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The WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. development team builds WordPress! Follow this site for general updates, status reports, and the occasional code debate. There’s lots of ways to contribute:

Found 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.? Create a ticket in the bug tracker.
Want to contribute? Get started quickly with tickets marked as good first bugs for new contributors or join a bug scrub. There’s more on the reports page, like patches needing testing, and on feature projects page.
Other questions? Here is a detailed handbook for contributors, complete with tutorials.

Carlos Bravo 2:51 pm on June 2, 2023
Tags: core-editor ( 704 ), gutenberg ( 475 )

Gutenberg 15.9.1 is now available

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/ 15.9.1 has been released and is available for download! This minor version includes two fixes. […]

Carlos Bravo 3:45 pm on May 31, 2023
Tags: block-editor ( 98 ), core-editor ( 704 ), gutenberg ( 475 ), gutenberg-new ( 163 )

What’s new in Gutenberg 15.9? (31 May)

“What’s new in 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/…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg […]

Jb Audras 9:44 pm on March 30, 2022
Tags: 5.9 ( 104 ), 5.9.3 ( 7 )

WordPress 5.9.3 RC 1

WordPress 5.9.3 Release Candidate 1 is available for testing.

Estela Rueda 9:42 pm on February 16, 2022
Tags: 5.9 ( 104 ), 5.9.1 ( 9 )

WordPress 5.9.1 RC 1

WordPress 5.9.1 Release Candidate 1 is available for testing.

Jb Audras 8:39 am on February 16, 2022
Tags: 5.9 ( 104 ), 5.9.1 ( 9 )

WordPress 5.9.x release team and 5.9.1 schedule

WordPress 5.9.x release team and 5.9.1 proposed schedule.

Tonya Mork 9:38 pm on January 27, 2022
Tags: 5.9 ( 104 ), retrospective ( 20 )

WordPress 5.9 ‘Joséphine’ Retrospective

Having fully celebrated the release of 5.9, but before turning focus to 6.0, it would be helpful to this and future squads if all those involved in contributing to 5.9 could take a few moments to share your thoughts about the release process. Taking the pulse in the form of a retrospective helps to: Discover […]

Jonathan Bossenger 5:05 pm on January 24, 2022
Tags: 5.9 ( 104 )

WordPress 5.9 RC4

A fourth and final release candidate for WordPress 5.9 is out.

Jonny Harris 11:37 am on January 24, 2022
Tags: 5.9 ( 104 ), dev-notes ( 520 ), rest-api ( 107 )

Menus endpoints in WordPress 5.9

WordPress 5.9 adds three new 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 […]

Tonya Mork 4:42 pm on January 20, 2022
Tags: 5.9 ( 104 ), core ( 563 ), release-process ( 24 )

WordPress 5.9 Release Day Process

Updated: 24 Jan 2022 Preparation for WordPress 5.9 final release is underway. This post shares the release process, including the timeline and how you can help. Release Timeline The current plan is: Dry Run was completed on ✅ 24-hour code freeze started at 🕜 The release party starts on in the #core SlackSlack Slack is […]

Marcus Kazmierczak 4:33 pm on January 10, 2022
Tags: 5.9 ( 104 ), field guide ( 28 )

WordPress 5.9 Field Guide

WordPress 5.9 unlocks the ability to build with blocks across all parts of your site, bringing advanced design tools to build your templates, themes, and style your sites in new and exciting ways. Let’s take a look at what to expect in WordPress 5.9. BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of […]

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