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#  Yearly Archives: 2021

 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paaljoachim/) [Paal Joachim Romdahl](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paaljoachim/)
6:43 pm _on_ October 25, 2021     
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# 󠀁[Editor Chat Agenda: 27 October 2021](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/25/editor-chat-agenda-27-october-2021/)󠁿

Facilitator and notetaker: @andraganescu

This is the agenda for the weekly _editor chat_ scheduled for [Wednesday, October 27 2021, 04:00 PM GMT+1](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Core+Editor+Meeting&iso=20211027T16&p1=187&ah=1).

_This meeting is held in the [#core-editor](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/C02QB2JS7)
channel in the Making WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform
[https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack
Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)._

 * GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress.
   The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making
   writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than
   shortcodes, custom HTML etc. [https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/)
   11.8 will be released Wednesday.
 * [WordPress 5.9](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/09/03/wordpress-5-9-planning-roundup/)“
   Go, no go” date and [priorities](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/08/13/preliminary-road-to-5-9/).
 * [WordPress 5.9 Feature Go/No-Go | October 14, 2021](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/15/wordpress-5-9-feature-go-no-go-october-14-2021/)
 * [Whats next in Gutenberg: Mid-September 2021.](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/09/17/whats-next-in-gutenberg-mid-september-2021/)
 * Updates based on [updated scope for site editing projects](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/33094):
    - Navigation BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of
      markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using
      the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have
      achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent
      API and user experience. & Navigation Editor.
    - Template editor.
    - Patterns.
    - Styling.
    - Mobile Team.
 * Task Coordination.
 * Open Floor.

If you are not able to attend the meeting, you are encouraged to share anything 
relevant for the discussion:

 * If you have an update for the main site editing projects, please feel free to
   share as a comment or come prepared for the meeting itself.
 * If you have anything to share for the Task Coordination section, please leave
   it as a comment on this post.
 * If you have anything to propose for the agenda or other specific items related
   to those listed above, please leave a comment below.

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paaljoachim/) [Paal Joachim Romdahl](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paaljoachim/)
9:19 am _on_ October 25, 2021     
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# 󠀁[Editor chat summary: 20 October, 2021](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/25/editor-chat-summary-20-october-2021/)󠁿

This post summarizes the weekly editor chat meeting ([agenda here](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/19/editor-chat-agenda-20-october-2021/))
held on  [Wednesday, October 20 2021, 04:00 PM GMT+1](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Core+Editor+Agenda&iso=20211020T16&p1=187&ah=1).
in [Slack](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02QB2JS7/p1634738436472200). Moderated
by [@paaljoachim](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paaljoachim/).

## GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. 󠀁[https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/)󠁿 pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory 󠀁[https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/)󠁿 or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. releases

[Gutenberg 11.8.0 RC](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/releases/tag/v11.8.0-rc.1)
Thanks to [@vcanales](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vcanales/) for tackling the
release.
[What’s new in Gutenberg 11.7 release notes](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/14/whats-new-in-gutenberg-11-7-october-13th/).
Thanks to [@zieladam](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zieladam/) for writing the 
notes and handling the release.

Highlights:

 * Navigation BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup
   that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress
   editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with
   shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and
   user experience. and Navigation Editor Advances.
 * Global Styles and Full Site Editing improvements.
 * Columns Block for tweaking gaps and margins.
 * Link control – Create a page directly inside the link control.
 * A default alignment option – none.
 * + various other enhancements.

## WordPress 5.9 Planning Roundup

[Proposed WordPress 5.9 Schedule](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/09/03/wordpress-5-9-planning-roundup/),
scope, leads and how to help.

## 5.9 Priorities

[Preliminary road to 5.9](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/08/13/preliminary-road-to-5-9/).

## Full site editing Go/No-Go

[WordPress 5.9 feature full site editing Go/No-Go](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/15/wordpress-5-9-feature-go-no-go-october-14-2021/).

## Navigation Editor and Block

[Summary: Navigation Editor and Block hallway hangout](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/15/summary-navigation-editor-and-block-hallway-hangout/)

## What’s next in Gutenberg.

[What’s next in Gutenberg: Mid-September.](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/09/17/whats-next-in-gutenberg-mid-september-2021/)

## Key project updates

Based on the scope for [Site Editing projects](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/33094).

### **Template Editor**

Update from [@noisysocks](https://profiles.wordpress.org/noisysocks/)

 * [@noisysocks](https://profiles.wordpress.org/noisysocks/), @[@kevin940726](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kevin940726/)
   and [@jameskoster](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jameskoster/) working on [Template Part Focus Mode](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/33926)
   overview issue to improve the experience of editing a template part by itself.
   Three issues remaining in relation to template part editor having a resizeable
   viewport. Check this [Slack thread](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02QB2JS7/p1634772394096400?thread_ts=1634739928.012900&cid=C02QB2JS7)
   for more detailed information.

### **Global Styling**

Update from [@jorgefilipecosta](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jorgefilipecosta/)

 * Merged: [Replace the color picker component with the new version.](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/35220)
 * Merged: [Removed the tinycolor2 library ](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/35562)
   and replaced it with typescript colord that is more performant smaller typescript.
 * [Fix unexpected movements and closing on first click in the color picker.](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/35670)
 * Working on new global styles UIUI User interface with the new color palette editor
   to show three palettes (coreCore Core is the set of software required to run 
   WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., theme and user).
 * [Initial PR for the new color palette editor.](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/35783)
 * [Start a Global Styles endpoint and use it in the site editor.](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/35801)

### **Patterns**

[Patterns explorer in modal PR](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/35773)
by [@ntsekouras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ntsekouras/).
Exploring a modal 
system for selecting patterns.

