This Week at WordPress.org (October 30, 2023)
- Outdated jQuery version security impacting sites containing PII. See also: Better Features and Operational Benefits Come with Current jQuery Use.
The OpenJS Foundation analyzed the IDC survey results of this end-user audit and other data points and estimated that of the 1.9 billion websites worldwide, almost 90% use the open source software jQuery, and one-third of those, over three-quarters of a billion sites, require an upgrade.
OpenJS Foundation
News
WordPress 6.4 – Now with DevNotes
- WordPress 6.4 Release Candidate 3
- Call for 6.4.x Release Managers
- Call for volunteers to help with 6.4 end-user documentation
- WordPress 6.4 Release Candidate 2
- WordPress 6.4 ready to be translated
- WordPress 6.4 Release Candidate 1
- WordPress 6.4 Release Candidate Phase
- WordPress 6.4 Beta 3
- WordPress 6.4 Beta 2
- WordPress 6.4 Beta 1
- Help Test WordPress 6.4
- Bug bounty for WordPress 6.4 Beta
- Episode 63: A WordPress 6.4 Sneak Peek
- WordPress 6.4: What’s on your wishlist?
- WordPress 6.4 Development Cycle
- Hallway Hangout: What’s new for developers in WordPress 6.4
DevNotes
- WordPress 6.4 Field Guide
- Framework for storing revisions of Post Meta in 6.4
- Updates to the HTML API in 6.4
- Image loading optimization enhancements in 6.4
- New option functions in 6.4
- HTML markup improvements to the Login and Registration page
- Replacing hard-coded style tags with wp_add_inline_style()
- Improvements to Object Caching in WordPress 6.4
- Improvements to Template Loading in WordPress 6.4
- Miscellaneous Editor changes in WordPress 6.4
- Script loading changes in WordPress 6.4
- Changes to attachment pages
- Introducing admin notice functions in WordPress 6.4
- Updates to user-interface components in WordPress 6.4
- Editor Components updates in WordPress 6.4
- New `registerInserterMediaCategory` API
- Introducing Block Hooks for dynamic blocks
Accessibility
CLI
Community
Core
Developer Blog
Core Meetings
Design
Docs
- Agenda for Docs Team Meeting (October 31, 2023)
- Call for volunteers to help with 6.4 end-user documentation
Dev Docs
- config is-true
- Features
- Template Parts
- Custom Templates
- Template Parts
- Template Hierarchy
- Templates
- Introduction to Templates
- Templates
- DropdownMenuV2Ariakit
Hosting
Marketing
Meta
Meta-Playground
Mobile
Openverse
Performance
Photos
Plugins
Polyglots
Security
Support
Sustainability
Test
Theme
Training
- Learn WordPress Newsletter – November 2023
- Nomination for 2024 Training Team Reps
- Training Team Meeting Recap – 24th October 2023
Tutorials
Online Workshops
- 今こそ知りたいブロックエディターの使い方入門 (English: Introduction to how to use the block editor that you want to know now)
- Exploring the Twenty Twenty-Four Theme
WPTV
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- PHP 8.2.12 Released!
- PHP 8.1.25 Released!
- PHPMailer 6.8.1
- Changes in MySQL 8.0.35 (Not yet released, General Availability)
- TC39
- Composer 2.6.5
- Webpack 5 release (2020-10-10)
- Chromium Roadmap
- Firefox Release Calendar
- Safari Release Notes
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