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Added block insertion pointer and ability to insert a blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery…

WordPress 4.8 is officially the best WordPress 2017 has seen!  Users will receive new and refined features focused on Editing and Customizing their sites while developers will be able to take advantage of 109 enhancements and features added.  Let’s look at the many improvements coming in 4.8…   Media Widgets Not one, not two, but three new…

As first introduced in the Image Widget Merge Proposal, WordPress 4.8 includes media widgets (#32417) for not only images (#39993) but also video (#39994) and audio (#39995), on top of an extensibleExtensible This is the ability to add additional functionality to the code. Plugins extend the WordPress core software. base for introducing additional media widgets in the future, such…

The Tag Cloud widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to…

WordPress has never officially supported HHVM, but since WordPress 4.0 it has been compatible, largely thanks to the efforts of @wonderboymusic in #27881 and other tickets. Many large scale sites which switched to HHVM around 2014 have since switched to PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4…

This post summarizes the dev chat meeting from May 24th (agenda, Slack archive). 4.8 Timing Beta 1 went out on Friday, May 12th; Beta 2 went out on Monday, May 22nd RC1 is scheduled for Thursday, May 25th With RC1 we’re aiming for a soft string freeze so that translators can work through all the new strings…

There are couple of noteworthy changes to the editor in WordPress 4.8. A much better experience when trying to place the cursor around links. Try inserting a link, then move the cursor with the left and right arrow keys. You can clearly see when it is inside the link element and when it is before…

Welcome back the latest issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., covering changes [40771-40826]. Here are the highlights: 56 commits 75 contributors 70 tickets created 7 tickets reopened 71 tickets closed Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on…

Below is a summary of the discussion from yesterday’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 (agenda):…