Title: Core Team Update – August 14, 2023
Author: Tonya Mork
Published: August 14, 2023
Last modified: December 13, 2023

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hellofromtonya/) [Tonya Mork](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hellofromtonya/)
6:50 pm _on_ August 14, 2023     
Tags: [core ( 66 )](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/core/)

# Core Team Update – August 14, 2023

## Overview

 * [Core DevChat held on Aug 9th](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBWTW/p1691611245091029).
 * [Editor chat held on Aug 9th](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/08/11/editor-chat-summary-9-august-2023/).
 * [New Contributor meeting held on Aug 9th](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBWTW/p1691607605019129).
 * [Two Weeks in Core](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/08/16/a-week-in-core-august-14-2023/)–
   between July 31st and Aug 14:
    - 40 commits
    - 50 contributors
    - 164 tickets created
    - 15 tickets reopened
    - 138 tickets closed

## Releases

 * 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/)
   releases:
    - 🏁 [16.4.0 released on Aug 9th](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/08/10/whats-new-in-gutenberg-16-4-9-august/).
 * [6.3 major release](https://make.wordpress.org/core/6-3):
    - 🏁 [6.3.0 released on Aug 8th](https://wordpress.org/news/2023/08/lionel/).
    - The Dry Run happened on Aug 7th.
    - 🏁 an unscheduled [RC4 released on Aug 7th](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/08/07/wordpress-6-3-release-candidate-4-rc4-now-available-for-testing/).

## Highlights:

 * [WordPress 6.3 performance improvements](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/08/07/wordpress-6-3-performance-improvements/).
 * [Updating WordPress to use more modern versions of Node.js/npm](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/08/09/updating-wordpress-to-use-more-modern-versions-of-node-js-npm/).

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