April 28, 2022
Video: How to Customize WooCommerce Checkout Page (The Easy Way)
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e37SQLkUdkE
April 27, 2022
Video: How to Automatically Create an Image Gallery in WordPress
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlGIPVlLe7w
April 26, 2022
WordPress 6.0 Beta 3
WordPress 6.0 Beta 3 is now available for testing!
This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it is recommended that you test Beta 3 on a test server and site.
You can test WordPress 6.0 Beta 3 in three ways:
Option 1: Install and activate the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (select the “Bleeding edge” channel and “Beta/RC Only” stream).
Option 2: Direct download the beta version here (zip).
Option 3: Use WP-CLI to test: wp core update --version=6.0-beta3
.
Do not use this option if your filesystem is case-insensitive.
The current target for the final 6.0 release is May 24, 2022, which is in less than a month!
Additional information on the full 6.0 release cycle is available here.
Check the Make WordPress Core blog for 6.0-related developer notes in the coming weeks which will detail all upcoming changes.
See What’s in Beta 3
Since Beta 2, various items have been addressed, including (but not limited to):
- Twenty Twenty-Two: Implement alternate json files #55433
- Fix duotone rendering in site editor #37727
- Create Comments Title block with simple styling #40419
- Navigation block: After choosing an option from Select Menu, focus after block render #40390
- Add comment id to all comments inside comments query loop #40268
- Add post-comments-form block to comments template #40256
- Elements: Add styles to the footer before the block is rendered #37728
- Add default comment status to discussion settings #55567
- Fix styles for nested elements (link color) #55567
- Move
wp_enqueue_block_style()
towp-includes/script-loader.php
, for better consistency #55182, #55148 - Move administration related hooks to admin-filters.php #54795
Update on the Webfonts API and Style Variations in Twenty Twenty-Two
A prior announcement for WordPress 6.0 Beta 1 included a reference to “Webfonts API: Manage local fonts with PHP or theme.json”, as a feature that would be included in the release. WordPress 6.0 Beta 3 will allow theme authors to use webfonts in theme.json, with a public API for plugins to register and enqueue webfonts available in a future version for WordPress. Beta 3 will also include three style new variations to the Twenty Twenty-Two default theme.
How to Help
Testing for issues is critical for stabilizing a release throughout its development. Testing is also a great way to contribute to WordPress. If you are new to testing, check out this detailed guide that will walk you through how to get started.
If you think you have run into an issue, please report it to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums. If you are comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, you can file one on WordPress Trac. This is also where you can find a list of known bugs.
Thank you to the following contributors for collaborating on this post: @dansoschin @webcommsat, @audrasjb
And now another WordPress haiku:
Release day is near
6.0 abounds with joy
New features soon here
WordPress 6.0 Beta 3 was originally posted at https://wordpress.org/news/2022/04/wordpress-6-0-beta-3/
April 25, 2022
Video: How to Install a WordPress Plugin (3 Easy Methods)
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNajDKj56fA
April 21, 2022
Video: How to Hide Unnecessary Menu Items From WordPress Admin
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TffFXUGpM2U
April 20, 2022
Video: FINALLY How to Move the Block Toolbar
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwL22b9g2M0
April 19, 2022
WordPress 6.0 Beta 2
WordPress 6.0 Beta 2 is now available for testing!
This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, and test this version of WordPress on a production or mission-critical website. Instead, it is recommended that you test Beta 2 on a test server and site.
You can test the WordPress 6.0 Beta 2 in three ways:
Option 1: Install and activate the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (select the “Bleeding edge” channel and “Beta/RC Only” stream).
Option 2: Direct download the beta version here (zip).
Option 3: Use WP-CLI to test: wp core update --version=6.0-beta2
Do not use this option if your filesystem is case-insensitive.
The current target for the final release is May 24, 2022, which is about five weeks away.
Additional information on the full 6.0 release cycle is available.
