This Week at WordPress.org (March 4, 2024)
News
- The Month in WordPress – February 2024
- WordPress 6.5 Release Candidate 1
- WordCamp Asia 2024: Q&A with Matt Mullenweg
- WP Briefing: Episode 74: Kickstart (Or Level-Up) Your Contributor Journey
- Zip uploads not working from Finder/Nautilus/Gnome/etc in WP 6.4.3
WordPress 6.5
- 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
- Proposal: Non-editable Footer for all Event Website Pages
- Community Team Meeting Agenda for 7 March 2024
Core
Core Meetings
- Summary, Dev Chat, March 6, 2024
- Performance Chat Summary: 5 March 2024
- Summary, Dev Chat, February 28, 2024
Developer Blog:
- Introducing Block Bindings, part 2: Working with custom binding sources
- An introduction to block-based mega menus
- Introducing Block Bindings, part 1: connecting custom fields
Data Liberation
Design
Documentation
- Update for #docs team discussion items March 5, 2024
- Online monthly Docs Team Contributor Day March 26, 2024
Hosting
Meta
- Introduce limits for readme field length
- Update WCAG version on Accessibility Page to match version indicated in WordPress Coding Standards
- Feature to help plugin developers create blueprints for previews
Mobile
Openverse
Playground
Plugins
Polyglots
Project
Security
Sustainability
Test
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
- Learn WordPress Newsletter – March 2024
- Discussion: possible collaboration to transform learning pathways to Skill Trees
- Training Team Meeting Recap – 29th February 2024
- X-post: Training Team Update – February 2024
- Contributor Spotlight: Oneal Rosero
Online Workshops
WPTV
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- Curl for 8.6.0
- Node 21.7.0
- React 18.2.0
- PHP 8.3.3 Released!
- PHP 8.2.16 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 2.7.1
- Homebrew 4.2.11
- TC39
- Chromium Roadmap
- Firefox Release Calendar
- Safari Release Notes
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