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Take the 2021 WordPress Annual Survey (and view the 2020 results)! Each year, members of the WordPress community (users, site builders, extenders, and contributors) provide their valuable feedback through an annual survey. Key takeaways and trends that emerge from this survey often find their way into the annual State of the Word address, are shared in the public project blogs, and can influence the direction and strategy for the WordPress Project. Simply put: this survey helps those who build WordPress understand more about how the software is used, and by whom. The survey also helps leaders in the WordPress open source project learn more about our contributors’ experiences.   To ensure that your WordPress experience is represented in the 2021 survey results, take the 2021 annual survey now. Take the Annual Survey! (English) You may also take the survey in French, [ more… ]

WordPress 5.8.2 Security and Maintenance Release WordPress 5.8.2 is now available! This security and maintenance release features 2 bug fixes in addition to 1 security fix. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. All versions since WordPress 5.2 have also been updated. WordPress 5.8.2 is a small focus security and maintenance release. The next major release will be version 5.9. You can download WordPress 5.8.2 by downloading from WordPress.org, or visit your Dashboard → Updates and click Update Now. If you have sites that support automatic background updates, they’ve already started the update process. For more information, browse the full list of changes on Trac, or check out the version 5.8.2 HelpHub documentation page. Thanks and props! The 5.8.2 release was led by Jonathan Desrosiers and Evan Mullins. In addition to the release squad members mentioned above, thank you to [ more… ]

The Month in WordPress: October 2021 October 2021 brought a lot of new things to WordPress, from release updates to new versions of Gutenberg. More notably, in the latest episode of WP Briefing, Executive Director Josepha Haden reminded us about the importance of freedom in open source platforms like WordPress. Free speech has with it a lot of responsibility, just like being a part of a community. Governments or communities, or in our case, this software is built by the people who show up. For WordPress, at 42% of the web, every small choice we make can cause huge changes in the way that people experience the web today and tomorrow. Josepha Haden, Executive Director of the WordPress project Last month was yet another chapter in this journey. So keep reading to learn what’s new.  WordPress 5.9: All proposed updates [ more… ]

WP Briefing: Episode 19: The People of WordPress In this nineteenth episode, WordPress’s Executive director, Josepha Haden Chomphosy, discusses and expresses gratitude for the inspiration behind the People of WordPress series, HeroPress. Have a question you’d like answered? You can submit them to [email protected], either written or as a voice recording. Credits Editor: Dustin Hartzler Logo: Beatriz Fialho Production: Chloé Bringmann Song: Fearless First by Kevin MacLeod References People of WordPress series HeroPress HeroPress Network WordPress 5.9 Development Cycle Call for Team Rep Nomination Transcript Josepha Haden Chomphosy  00:11 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 small list of big things coming up in the next two weeks. I’m your host, Josepha Haden Chomphosy. [ more… ]

People of WordPress: Ronald Gijsel 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 a WordPress e-commerce specialist on the difference it makes. Empowered to make a change For WordPress contributor Ronald Gijsel, open source is a lifeline and a perfect place for people with creative minds. It led him on a transformational journey from chef to WordPress e-commerce specialist. Originally from the Netherlands, where he trained in hospitality, he was to find a restorative and energizing power within the WordPress local and global community. Ten years ago, life took a sad turn for Ronald and his wife Nihan when their baby daughter passed away only a few days after she was born. At that time, Ronald was a [ more… ]