### **Navigation Block & Navigation Editor**

Update from [@get_dave](https://profiles.wordpress.org/get_dave/)

 * The Nav _Editor_ will not be included in WordPress 5.9 – this is because: changes
   to the block are required for the editor to be a success (see below). We need
   to allow sufficient time to test the editor before any major releasemajor release
   A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a
   full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for
   major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable
   in scope. and allow for community feedback.
 * Following the Hallway Hangout a [summary was posted](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/15/summary-navigation-editor-and-block-hallway-hangout/).
   The outcome was:
 * In the short term, contributor efforts will switch to the Nav _block_ in order
   to resolve some of the underlying architectural issues
 * Specifically separating the navigation’s presentation from its data in order 
   to make navigations reusable. This serves both the Nav Editor project and the
   WordPress 5.9 release in general.
 * The Navigation Editor will ultimately focus on manipulating the _data_ of a navigation
   which is why the above work is a prerequisite for the project’s success.
 * Work on the Nav Editor will resume after WordPress 5.9. We will continue to focus
   on backwards compatibility whilst looking ahead to the world of blocks.
 * It’s unlikely that we will pursue a new “Classic Menu” block. Rather focusing
   on the Navigation block (or its data).
 * To this end [@talldan](https://github.com/talldan) has [two important Nav block PRs which everyone is encouraged to test and provide feedback on](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/35521#issuecomment-947549374).
 * Link to the [Github Navigation Block & Navigation Editor issue.](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/29102#issuecomment-947554777)

### **Mobile Team**

Update from [@mattchowning](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattchowning/)

 * Shipped:
   Trigger embed bottom sheet when an embeddable url is pasted into a paragraph
   blockAdd ability to customize the text and background color in the search block
 * Fixes
   Small fixes for embed block and help screenImprove automatic dimming of
   cover block
 * In Progress
   Adding more tests for the Embed blockGSS Font size, line height, 
   colors

## Task Coordination

[@santosguillamot](https://profiles.wordpress.org/santosguillamot/)

The main idea is to end up with a Comment Query loopLoop The Loop is PHP code used
by WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to 
be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified
criteria within The Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed
on each post. [https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop](https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop)
similar to the existing [Query Loop](https://wordpress.org/support/article/query-loop-block/)
we have for posts. You can check out the scope of the project in [its tracking issue](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/34994).
This has been the progress so far:

 * [Comment Date block](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/30573): It
   has already been finished and merged. Thanks [@carolinan](https://github.com/carolinan)
   for the [Pull Request](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/35112)!
 * [Comment Author block](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/30572): 
   [@c4rl0sbr4v0](https://github.com/c4rl0sbr4v0) has been working on [this Pull Request](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/35595)
   and it has just been merged as well.
 * [Comment Avatar Author block](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/30575):
   [@c4rl0sbr4v0](https://github.com/c4rl0sbr4v0) has been working [on this other Pull Request](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/35396)
   which is almost finished. There is an issue with the padding setting, but the
   code is almost finished.
 * [Comment Content block](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/30574):
   [@DAreRodz](https://github.com/DAreRodz) has been working on [this Pull Request](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/35183)
   and, again, it is almost finished. The code is already done and reviewed, but
   there is a potential issue with CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. and some themes
   they are reviewing before merging it.
 * [Comments Query Loop block](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/34996):
   This is probably the most complex issue and [@michalczaplinski](https://github.com/michalczaplinski)
   has been working on it in this [Pull Request](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/35231).
   There was some discussion to reduce the scope of the Pull Request, as it could
   get really long, and the first version should be ready soon. We also have to 
   decide how we are going to handle the current existing blocks for comments.
 * Link to [Comments Loop Block: Tracking issue.](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/34994#issuecomment-944280352)

[@mamaduka](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mamaduka/)

 * Primarily focused on Site Editor/Theme issues this week.
   Merged: [Templates: Only include templates for the current post types.](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/35802)
   Merged: [Themes: Support title in templateParts](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/35626).
   Merged: [Custom Templates: Use “title” from the theme.json](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/35592)
 * Auto-generated Heading anchors.
   Merged: [Heading: Remove anchor map when block unmounts.](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/35761)
   Merged: [Heading: Fix undo/redo “trap”](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/35767)

[@joen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joen/)

 * Focused on bringing home the navigation block, and making a bunch of [tiny PRs](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Ajasmussen+is%3Aclosed)
   to shore up the numerous mostly small glitches.

[@annezazu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/annezazu/)

 * Nearly done recapping the latest call for testing, 
 * [work continues to answer FSE questions](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/13/submit-full-site-editing-questions-by-oct-27th/),
 * [shipped a youtube video about “connecting the dots”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPU-sT96f2g)
   for  using duotone in theme.jsonJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is 
   a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit
   data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML. to customize
   your image blocks, and 
 * [Hallway Hangout: 5.9 Go/No Go, Site Editor IA, and more](https://youtu.be/Ep7mcBaeCsI)
 * I plan to set aside a few hours of triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting
   bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. alongside
   my various FSE focuses.

[@ntsekouras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ntsekouras/)

 * [First iteration of the updated FontSizeControl has landed.](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/35395)

[@bph](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bph/)

 * Started plugin/theme outreach regarding Gallery Block Refactor 15 top plugins,
   responses 10, I’ll do a second attempt to reach the non-responsive. TY [@Glen Davies](https://wordpress.slack.com/team/U013WS9PWH3)
 *  I will connect with 12 more plugin developers this week, and tackle theme authors.
 * Awesome Live Q & A w/ Helen, Mark and Riad – Discussion “How we make building
   blocks easier.  [Recording on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PZwfvtkQOM&t=10s)
 * Developer Hours. We’ll start coordinating schedule and promotion next week.

