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WordPress 6.1 “Misha” Welcome to “Misha” Say hello to WordPress 6.1, “Misha,” inspired by the life and work of Soviet-Norwegian jazz pianist Mikhail “Misha” Alperin. Misha introduced the work of jazz ensembles in the USSR and globally. He is also celebrated as a founding member of the Moscow Art Trio. “Misha” further refines the site-building experience. Inside WordPress 6.1 you’ll interact with enhancements that continue to make site creation more intuitive while pushing your creative boundaries further than ever. Don’t forget to enjoy some of Misha’s jazz piano as you take in all WordPress 6.1 has to offer. The third major release of 2022 is here. Download it now! As of the time of this release, WordPress powers 43% of websites worldwide. Site owners and administrators should upgrade today to take full advantage of the many stability, performance, and usability [ more… ]

People of WordPress: Raghavendra Satish Peri This month, as WordPress Accessibility Day approaches, we feature Raghavendra Satish Peri, a blogger turned digital entrepreneur based in India, specializing in web accessibility and digital marketing. The People of WordPress series shares inspiring stories of how people’s lives can change for the better through WordPress and its global network of contributors. Raghavendra speaking at a blogger event, 2015 Expressing myself through WordPress Raghavendra Satish Peri says WordPress is more than a way to succeed online. It’s a community that has always answered his questions and helped him learn, and has enabled his voice to be heard across the world. These are motivating benefits for Raghavendra, who has a vision impairment that introduces challenges to many of the things he wants to do. The WordPress community has helped him make some of his dreams [ more… ]

WP Briefing: Episode 42: Something Spooky This Way Comes In the forty-second episode of the WordPress Briefing podcast, Josepha Haden Chomphosy reads a WordPress Halloween story completed by contributor-submitted Mad Libs. Have a question you’d like answered? You can submit them to [email protected], either written or as a voice recording. Credits Editor: Dustin HartzlerLogo: Javier ArceProduction: Santana InnissMusic: Spooky edit by Timothy VolpertMad Lib Contributors: Juan Lucha, Lauren Stein, robinwpdeveloper, Birgit Pauli-Haack, Madison Swain-Bowden, Ken Gagne, Julia Golomb, kawserz, Sé Reed, Mumtahina Faguni, Clea Mahoney Download Mad Libs: WP-Briefing-Halloween-Mad-LibsDownload References Important Note: WordPress 6.1 is released tomorrow!Multisite registration and activation pages have new HTML and CSSCall for Testing: WordPress for Android 21.0New design for HelpHub in WordPress.orgWordPress.org Redesign UpdateFSE Program Guiding the Gutenberg Gallery Summary Transcript [Josepha Haden Chomphosy 00:00:00]  Howdy, Halloween nerds! And welcome to the WordPress Briefing, a podcast where I’m [ more… ]