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Gutenberg 9.2 was released this week and is the last release of the plugin to be rolled into WordPress 5.6. … Continue reading Gutenberg 9.2 Adds Video Tracks, Improvements to Columns and Cover Blocks →

In 2015, WordPress 4.4 introduced a REST API, but one thing that has severely limited its broader use is the … Continue reading WordPress 5.6 to Introduce Application Passwords for REST API Authentication →

The new block-based navigation screen is once again delayed after it was originally slated for WordPress 5.5 and then put … Continue reading Navigation Screen Sidelined for WordPress 5.6, Full-Site Editing Edges Closer to Public Beta →

WordPress contributors are discussing different strategies for responding to Facebook and Instagram dropping unauthenticated oEmbed support on October 24. WordPress will be … Continue reading WordPress Contributors Debate Dashboard Notice for Upcoming Facebook oEmbed Provider Removal →

If you haven’t played around with Gutenberg’s experiments lately, the Navigation block is getting some exciting updates. Version 9.0 was … Continue reading Gutenberg 9.0 Brings Major Improvements to Navigation Screen and Query Block →

In an extraordinarily inconvenient API change, Facebook and Instagram will be dropping unauthenticated oEmbed support on October 24, breaking content across millions … Continue reading Upcoming API Change Will Break Facebook and Instagram oEmbed Links Across the Web Beginning October 24 →

WordPress 5.5.1 was released yesterday with 34 bug fixes, 4 enhancements, and 5 bug fixes for the block editor. Version 5.5 removed 19 legacy JavaScript localization … Continue reading WordPress 5.5.1 Released with Backfill for Deprecated JavaScript Globals →

Juliette Reinders Folmer released a proposal for WordPress to drop old PHP version support on a fixed schedule. She wrote … Continue reading WordPress Should Bump PHP Support on a Transparent and Predictable Schedule →

We should be leading the users, not following them.We should be guiding the users, not coddling them.We should carve out … Continue reading No Minimum PHP Version Bump This Year, WordPress to Support PHP 5.6 for a While Longer →

In just one week since WordPress 5.5 was released, the Enable jQuery Migrate Helper plugin has passed 10,000 active installs, … Continue reading Enable jQuery Migrate Helper Plugin Passes 10K Active Installs →

WordPress 5.5 has already been downloaded more than 4 million times after its release earlier this week, and it’s time … Continue reading WordPress 5.6 Development Kicks Off with All-Women Release Squad →