[@get_dave](https://profiles.wordpress.org/get_dave/)

 * Working on: [Split control for URL and Text within Link UI.](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/33849)

[@paaljoachim](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paaljoachim/)

 * [Moving the post/page title to the top bar similar to Full Site Editing + converting the post/page title to become a block:](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/27093#issuecomment-946607869)
 * Image block: [Set image display to table when no explicit alignment set to properly align caption on resize.](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/35787)
   (
   Basically fixing how the caption is displayed in relation to thumbnails or medium
   size images.)

## Open Floor

[@welcher](https://profiles.wordpress.org/welcher/)

 * Announcement: [Blocks in the Gutenberg Example repository](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg-examples)
   have been updated to use block.json.

[@priethor](https://profiles.wordpress.org/priethor/)

 * WordPress 5.9 Feature Freeze is planned for November 9th. Last Gutenberg release
   to be included in 5.9 is 11.9 RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in 
   the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release
   to the public. Also see [alpha (beta)](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/page/11/?output_format=md#alpha-beta)..
 * Check the [WordPress 5.9 Must-Haves project board](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/projects/62).
   Contributors are encouraged to add items and bugs that seem necessary to include
   in this major release.

[@clorith](https://profiles.wordpress.org/clorith/)

 * [Site Editor: MVP Customizer Compatibility/Integration](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/30496).
   
   The removal of the customizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks
   into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s
   appearance settings. in a FSE scenario may have unexpected repercussions for 
   plugins (and some themes, some considerations exist in comments there).[Check out the conversation on Slack.](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02QB2JS7/p1634741798062900)

[#core-editor](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core-editor/), [#core-editor-summary](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core-editor-summary/),
[#gutenberg](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/gutenberg/), [#meeting-notes](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/meeting-notes/),
[#summary](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/summary/)

 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danfarrow/) [Dan Farrow](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danfarrow/)
4:56 pm _on_ October 21, 2021     
Tags: [core-css ( 191 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core-css/),
[summary ( 975 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/summary/)   

# 󠀁[CSS Chat Summary: 14 October 2021](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/21/css-chat-summary-14-october-2021/)󠁿

[The meeting took place here on Slack](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/CQ7V4966Q/p1634245451229400).
[@wazeter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wazeter/) facilitated and [@danfarrow](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danfarrow/)
wrote up these notes.

## CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. Custom Properties (󠀁[#49930](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49930)󠁿)

 * [@wazeter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wazeter/) [shared the planning document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z0Wo1W0ZQwFJYPcJ8GlsubA9uKhcFdT8ifYnso82z9I/edit#heading=h.wx53p8iotjz9)
   and noted that we’re in the final stages of migrating existing colour properties
   to CSS custom-properties
 * [@dryanpress](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dryanpress/) is working on reducing
   the huge number of custom properties in `customize-control.css`, a process which
   has revealed hex values shared by multiple properties. These could effectively
   be replaced by additional theme properties
 * [@wazeter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wazeter/) noted that sometimes in larger
   files it’s better to avoid find-and-replacing colour values and instead to go
   through logical property groupings e.g. `box-shadows`, then `background` etc.
 * [@wazeter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wazeter/) shared a link to [every-layout.dev](https://every-layout.dev/)
   which outlines an approach to CSS architecture which could be relevant to this
   project, and which demonstrates the need for a good set of default custom properties
 * This led to a conversation about the next steps, [in particular the documentation and Table of Contents (TOC)](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/CQ7V4966Q/p1634247681270900)
   which will accompany the custom-property roll-out

Thanks everybody!

[#core-css](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core-css/), [#summary](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/summary/)

 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) [Jb Audras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/)
9:41 pm _on_ October 20, 2021     
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# 󠀁[Dev chat summary – October 20, 2021](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/20/dev-chat-summary-october-20-2021/)󠁿

[@audrasjb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) led the chat on [this agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/20/dev-chat-agenda-for-october-20-2021/).
You can also read the [Slack logs](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBWTW/p1634760044040100).

## Highlighted blogblog (versus network, site) posts

Bringing to your attention some interesting reads and some call for feedback and/
or volunteers:

 * Check the [Summary: Navigation Editor and Block hallway hangout](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/15/summary-navigation-editor-and-block-hallway-hangout/)
 * [What’s new in Gutenberg 11.7 (October 13th)](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/14/whats-new-in-gutenberg-11-7-october-13th/)
 * [Submit Full Site Editing questions by Oct 27th](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/13/submit-full-site-editing-questions-by-oct-27th/)
 * [Check out & contribute to the updated Gutenberg Examples](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/20/check-out-contribute-to-the-updated-gutenberg-examples/)

Worth mentioning:

> **Thanks to the 30 contributors of the past week, including 7 new contributors!
> Kudos to the 5 coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress.
> The Core Development Team builds WordPress. committers of the week, too.**
> [**A Week in Core – October 18, 2021**](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/18/a-week-in-core-october-18-2021/)

## Upcoming releases updates

### Next minor releaseMinor Release A set of releases or versions having the same minor version number may be collectively referred to as .x , for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, and all other versions in the 5.2 (five dot two) branch of that software. Minor Releases often make improvements to existing features and functionality.(s)

Please note that [5.8.2 was deferred](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/04/wordpress-5-8-2-deferred/)
due to the lack of ready-to-ship tickets. WP 5.8.2 RCrelease candidate One of the
final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to
be a final release to the public. Also see [alpha (beta)](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/page/11/?output_format=md#alpha-beta).
is scheduled on Tuesday November 2, 2021. With a final release on Wednesday, November
10, 2021.

