Hallway Hangout: Let’s chat about the WordPress 6.4 & Evolving the FSE Outreach Program

This is a summary of a Hallway Hangout that was wrangled in the #fse-outreach-experiment channel as part of the FSE Outreach Program.

Video Recording:

Notes/Links:

When I was the only one in attendance, I decided to still record an update on both WordPress 6.4 and the FSE Outreach Program. To do so, I went through the Evolving the FSE Outreach Program post and went through various top 6.4 related items. Anything starred is not yet merged:

• Twenty Twenty-Four Theme.
• Manage fonts with the Font Library*.
• Add lightbox interactivity for your Images.
• Introducing new design tools (more 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. supports, background image for group block, aspect ratio on image placeholder, add block instance elements support for buttons and headings)
• Rename Group blocks for improved organization.
• See previews of your images and galleries in List View.
• Enjoy Command Palette refinements (new design, more commands, more contextual functionality).
• Introducing Block Hooks with a mechanism for more finetune control post betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 1.
• Writing flow improvements.
• Improvements to pattern management for classic themes*.
• Create your own pattern categories*.
• Introducing the table of contents block*.
• Rely on revisions for templates and template parts*.

From there, I went through the Roadmap to 6.4 post in more detail, explaining what isn’t going to make it and has been punted.

#fse-hallway-hangout, #fse-outreach-program