WordPress Core Blog archives

In May the team prepared for WordPress 6.6. We have tested the data views feature and continue to help polish the user interface to improve the usability and accessibility of the editor. In mid June, Andrea and Carolina plan to attend WordCamp Europe 2024 in Torino, Italy. We hope to see you there! Our monthly …

In April, WordPress released version 6.5 and 6.5.2. The team also attended Yoast Contributor Day online. In our monthly update, Andrea talks about the Roma WordPress Meetup, and Sergey describes how we are working together to improve unit tests. Our monthly updates Sergey WordPress 6.5 On April 2, after five months of development, WordPress 6.5 …

In March there were many discussions about WordPress 6.5 and how to resolve problems with the Font Library.Eventually, the release was postponed until April 2. Read more in the announcement post for WordPress 6.5.At the beginning of the month, Sergey also joined team Yoast and Bluehost at WordCamp Asia. Checkout this recap of the event. …

In February the team worked on various tasks including coding standards and accessibility fixes. In the past month, WordPress released beta 1, 2, and 3 of version 6.5. The next update is the first release candidate for 6.5, planned for March 4 2024. Our monthly updates Sergey WordPress 6.5 For the past two months I …

This month we continue to work on the WordPress 6.5 release. We are now three weeks away from Beta 1.Andrea has helped improve the accessibility of some of the major new features, including the Font Library. Sergey has focused on triage and core commits, while Carolina has worked on tickets in the bundled theme component. …

In November we saw the release of WordPress 6.4 and also the minor security and maintenance release, 6.4.1. You can read about the release in this blog post: WordPress 6.4: A more intuitive building experience. The team is already working on 6.5 and planning for 2024. We are also hoping to get more bug fixes …

In October the team has participated in the Yoast contributor day and continued to work towards the WordPress 6.3.2 and 6.4 releases. A security & maintenance release was published on October 12, and the first release candidate for WordPress 6.4 was published on October 17. Our monthly updates Andrea With the approaching of the WordPress …

WordPress released version 6.3 at the beginning of August. You can read more about what is new in this article: WordPress 6.3: A more intuitive way of working on your site. The team is dividing their time between working on the upcoming WordPress 6.4 release, new features for the Gutenberg plugin, accessibility improvements, and the …

As WordPress 6.3 enters the release candidate stage, we’re putting some finishing touches on it and continue working on some long-standing projects. Read on to learn what we’ve been up to for the past month! Our monthly updates Andrea In the last month, with the WordPress 6.3 release approaching, testing of new features and user …

In May, the team continued working on enhancements and bug fixes for WordPress 6.3, and Sergey co-led the 6.2.1 minor release. In June, we traveled to Athens, Greece, to attend WordCamp Europe (WCEU) together with Bluehost and YITH. The event had over 2500 attendees, and our booths were popular. This year’s theme at the Yoast …