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This post summarizes the dev chat meeting from January 31st (agenda, Slack archive). 4.9.3 update 4.9.3 release was due out yesterday, however due to a delayed RCrelease 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).…

WordPress 4.9.3 maintenance release fixes 34 issues reported against 4.9 and is scheduled for February 5th. The release candidate is now ready for testing. Thus far WordPress 4.9 has been downloaded more than 34 million times since its release on November 16, 2017. Please help us by testing this RC to ensure 4.9.3 fixes the reported issues and does not introduce any…

This is the agenda for the weekly dev meeting on / January 31, 2018 at 21:00 UTC: 4.9.3 update Updates from focus leads and component maintainers Servehappy General announcements If you have anything to propose to add to the agenda or specific items related to the above, please leave a comment below. See you there! #4-9-4,…

The 4.9.3 release was due out today (January 30th) however a delayed RCrelease 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). with a short testing window has meant it is better to move RC to…

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…

As of this week, the weekly coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. editor team meeting focusing on GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much…

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…

As mentioned in the last dev chat, WordPress 4.9.3 maintenance release is scheduled for January 30th. The beta package for 4.9.3 is now ready for testing. Please help us by testing this beta to ensure 4.9.3 fixes the reported issues and doesn’t introduce any new ones. JSHint Removal One of the important changes is the…

This post summarizes the dev chat meeting from January 24th (agenda, Slack archive). 4.9.3 planning 4.9.3 betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to…

CodeMirror was introduced to WordPress 4.9 for an improved code editing experience. For 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.…