Since WordPress 6.8 was released last week, contributors have kept a close eye on incoming reports to the WordPress.org Support Forums, Trac, and the Gutenberg repository on GitHub. The volume and severity of tickets mean that the maintenance release should be prepared perspicaciously. Schedule Date/TimeEventTuesday, April 22, 2025Continued… Continue Reading →
As I said, we’re dropping all the human blocks. Community guidelines, directory guidelines, and such will need to be followed going forward, but whatever blocks were in place before are now cleared. It may take a few days, but any… Continue Reading →
WordPress 6.8.0 was released April 15,2025. Following this release, work will continue with regular, planned maintenance or minor releases. While the work of a major release team includes people filling approximately 16 different positions, maintenance release teams generally are considerably… Continue Reading →
WordPress 6.8 includes some caching optimizations that may affect themes and plugins using the WP_Query::get() method and the WP_Query::$query_vars property. In #59516, WP_Query was optimized to improve cache hits for queries with equivalent arguments. This enhancement improves performance for sites… Continue Reading →
Each WordPress release celebrates an artist who has left an indelible mark on music. WordPress 6.8, code-named “Cecil,” honors the legendary pianist and jazz pioneer Cecil Taylor. Classically trained yet relentlessly unconventional, Taylor reimagined the piano as a percussive instrument—layering… Continue Reading →
