Title: Core Team Update: December 2020
Author: Francesca Marano
Published: January 1, 2021
Last modified: January 11, 2021

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/francina/) [Francesca Marano](https://profiles.wordpress.org/francina/)
7:00 am _on_ January 1, 2021     
Tags: [core ( 66 )](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/core/)

# Core Team Update: December 2020

## WordPress 5.6 released

On December 8th, WordPress 5.6 “[Simone](https://wordpress.org/news/2020/12/simone/)”
was released.

Three silent release candidates were added to the schedule

 * [Release candidate 3](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/12/03/wordpress-5-6-rc-3/)
 * [Release candidate 4](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/12/04/wordpress-5-6-rc-4/)
 * [Release candidate 5](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/12/07/wordpress-5-6-rc-5/)

[Twenty Twenty-One and Twenty Nineteen](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/12/22/twenty-twenty-one-and-twenty-nineteen-updates-now-available/)
received updates two weeks after 5.6 was released.

You can partecipate in the [5.6 retrospective](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/12/16/wordpress-5-6-simone-retrospective/).

## Next release, WordPress 5.7

 * [WordPress 5.7 Planning Roundup](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/12/21/wordpress-5-7-planning-roundup/)
 * [Bug Scrub Schedule for 5.7](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/12/21/bug-scrub-schedule-for-5-7/)

### 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/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/)󠁿

 * At the beginning of every month, planned tasks are posted. [This is what was planned for December](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/12/01/whats-next-in-gutenberg-december-2/).
 * Gutenberg [9.5](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/12/02/whats-new-in-gutenberg-2-december/)
   and [9.6](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/12/23/whats-new-in-gutenberg-23-december/)
   were released.
 * You can read a thorough [Status Check: Site Editing and Customization](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/12/10/status-check-site-editing-and-customization/)
 * [The FSE Outreach Program is Officially Starting!](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/12/11/the-fse-outreach-program-is-officially-starting/)
 * Notable improvement to the [Core Editor: Video Subtitles](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/12/22/core-editor-improvement-video-subtitles/)

## Miscellaneous blog posts, updates, and discussions published in the 󠀁[Core Blog](https://make.wordpress.org/core/)󠁿

 * Matt delivered his traditional [State of the Word](https://wordpress.org/news/2020/12/state-of-the-word-2020/)
   online for 2020.
 * [Continuing the transition to GitHub Actions for automated testing](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/12/23/continuing-the-transition-to-github-actions-for-automated-testing/)
 * Matt and Josepha are offering [quarterly office hours together](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/12/15/regular-office-and-listening-hours/)
 * [Report on changes](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/12/12/a-year-of-subtle-changes/)
   made between 5.3 and 5.6
 * [WP Notify Project Review](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/12/02/wp-notify-project-review/)

If you would like to read more granular reports, check the [Week In Core updates](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/week-in-core/).

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