Reminder: [@desrosj](https://profiles.wordpress.org/desrosj/) and [@circlecube](https://profiles.wordpress.org/circlecube/)
are co-leading the 5.8.x releases. The 5.8.x point releases are coordinated in the
[#5-8-release-leads](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C01VACX5E2W) SlackSlack
Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/).
The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)
channel. This channel is public and will be archived once 5.9 is released.

From [@desrosj](https://profiles.wordpress.org/desrosj/): If there is anything you’d
like to see released prior to 5.9, please make sure to flag it and help bring the
ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.
to a resolution!

### Next major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.

First announcement, it’s a GO for the main 5.9 features: [WordPress 5.9 Feature Go/No-Go | October 14, 2021](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/15/wordpress-5-9-feature-go-no-go-october-14-2021/)
🎉

[@audrasjb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) and [@chaion07](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chaion07/)
published the [5.9 Bug scrub schedule](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/18/bug-scrub-schedule-for-5-9/).

Please note that anyone can run a bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result.
Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not
defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse
changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. scrub. Checkout [Leading Bug Scrubs](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/tutorials/leading-bug-scrubs/)
in the core handbook.

[@chanthaboune](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chanthaboune/) added that a Release
Squad will be announced soon.

[Twenty Twenty-Two was introduced a couple week ago](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/06/introducing-twenty-twenty-two/).
As usual, there is a [public repository on GitHub](https://github.com/wordpress/twentytwentytwo)
so feel free to help testing the theme, and to contribute to this project.

## Component maintainers updates

### Build/Test Tools – 󠀁[@sergeybiryukov](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/)󠁿

A readme file for end-to-end (e2e) tests was added to WordPress core. It provides
instructions of how to run the tests locally and links to documentation. This should
hopefully result in more contributors writing e2e tests. See ticket [#53550](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/53550)
for more details.

### General – 󠀁[@sergeybiryukov](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/)󠁿

Work has continued on various coding standards fixes in core. See tickets [#54177](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54177),
[#54277](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54277), [#54278](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54278),
[#54284](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54284) for more details. Thanks 
to @sabbirshouvo, a new contributor, for improving escaping in various parts of 
core!

### Internationalization (i18ni18n Internationalization, or the act of writing and preparing code to be fully translatable into other languages. Also see 󠀁[localization](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/page/11/?output_format=md#l10n)󠁿. Often written with a lowercase i so it is not confused with a lowercase L or the numeral 1. Often an acquired skill.) – 󠀁[@sergeybiryukov](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/)󠁿

Some Media Library filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks [https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks](https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks).
They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the
counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated
manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and
output. strings now have a context for better translations. See ticket [#54238](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54238)
for more details.

### Help/About – 󠀁[@marybaum](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marybaum/)󠁿

Scrubs continue weekly, hosted by [@marybaum](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marybaum/)
and [@webcommsat](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webcommsat/). Three tickets will
wind up contributing to big changes long-term; a couple of tickets are minor markup
changes, so they should be good to go this week.

This component will have another scrub scheduled on [Monday October 25, 2021 at 19:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20211025T1900),
focused on tickets slated for 5.9.

## Open Floor

[@audrasjb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) asked for an update concerning
the new Performance team proposal. [@chanthaboune](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chanthaboune/):“
There are a few questions that I’m synthesizing into a comment. Performance is, 
of course, an important thing for the WordPress project as a whole. There were some
questions on implementation, though.”

[@janthiel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/janthiel/) asked for a review of [#53450](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/53450).
[@audrasjb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) moved it for 5.9 consideration.
This ticket will need `dev-feedback` and a technical review.

[@costdev](https://profiles.wordpress.org/costdev/) is working on the changes from`
assertEquals()` to `assertSame()` in the test suite for 5.9 and the “Stage 1” pull
request is ready for review: [#53364](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/53364).

[@tobifjellner](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tobifjellner/) asked for a review
of [#54300](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54300). [@audrasjb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/)
moved it for 5.9 consideration and added a patchpatch A special text file that describes
changes to code, by identifying the files and lines which are added, removed, and
altered. It may also be referred to as a **diff**. A patch can be _applied_ to a
codebase for testing. proposal.

[#5-8-x](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/5-8-x/), [#5-9](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/5-9/),
[#dev-chat](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/dev-chat/), [#summary](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/summary/),
[#twenty-twenty-two](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/twenty-twenty-two/)

 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/welcher/) [Ryan Welcher](https://profiles.wordpress.org/welcher/)
5:38 pm _on_ October 20, 2021     
Tags: [developer-documentation ( 8 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/developer-documentation/),
[gutenberg ( 546 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/gutenberg/)   

# 󠀁[Check out & contribute to the updated Gutenberg Examples](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/20/check-out-contribute-to-the-updated-gutenberg-examples/)󠁿

This week, a major portion of the work to update the [Gutenberg Examples](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg-examples)
repository was completed. The repository blockBlock Block is the abstract term used
to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout 
of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the
past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a 
single consistent API and user experience. examples, while accurate, were out of
date and didn’t reflect the most current approach to block registration.

These examples can be used in many ways. You can read through them to learn how 
to create blocks, check out the repository and modify them to see how they work,
or use them as a starting point for your own blocks.

All example blocks now use [block metadata files](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-metadata/)
and leverage the most recent version of the [Block API](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/).
Updates were also made to the developer experience to introduce ESlint and Prettier
configurations that can be used by IDEs, and to leverage the most recent version
of the `@wordpress/scripts` package.

## Share your examples

While the existing examples cover a lot of topics and use cases, it would be great
to expand the list and help more folks do more with blocks. In particular, examples
covering more advanced block related topics or topics that are not strictly related
to creating blocks but still part of the GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project
is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience
of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’
to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. [https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/)
developer toolkit, such as [SlotFill](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/slotfills/),
are very much needed.

