WordPress Dev Digest November 2019
In November we saw the release of WordPress 5.3 Kirk. I listed the most important changes for developers in a previous edition.
Read articleIn November we saw the release of WordPress 5.3 Kirk. I listed the most important changes for developers in a previous edition.
Read articleOctober has still been all about the upcoming WordPress 5.3 release which is now scheduled for November 12th. You can check out the latest version WordPress 5.3 RC3 here.
Read articleIn September WordPress 5.3 beta 1 was released. This upcoming version includes some updates to the Block editor that may require you to make some modifications to your themes Css. So be sure to check that out.
Read articleAfter a pretty quiet summer, development of WordPress core seems to have picked up with three notable releases.
Read articleThe month of Juli has been relatively calm for WordPress with no core updates. There was, however, the release of Gutenberg 6.1 with various improvements and bug fixes. In addition, the php coding standards have been updated to make use of more modern php syntax.
Read articleThe month of June brought the WordPress 5.2.2 Maintenance Release with 13 bug fixes and some refinements to the Site Health feature. Gutenberg 5.9 introduced the useSelect and useDispatch custom React Hooks. And Gutenberg 6.0 among other features adds Snackbar notices and Pre-defined layout for the Columns block.
Read articleThe month of May brought us WordPress 5.2 “Jaco” with al the new developer features listed in the previous edtition of this article , and the WordPress 5.2.1 Maintenance Release with improved security to the automatic update system.
Read articleAll of April has been a approach to the WordPress 5.2 release with a Beta 2, Beta 3 and a 5.2 Release Candidate. Version 5.2 was schedueld for release on April 30th but has been bumped to Tuesday May 7th.
Read articleWordPress, now powering one-third of the web, had two releases in March. The 5.1.1 Security and Maintenance Release introduces some (security) fixes and enhancements and aims to prepare users for the minimum PHP version bump in WordPress 5.2 (scheduled for April 30th) from PHP 5.5 to 5.6.
Read articleFebruary brought WordPress Version 5.1 nicknamed “Betty” after jazz vocalist Betty Carter. The new release brings updates in the fields of Site Health, Editor performance, Multisite Metadata, the Cron API, and it has some more Developer focused changes.
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