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Aug 8, 2024 | 
godaddy.com | Courtney Robertson
Mark your calendars for September 17 - 20, 2024, and prepare to join us in the vibrant city of Portland, Oregon, for WordCamp US 2024! This year’s event promises an unforgettable experience filled with insightful sessions, networking opportunities, and community spirit. This post will be updated throughout the event. Please check back often for updates.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
poststatus.com | Courtney Robertson
WordPress 6.6.1 Maintenance Release WP Briefing: Episode 84: A WordPress 6.6 Sneak Peek Call for Accessibility Team Representatives Venue Policy Update WordPress Meetup Trends Community Team Event Updatesβ July 16, 2024 Monthly Planning (Triage) – July 9, 2024 – Status: Open Proposal: Adjusting Dev Chat times for the 6.7 release Aligning Committer-Level Access Across the Code Base The Crowdstrike disaster is goodβ¦ Block Development Examples About the “ruleset” for WordPress Coding...
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
poststatus.com | Courtney Robertson
WordPress 6.6 “Dorsey”WordPress 6.6.1 RC1 is now availableLocalization and translation of HelpHub – Meeting notesRequest for Feedback: What would you like to see in the redesigned Five for the Future website? #WordPress this is how the plugin queue went from 73 days to 38 days in just 2. @evanmherman just reviewed 100 plugins at #WCEH. Give this contributor a round of applause.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
godaddy.com | Courtney Robertson
WordPress 6.6, scheduled for release on July 16, 2024, builds on the technical advancements of 6.5, focusing on enhanced design tools and user experience improvements. This release introduces significant updates, including new design tools, a unified publish flow, expanded pattern management for classic themes, and advanced customization options with theme.json v3. For more detailed insights and specific feature implementations, please review the Field Guide and other related dev notes.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
poststatus.com | Courtney Robertson
WordPress 6.6 Beta 3Highlights from WordCamp Europe 2024WordPress 6.6 Beta 255 contributors successfully graduated from the WordPress Mentorship Program cohorts, reporting their familiarity with contributing increased by 25%.
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May 22, 2024 | 
make.wordpress.org | Courtney Robertson
Continuing the efforts to ensure the sustainability and health of the WordPress project, forming a dedicated working group is now underway. Building on recent discussions from Recognizing Contributions and Acknowledging Challenges and Project Health Dashboards, this group will focus on developing and refining approaches to project health. This marks the kick-off of the Project Health Working Group, one of the Sustainability team’s key focus areas.
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May 16, 2024 | 
poststatus.com | Courtney Robertson
WP Briefing: Episode 79: Why Start a WordPress Media Corps (and Why Now?) Apply for the Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship for WordCamp US 2024 jQuery 4 Update Test Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: May 17, 2024 Contributor Working Group Chat Agenda | May 23rd 07:00 UTC (APAC/EMEA) and 16:00 UTC (AMER) WordPress Community Support Financial Health Update [WCEU 2024] Prepare for the Contributor Day [Blog post] Announce Handbook Project Overtaking by the DEIB Working Group WordPress 6.6 release...
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May 9, 2024 | 
poststatus.com | Courtney Robertson
WordPress 6.5.3 Maintenance Release Apply for the Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship for WordCamp US 2024 Interactivity API Showcase Thread jQuery 4 Update Test Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: May 3, 2024 Community Team May Meeting Recap 2024-05-03 DEIB Working Group Meeting Core Editor Improvement: Upgrade your designs What’s new in Gutenberg 18.3? (8 May) Recap: WordPress 6.5 “Regina” Retrospective Merge Proposal: Preferred Languages Progress Report: HTML API Proposal: Server to client...
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May 2, 2024 | 
poststatus.com | Courtney Robertson
WP Briefing: Episode 78: Guided Growth: Cultivating Contributors Through MentorshipHow WordPress Is Creating a Faster WebEfforts are underway to make Gutenberg’s inserter sidebar persistently open, like other sidebars. This involves relocating tabs and considering the need for a close icon within the tab list, as discussed here and in a related PR. However, this change may delay immediate search functionality.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
poststatus.com | Courtney Robertson
YouthCamp Kozhikode Mumbai 2024 The Pattern Directory gets a refresh and is now powered by blocks Demo site Log issues in the WordPress/pattern-directory repository on GitHub Patterns Figma The Forums get a refresh Accessibility: Remove Non-Block Editor in Forums Figma Forums Homepage updates Plugin Directory Demo site Log issues in the WordPress.org issues queue on GitHub or in Meta Trac HelpHub Figma Save the date! WP-CLI Hack Day on Friday, April 26th Meetup Organizer Newsletter: April...