If you’re looking for a way to contribute and grow community knowledge, please consider
opening an [issue](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg-examples/issues) or [pull request](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg-examples/pulls)
with your example suggestion.

_Special thanks to [@mkaz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mkaz/) and [@gziolo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gziolo/)
for their help with code review and to [@annezazu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/annezazu/),
[@mkaz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mkaz/), _[@chanthaboune](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chanthaboune/),
[@sparklingrobots](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sparklingrobots/), and [@audrasjb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/)_
for reviewing this post_

[#developer-documentation](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/developer-documentation/),
[#gutenberg](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/gutenberg/)

 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/francina/) [Francesca Marano](https://profiles.wordpress.org/francina/)
11:05 am _on_ October 20, 2021     
Tags: [5.9 ( 104 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/5-9/),
[agenda ( 1,141 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/agenda/), [core ( 743 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core/),
[dev chat ( 920 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/dev-chat/)   

# 󠀁[Dev Chat Agenda for October 20, 2021](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/20/dev-chat-agenda-for-october-20-2021/)󠁿

Here is the agenda for this week’s developer meeting to occur on [October 20, 2021, at 20:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20211020T2000).

**Please note that depending on your timezone, the time may have changed with the
end of daylight saving time.**

## Blogblog (versus network, site) Post Highlights and announcements

Bringing to your attention some interesting reads and some call for feedback and/
or volunteers:

 * [A Week in Core – October 18, 2021](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/18/a-week-in-core-october-18-2021/)
 * Check the [Summary: Navigation Editor and Block hallway hangout](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/15/summary-navigation-editor-and-block-hallway-hangout/)
 * [What’s new in Gutenberg 11.7 (October 13th)](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/14/whats-new-in-gutenberg-11-7-october-13th/)
 * [Submit Full Site Editing questions by Oct 27th](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/13/submit-full-site-editing-questions-by-oct-27th/)

## Next releases status update

 * We have a go! [WordPress 5.9 Feature Go/No-Go | October 14, 2021](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/15/wordpress-5-9-feature-go-no-go-october-14-2021/)
 * The [Bug Scrub Schedule for 5.9](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/18/bug-scrub-schedule-for-5-9/)
   is here.

Have you been working on 5.9 related issues? Let everyone know!

## Components check-in and status updates

 * Check-in with each component for status updates.
 * Poll for components that need assistance.

## Open Floor

Do you have something to propose for the agenda, or a specific item relevant to 
the usual agenda items above?

Please leave a comment, and say whether or not you’ll be in the chat, so the group
can either give you the floor or bring up your topic for you accordingly.

This meeting happens in the [#core](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/C02RQBWTW)
channel. To join the meeting, you’ll need an account on the [Making WordPress Slack](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/).

[#5-9](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/5-9/), [#agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/agenda/),
[#core](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core/), [#dev-chat](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/dev-chat/)

 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paaljoachim/) [Paal Joachim Romdahl](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paaljoachim/)
3:23 pm _on_ October 19, 2021     
Tags: [agenda ( 1,141 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/agenda/),
[core-editor ( 756 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core-editor/), [core-editor-agenda ( 189 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core-editor-agenda/),
[meeting ( 405 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/meeting/)   

# 󠀁[Editor Chat Agenda: 20 October 2021](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/19/editor-chat-agenda-20-october-2021/)󠁿

Facilitator and notetaker: [@paaljoachim](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paaljoachim/)

(Let me know if you would like to become a part of the CoreCore Core is the set 
of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.
Editor meeting facilitators and notetakers team.)

This is the agenda for the weekly _editor chat_ scheduled for [Wednesday, October 20 2021, 04:00 PM GMT+1](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Core+Editor+Agenda&iso=20211020T16&p1=187&ah=1).

_This meeting is held in the [#core-editor](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/C02QB2JS7)
channel in the Making WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform
[https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack
Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)._

 * GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress.
   The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making
   writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than
   shortcodes, custom HTML etc. [https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/)
   11.8 RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle,
   this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also 
   see [alpha (beta)](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/page/11/?output_format=md#alpha-beta).
   will be released Wednesday.
 * [What’s new in Gutenberg 11.7](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/14/whats-new-in-gutenberg-11-7-october-13th/).
   Made by [@zieladam](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zieladam/).
 * [WordPress 5.9](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/09/03/wordpress-5-9-planning-roundup/)“
   Go, no go” date and [priorities](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/08/13/preliminary-road-to-5-9/).
 * [WordPress 5.9 Feature Go/No-Go | October 14, 2021](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/15/wordpress-5-9-feature-go-no-go-october-14-2021/)
 * Summary: [Navigation Editor and Block hallway hangout](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/15/summary-navigation-editor-and-block-hallway-hangout/)
 * [Whats next in Gutenberg: Mid-September 2021.](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/09/17/whats-next-in-gutenberg-mid-september-2021/)
 * Updates based on [updated scope for site editing projects](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/33094):
    - Navigation BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of
      markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using
      the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have
      achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent
      API and user experience. & Navigation Editor.
    - Template editor.
    - Patterns.
    - Styling.
    - Mobile Team.
    - Components Team.
 * Task Coordination.
 * Open Floor.

If you are not able to attend the meeting, you are encouraged to share anything 
relevant for the discussion:

 * If you have an update for the main site editing projects, please feel free to
   share as a comment or come prepared for the meeting itself.
 * If you have anything to share for the Task Coordination section, please leave
   it as a comment on this post.
 * If you have anything to propose for the agenda or other specific items related
   to those listed above, please leave a comment below.

