An Overview of WordPress 5.9
The WordPress core team shared a short overview of WordPress 5.9 that highlights the key new features of this release. Worth a watch!
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WordPress 5.9 Delayed
The WordPress core team announced a delay in WordPress 5.9 Beta 1 release that will move the scheduled production release from December to January.
State of the Word—Mark Your Calendar
State of the Word 2021, the annual update on the WordPress project, will be live-streamed on December 14, 2021, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm EST.
WordPress 5.8.2 Released
The WordPress core team announced the availability of WordPress 5.8.2 today. Because this is a security release, we recommended that you update your site as soon as possible.
How Will the WordPress Theme Ecosystem Change?
WordPress 5.9 with Full Site Editing will be released in December 2021. How will this change the WordPress Theme Ecosystem?
Will WordPress 5.9 Break Your Site?
Here is another quick video from Jamie Marsland of Pootlepress that lays out what will happen with WordPress 5.9. Worth a watch.
Full Site Editing Tutorial
Full Site Editing will dramatically change how WordPress sites are implemented. Jamie Marsland from Pootlepress did a nice overview tutorial.
Drag and Drop Added to Block Editor List View
One of the frustrating parts of using the WordPress Block Editor is the difficulty you sometimes encounter placing blocks. The latest release of the Gutenberg plugin addresses this issue by enabling drag and drop within the Block Editor List View.
WordPress 5.8 Tatum Available
WordPress 5.8 Tatum is now available. This release contains some key building blocks of the Full Site Editing Architecture.