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Due to late changes in who the “Try Gutenberg” callout should be shown to (see #44680), it was decided to release 4.9.8 third release candidate yesterday, the originally scheduled date for final release. The feedback from many in the community about that aspect of the callout has been very much appreciated! The 4.9.8 final release will now…

This is the agenda for the weekly devchat meeting on . 4.9.8 update from release leads: 4.9.8 RC3 is available for testing Next steps and final release planning 4.9.9 roadmap Updates from focus leads and component maintainers. General announcements. If you have anything to propose to add to the agenda or specific items related to…

The third release candidate package for 4.9.8 has been released and is now available for testing. Please help test the release candidate version to ensure the version works as expected. This package contains 1 enhancementenhancement Enhancements are simple improvements to WordPress, such as the addition of a hook, a new feature, or an improvement to an existing feature. since the second…

Below is a summary of the discussion from this week’s JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com chat…

This recap is a summary of our previous PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher meeting. It highlights the ideas and decisions which came up during that meeting, both as a means of documenting and to provide a quick overview for those who were unable…

This recap is a summary of our previous PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher meeting. It highlights the ideas and decisions which came up during that meeting, both as a means of documenting and to provide a quick overview for those who were unable…

This post summarizes the 4.9.8 bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. scrub meeting from July 26th (Slack archive). TL;DR 4.9.8 RC2 has…

With WordPress 4.9.8, the register_meta() function supports registration of metadata not only for an entire object type (posts, terms, comments, users), but also for a specific object subtype (such as a specific post type or taxonomyTaxonomy A taxonomy is a way to group things together. In WordPress, some common taxonomies are category, link, tag, or…

The release candidate package for 4.9.8 has been released and is now available for testing. Please help test the release candidate version to ensure the version works as expected. This package contains 1 blessed task and 2 bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only…

This post summarizes the weekly dev chat meeting held Wednesday, July 18, 2018 (agenda | Slack archive). 4.9.8 Release Candidaterelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). 1 We shipped 4.9.8 Release Candidate 1…