[#agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/agenda/), [#core-editor](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core-editor/),
[#core-editor-agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core-editor-agenda/), 
[#meeting](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/meeting/)

 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) [Jb Audras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/)
10:53 pm _on_ October 18, 2021     
Tags: [5.8.2 ( 16 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/5-8-2/),
[5.9 ( 104 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/5-9/), [core ( 743 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core/),
[week in core ( 245 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/week-in-core/)   

# 󠀁[A Week in Core – October 18, 2021](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/18/a-week-in-core-october-18-2021/)󠁿

Welcome back to a new issue of _Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required
to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress._. Let’s take a look
at what changed on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves
as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between October 11 and
October 18, 2021.

 * 16 commits
 * 30 contributors
 * 29 tickets created
 * 5 tickets reopened
 * 17 tickets closed

The Core team is currently working on the next point (5.8.2) and major (5.9) releases
🛠

Worth noting that [each feature slated to the 5.9 milestone has been validated](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/15/wordpress-5-9-feature-go-no-go-october-14-2021/),
that the [Twenty Twenty-Two Theme development is on the way](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/11/twenty-twenty-two-chat-summary-11-oct-2021/),
and the [5.9 bug scrub schedule has been published today](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/18/bug-scrub-schedule-for-5-9/)
🚀

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.
numbers are based on the [Trac timeline for the period above](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/timeline?from=10%2F18%2F2021&daysback=7&authors=&ticket=on&changeset=on&repo-=on&repo-design=on&repo-tests=on&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&update=Update).
The following is a summary of commits, organized by component and/or focus.

## Code changes

### Coding Standards

 * Add `public` visibility to methods in `src` directory – [#54177](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54177)
 * Add a leading zero in the CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. declarations printed
   by the `print_emoji_styles()` function – [#54284](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54284)
 * Consistently escape form action URLURL A specific web address of a website or
   web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org in `wp-admin/
   update-core.php` – [#54278](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54278)

### Cron

 * Fix malformed cron array in `wp_schedule_single_event()` when `_get_cron_array()`
   returns `false` – [#53950](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/53950)
 * Remove errant `false` values in cron array when upgrading to 5.9+ – [#53950](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/53950)

### Docs

 * Improve documentation for the `tax_input` parameter of `wp_insert_post()` – [#54264](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54264)
 * Update `WP_Date_Query` documentation to reflect changes in accepted column names–
   [#54248](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54248)
 * Update documentation for the `date_query_valid_columns` filterFilter Filters 
   are one of the two types of Hooks [https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks](https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks).
   They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are 
   the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated
   manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables
   and output. – [#54248](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54248) – [#53550](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/53550)

### Embeds

 * Add Wolfram Notebook as a trusted oEmbed provider – [#53326](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/53326)

### FileSystem APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways.

 * Add safeguard for invalidinvalid A resolution on the bug tracker (and generally
   common in software development, sometimes also _notabug_) that indicates the 
   ticket is not a bug, is a support request, or is generally invalid. return from`
   get_attached_file()` in `wp_delete_attachment()` – [#52241](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/52241)
 * Fix autovivification deprecation notice in `recurse_dirsize()` – [#53635](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/53635)
 * Fix infinite loopLoop The Loop is PHP code used by WordPress to display posts.
   Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be displayed on the current 
   page, and formats it according to how it matches specified criteria within The
   Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed on each post. [https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop](https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop)
   on Windows for `clean_dirsize_cache()` – [#52241](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/52241)

### Internationalization

 * Add context for some Media Library filter strings: – [#54238](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54238)

### Media

 * Display the unsaved changes dialog in image edit form using jQuery `.text()` 
   function – [#54232](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54232)

### REST APIREST API The REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”) 󠀁[https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/](https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/)󠁿

 * Add text-field and textarea-field as available schema formats for string sanitization–
   [#49960](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49960)
 * Correct the order of the parameters documented for `WP_REST_Server::respond_to_request()`–
   [#53399](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/53399)

## Props

**Thanks to the 30 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week:**
[@jrf](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jrf/) (6), [@audrasjb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/)(
4), [@hellofromTonya](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hellofromtonya/) (3), [@jdy68](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jdy68/)(
2), [@peterwilsoncc](https://profiles.wordpress.org/peterwilsoncc/) (2), [@ocean90](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ocean90/)(
2), [@mukesh27](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mukesh27/) (2), [@johnjamesjacoby](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/)(
2), [@dimadin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dimadin/) (2), [@SergeyBiryukov](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/)(
2), [@TimothyBlynJacobs](https://profiles.wordpress.org/timothyblynjacobs/) (1),
[@costdev](https://profiles.wordpress.org/costdev/) (1), [@sebastienserre](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sebastienserre/)(
1), [@janthiel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/janthiel/) (1), [@isabel_brison](https://profiles.wordpress.org/isabel_brison/)(
1), [@desrosj](https://profiles.wordpress.org/desrosj/) (1), [@josephdickson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/josephdickson/)(
1), [@ekojr](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ekojr/) (1), [@joegasper](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joegasper/)(
1), [@bartoszgrzesik](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bartoszgrzesik/) (1), [@teachlynx](https://profiles.wordpress.org/teachlynx/)(
1), [@drosmog](https://profiles.wordpress.org/drosmog/) (1), [@sjlevy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sjlevy/)(
1), [@codezen8](https://profiles.wordpress.org/codezen8/) (1), [@sergeybiryukov](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/)(
1), [@raubvogel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/raubvogel/) (1), [@dingo_d](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dingo_d/)(
1), [@sabbirshouvo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sabbirshouvo/) (1), [@sabernhardt](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sabernhardt/)(
1), and [@justinahinon](https://profiles.wordpress.org/justinahinon/) (1).

