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Posted July 27, 2020 by David Baumwald. Filed under Development, Releases.WordPress 5.5 Beta 4 is now available!You can test WordPress 5.5 Beta 4 in two ways:WordPress 5.5 is slated for release on August 11th, 2020, and we need your help to get there!Thank you to all of the contributors who tested the beta 3 development…

Posted July 21, 2020 by Jake Spurlock. Filed under Development, Releases.WordPress 5.5 Beta 3 is now available!You can test WordPress 5.5 Beta 3 in two ways:WordPress 5.5 is slated for release on August 11th, 2020, and we need your help to get there!Thank you to all of the contributors who tested the beta 2 development…

Posted July 14, 2020 by Jake Spurlock. Filed under Development, Releases.WordPress 5.5 Beta 2 is now available!You can test WordPress 5.5 beta 2 in two ways:WordPress 5.5 is slated for release on August 11th, 2020, and we need your help to get there!Thank you to all of the contributors that tested the beta 1 development release…

WordPress 5.5 Beta 1 is now available for testing!This software is still in development, so it’s not recommended to run this version on a production site. Consider setting up a test site to play with the new version.You can test the WordPress 5.5 beta in two ways:The current target for final release is August 11, 2020.…

June was an exciting month for WordPress! Major changes are coming to the Gutenberg plugin, and WordCamp Europe brought the WordPress community closer together. Read on to learn more and to get all the latest updates. WordPress 5.4.2 releasedWe said hello to WordPress 5.4.2 on June 10. This security and maintenance release features 17 fixes and…

WordPress 5.4.2 is now available!This security and maintenance release features 23 fixes and enhancements. Plus, it adds a number of security fixes—see the list below.These bugs affect WordPress versions 5.4.1 and earlier; version 5.4.2 fixes them, so you’ll want to upgrade.If you haven’t yet updated to 5.4, there are also updated versions of 5.3 and…

Over the past week, I’ve been thinking a lot about George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. I have been thinking about white supremacy, the injustice that Black women and men are standing up against across the world, and all the injustices I can’t know, and don’t see. The WordPress mission is to democratize publishing, and…

May was an action-packed month for WordPress! WordPress organizers are increasingly moving WordCamps online, and contributors are taking big steps towards Full Site Editing with Gutenberg. To learn more and get all the latest updates, read on. Gutenberg 8.1 and 8.2Gutenberg 8.1 was released on May 13, followed quickly by Gutenberg 8.2 on May 27. 8.1 added…

You’ve probably heard that WordPress is open-source software, and may know that it’s created and run by volunteers. WordPress enthusiasts share many examples of how WordPress changed people’s lives for the better. This monthly series shares some of those lesser-known, amazing stories. How it all beganMary Job at WordCamp Kampala 2020Mary remembers when cybercafés started trending…

Posted March 10, 2020 by Francesca Marano. Filed under Development, Releases.The second release candidate for WordPress 5.4 is now available!WordPress 5.4 is currently scheduled to be released on March 31 2020, and we need your help to get there—if you haven’t tried 5.4 yet, now is the time!There are two ways to test the WordPress 5.4 release candidate:For…