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WP Briefing: Episode 49: Everything You Need to Know About the Community Summit! Episode forty-nine of the WordPress Briefing explores the What, Why, and Who behind the upcoming Community Summit in National Harbor, DC, USA, August 22-23, 2023. Join Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy to learn the importance of the gathering to the WordPress project. 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 InnissSong: Fearless First by Kevin MacLeod Show Notes Observations on WordPress Contributor Team Structure Apply to attend the 2023 Community Summit Topic Submissions for the 2023 Community Summit Tuckman’s Theory: Stages of Group Development Chatham House Rules Proposal for a project-wide mentorship program Openverse.org 6.2 Beta 1 is open for testing Transcript [Josepha Haden Chomphosy 00:00:00]  Hello everyone, and welcome to the [ more… ]

WordPress 6.2 Beta 1 WordPress 6.2 Beta 1 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, you should test Beta 1 on a test server and site. You can test WordPress 6.2 Beta 1 in three ways: Option 1: Install and activate the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (select the “Bleeding edge” channel and “Beta/RC Only” stream). Option 2: Direct download the Beta 1 version (zip). Option 3: Use the following WP-CLI command: wp core update –version=6.2-beta1 The current target for the final release is March 28, 2023, which is seven weeks away. Your help testing this version is vital to ensuring everything in this release is the best it can be. Get an overview of the [ more… ]

People of WordPress: Daniel Kossmann This month we feature Daniel Kossmann, a software engineer from South America who shares his enthusiasm for WordPress at every opportunity. The People of WordPress series features inspiring stories of how people’s lives can change for the better through WordPress and its global community of contributors. Daniel’s adventure into WordPress began in 2009 when he needed a way to publish and share articles on films. From that small spark, he now enjoys an interesting and varied career in Brazil and beyond, and an ever-expanding community network. Following WordPress and its new features fascinates Daniel and he is always looking for ways to share what it has to offer with others. His initial focus on WordPress for content publishing soon became a wider appreciation of the platform’s capacity for building communities and careers.  Daniel has served [ more… ]

WP Briefing: Episode 48: What Does Concluding a Gutenberg Phase Really Mean? On episode forty-eight of the WordPress Briefing podcast, Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy reflects on the closing of Gutenberg phase two, and what that means in the larger context of the project. 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 InnissSong: Fearless First by Kevin MacLeod Show Notes Removing Block Editor Beta Label GitHub IssueReporting Bugsmake.wordpress.org/designContribution Conversations: Improving the Contributor JourneyContribution Conversations: Ending the Eternal SeptemberContribution Conversations: WordCamp MentorshipWordCamp Asia Livestream Info Transcript [Josepha Haden Chomphosy 00:00:00]  Hello everyone, and welcome to the WordPress Briefing, the podcast where you can catch quick explanations of the ideas behind the WordPress open source project, some insight into the community that supports it, and get a [ more… ]