Check the Make WordPress Core blog for 6.0-related developer notes in the coming weeks, which will detail all upcoming changes.
What’s New In Beta 2
Since Beta 1, contributors have fixed 209 tickets in WordPress 6.0, including 110 new features and enhancements. More bug fixes are on the way with your help through testing. Here are a few of the changes you will find in Beta 2:
- Block Editor: Prevent styles from being added to the site editor (#55567)
- Patterns REST API: Add ‘inserter’ to the schema (#55567)
- Don’t load remote patterns twice in WP_REST_Block_Patterns_Controller::get_items (#55567)
- Add the ability to filter the whole notification email in retrieve_password (#54690)
- Avoid translating empty plugin headers (#54586)
Note on Webfonts API
Last week’s announcement for WordPress 6.0 Beta 1 includes a reference to “Webfonts API: Manage local fonts with PHP or theme.json,” as a feature that would be included in the release. This specific functionality was not included in Beta 2 but may be available at RC.
How to Help
Testing for issues is critical for stabilizing a release throughout its development. Testing is also a great way to contribute to WordPress. If you are new to testing, check out this detailed guide that will walk you through how to get started.
If you think you have run into an issue, please report it to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums. If you are comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, you can file one on WordPress Trac. This is also where you can find a list of known bugs.
Thank you to the following contributors for collaborating on this post: @dansoschin, @annezazu, @costdev, @priethor
And now a WordPress Haiku:
We code fervently
A breathless pause for the test
‘Collaborative community’ to the rescue
Key tapping resumes
WordPress 6.0 Beta 2 was originally posted at https://wordpress.org/news/2022/04/wordpress-6-0-beta-2/
April 18, 2022
Video: The 5 Best WordPress Business Directory Plugins
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaIHi6O5QkM
April 14, 2022
Video: How to Set Up WordPress Form Tracking in Google Analytics
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWWognms99o
April 13, 2022
Video: How to Quickly Change Permalink Structure in WordPress
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBXsvSFcS6k
April 12, 2022
WordPress 6.0 Beta 1
WordPress 6.0 Beta 1 is now available for download and testing.
This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, and test this version of WordPress on a production or mission-critical website. Instead, it is recommended that you test Beta 1 on a test server and site.
You can test the WordPress 6.0 Beta 1 in three ways:
- Option 1: Install and activate the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (select the “Bleeding edge” channel and “Beta/RC Only” stream).
- Option 2: Direct download the beta version here (zip).
- Option 3: Use WP-CLI to test:
wp core update --version=6.0-beta1
.
Do not use this option if your filesystem is case-insensitive.
The current target for the final release is May 24, 2022, which is about six weeks away.
Additional information on the full 6.0 release cycle is available.
Check the Make WordPress Core blog for 6.0-related developer notes in the coming weeks which will detail all upcoming changes.
Keep WordPress Bug Free – Help with Testing
Testing for issues is critical for stabilizing a release throughout its development. Testing is also a great way to contribute. If you have never tested a beta release before, this detailed guide will walk you through how to get started.
Testing helps make sure that this and future releases of WordPress are as stable and issue-free as possible. And anyone can do it – especially great WordPress community members just like you.
Want to know more about testing releases like this one? Read about the testing initiatives that happen in Make Core. You can also join a publicly-accessible channel on the Making WordPress Slack workspace.
If you think you have run into an issue, please report it to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums. If you are comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, you can file one on WordPress Trac. This is also where you can find a list of known bugs.
To review features in the Gutenberg releases since WordPress 5.9 (the most recent major release of WordPress), access the What’s New In Gutenberg posts for 13.0 (release pending), 12.9, 12.8, 12.7, 12.6, 12.5, 12.4, 12.3, 12.2, 12.1, and 12.0.
Beyond the noted changes, which include more than 400 updates and 500 bug fixes for the editor, contributors have fixed 189 tickets for the WordPress 6.0 core, including 91 new features and enhancements. More fixes are on the way.
