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udartiss / Reddit:

Reddit: What's the one thing that you wish WordPress plugin/theme developers would stop doing?

— As per the title, what's the one thing that really "grinds your gears" when it comes to plugins and themes? What should developers stop doing?

Michal Czaplinski / Make WordPress Core:

Proposal: The Interactivity API – A better developer experience in building interactive blocks

— Gutenberg has evolved a lot over the past few years, though most of the improvements have focused on the block developer experience within the block editor. Today, we’d like to update you on the Interactivity API, which aims to be a standard way to allow developers to add interactivity to the frontend of their blocks.

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Sarah Gooding.

Matt Mullenweg / WordPress News:

WordPress 6.2 “Dolphy”

— Say hello to WordPress 6.2 “Dolphy,” named for the woodwind jazz wiz, the multi-instrumentalist—Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. Dolphy is acclaimed for having brought the bass clarinet to prominence in the jazz scene, creating a place for the flute and extending the lexicon of the alto saxophone. In a career that spanned continents, his artistry was at the forefront of pushing improvisational boundaries, ensemble work, and partnerships with well-respected artists like Charles Mingus and John Coltrane.

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WordPress 6.2 Field Guide
, GoDaddy
, Team DevriX
, Sarah Gooding
, WP Beginner
and WordPress 6.2 Performance (Felix Arntz).

Jonathan Bossenger / Make WordPress Training:

Introduction to WordPress Development syllabus

— Thanks to all the great feedback on the contents of this proposed syllabus, I am able to update this list to include all the topics relevant to the beginner WordPress developer. At the same time, I have linked any existing Learn WordPress tutorials I am aware of, or any tutorials that are in progress, that fulfill specific items in this list.

Sarah Gooding / WP Tavern:

WordPress 6.2 Delayed to March 29 Due to Bug With Date Formats

— WordPress 6.2 was scheduled for release today, but contributors discovered a bug with date formats during the 24-hour freeze that they believe could have a significant impact on functionality like …

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make.wordpress.org.

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:

WordPress force patching WooCommerce plugin with 500K installs

— Automattic, the company behind the WordPress content management system, is force installing a security update on hundreds of thousands of websites running the highly popular WooCommerce Payments for online stores.

Matias Ventura / Make WordPress Core:

Preview of the upcoming “Collaboration” phase of Gutenberg

— We are now planning its third phase, which is going to be centered around fostering seamless collaboration, tying together the user experience, and streamlining the content management flows to improve the way creators and teams work together within WordPress.

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Sarah Gooding.

Sarah Gooding / WP Tavern:

Navigating the New Era of AI-Assisted Code Generation in WordPress

— There are more of these plugins coming – where a person need only dream up the idea and prompt their chosen AI tool for the code. These will more than likely be simple plugins for the time being, but it’s not too early to establish some best practices for using code generators. WordPress is navigating new territory where anyone can create a plugin with a dash of creative prompts and very little code experience.

Scott Bolinger / scottbolinger.com:

A Brand New WooCommerce Checkout Experience

— I’m excited to share what I’ve been working on at GoDaddy for the past several months: a super fast, mobile focused, headless checkout for WooCommerce. This is not a new checkout page template, it’s a completely new experience built from scratch to load faster and help customers checkout faster, especially on mobile.

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