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WordPress 6.0.2 Security and Maintenance Release WordPress 6.0.2 is now available! This security and maintenance release features 12 bug fixes on Core, 5 bug fixes for the Block Editor, and 3 security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. All versions since WordPress 3.7 have also been updated. WordPress 6.0.2 is a short-cycle release. You can review a summary of the main updates in this release by reading the RC1 announcement. The next major release will be version 6.1 planned for November 1, 2022. If you have sites that support automatic background updates, the update process will begin automatically. You can download WordPress 6.0.2 from WordPress.org, or visit your WordPress Dashboard, click “Updates”, and then click “Update Now”. For more information on this release, please visit the HelpHub site. Security updates [ more… ]

A New WordPress.org Homepage and Download Page The WordPress experience has significantly evolved in the past few years. In order to highlight the power of WordPress on WordPress.org, the last few weeks have seen a homepage and download page redesign kickoff and shared mockups. Today, these new designs are going live! Like the News pages before them, these refreshed pages are inspired by the jazzy look & feel WordPress is known for. The new homepage brings more attention to the benefits and experience of using WordPress, while also highlighting the community and resources to get started.  The new download page greets visitors with a new layout that makes getting started with WordPress even easier by presenting both the download and hosting options right at the top. This redesign was made possible through great collaboration between Design, Marketing, and Meta teams. [ more… ]

WP Briefing: Episode 37: The World of WordPress on World Wide Web Day In the thirty-seventh episode of the WordPress Briefing, WordPress users and contributors reflect on how WordPress has changed their understanding of the web as we celebrate World Wide Web Day. Have a question you’d like answered? You can submit them to wpbriefing@wordpress.org, either written or as a voice recording. Credits Editor: Dustin HartzlerLogo: Beatriz FialhoProduction: Santana Inniss & Chloé BringmannSong: Fearless First by Kevin MacLeod Guests: Adam Warner Alice Orrù Dee Teal Femy Praseeth Jill Binder Mary Job Oneal Rosero Theophilus Adegbohungbe Ugyen Dorji References Diverse Speaker Training Group Support Underrepresented Speakers at WordCamp US Call of Speakers – WordCamp Asia 2023 Refocusing the WordPress App on Core Features WordPress.org Homepage and Download Redesign Transcript [Josepha Haden Chomphosy 00:00:00]  Hello, everyone! And welcome to the WordPress Briefing: the podcast where [ more… ]

People of WordPress: Carla Doria In this series, we share some of the inspiring stories of how WordPress and its global network of contributors can change people’s lives for the better. This month we feature Carla Doria, a customer support specialist from South America on how WordPress opened up a new world for her, and gave her the ability to help the local community. For Carla, working with WordPress is a vital part of her life. It gave her a career and a community, in which she she would organize the first WordCamp in her city, Cochabamba, and the first in Bolivia. Carla studied industrial engineering and has a master’s degree in environmental studies.Her first experience with WordPress was when she decided to start a small business designing and selling cushions and bedclothes. While Carla sat in the small store she [ more… ]