The minor-update phase for WordPress 6.8 has begun, starting with a first release addressing several bugs. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from April 28th to May 4th, 2025. And, as planned, it happened. Last Monday, April 28th, the Release Candidate for WordPress 6.8.1 was launched, followed 48 hours later by the final version of this branch, which ultimately fixes 15 bugs, five of…

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All the bans that had been placed on members of the WordPress Community will be lifted in the coming days. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from April 21st to 27th, 2025. The judicial processes are still ongoing—and in plural—as there are now two open cases related to the same situation that’s been unfolding since last September. One, the better known,…

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With the arrival of WordPress 6.8, a period of uncertainty opens regarding future major and minor releases, as no decisions have been made yet on the topic. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from April 14th to 20th, 2025. Cecil Taylor is the jazz pianist chosen as the namesake for WordPress 6.8, Cecil—a release focused on refining some of the most frequently used tools, enhancing…

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With the arrival of WordPress 6.8, and applied retroactively, the “compatible with exceptions” label for PHP 8 has been removed. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from April 6th to 13th, 2025. After releasing the third release candidate of WordPress 6.8, if everything goes according to schedule, the stable version of this new branch will be released on April 15. As previously…

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WordPress 6.8 is going to be the last version for a season… at least until the arrival of 2026, suggesting an annual release cycle. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from March 31th to April 6th, 2025. On March 27, there was a meeting of 30 people who contribute to and manage the open source WordPress project, where it was noted…

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The release candidate phase of WordPress 6.8 has already begun, which includes the Field Guide, final translations, and a change in the readme.html. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from March 24th to 30th, 2025. WordPress 6.8 has reached its release candidate phase, and that means the 300 new strings are already available for translation, in addition to having the Field Guide document which gathers all…

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The release candidates for WordPress 6.8 are approaching and all the documentation about what this version will finally include is here. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from March 17th to 23rd, 2025. The latest beta version of WordPress 6.8 is available while we wait for the release candidates to start coming out, which should begin by April 8. What will WordPress 6.8…

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With the release of the first beta versions, we’re beginning to learn about the performance improvements in this release. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from March 10th to 16th, 2025. The release of WordPress 6.8 is progressing, with Beta 2 now available, and Beta 3 scheduled for Tuesday, March 18, with the final release targeted for April 15. This new version will incorporate…

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WordPress 6.8 will include a speculative loading feature that makes site navigation smoother for users by attempting to preload pages they are likely to visit. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from March 3rd to 9th, 2025. As expected, last Tuesday the first beta version of WordPress 6.8 was released, kicking off the release cycle that will conclude on April 15, 2025, with…

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