WordPress 5.0 Field Guide

WordPress 5.0 is officially the best WordPress 2018 has seen!  Users will be empowered with new and exciting tools to create to create truly unique sites while developers can to take advantage of 10 enhancements and features added.  Let’s look at the many improvements coming in 5.0… Heard of GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new […]

The REST API in WordPress 5.0

WordPress 5.0 contains several additions to the 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 […]

Media 5.0 Guide

The 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. […]

WordPress 5.0 Release Day!

Welcome to the WordPress 5.0 release day, everyone! It’s currently a chilly -2°C here in Nashville, we’re going to keep everyone toasty and warm with a shiny WordPress release, and a new jazz artist to dance along to! The current plan is to start the release process at , in the #core channel in the […]

5.0 / Gutenberg Status Update – Dec 6

Current PRs for review: 25 in 4.7 Milestone (=) 28 in 4.8 Milestone (=) Open issues in 5.0.0: 1 (=)Open issues in 5.0.1: 28 (-1) Open issues in 5.0.x (fast follow): 123 (+1)5.0 status: RC3, released December 4.Current pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to […]

Dev Chat Agenda: December 5th (5.0 Week 10)

This is the agenda for the weekly devchat meeting on : 5.0 Planning and Updates Updates from focus leads and component maintainers General announcements If you have anything to propose to add to the agenda or specific items related to those listed above, please leave a comment below. Either way, we look forward to seeing you at the […]

New Post Type Labels in 5.0

It’s been a while since new post type labels have been introduced in WordPress. In WordPress 5.0, five additional labels have been made available for custom post types. These get passed in via the labels argument when using register_post_type(). The following labels are new: item_published — The label used in the editor notice after publishing a […]

5.0 / Gutenberg Status Update – Dec 5

Current PRs for review: 25 in 4.7 Milestone (-1) 28 in 4.8 Milestone (+12) Open issues in 5.0.0: 1 (=)Open issues in 5.0.1: 29 (-5) Open issues in 5.0.x (fast follow): 122 (=)5.0 status: RC3, released December 4.Current pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to […]

5.0 / Gutenberg Status Update – Dec 4

Current PRs for review: 26 in 4.7 Milestone (+2) 16 in 4.8 Milestone (+7) Open issues in 5.0.0: 1 (=)Open issues in 5.0.1: 34 (+1) Open issues in 5.0.x (fast follow): 122 (+1)5.0 status: RC2, released November 30.Current pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to […]

New 5.0 Target Date

Based on the stability, testing, and reports on the release candidates for WordPress 5.0 so far, we are now targeting Thursday December 6th for public release and announcement. 5.0.1 will open for commits soon, and will be an area people can choose to focus on at the contributor dayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently […]