The WordPress coreCoreCore 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 bugbugA 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.
Below you find a table that lists all coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. blocks available in the inserter marks in the grid the feature they support in the blockBlockBlock 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. It’s a basic lookup table that helps developers to find the information quickly.
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Besides adding Border Controls to a long array of blocks, In version 6.7 writingMode was added to Site title, Site tagline, verse blocks and the button element. As that’s typography subletting it’s not indicated separately in below roster.
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Below you find a table that lists all coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. blocks available in the inserter marks in the grid the feature they support in the blockBlockBlock 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. It’s a basic lookup table that helps developers to find the information quickly.
While this post is released as part of 6.6, the content summarizes changes between 6.1 and 6.6. This is an update of the post published for the 6.1 release and provides a cumulative list of design supports added with the last five WordPress releases.
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*Note: In WordPress 6.6, the background image tools are only available for Group, Pull quote, Site Logo blocks and as side-wide feature. For Quote, Verse and Post content blocks, it’s only in GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/pluginPluginA 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 18.6 and slated for WordPress 6.7.
Updated on July 3 with the list tracking issues to add various design tools to core blocks, so one can follow along the progress.
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GB 15.3 RCrelease candidateOne 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). is yet to be released at the time of writing these notes
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There has been no task coordination due to the low number of participants. And me (@andraganescu) forgetting all about it.
Open floor
@mdxfr proposed the GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/ contributors should do a focus on ironing out bugs and missing features which prevent the front end rendering of blocks, templates and template parts to match 100% their preview in the editors. Marc offered theseexamples as seemingly different bugs that have the same underlying cause.
@tomjdevisser raised some questions about new contributor onboarding such as:
how do you earn the right to approve PRs?
who decides based on what how to prioritize tickets?
how do you know what projects to add PRs to?
is there a list with contributors per profession/area of expertise to ask for review/approval?
Some of the questions where answered in the thread, some have their answer in this bit of documentation – but some questions revealed a missing documentation about how project management works, particularly around priorities, creating issues that track Gutenberg phases and who are the people who are expected to offer this guiding. CC @annezazu@priethor for any input you may have.
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The remaining parts of the full redesign of its architecture will ship in GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/ 15.2. Will be good to gain feedback while ensuring the temporary BC Layer works to keep sites up and running until their plugins and themes upgrade to it.
Doing some work on Duotone (Merged), seeing if we can use Duotone presets for blockBlockBlock 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. duotone styles as opposed to hard-coded colors
Mapping out some documentation on theme.json filters and the new blockEditor.useSetting.beforefilterFilterFilters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output..
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GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/ 15.2 was planned for later in the day.
WordPress 6.2 release process is going smoothly, and we had beta two the day before the chat.
Key project updates.
Navigation blockBlockBlock 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., Site editor, and templates
On the navigation in the sidebarSidebarA sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. front, We are already showing the navigation items on the sidebar using the same components used by the navigation block. Now some enhancements make this system work for more complex menus with page lists etc. https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/47853.
@annezazu compiled a summary of the current status of phase 2 work https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/33094#issuecomment-1421394281. From now on to improve the signal-to-noise ratio, this summary will be monthly https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/33094#issuecomment-1430358353.
Reviewed multiple PRs related to the style engine refactor/enhancementenhancementEnhancements are simple improvements to WordPress, such as the addition of a hook, a new feature, or an improvement to an existing feature. work.
Next week;
Iterate and merge my current PRs related to the navigation sidebar.
Plan on also fixing some issues on the OffsiteNavigation editor that are affecting the navigation sidebar
Paired with @aristath on SQLite support in WordPress core via a MySQL parser. Found the existing SQLite pluginPluginA 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 has certain regexp-related issues that are hard to fix.
hi, i would hightlight a very annoying bugbugA 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. on Query LoopLoopThe 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. https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/29438 Editor preview is different from the frontend view This issue was first reported in March, 2021, and is still accurate. That impacts WooCommerce Product Blocks (this block extends the coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. one). The demo video was added by the WC Team within that issue. > could you please add the bugfix as target on 6.2 ??? I know everyone is busy, but, i feel this one is important to make the Query Loop Block more usable… it impacts many of us. Thx
Currently there doesn’t seem to be a mechanism to leverage the global styles system for any custom settings. Such as for example the “overlay” color in the cover block.
This is starting to become a major limitation when building custom blocks and I’m just wondering if this has been an intentional choice or whether this is something that can be opened up more.
@jorgefilipecosta said applying an overlay color may require additional logic for some blocks. With CSSCSSCascading Style Sheets., only background and text colors can be applied. A solution to this problem would involve an APIAPIAn 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. that maps color applications to a specific CSS selector. Such an API could extend elements like the link color or take another form. Balancing this addition with other potential future features is necessary.
GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/ 15.0 RCrelease candidateOne 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). will be released today
Async key project updates
Read the latest updates directly from the following tracking issues:
@mamaduka would like some eyes on Global Styles: Don’t remove Custom CSS for users with the correct caps because the tests pass locally but not on GithubGitHubGitHub 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/.
@hellofromtonya mentioned that Webfonts APIAPIAn 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. architecture should be unblocked by Monday Jan 16th for giving courtesy time this week for CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Committers to weigh in on the API renaming from “Webfonts” to “Fonts”.
@hellofromtonya asked that if there is a bugfix, feature, or enhancementenhancementEnhancements are simple improvements to WordPress, such as the addition of a hook, a new feature, or an improvement to an existing feature. ready to backportbackportA port is when code from one branch (or trunk) is merged into another branch or trunk. Some changes in WordPress point releases are the result of backporting code from trunk to the release branch. to Core, please open a TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. ticket for it and create a PR. Instead of waiting until before Feature Freeze.
@paaljoachim opened a discussion to be had around the meeting time. Should we move it 1h later?
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@ntsekouras Updates on Query LoopLoopThe 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.
Moving color block support to the Post Template blockBlockBlock 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.
Status: Blocked by architectural work. (Dec 12/19)
Done: The major architectural redesign (See #41481) is now merged. The new architecture is a code rewrite which has breaking changes. Some high-level details:
Changes data structures and publicly exposed functions/methods.
Includes a temporary backwards-compatible (BC) layer that throws deprecation notices to alert developers of where they need to modify their code to use the APIAPIAn 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.. This BC layer will not be backported to CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress..
Next: There are 2 more architectural tasks that need to be completed to unblock the remaining bugs, performance, and feature work can continue.
Test: Please test the new architecture and share feedback and testing reports.
Using the Webfonts API? Update your pluginPluginA 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/theme to the new API.
@annezazu Latest Phase 2 work update As expected, a number of PRs are now stalled due to folks taking time off. This is a wonderful and expected pause in the work! Some brief things to note:
We started the chat by announcing that the state of the Word was on December 15.
We announced there is going to be a holiday break on coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. editor chats. The chats return on 4th January 2023.
@welcher was going to start the GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/14.8.0RCrelease candidateOne 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). right after the chat.
There is an open retrospective about the WordPress 6.1 release process. Feedback is welcome!
Key project updates.
Navigation blockBlockBlock 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..
Work is going on to allow the user to choose between starting blank or using the current fallback when creating a new template. Soon when patterns can specify a template they fit into ( by merging https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/45814), patterns will also appear as possible start points.
His main focus will be landing the navigation sidebarSidebarA sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. on browse mode. Also wants to polish some PR’s in progress and wants to fix a serious regressionregressionA software bug that breaks or degrades something that previously worked. Regressions are often treated as critical bugs or blockers. Recent regressions may be given higher priorities. A "3.6 regression" would be a bug in 3.6 that worked as intended in 3.5. currently in the trunktrunkA directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision. where editing as blocks for content-locked blocks is not working.
“What’s new in GutenbergGutenbergThe 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-newtagtagA 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.)) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, discovering new features included in each release. As a reminder, here’s an overview of different ways to keep up with Gutenberg and the Full Site Editing project.
Add a Variation Picker to the Group BlockBlockBlock 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. Placeholder
When a new Group block gets inserted into the page it now presents the user with a variation picker to instantly choose which type of layout they want to use.
Add List-Based Editing to Navigation Block
Managing the order of menu items just got a lot easier by allowing you to modify the arrangement of the individual menu items in a list view right inside the block settings sidebarSidebarA sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme.. This works similarly to the list view but is isolated to just the current navigation you are editing. Clicking on the “Edit” button selects the menu item in the editor so you can edit it inline.
Note: This is still experimental and needs to be enabled on the Gutenberg PluginPluginA 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 settings screen.
Hide Block Toolbar when Spacing Visualizer is Shown
The spacing visualizer has seen some improvements in the last few releases already. In 14.6 it now automatically hides the blocks toolbar as soon as you hover over the spacing setting allowing you to focus on the content whilst you adjust the spacing.
Transform Paragraph into Heading via Keyboard Shortcut
You can now easily transform paragraph blocks into headings using the new control + option + 1 – 6 keyboard shortcut.
Update the Design of the Focal Point Handle
In order to make it more clear that the focal point picker is selecting a broader region instead of a fine point the handle was updated to better fit the precision of the input.
Fluid typography: Adjust font size min and max rules
The minimum and maximum value calculations for fluid font sizes have been adjusted to prevent inconsistencies in certain viewports, such as having a bigger maximum than the custom size setting. You can check the github issue for the full set of rules.
Define a Minimum Height
The new “Minimum Height” dimension control is now available for the Group and Post Content block. For example, it can be used to make sure the site footer always stays at the bottom of the viewport.
Generate New Color Paletts Automatically
Coming up with the perfect color palette is hard. Sometimes you just want to explore some new quick ideas. This new “Randomize colors” feature is a subtle algorithm that can generate alternative color palettes on the fly.
Navigation: Add a new ManageMenusButton component. (45782)
Navigation: Reposition the navigation selector. (45555)
Navigation Link: Add the URLURLA specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org field to the Navigation Link inspector controls. (45751)
Author: Make the Author selector display all users instead of just 10. (45640)
Columns: Add transform to unwrap the contents. (45666)
Read More: Add aria-label and screen reader text. (45490)
Group: Use a variation picker in the placeholder. (43496)
Components
Use new theming accent color in all components. (45289)
CheckboxControl: Replace margin overrides with new opt-in prop. (45434)
FocalPointPicker: Update the design of the focal point handle. (45053)
FontSizePicker: Update hint text to match the design. (44966)
CheckboxControl: Move icons out of labels. (45535)
Block Editor
Converts paragraphs to headings with keyboard shortcuts. (44681)
Pattern Directory APIAPIAn 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.: Add support for pagination parameters. (45293)
Template Part Block: Update block isActive method. (45672)
Navigation: Fix overflowing menu name in the navigation selector dropdown. (45647)
AccessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility)
Fix focus return when closing the Post publish panel. (45623)
Fix navigate regions backwards for macOS Firefox and Safari. (45019)
Fix the Save buttons labeling and tooltip. (43952)
FormTokenField: Fix duplicate input in IME composition. (45607)
Making size prop work for icon components using dash icon strings. (45593)
ToolsPanel: Prevent calling deselect when panel remounts. (45673)
Color Picker: Prevent all number fields to become 0 when one of them is an empty string. (45649)
ToggleGroupControl: Only show the enclosing border when isBlock. (45492)
Autocomplete: Check key events more strictly in IME composition. (45626)
CSS & Styling
Inherit font from theme on overlay close button. (45635)
Navigation: Fix font inheritance when using text menu button. (45514)
Remove hover style to button on dark block tools UIUIUser interface. (45653)
Remove width from block mover button focus style. (45665)
Site editor hover/select: Fix double border. (45589)
Remove duplicate output of existing classnames in layout classnames. (45499)
Post Editor
BlockManagerCategory: Fix styles for indeterminate. (45564)
Fix: Updated names from List View to Document Overview. (45524)
Strip HTMLHTMLHyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. from Post Title when pasting multiline title containing HTML. (35825)
Site Editor
Decode entities in template title and description. (45716)
Link to homeUrl from site editor view menu. (45475)
Block Editor
Fix Link UI popover positioning when inspector control input is focused. (45661)
Paste: Fix list only paste from Google documentation. (45498)
Make Manage Reusable blocks match similar links. (45641)(45689)
List View: Disable branchbranchA 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". expansion when block editing is locked. (45541)
Spacing visualizer: Fix display of unexpected visualizer for certain mouse actions. (45739)
Experiments
A list view duplicate for use in navigation list view experiment. (45544)
Introduce experiment for inspector based navigation editing. (45515)
Change Title: How to use JavaScriptJavaScriptJavaScript 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/. with Gutenberg. (45323)
Docs: Update the readme for the integration test fixtures. (45581)
Summarize “Available commands” section and refer them it to scripts documentation. (45636)
Extract the manage menus button to a shared component to reduce duplicate code. (45769)
BackportbackportA port is when code from one branch (or trunk) is merged into another branch or trunk. Some changes in WordPress point releases are the result of backporting code from trunk to the release branch. pseudo selector comments from coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. (45619)
unstableSubscribeStore: Support store descriptors. (45481)
Components
BaseField: Remove unnecessary .firstChild from tests. (45687)
AvatarAvatarAn avatar is an image or illustration that specifically refers to a character that represents an online user. It’s usually a square box that appears next to the user’s name.: Escape the ‘get_author_posts_url()’. (45427)
Fix typos in Paragraph block end-to-end tests. (45611)
FontSizePicker: Fix a buggy unit testunit testCode written to test a small piece of code or functionality within a larger application. Everything from themes to WordPress core have a series of unit tests. Also see regression.. (45529)
Ignore warnings for window.wp in Playwright. (45598)
Navigation Toggle unit test: Unmount synchronously to cancel popover positioning. (45726)
ReactReactReact is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces. https://reactjs.org/. Native unit tests: Migrate getByA11yLabel usages. (45454)
Unit Tests: Rewrite ReactDOM.render usages to RTL. (45453)
E2E: Add site and widgetWidgetA WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. editor supports for ensureSidebarOpened. (45480)
Build Tooling
Include TS and JSX files to testing-library lint. (45533)
The following benchmark compares performance for a particularly sizeable post (~36,000 words, ~1,000 blocks) over the last releases. Such a large post isn’t representative of the average editing experience but is adequate for spotting variations in performance.
Post Editor
Version
Loading Time
KeyPress Event (typing)
Gutenberg 14.6
10.27s
49.63 ms
Gutenberg 14.5
12.08s
70.53ms
WordPress 6.1
4.1s
31.3 ms
Site Editor
Version
Loading Time
KeyPress Event (typing)
Gutenberg 14.6
9.58s
48.65ms
Gutenberg 14.5
9.35s
77.82ms
WordPress 6.1
3.84s
22.79ms
First Time Contributors
The following PRs were merged by first time contributors:
@edanzer: Template Part Block: Update block isActive method. (45672)
GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/ 14.5 has been released and is available for download!
Async key project updates
Read the latest updates directly from the following tracking issues:
bugbugA 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 Disable distraction free preference effects on small viewports
Should we rethink how CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Editor Chat works (again)? The attendance and purpose of the chat seem to be both withering for the past six months or more. Let’s spend some time to figure out what happens and what could we change to make use of our time and participation in a relevant and impactful manner.
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