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WP Briefing: Episode 36: Beginner’s Guide to Contributions 2.0 In the thirty-sixth episode of the WordPress Briefing, Josepha Haden Chomphosy revisits the Beginner’s Guide to Contributions to the WordPress open source project. 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 InnissSong: Fearless First by Kevin MacLeod References Performance Team Information WordCamp US Contributor Day Table Lead Info Call for Testing #15: Category Customization Contributor Quizlet Transcript [Josepha Haden Chomphosy 00:00:10]   Hello everyone, and welcome to the WordPress Briefing. The podcast where you can catch quick explanations of some of the ideas behind the WordPress open source project and the community around it, as well as get a small list of big things coming up in the next two weeks. I’m your host Josepha Haden Chomphosy. [ more… ]

WordPress 6.0.1 Maintenance Release WordPress 6.0.1 is now available This maintenance release features 13 bug fixes in Core and 18 bug fixes for the Block Editor. WordPress 6.0.1 is a short-cycle maintenance release. You can review a summary of the key updates in this release by reading the RC1 announcement. The next major release will be version 6.1 planned for later in 2022. If you have sites that support automatic background updates, the update process will begin automatically. You can download WordPress 6.0.1 from WordPress.org, or visit your WordPress Dashboard, click “Updates”, and then click “Update Now”. Thank you to these WordPress contributors The WordPress 6.0.1 release is led by @sergeybiryukov and @zieladam. WordPress 6.0.1 would not have been possible without the contributions of more than 50 people. Their asynchronous coordination to deliver several enhancements and fixes into a stable [ more… ]

WP Briefing: Episode 35: Five for the Future’s True Intentions In the thirty-fifth episode of the WordPress Briefing, Josepha Haden Chomphosy tackles questions about the true intentions of the Five for the Future initiative. Have a question you’d like answered? You can submit them to You can submit them to wpbriefing@wordpress.org, either written or as a voice recording. Credits Editor: Dustin HartzlerLogo: Beatriz FialhoProduction: Santana InnissSong: Fearless First by Kevin MacLeod References New Create Block Theme plugin Open Sourcing Theme Designs Exploration in Meta to improve DevHub Tragedy of the Commons definition Transcript [Josepha Haden Chomphosy 00:00:10]   Hello everyone. And welcome to the WordPress Briefing, the podcast where you can catch quick explanations of some of the ideas behind the WordPress open source project and the community around it, as well as get a small list of big things coming up in the [ more… ]

The Month in WordPress – June 2022 With WordPress 6.1 already in the works, a lot of updates happened during June. Here’s a summary to catch up on the ones you may have missed.  WordPress 6.1 is Slated for Release on October 25, 2022 Planning for WordPress 6.1 kicked off a few weeks ago with a proposed schedule and a call for contributors to the release team. This will be the third major release in 2022 and will include up to Gutenberg 14.1 for a total of 11 Gutenberg releases. Matías Ventura published the preliminary roadmap for version 6.1, which is expected to refine the full site editing experience introduced in the last two major releases. Stay tuned for a companion post with more details on what’s to come. Tune in to the latest episode of WP Briefing to hear [ more… ]

People of WordPress: Leo Gopal 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 Leo Gopal, from South Africa, a back-end Developer and Customer Support agent on the encouragement and learning support the WordPress community can give. Writing as a channel of expression Curiosity, writing, and resilience are recurring themes in Leo’s story, and have mapped with his WordPress journey.  High school was a difficult time for Leo, as he had a speech impediment which only subsided when he was with close friends or family. He began writing a journal as an avenue of expression and found every word arrived smoothly for him.   It all began with WordPress 1.2 ‘Mingus’ In 2004, Leo discovered the joy of blogging [ more… ]