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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 9:45 pm on March 2, 2022
Tags: block-editor ( 141 ), core-editor ( 758 ), gutenberg ( 548 ), gutenberg-new ( 218 )

What’s new in Gutenberg 12.7? (2 March)

“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 tagtag A directory in Subversion. WordPress […]

Robert Anderson 3:01 am on June 29, 2021
Tags: 5.8 ( 99 ), block-editor ( 141 ), dev-notes ( 647 ), feature-widgets-block-editor ( 8 ), widgets ( 26 )

Block-based Widgets Editor in WordPress 5.8

WordPress 5.8 introduces a new 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 […]

Nalini Thakor 6:41 pm on February 18, 2021
Tags: 5.7 ( 67 ), core ( 748 ), dev chat ( 925 ), summary ( 977 )

Dev chat Meeting Summary: 17 Feb 2021

Notes from the Dev-chat meetings on the WordPress.org on 17 February 2021.

Justin Ahinon 8:50 am on August 5, 2020
Tags: 5.5 ( 87 ), dev-notes ( 647 ), i18n ( 37 )

More support for JavaScript i18n in WordPress 5.5

In WordPress 5.5, several legacy JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com localization variables have been removed in […]

Timothy Jacobs 12:48 pm on December 8, 2020
Tags: 5.6 ( 85 ), dev-notes ( 647 ), rest-api ( 111 )

REST API Changes in WordPress 5.6

WordPress 5.6 introduces a number of changes 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 […]

Chloe Bringmann 5:35 pm on September 14, 2022

6.1 Product Walk-Through Recap

This post is a recap of the September 13, 2022, product walk-through hosted by members of the WordPress 6.1 release squad. Below, you will find a summary, a link to the recording, and its corresponding transcript. Summary Moderated by @greenshady, the walk-through began with a planned feature review by @matveb that included the TT3 default theme, […]

Riad Benguella 12:55 pm on February 17, 2021
Tags: core-editor ( 758 ), editor ( 223 ), gutenberg ( 548 ), gutenberg-new ( 218 )

What’s new in Gutenberg 10.0? (17 February)

This is 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/ 10.0, which means it’s the 100th release of the Gutenberg pluginPlugin A […]

Josepha 10:37 pm on May 1, 2020
Tags: FSE ( 5 ), testing ( 25 )

An Experimental Outreach Project for Full Site Editing

Update: following some discussion about themes as they relate to full site editing, I’ve extended the deadline for expressing interest in this program for an additional week, closing on 22 May, 2020. – Josepha As we approach the second release of 2020 with an eye toward WordPress 5.6, I’ve got full site editing (FSE) on […]

Justin Ahinon 7:54 pm on June 11, 2020
Tags: 5.4.2 ( 5 ), 5.5 ( 87 ), core ( 748 ), core-js ( 131 ), summary ( 977 )

Devchat meeting summary – June 10th, 2020

@whyisjake led the chat on this agenda. Highlighted/Need Feedback Blogblog (versus network, site) Posts @whyisjake shared a few blog posts and announcements: PHP 25th birthday Bug scrub schedule for WordPress 5.5 And the merge announcement for extensible XML sitemaps feature in WordPress Core Upcoming releases WordPress 5.4.2 WordPress 5.4.2 was planned to be released Wednesday […]

Josepha 6:38 pm on April 30, 2019
Tags: make.wordpress.org/updates ( 33 ), p2-xpost ( 215 )

X-post: 5.0 Release Retrospective Wrap Up

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