**Congrats and welcome to our 7 new contributors of the week: **[@ekojr](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ekojr/),
[@joegasper](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joegasper/), [@bartoszgrzesik](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bartoszgrzesik/),
[@teachlynx](https://profiles.wordpress.org/teachlynx/), [@drosmog](https://profiles.wordpress.org/drosmog/),
[@sjlevy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sjlevy/), and [@codezen8](https://profiles.wordpress.org/codezen8/)
♥️

**Core committers:** [@hellofromtonya](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hellofromtonya/)(
7), [@sergeybiryukov](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/) (7), [@johnbillion](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnbillion/)(
1), [@pento](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pento/) (1), and [@rachelbaker](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rachelbaker/)(
1).

[#5-8-2](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/5-8-2/), [#5-9](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/5-9/),
[#core](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core/), [#week-in-core](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/week-in-core/)

 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) [Jb Audras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/)
3:00 pm _on_ October 18, 2021     
Tags: [5.9 ( 104 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/5-9/),
[bug scrub ( 84 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/bug-scrub/)   

# 󠀁[Bug Scrub Schedule for 5.9](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/18/bug-scrub-schedule-for-5-9/)󠁿

With [5.9 well underway](https://make.wordpress.org/core/5-9/), we’re ready to schedule
the 5.9 bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements,
code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze,
only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version)
being the highest priority. scrub sessions. These 5.9 specific ticketticket Created
for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. scrubs will happen
each week until the final release.

**Alpha Scrubs:**

_Hosted by [@audrasjb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/)_

 * ~[September 23 2021 at 20:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20210923T2000)
   ~
 * ~[September 30 2021 at 20:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20210930T2000)
   ~
 * ~[October 14 2021 at 20:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20211014T2000)
   ~
 * ~[October 21 2021 at 20:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20211021T2000)
   ~
 * ~[October 28 2021 at 20:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20211028T2000)
   ~
 * ~[November 4 2021 at 22:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20211104T2200)
   ~
 * ~[November 8 2021 at 22:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20211108T2200)
   ~
 * ~[November 11 2021 at 22:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20211111T2200)
   ~
 * ~[November 15 2021 at 22:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20211115T2200)
   ~
 * ~[November 18 2021 at 21:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20211118T2100)
   ~
 * [November 25 2021 at 21:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20211125T2100)
 * [December 2 2021 at 21:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20211202T2100)

_Hosted by [@chaion07](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chaion07/) (APAC-friendly)_

 * ~[October 22 2021 at 15:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20211022T1500)
   ~
 * ~[October 29 2021 at 04:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20211029T0400)
   ~
 * ~[November 5 2021 at 03:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20211105T0300)
   ~
 * ~[November 9 2021 at 15:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20211109T1500)(
   focus: needs-design-feedback)~
 * ~[November 12 2021 at 03:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20211112T0300)
   ~
 * ~[November 15 2021 at 15:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20211115T1500)(
   focus: needs-design-feedback)~

**BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users
to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-
house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product;
however, design changes often occur as part of the process. Scrubs:**

_Focus: issues reported from the previous beta._

**RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this
version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see [alpha (beta)](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/page/11/?output_format=md#alpha-beta).
Scrubs:**

_Focus: issues reported from the previous RC_

 * TBD

Check this schedule often, as it will change to reflect the latest information.

## What about recurring component scrubs and triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. sessions?

The above 5.9 scheduled bug scrubs are separate and in addition.

For your reference, here are some of the recurring sessions:

 * **Twenty Twenty-Two Triage:** Every Monday 15:00 UTC in the `#core-themes` channel.
 * **GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress.
   The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making
   writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than
   shortcodes, custom HTML etc. [https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/)
   Design Triage:** Every Tuesday 16:00 UTC in the `#design` channel.
 * **AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers
   to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with
   disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (
   i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s 
   assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.
   org/wiki/Accessibility) Scrub:** Every Friday 15:00 UTC in the `#accessibility`
   channel.
 * **Testing Scrub**: Every Friday 13:15 UTC in the `#core-test` channel.
 * **CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. Scrub:** First Thursday of every month 20:00
   UTC in the `#core-css` channel.
 * **Upgrade/Install Component:** Every Tuesday at 17:00 UTC in the `#core-auto-
   update` channel.
 * **Help/About Component:** Every Monday, 20:30 UTC in the `#core` channel.

## Want to lead a bug scrub?

Did you know that **anyone** can lead a bug scrub at anytime? **Yes, you can**!

How? PingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping
is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s
connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a 
direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when 
the meeting starts.” [@audrasjb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) or [@chaion07](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chaion07/)
on slackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/).
The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)
and let us know the day and time you’re considering as well as the report or tickets
you want to scrub.

Planning one that’s 5.9-focused? Awesome! We’ll add it to the schedule here. You’ll
get well deserved props in the weekly Dev Chat, as well as in the [#props](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C0FRG66LR)
Slack channel!

Where can you find tickets to scrub?

 * Report 5 provides a list of all open 5.9 tickets:
    - [Use this list](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/report/5?sort=priority&asc=1&page=1)
      to focus on highest priority tickets first.
    - [Use this list](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/report/5?sort=modified&asc=1&page=1)
      to focus on tickets that haven’t received love in a while.
 * [Report 6](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/report/6?sort=modified&asc=1&page=1)
   provides a list of open 5.9 tickets ordered by workflow.

Need a refresher on bug scrubs? Checkout [Leading Bug Scrubs](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/tutorials/leading-bug-scrubs/)
in the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core 
Development Team builds WordPress. handbook.

## Questions?

Have a question, concern, or suggestion? Want to lead a bug scrub? Please leave 
a comment or reach out directly to [@audrasjb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/)
or [@chaion07](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chaion07/) on slack.

