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WordPress 6.2.1 Maintenance & Security Release WordPress 6.2.1 is now available! This minor release features 20 bug fixes in Core and 10 bug fixes for the block editor. You can review a summary of the maintenance updates in this release by reading the Release Candidate announcement. This release also features several security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. All versions since WordPress 4.1 have also been updated. WordPress 6.2.1 is a short-cycle release. The next major release will be version 6.3 planned for August 2023. If you have sites that support automatic background updates, the update process will begin automatically. You can download WordPress 6.2.1 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. [ more… ]

WP Briefing: Episode 55: Happy Anniversary, WordPress! Join WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy in the 55th episode of the WordPress Briefing as she looks back at the 20 years of WordPress and how the open source community made WordPress what it is today. 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: Brett McSherrySong: Fearless First by Kevin MacLeod Show Notes The benefits of prioritizing and measuring performance in WordPress 6.2 WordPress 6.3 Planning Proposal & Call for Volunteers Preparing for the Next Women & Nonbinary Release Squad WordCamp Europe: Call for volunteers Table Leads Needed for WCEU 2023 Contributor Day Defining the Polyglots contributor ladder Transcript [Josepha Haden Chomphosy 00:00:00]  Hello everyone, and welcome to the WordPress Briefing, the podcast where you can catch quick explanations [ more… ]

2022 Annual Survey Results & Next Steps Each year, members of the WordPress community (users, site builders, extenders, and contributors) provide valuable feedback through an annual survey. For 2022, the survey received a comprehensive update, the first in six years. The total number of questions was reduced to 29 from nearly 100, socio-economic questions were mostly removed, and the Likert scale was introduced. These updates were intended to increase the completion rate of the survey, enable a more efficient and structured analysis of these data, and position the survey to best gauge the topics that matter most to the WordPress community. My goal is that the input received via the survey helps inform initiatives and focus areas for WordPress in the near term, along with other signals, such as conversations in the community, the Making WordPress blogs, and events. Such [ more… ]

The Month in WordPress – April 2023 With preparations for the next major releases already underway, the community is gearing up to celebrate WordPress’ 20th anniversary, which is just around the corner. This month has also seen some major highlights, such as WordPress 6.2’s performance wins and the launch of WP Translation Playground. Read on to find out what’s new. Forthcoming WordPress releases Following the successful release of WordPress 6.2 “Dolphy,” which has garnered over 31 million downloads (and counting), contributors across all teams are already planning future major releases, including versions 6.3 and 6.4. While WordPress 6.3 will focus on refinements to the site editing experience, 6.4 will reprise the underrepresented gender release initiative introduced in WordPress 5.6 “Simone.” If you’re interested in contributing, now is the perfect time to get involved. Check out the WordPress 6.3 proposed schedule [ more… ]

People of WordPress: Monika Rao This month we feature Monika Rao, a Product and Quality Assurance Manager from India. She finds contributing to the WordPress project a way to deepen her technical skills and further her web career. The People of WordPress series shares inspiring stories of how people’s lives can change for the better through WordPress and its global community of contributors. Monika was born in Udaipur, in the state of Rajasthan, India. At that time, she recalls, there was some resistance to girls’ education in certain subjects. Thanks to her parents’ support and encouragement, she graduated in Computer Science Engineering. Following graduation, she went on to work for an international firm. However, she felt she wanted to work in her home area and so returned to work for a firm based in Udaipur itself. Monika started her career journey with [ more… ]