This Week at WordPress.org (February 5, 2024)
News
WordPress 6.5
- 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
- WordCamp Asia 2024 Contributor Day Core and Core Editor tables
- What’s new in Gutenberg 17.8? (28 February)
- Summary of Hallway Hangout on overlapping problems in the Site Editor
- Connect with the GitHub Outreach group to request feedback or further testing.
- A Week in Core – February 26, 2024
- Recap Hallway Hangout: What’s next for the outreach program?
Core Meetings
Developer Blog:
Data Liberation
Design
Documentation
- Online monthly Docs Team Contributor Day March 26, 2024
- Summary for Docs Team Meeting (20-Feb-2024)
- Documentation Team Update – February 26, 2024
Marketing
Meta
Mobile
Openverse
Playground
- Add WordPress Playground Block and interactive code block to LearnWP
- Refresh WordPress versions shortly after they’re released
Plugins
Polyglots
Project
Security
Sustainability
Test
- Test Chat Summary: 27 February 2024
- Help test WordPress 6.5 Beta 3
- Core Test Team at WCAsia 2024
- Test Team Chat Agenda for 27 February 2024
- Week in Test: February 26, 2024
- Test Team Update: 26 February 2024
Themes
- Themes Team Meeting Notes – February 27, 2024
- WordCamp Asia 2024: Theme’s team table on contributor day
- Themes team meeting agenda for February 27, 2024
- Themes team update February 27, 2024
Training
- Training Team Meeting Recap – 22th February 2024
- Discussion: Bringing accessibility-first approaches into content development
- WordCamp Asia 2024 Contributor Day
- Brainstorm: What trends about Learn WordPress learners do we want to observe?
- Discussion: Translation Plugin on Learn
Online Workshops
WPTV
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- 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 2.7.1
- Homebrew 4.2.10
- TC39
- Chromium Roadmap
- Firefox Release Calendar
- Safari Release Notes
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