Another big week in WordPress! 🗞️ In issue #211

😢 WordPress 6.5 release team expresses burnout & frustration over leadership and transparency issues
🙌 The WP Community Collective and GoDaddy join forces to boost underrepresented voices at WordCamps
🔄 WordPress 6.5.3 update sparks controversy…

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I am thrilled to announce that we releasing the paperback of THE 1619 PROJECT: A New Origin Story in paperback on June 4, 2024! And I am hitting the road this summer in partnership with some of your favorite Black-owned bookstores– check the bookstores’ event pages to grab your…

Oracle is collaborating with the Singapore Government to bolster the nation’s digital workforce by training 10,000 students and professionals in the latest digital technologies. social.ora.cl/6016joLwq
#CloudWorld Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore Oracle University

A blogroll on Dave Winer’s blog as explained by Dave. Blogrolls, at one time, were widely used by legal blogs on the LexBlog Network. Would be great to renew - builds community and makes it easy to stay abreast on niches in law. scripting.com/2024/05/08.htm…

Now with transcript:
Gutenberg Changelog #99 – WordPress 6.6 + 6.5.3, Gutenberg 18.1 + 18.2, and Create Block Theme Updates special guest Sarah Norris Sarah Norris and host Birgit Pauli-Haack Birgit Pauli-Haack - next #WCEU gutenbergtimes.com/podcast/gutenb…

WordPress 6.5.3 is now available!

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If you are making money off WordPress and not already sponsoring someone, please consider sponsoring me. Every sponsor helps.

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I was one of the leads for WordPress 6.5.3 today. This is the sixth release I've led since October. I would love to be able to continue to ensure regular security and maintenance releases for WordPress, but I can only do so with sponsorship. 1/2

My new free WordPress theme Pulitzer is out now! It’s a blog theme for writers, with a reading time indicator and a Jetpack newsletter subscription form.

✏️ Blog post: andersnoren.se/introducing-pu…
👁️ Demo: pulitzer.andersnoren.se
💾 Download: wordpress.org/themes/pulitze…

Looks like #WordPress 6.5.3 is making the rounds today. wordpress.org/news/2024/05/w…

200 years ago today, a lifetime in the making, 'Ode to Joy' premiered in Vienna. Beethoven, already deaf, kept waving his arms after the final note had sounded as the audience erupted into applause he couldn't hear. The remarkable story behind it all: themarginalian.org/2022/05/17/bee…

Design Share #55 (Apr 22-May 3) make.wordpress.org/design/2024/05… via WordPress

Fabulous ongoing work🎉👏💪

Have you heard about Interactivity API in #WordPress ? It's gonna make your life easier and your JS part of heart sing 🥰

Take a look at viewSource episode by Aurooba Ahmed and Brian Coords 💻 to better understand it if the docs are not clear 🙌

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The page patterns in Rockbase are a fan favorite.

Need an about page? 💥BOOM💥 You got it.

Need a pricing page? 💥POW💥 Insert pattern.

Beautifully designed, ready for your content and personal touch.

WordPress 6.6 Roadmap + demos, what’s next for Meta boxes, Pattern tutorials — Weekend Edition 293 gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-6-6-… - hand-curated news by Birgit Pauli-Haack Birgit Pauli-Haack - next #WCEU with contributions by Damon Cook Sarah Norris Jamie Marsland - Speaking at #WCEU ❤️ KyraPieterse Podcast Producer of the Year 2024 Rafal Tomal Ryan Welcher 1/2

WordPress 6.6 Roadmap + demos, what’s next for Meta boxes, Pattern tutorials — Weekend Edition 293 gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-6-6-… - hand-curated news by Birgit Pauli-Haack Birgit Pauli-Haack - next #WCEU with contributions by Bernhard Kau Justin Tadlock Nick Diego 2/2

Creating an external project template for create-block
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So happy Sarah Norris join me on this episode again, and we had fun chatting about latest updates to Gutenberg, the Create Block theme plugin, Playground and more.

Birgit Pauli-Haack - next #WCEU We are! We run Gutenberg from time to time when we’re further ahead of where WordPress Core is. Then when Core catches up we’ll turn off Gutenberg until we need X new api and turn it back on. This has been our cycle for the last couple of years now.