October 2024 - A WordPress Commenter

WordPress Community Creates 1,000 Block Themes in 1,000 Days

In nearly 1,000 days, the WordPress community has created 1,000 Block themes—coming together to use the full potential of the Site Editor and unleash new creative possibilities for everyone. First introduced in WordPress 5.9, Block themes have steadily evolved, improving flexibility and functionality for themers, users, and agencies alike. Now, design tools allow customizing almost every detail. With […]

Performance Chat Summary: 22 October 2024

Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. Announcements Welcome to our new members of #core-performance WordPress 6.7 RC1 is today, October 22, with RC 2 following on October 29 Reminder due to daylight savings, this meeting will shift to 16:00 UTC from October 29 WordPress 6.7 performance dev notes published: Auto-sizes for lazy loaded images Internationalization improvements […]

Expanding Our Code of Conduct to Protect Private Conversations

At the heart of our community is our shared pledge to create a space that is harassment-free, welcoming, and inclusive for all. Our Community Code of Conduct already outlines a clear set of expectations, while also providing examples of unacceptable actions. Today, we are reinforcing our values by adding another element to our list of unacceptable behaviors: Publishing […]

WP Engine Promotions

Given the egregious legal attacks by WP Engine against WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, a number of their customers have been looking for alternative hosting, and in return a number of hosts have created specials and promotions for WP Engine customers looking to migrate to a host that has great relations with WordPress.org. Here they are, in alphabetical order. […]

Performance Chat Summary: 15 October 2024

Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. Announcements Welcome to our new members of #core-performance WordPress 6.7 Beta 3 is October 15, with RC1 on October 22 Reminder due to daylight savings, this meeting will shift to 16:00 UTC from October 29 Priority Items WordPress performance Trac tickets Current release (6.7) Future releases Performance […]