hangout: Using Site editor in production for client sites
- Font Library update: storage of font files
Core Meetings
- Performance Chat Summary: 19 March 2024
- Agenda, Dev Chat, Wednesday March 20, 2024
- Summary, Dev Chat, March 13, 2024
Developer Blog:
Data Liberation
Documentation
Hosting
Marketing
Meta
Mobile
Openverse
Playground
- Automatically deploy to playground.wordpress.net right after new Beta / RC
- Advanced blueprint.json code block incomplete
Plugins
Polyglots
Support
- Discussion on changes needed for Forums to adhere to the Digital Services Act (DSA)
- Should mods delete links on topics when requested?
Sustainability
Test
Themes
Training
- WordCamp Asia 2024 Contributor Day Recap
- Training Team Meeting Recap – 14th March 2024
- Discussion: possible collaboration to transform learning pathways to Skill Trees
Online Workshops
WPTV
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- Node 21.7.1
- React 18.2.0
- PHP 8.3.4 Released!
- PHP 8.2.17 Released!
- PHP 8.1.27 Released!
- PHPCS 3.9.0
- WPCS 3.0.1
- PHPMailer 6.9.1
- LibZip 1.10.1
- MySQL 8.0.36 (2024-01-16, General Availability)
- Composer 2.7.2
- Homebrew 4.2.14
- TC39
- Chromium Roadmap
- Firefox Release Calendar
- Safari Release Notes
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