_Thanks [@jeffpaul](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeffpaul/) for proof-reading._

[#5-9](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/5-9/), [#bug-scrub](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/bug-scrub/)

 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/priethor/) [Héctor Prieto](https://profiles.wordpress.org/priethor/)
7:03 pm _on_ October 15, 2021     
Tags: [5.9 ( 104 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/5-9/),
[core-editor ( 756 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core-editor/)   

# 󠀁[WordPress 5.9 Feature Go/No-Go | October 14, 2021](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/15/wordpress-5-9-feature-go-no-go-october-14-2021/)󠁿

## TL;DR

## WP5.9 Go ✅

 * BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, 
   composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress
   editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with
   shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and
   user experience. themes, and their template and template part editing flows.
 * The [default Twenty Twenty-Two block theme](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/06/introducing-twenty-twenty-two/).
 * The Styles interface.
 * A myriad of design tools: layout control, block gap, typography options, border
   support, spacing, dimension controls, enhanced cropping tools, and duotone filters
   available in many blocks.
 * Navigation Block.
 * Improved block interactions, such as List View drag and drop, enhanced toolbar
   controls when using nested blocks, enhanced inserter between blocks, and block-
   level locking for patterns and inner blocks.
 * General UIUI User interface improvements, like rich URLURL A specific web address
   of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.
   org previews, the improved settings modal, and refined icons and animations.
 * Insertion of patterns directly from the Pattern Directory.
 * Iterative performance improvements.

> _To note, not all of the above are currently ready, but there is some level of
> confidence that they can be by the time of 5.9._

## Who Attended

 * Matt Mullenweg – Project Lead (advocating for the vision/mission of WordPress
   and aggregate body of users)
 * Matías Ventura – GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface
   for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new
   content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness
   rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. [https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/)
   project lead (host of the demo)
 * Kelly Hoffman – Lead Designer (advocating for Design and following up on design
   action items)
 * Helen Hou-Sandí – Lead developer (advocating for CoreCore Core is the set of 
   software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.,
   and extender community)
 * Josepha Haden Chomphosy – Executive Director (advocating for the community of
   WordPress and aggregate body of users)
 * Chloé Bringmann – Assisting with administrative and operational logistics
 * Héctor Prieto – Technical Project Manager (following up on technical action items)

## Next Steps

With [less than four weeks remaining until Feature Freeze](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/09/03/wordpress-5-9-planning-roundup/),
the Gutenberg path towards 5.9 remains the same as outlined on the [Preliminary Road to 5.9](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/08/13/preliminary-road-to-5-9/)
and is scoped in [this GitHub issue](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/33094).
Two more Gutenberg release cycles remain until the freeze, and **Gutenberg 11.9 
will be the last release to make the cut**.

While most of the efforts will focus on polishing existing features, the items below
represent key high-level items to focus on in the weeks to come. Watch out for the
recently created [WordPress 5.9 Editor Must-Haves board](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/projects/62)
for a more comprehensive and up-to-date list of items. Also, [here’s an overview of different ways](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/05/20/ways-to-keep-up-with-full-site-editing-fse/)
to keep up with Gutenberg, and don’t hesitate to join us at the core editor meeting
every Wednesday at 14:00 UTC in [#core-editor](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02QB2JS7)!

### **Block Themes and Site Editor**

Block Themes and their template editors will be introduced in WordPress 5.9. It’s
important to ease users into this new feature as it grows. To that end, the next
steps will be to [formalize editing flows for block themes](https://make.wordpress.org/design/2021/10/15/site-editing-ia-concepts-how-to-surface-and-access-new-features/),
and to refine the [Template Part Focus Mode](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/33926).

### **Styling**

WordPress 5.8 saw the introduction of theme.jsonJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object 
Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily
to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML.,
and WordPress 5.9 aims to go one step beyond by [adding a Styles graphic interface](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/34574)
for users to personalize the style on their sites. Apart from polishing the Styles
sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by
WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. 
It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle
below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme., work
will continue to enhance a wide array of design tools and enable them in blocks 
that benefit from them. These tools include [typography tools](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/34345),
[dimension and spacing tools](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/28356),
and UI updates like [an improved ColorPicker](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/34284).

### **Patterns**

Patterns provide a huge help to customize your site by adding rich block compositions
and editing their content, and they will play a big role in block theme editing.
Thanks to patterns, users are no longer constrained to a theme’s layout as they 
can design their site’s layout with the help of template part blocks and already
available patterns. WordPress 5.9 will offer users patterns directly from the Pattern
Directory, so the design choices patterns empower will grow exponentially as the
directory gets populated without switching themes or upgrading WordPress! Check 
out the [Pattern Insertion Tracking Issue](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/31153)
for enhancements on pattern insertion flows.

### **Navigation Block**

Arguably one of the most impactful theme blocks, the Navigation Block will make 
its appearance in WordPress 5.9. Because of the infinite ways to express navigation
menus on a site, the Navigation Block has experienced a lot of iterations in the
last months. However, thanks to the [feedback gathered in the FSE Outreach Program](https://make.wordpress.org/test/2021/09/03/fse-program-handling-highered-headers-summary/);
work is currently underway to [optimize the user experience when building simple navigation menus](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/34041).
Apart from this optimization effort, [many other Navigation Block improvements](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/35521)
are under the radar.

## Recording

October 14, 2021 Recording

_Thank you to @cbringmann, @chanthaboune, and [@matveb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/matveb/)
for their work on getting this content processed and ready to ship. Props to [@angelasjin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/angelasjin/),
[@desrosj](https://profiles.wordpress.org/desrosj/), [@jeffikus](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeffikus/),
and [@kjellr](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kjellr/) for reviewing this post._

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