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Aaron Jorbin 6:27 pm on May 30, 2024
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WordPress 6.5.4 RC1 is now available

WordPress 6.5.4 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is available for testing! Some ways you can help test this minor release:

  • Use the WordPress Beta Tester 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/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party
    • As this is a minor 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). release, select the Point Release channel and the Nightlies stream. This is the latest build including the RC and potentially any subsequent commits in trunk.
  • Use WP-CLIWP-CLI WP-CLI is the Command Line Interface for WordPress, used to do administrative and development tasks in a programmatic way. The project page is http://wp-cli.org/ https://make.wordpress.org/cli/ to test: wp core update https://wordpress.org/wordpress-6.5.4-RC1.zip
  • Directly download the Beta/RC version.

What’s in this release candidate?

6.5.4 RC1 features 3 fixes in Core.

The following coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. tickets from TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. are fixed:

Additionally, two build and test tool changes have been made to the 6.5 branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a "branch", such as "the 4.0 branch". to ensure the continued ability to maintain this version of WordPress. These do not affect user code.

What’s next?

The dev-reviewed workflow (double committer sign-off) remains in effect when making changes to the 6.5 branch.

The final release is expected on Wednesday, June 5th, 2024. Please note that this date can change depending on possible issues after RC1 is released. Coordination will happen in the WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. #6-5-release-leads channel.

A special thanks to everyone who helped test, raised issues, and helped to fix tickets. With this release candidate, testing continues, so please help test!

Thanks to @hellofromtonya for pre-publication review and @davidbaumwald for RC package assistance.

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Aaron Jorbin 3:53 pm on May 24, 2024
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WordPress 6.5.4: An upcoming maintenance release

A number of 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/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party authors have reported that the fix introduced as a part of #60992 has not sufficiently helped their users, therefore #61269 is being proposed as a short cycle fix. In order to get this fix released quickly, WordPress 6.5.4 is being planned with the following schedule.

  • 30 May 2024 – Release Candidaterelease 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). made available and announced here on the make/coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. site.
  • 5 June 2024 – Final release made available.

Specific times will be decided in advance and adjustments to the schedule may be made. All adjustments will be noted in this post.

Minor or Maintenance releases of WordPress are intended as 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.-fix only releases. If you have a tracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. that you think should be considered, please put it in the 6.5.4 milestone. If you have a githubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ issue, please add it to the 6.5.x Editor Tasks board. If you lack bug gardening capabilities and have a ticket or issue you wish to highlight for 6.5.4, please add a comment here.

Note: except in extreme situations, only bug fixes will be considered and generally only bugs that have been introduced during the 6.5 cycle.

Get involved with 6.5.4

Each of the open tickets in the milestone is going to require development work along with testing and review. Additionally, while the intent is for no new translated strings in this release, some locales have strings in 6.5 in need of translation.

General coordination for the release will happen in the #6-5-release-leads channel and decisions around code for the release will be made in the #core room.

This 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. will be led by @hellofromtonya, @costdev, and myself (@jorbin). If there are editor related issues that need to be included, @grantmkin has agreed to lead those as well.

Thanks to @joemcgill, @costdev, @grantmkin, and @hellofromtonya for prepublication review.

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Aaron Jorbin 8:54 pm on May 2, 2024
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WordPress 6.5.3 RC1 is now available

WordPress 6.5.3 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is available for testing! Some ways you can help test this minor release:

  • Use the WordPress Beta Tester 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/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party
    • As this is a minor 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). release, select the Point Release channel and the Nightlies stream. This is the latest build including the RC and potentially any subsequent commits in trunk.
  • Use WP-CLIWP-CLI WP-CLI is the Command Line Interface for WordPress, used to do administrative and development tasks in a programmatic way. The project page is http://wp-cli.org/ https://make.wordpress.org/cli/ to test: wp core update https://wordpress.org/wordpress-6.5.3-RC1.zip
  • Directly download the Beta/RC version.

What’s in this release candidate?

6.5.3 RC1 features 11 fixes in Core as well as 8 fixes for 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. Editor.