Some Highlights
Want to know what’s new in version 6.0? Read on for some highlights.
The WordPress 6.0 release will be packed with all kinds of improvements. Here are just a few:
- Style Switching: switch up the look and feel of your site, all in one block theme. No need to change themes!
- More template options: use blocks to edit five more templates (author, date, categories, tag, and taxonomy).
- Multi-select: Easily select text across multiple blocks. Edit to your liking.
- Retain Styles: Keep your custom styles in place, whether transforming between blocks or creating new buttons.
- More patterns in more places: the Quick Inserter surfaces patterns that might work well for the condition you’re in, baking in relevant patterns for template parts and pages you’re working on.
- List View improvements: New keyboard shortcuts (shift + click) let you select multiple blocks to modify in bulk (reposition, delete, etc.), see your content at a glance with a collapsed by default view, and more.
- Refined design tools: Explore a new color panel, transparency options, more group block variations to create new layout options (Stack, Row), the ability to set your featured image in a Cover block, control the exact size of your featured image, gap support for the Gallery block, and more.
- New blocks: Comments, Read More, No results in Query Loop, Post Author biography, Avatar blocks.
- Limit block changes: Choose to disable the option to remove a block, move it, or both.
- Export block themes: Explore the improved block theme export tool, as WordPress heads closer to codeless visual block theme building.
- Webfonts API: Manage local fonts with PHP or theme.json.
Thank you to the following contributors for collaborating on this post: @annezazu, @chanthaboune, @marybaum, @priethor, and @webcommsat.
WordPress 6.0 Beta 1 was originally posted at https://wordpress.org/news/2022/04/wordpress-6-0-beta-1/
April 11, 2022
Video: How to Embed a YouTube Playlist in WordPress (Best Method)
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CpDeGgpVmM
April 7, 2022
Video: How to Add RSS Sitemap in WordPress (The Easy Way)
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ta-4HBwVXc
April 6, 2022
Video: How to Quickly Add Heading Block in WordPress
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkgwzmZvRPg
April 5, 2022
WordPress 5.9.3 Maintenance Release
WordPress 5.9.3 is now available!
This maintenance release features 9 bug fixes in Core and 10 bug fixes in the block editor.
WordPress 5.9.3 is a short-cycle maintenance release. The next major release will be version 6.0.
You can download WordPress 5.9.3 from WordPress.org, or visit your Dashboard → Updates and click “Update Now”.
If you have sites that support automatic background updates, they’ve already started the update process.
For more information, browse the full list of both Trac and GitHub changes in the release candidate post, or check out the changelog of version 5.9.3 on HelpHub.
Thanks and props!
The 5.9.3 release was led by Jb Audras and George Mamadashvili.
Special props to Sergey Biryukov for running mission control.
Thank you to everyone who helped make WordPress 5.9.3 happen:
Aki Hamano, Alex Stine, aliakseyenkaihar, Anton Vlasenko, binarymoon, Carlos Bravo, Colin Stewart, David Baumwald, Dion Hulse, George Mamadashvili, glendaviesnz, Greg Ziółkowski, ironprogrammer, Iulia Cazan, Jb Audras, Joe Dolson, Joen A., Jorge Costa, jsnajdr, Marius L. J., Nick Diego, Paul Biron, Peter Smits, pgpagely, Rafi Ahmed, Richard B. Kreckel, Robert Anderson, Rufus87, Sergey Biryukov, Tor-Bjorn Fjellner, Tonya Mork, Abha Thakor, Oliver Juhas, and Weston Ruter.
WordPress 5.9.3 Maintenance Release was originally posted at https://wordpress.org/news/2022/04/wordpress-5-9-3-maintenance-release/
April 4, 2022
Video: 9 Best Quiz Plugins for WordPress (2022)
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn8fX3Me65M