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WordPress 6.0 “Arturo” Welcome to “Arturo” Say hello to “Arturo” and WordPress 6.0, inspired by Grammy-winning jazz musician, Arturo O’Farrill. Known for his influence on contemporary Latin jazz, Arturo has pressed more than 15 albums spanning a body of work across five decades.  Take some time to explore WordPress 6.0, built to help you unlock your creative aspirations and make your site-building experience more intuitive. And check out some of Arturo’s inspirational sounds that span Afro Cuban jazz, contemporary Latin jazz, and so much more. With nearly 1,000 enhancements and bug fixes, the second major release of 2022 is here. Download it now! As of today, WordPress powers more than 42% of websites worldwide.1 Site owners and administrators should upgrade to take full advantage of the many stability, performance, and usability enhancements today. WordPress content creators will enjoy a suite [ more… ]

WordPress 6.0 Release Candidate 3 (RC3) Now Available for Testing WordPress 6.0 is scheduled for release next week on May 24, 2022! This RC3 release is the final opportunity for you to test and help contribute to making the 6.0 release great. You can view changes since the RC2 release via Gutenberg and Trac. Installing RC3 This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, and test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it is recommended that you install RC3 on a test server and site.  You can test WordPress 6.0 RC3 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 release candidate (zip). Option 3: When using WP-CLI to upgrade from Beta [ more… ]

WP Briefing: Episode 31: Open Source & Accessibility– Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day With Guest Joe Devon In the thirty-first episode of the WordPress Briefing, GAAD Co-Founder Joe Devon joins WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy to discuss Global Accessibility Awareness Day and the role of open source in accessibility. Have a question you’d like answered? You can submit them to [email protected], either written or as a voice recording. Credits Guest: Joe Devon Editor: Dustin Hartzler Logo: Beatriz Fialho Production: Santana Inniss and Chloé Bringmann Song: Fearless First by Kevin MacLeod References About GAAD GAAD Foundation Pledge World Health Organization on Disability The Dress Phenomenon The Guardian on Yanny or Laurel Empathy vs. Altruism in Modern Leadership, Josepha Haden Chomphosy The WebAim Million 2022 Report WordPress 6.0 Development Cycle WordCamp Europe 2022 Transcript [Josepha Haden Chomphosy 00:00:00]  Hello everyone. And welcome to the [ more… ]

WordPress 6.0 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) Now Available for Testing The next release candidate for WordPress 6.0 is now available!  WordPress 6.0 is scheduled for release on May 24th, 2022 – just two weeks from today. “Release Candidate” means that this version of WordPress is ready for release! Since the WordPress ecosystem includes thousands of plugins and themes, it is important that everyone within the WordPress community check to see if anything was missed along the way. That means the project would love your help. Thank you to everyone who has contributed towards testing and logging issues to help make WordPress 6.0 stable (and awesome). WordPress still needs your help testing, especially theme and plugin developers. Since the RC1 release on May 3rd, 2022, there have been approximately 40 issues resolved in Gutenberg and Trac. Installing RC2 This version of [ more… ]

The Month in WordPress – April 2022 This past month saw a lot of preparation work for WordPress 6.0, due to release on 24 May 2022. This major release brings exciting improvements – read on to find out more about the latest happenings in the WordPress project. WordPress 6.0 Release Candidate 1 The first release candidate (RC1) for WordPress 6.0 is now available for download. Help improve the project by testing and translating this version to non-English languages. Check out the RC1 release post to learn what’s new and how to contribute. For a more in-depth look at the upcoming changes, you can refer to the WordPress 6.0 Field Guide. WordPress 6.0 is packed with all kinds of improvements for everyone. It brings new blocks, accessibility enhancements, refined design tools, the ability to switch theme styles easily, multi-block partial text [ more… ]