The following coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. tickets from TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. are fixed:

The following block editor issues from GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ are fixed:

  • #60489 – Layout: Skip outputting base layout rules that reference content or wide sizes if no layout sizes exist
  • #60620 – Fix inserter pattern pagination focus loss
  • #60608 – Fix static posts page setting resolved template
  • #60641 – Font Library: Fix modal scrollbar
  • #60661 – 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.: Allow multiple event handlers for the same type with data-wp-on.
  • #60668 – Layout: Always add semantic classes
  • #60845 – List View: Fix stuck dragging mode in UIUI User interface in Firefox when dealing with deeply nested lists
  • #60764 – Don’t output base flow and constrained layout rules on themes without 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.

What’s next?

The dev-reviewed workflow (double committer sign-off) is now in effect when making changes to the 6.5 branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a "branch", such as "the 4.0 branch"..

The final release is expected on Tuesday, May 7th, 2024. Please note that this date can change depending on possible issues after RC1 is released. Coordination will happen in the WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. #6-5-release-leads channel.

A special thanks to everyone who helped test, raised issues, and helped to fix tickets. With this release candidate, testing continues, so please help test!

Thanks to @grantmkin, @hellofromtonya for pre-publication review and @davidbaumwald @desrosj for RC package assistance.

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Aaron Jorbin 5:28 pm on April 15, 2024
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WordPress 6.5.3: An upcoming maintenance release

WordPress 6.5.3 is scheduled to be the next maintenance release for the 6.5 version. Its release will follow the following preliminary schedule:

  • 2 May 2024 – Release Candidaterelease 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). made available and announced here on the make/coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. site.
  • 7 May 2024 – Final release made available.

Specific times will be decided in advance and adjustments to the schedule may be made. All adjustments will be noted in this post.

Minor or Maintenance releases of WordPress are intended as 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.-fix releases. If you have a tracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. that you think should be considered, please put it in the 6.5.3 milestone. If you have a githubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ issue, please add it to the 6.5.x Editor Tasks board. If you lack bug gardening capabilities and have a ticket or issue you wish to highlight for 6.5.3, please add a comment here.

Note: except in extreme situations, only bug fixes will be considered and generally only bugs that have been introduced during the 6.5 cycle.

Get involved with 6.5.3

Bug Scrubs will happen in the #core room during the following times:

Each of the open tickets is going to require development work along with testing and review. You can also run your own scrubs to help ensure that all of the correct tickets are fixed in this release. Additionally, while the intent is for no new translated strings in this release, some locales have strings in 6.5 in need of translation.

General coordination for the release will happen in the #6-5-release-leads channel and decisions around code for the release will be made in the #core room.

This 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. will be led by @grantmkin and myself (@jorbin).

Thank you to @grantmkin for pre-publication review.

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Aaron Jorbin 10:01 pm on April 9, 2024
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What Happened to WordPress 6.5.1?

Observant folks will notice that the first 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. for WordPress 6.5 is 6.5.2 instead of 6.5.1. This is due to an error with the initial package. When the tagtag A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses tags to store a single snapshot of a version (3.6, 3.6.1, etc.), the common convention of tags in version control systems. (Not to be confused with post tags.) for 6.5.1 was created on the WordPress build server, it was created from a previous revision of the 6.5 branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a "branch", such as "the 4.0 branch".. As tags are treated as immutable, this meant that WordPress 6.5.1 could not be released.

As a follow-up, the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. team will work with the WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ Systems team and update respective documentation as needed to ensure that everything is done to prevent similar situations.

Thanks to @audrasjb, @davidbaumwald, and @jeffpaul for pre-publication review.

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Aaron Jorbin 7:06 pm on April 2, 2024
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Initial Bug Scrub for 6.5.1

There is no specific target date for WordPress 6.5.1 yet. However, we can start ensuring that all the correct bugs are targeted for it and that work progresses towards fixing them.

To assist with preparation for 6.5.1, an initial scrub will be held at Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 18:00 UTC in the #core slackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel.

Thanks to @desrosj and @hellofromtonya for pre-publication review.

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