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News* Introducing the WordPress Developer Blog * WordPress 6.2 Release Candidate 3


Central* WordCamp Buffalo 2023 * WordCamp Entebbe 2023: An Amazing Recap * Get your tickets for WordCamp Kerala 2023 on March 25th!

Community* Meetup Organizer Newsletter: March 2023 * Community Team Goals for 2023 : Chat session * Contributor Working Group: Mentorship Kick-off chat Agenda | March 20th 12:00 UTC (EMEA) and 21:00 UTC (AMER) * Community Team Goals for 2023 : Next Step

Core * A Week in Core – March 20, 2023 * What’s new in Gutenberg 15.4 (22 March)

WordPress 6.2* FYI: Navigation section of new Site Editor experienced removed for 6.2 RC 2 * WordPress 6.2 Release Candidate 1 * WordPress 6.2 Translation Status (March 14, 2023) * WordPress 6.2 ready to be translated * WordPress 6.2 Field Guide + Requests library upgraded to 2.0.5 in WordPress 6.2 + Patterns API expanded to include template_types property + Introduction of Block Inspector Tabs + Shadows in Global Styles with WordPress 6.2 + Introducing the HTML API in WordPress 6.2 + Miscellaneous Editor changes in WordPress 6.2 + Introducing move_dir() in WordPress 6.2 + Sticky position block support + Upgrading to React 18 and common pitfalls of concurrent mode + Add new prop to ServerSideRender component + Google Fonts are included locally in bundled themes + Custom CSS for global styles and per block + Minimum height dimensions block support + Editor Components updates in WordPress 6.2 + I18N Improvements in 6.2 + Customize settings for any block in WordPress 6.2 + Style Book preview of blocks in global styles + Update to content only editing filter namespace * WordPress 6.2 Accessibility Improvements * WordPress 6.2 Beta 4 Postponed * WordPress 6.2 Beta 3 * 6.2 Live Product Demo * Phase 2, Finale * Hallway Hangout: Performance Improvements for WordPress 6.2 * Roadmap to 6.2 * Bug Scrub Schedule for 6.2 * Early bug scrub schedule for WP 6.2 * WordPress 6.2 Planning Roundup

Meetings* Dev Chat Agenda, Wednesday March 22, 2023 * Dev chat Summary, March 15, 2023 * Editor Chat Agenda: March 22nd 2023 * Editor chat summary: March 15th, 2023

Developer Blog* Introducing the WordPress Developer Blog

Design* Design Share: Feb 13–Mar 10

do_action* Rural Hackers Do_Action 2023 in Anceu Spain

Docs Agenda for Docs Team bi-weekly meeting March 21, 2023 * Call for volunteers to help with 6.2 end user documentation Hosting Hosting Team meeting agenda 2023-03-22

Marketing* Notes: Global Marketing Team meeting, 7 March 2023

Meta* Agenda: Biweekly Matrix Chat – Thu, March 23, 2023 (10AM UTC)

Openverse* A week in Openverse: 2023-03-13 – 2023-03-20

Performance* Performance Chat Summary: 21 March 2023

Plugins* Advance Notice of Retirement

Polyglots* Agenda: Weekly Polyglots Chat – March 22, 2023 (07:00 UTC) * New translation project: wp20.wordpress.net

Plugins* Use of Code Generators Must Remain GPL Compatible * Advance Notice of Retirement * Plugin Review Team Update: 20 March 2023

Project* Proposal: Creating a WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program * Discussion: Ending the Eternal September

Support* Agenda for March 23rd Support Meeting * Support ticket triage session – March 29th 2023 at 16:00 UTC * Support Team Meeting Updates for March 16th

Test* Hallway Hangout: Let’s chat about All Things Layout * Help Test WordPress 6.2

Theme* Hallway Hangout: Community Themes Initiative

Training* Meeting Agenda for March 21, 2023 * Contributor Day Recap – WordCamp Asia 2023

Tutorials* What kind of WordPress theme do I have: classic, block, or something else? * WP REST API – custom fields, authentication, and testing * Displaying testimonials on your website * Interacting with the WordPress REST API

Online Workshops* Exploring some of the new 6.2 WordPress features * How to create a website on mobile (Part 2) * How to join the Training Team’s Welcome Committee * How to join the Training Team’s Welcome Committee * Block Themes and WordPress: Exploring WordPress 6.2 * How to update a video tutorial for Learn.WordPress.org * Build a blog with WordPress 6.2 (Released today!) * Block Themes and WordPress: Live Stream

WPTV* Latest WordPress TV videos


Related News:* PHP 8.2.3 Released! * PHP 8.1.16 Released! * TC39 * Composer 2.5.4

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