Hallway Hangout: What’s new for developers in WordPress 6.4

Next month, @greenshady, @welcher, and I will host a casual conversation about the most important and exciting developer-related changes coming soon in WordPress 6.4. From 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. HooksHooks In WordPress theme and development, hooks are functions that can be applied to an action or a Filter in WordPress. Actions are functions performed when a certain event occurs in WordPress. Filters allow you to modify certain functions. Arguments used to hook both filters and actions look the same. and the Font Library to improved Editor flows and the new Twenty Twenty-Four theme, there is just so much to talk about.

The Hangout will begin with a brief overview of the major changes, and then we’ll open it up for group discussion and Q&A.

This event will be held on Thursday, October 12, 2023, at 1:00 PM CST (18:00 UTC), which is right before WordPress 6.4 RC1. The meeting link will be shared through the Learn WordPress MeetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. group. RSVP for the event to access the link. We hope to see you there!

Props to @greenshady for review.

Recording

Notes

The Hallway Hangout was attended by 55 community members, including facilitators @greenshady, @welcher, and @ndiego. 

The following resources were shared during the event:

• General resources:
  • WordPress 6.4 Source of Truth
  • WordPress 6.4 Beta 3 announcement post
  • Twenty Twenty-Four theme GitHub repository
  • Twenty Twenty-Four demo site
• Patterns enhancements:
  • Keep alignment settings when creating synced patterns
  • Add categories to Patterns and add them anywhere with ease
• Add buttons to the Navigation block
• Block Hooks:
  • Block Hooks demo plugin
  • Block Hook reference in the Block Registration doc
• Backgrounds for Group blocks
• useBlockEditingMode
  • useBlockEditingMode documentation
  • Gist of examples Ryan shared
• Interactivity 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. powered features:
  • Image lightbox (51132)
  • 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. Block (53812)

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