The first release candidate (RC1) for WordPress 6.1 is now available! This is an important milestone in the 6.1 release cycle. “Release Candidate” means that this version of WordPress is ready for release! Before the official release date, time is set aside for the community to perform final reviews and help test.
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WordPress 6.1 Beta 3 is now available for download and testing. Learn how you can help test WordPress!
WP Briefing: Episode 40: All Things Testing with Special Guests Anne McCarthy and Brian Alexander
On this week’s episode of the WP Briefing, Josepha is joined by special guests Anne McCarthy and Brian Alexander to discuss all thing testing within the WordPress project!
WordPress 6.1 Beta 2 is now available for download and testing. This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it is recommended that you test Beta 2 on a test server and site.
After Japan Partner Day 2022
This month, Tokyo was the stage of our latest WebPros Partner Day, sponsored by Acronis and Virtuozzo. Smoothly organized in the Shinagawa venue close to Tokyo’s sparkling business district, WebPros was eager to return to form for yet another informative day of sharing and caring – a slice of the good life – with our dedicated partners from the east and beyond. As we still find ourselves amidst an ongoing Covid pandemic, we wish to sincerely thank the brave Godzilla’s who managed to come out to make it to this event. Bravo! For those who couldn’t, stay put: we have…
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WordPress 6.1 Beta 1 is now available for download and testing. This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it is recommended that you test Beta 1 on a test server and site.
Live from WordCamp US 2022, listen to contributor stories about why they WordPress.
After WordCamp US 2022
Earlier this month, after three days of Rock & Roll and WordPress brawls, the highly anticipated 2022 edition of WordCamp US, this time set in sunny San Diego, came to a warm and fruitful conclusion. And oh, boy, was it a joy! First, a big thank you goes out to the WordPress community and its army of individuals that came flocking down to San Diego earlier this month. Of course, for those who were there, Hello again, and congratulations on acquiring another memory you are unlikely to forget. For those who couldn’t make it, stay put; we’ve got you covered…
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As of December 1, 2022 the WordPress Security Team will no longer provide security updates for WordPress versions 3.7 through 4.0. These versions of WordPress were first released eight or more years ago so the vast majority of WordPress installations run a more recent version of WordPress. The chances this will affect your site, or […]
August has been a busy month, with the redesign of WordPress.org, new localized content on Learn WordPress, and the WordPress 6.0.2 security and maintenance release. But that’s not all. Read on to catch up on the latest WordPress news.
Enter the educational world of the WordPress Training team and its Learn initiative during this week’s episode of the podcast.
People of WordPress: Bud Kraus
The latest People of WordPress story features trainer Bud Kraus, from the United States, talking about the software and how he uses it.
WordPress 6.0.2 is now available for download. This security and maintenance release features several updates since WordPress 6.0.1 in July 2022. You can review a summary of the key changes in this release by visiting https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/08/23/wordpress-6-0-2-rc1-is-now-available/.
July 2022 brought a lot of exciting announcements and proposals for the WordPress project, from an updated timeline for the WordPress 6.1 release, to design updates on WordPress.org. Read on to learn more about the latest news from the community. WordPress 6.1 development cycle is now published Mark your calendars! The WordPress 6.1 development cycle […]
We are excited to announce that the WP Toolkit 5.12 release is now available for all Plesk users. With this release, we introduce a series of changes while setting the stage for the upcoming WP Toolkit 6.0 release. So without further delay, let’s have a look at what’s new for you. New Security Measures The first change is a request that comes straight from the community. That’s right, we have added a new security measure to the Security Measures tab. With this new measure, we have been able to disable WordPress XML-RPC. Doing so prevents attacks that could have exploited this particular WordPress…
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Celebrating WWW Day, Josepha invites contributors from around the globe to share stories of how WordPress impacts their worlds.
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 Carla Doria, a customer support specialist from South America on how WordPress opened up a new world for her, and gave her the ability to […]
Thinking of contributing to WordPress? Josepha Haden Chomphosy guides you through the five stages of contribution on the latest episode of the WP Briefing podcast!
WordPress 6.0.1 is now available for download. This maintenance release features several updates since the release of WordPress 6.0 in May 2022. You can review a summary of the key changes in this release by visiting WordPress.org/news.
On this week’s episode of the WordPress Briefing, Josepha answers questions about the intentions behind the Five for the Future initiative.
With WordPress 6.1 already in the works, a lot of updates happened during June. Here’s a summary to catch up on the ones you may have missed. WordPress 6.1 is Slated for Release on October 25, 2022 Planning for WordPress 6.1 kicked off a few weeks ago with a proposed schedule and a call for […]
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 Leo Gopal, from South Africa, a back-end Developer and Customer Support agent on the encouragement and learning support the WordPress community can give. Writing as […]
Join WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy as she covers planning for major releases and how you can get involved in the 6.1 release cycle!
WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy covers some important questions from WordCamp Europe on this special episode of the WordPress Briefing podcast.
With WordCamp Europe 2022 safely wrapped up behind us until next year, we take the time to go over the exciting things we’ve learned and shared over the last couple of days in sunny Porto. Of course, WordPress isn’t new to any of us, so we all know there is always more we can do with it, as well as for it. Between attending the booth to shake hands with WordPress community members after such a long pause, we also took time to attend some of the talks. Here’s an outline of some of the workshops we visited at WCEU…
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WordPress has a lot to celebrate this month. The newest release “Arturo” is here. WordPress turned 19 years old last week. And WordCamp Europe, the first in-person flagship WordCamp in two years, is starting today in Porto, Portugal. Read on to learn more about these and other exciting news around WordPress! Say hello to WordPress […]
Plesk is here with the second major WP Toolkit release of the year: v5.11. With the new release now available, users can expect to find the Smart Updates feature’s user experience to be significantly improved. That’s right, we revamped the User Experience of the Smart Updates Feature. Site administrators can now run updates with an ease and breeze like never before. Smart Updates UX Improved While gathering feedback left and right, we quickly realized that Site Administrators are often still confused about how to proceed with the Smart Updates feature. ‘What are we supposed to look at?’ was one of…
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This month’s People of WordPress feature shares the story of Dee Teal, based in Australia.