January 20, 2022
Video: How to Create a Custom WordPress Theme (Without Any Code)
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saxKkqr5Zsk
January 18, 2022
WordPress 5.9 RC3
The third Release Candidate (RC3) for WordPress 5.9 is here!
Thank you to everyone who has contributed thus far toward testing and filing bugs to help make WordPress 5.9 a great release. WordPress 5.9 is slated to land in just one week—on January 25, 2022. You still have time to help! Since RC2 arrived last week, testers have found and fixed two bugs, 14 fixes from Gutenberg. There has been one additional Gutenberg fix today.
Testing the release
You can test the WordPress 5.9 release candidate 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: Download the beta version here (zip).
Option 3: When using WP-CLI to upgrade from Beta 1, 2, 3, 4, RC1, or RC2 on a case-insensitive filesystem, please use the following command sequence:
Command One:
wp core update --version=5.9-RC3
Command Two:
wp core update --version=5.9-RC3 --force
Your help to test the third Release Candidate is vital: the more testing that happens, the more stable the release, and the better the experience for users, developers, and the WordPress community.
Thank you to all contributors who tested the RC2 release and gave feedback. Testing for bugs is a critical part of polishing every release and is a great way to contribute to WordPress.
How to help
Help test WordPress 5.9 features – this post provides a guide to set up your testing environment, a list of testable features, and information about how to submit feedback you find as you go.
Skilled in languages other than English? Help translate WordPress into more than 100 languages! Thanks to every locale that is working on translations.
Developers and those interested in more background to the features can find more in the Field Guide. You can also follow the 5.9 development cycle and timeline.
If you have found a bug, you can post the details 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, where you can also check the issue against a list of known bugs.
For their help in compiling this post, props to @cbringmann, @webcommsat, @psykro,@marybaum, @chanthaboune, @davidbaumwald, and @hellofromtonya.
WordPress 5.9 RC3 was originally posted at https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-9-rc3/
January 17, 2022
Video: How to Fix ‘Comments Are Closed’ in WordPress Beginner’s Guide
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcmZeenWwUc
January 13, 2022
Video: How to Organize or Reorder WordPress Pages with Drag and Drop
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5mPmptQfiM
January 11, 2022
WordPress 5.9 RC 2
The second Release Candidate (RC2) for WordPress 5.9 is now available!
“Release Candidate” means the new version of the software is ready for release. It helps the community check that nothing is missed, given the thousands of plugins and themes and differences in how millions of people use the software.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed thus far towards testing and filing bugs to help make WordPress 5.9 a great release. WordPress 5.9 is slated for release in just two weeks on January 25, 2022. There’s still time to help! Since RC1 was released, six bugs have been found and fixed. There were 13 bug fixes backported from Gutenberg.
Testing the release
You can test the WordPress 5.9 release candidate 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: When using WP-CLI to upgrade from Beta 1, 2, 3, 4, or RC1, on a case-insensitive filesystem, please use the following command sequence:
Command One:
wp core update --version=5.9-RC2
Command Two:
wp core update --version=5.9-RC2 --force
Your help to test the second Release Candidate is vital: the more testing that happens, the more stable the release, and the better the experience for users and developers—and the entire WordPress community.
Thank you to all of the contributors who tested the RC1 release and gave feedback. Testing for bugs is not just a critical part of polishing every release, it is also a great way to contribute to WordPress.
How to Help
Help test WordPress 5.9 features – a guide to how you can take part.
Can you write in another language other than English? You can help translate WordPress into more than 100 languages! Release Candidate 1 marked the hard string freeze point of the 5.9 release schedule. Thanks to every locale that is already involved with translations.
Developers and those interested in more of the background to the features can find more in the Field Notes. More developer notes will be added as the release progresses to its final stage. You can also follow the 5.9 development cycle and timeline.
If you think you have found a bug, you can post the details 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, where you can also check the issue against a list of known bugs.
Props to: @psykro and @webcommsat, and @hellofromtonya, @audrasjb, @cbringmann and @marybaum for final review.
WordPress 5.9 RC 2 was originally posted at https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-9-rc-2/
January 10, 2022
Video: How to Limit the Number of Posts in WordPress RSS Feed
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiOi7fwcXUI
January 6, 2022
WordPress 5.8.3 Security Release
This security release features four security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. All versions since WordPress 3.7 have also been updated.
WordPress 5.8.3 is a short-cycle security release. The next major release will be version 5.9, which is already in the Release Candidate stage.
You can update to WordPress 5.8.3 by downloading from WordPress.org or visiting your Dashboard → Updates and clicking Update Now.
If you have sites that support automatic background updates, they’ve already started the update process.
Security Updates
Four security issues affect WordPress versions between 3.7 and 5.8. If you haven’t yet updated to 5.8, all WordPress versions since 3.7 have also been updated to fix the following security issue (except where noted otherwise):
- Props to Karim El Ouerghemmi and Simon Scannell of SonarSource for disclosing an issue with stored XSS through post slugs.
- Props to Simon Scannell of SonarSource for reporting an issue with Object injection in some multisite installations.
- Props to ngocnb and khuyenn from GiaoHangTietKiem JSC for working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative on reporting a SQL injection vulnerability in WP_Query.
- Props to Ben Bidner from the WordPress security team for reporting a SQL injection vulnerability in WP_Meta_Query (only relevant to versions 4.1-5.8).
Thank you to all of the reporters above for privately disclosing the vulnerabilities. This gave the security team time to fix the vulnerabilities before WordPress sites could be attacked. Thank you to the members of the WordPress security team for implementing these fixes in WordPress.
For more information, check out the 5.8.3 HelpHub documentation page.
Thanks and props!
The 5.8.3 release was led by @desrosj and @circlecube.
In addition to the security researchers and release squad members mentioned above, thank you to everyone who helped make WordPress 5.8.3 happen:
Alex Concha, Dion Hulse, Dominik Schilling, ehtis, Evan Mullins, Jake Spurlock, Jb Audras, Jonathan Desrosiers, Ian Dunn, Peter Wilson, Sergey Biryukov, vortfu, and zieladam.
WordPress 5.8.3 Security Release was originally posted at https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/
Video: How to Add a Custom Login URL in WordPress (Step by Step)
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkI5HBi7RAc
January 4, 2022
WordPress 5.9 RC 1
The first Release Candidate (RC1) for WordPress 5.9 is now available!
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to reach this important milestone in the community’s progress towards a WordPress 5.9 release.
“Release Candidate” means the new version of the software is ready for release. It helps the community check that nothing is missed, given the thousands of plugins and themes and differences in how millions of people use the software.
WordPress 5.9 is slated for release on January 25, 2022. This is just three weeks to go – and there’s still time to help!
Testing the release
You can test the WordPress 5.9 release candidate 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: When using WP-CLI to upgrade from Beta 1, 2, 3 or 4 on a case-insensitive filesystem, please use the following command sequence:
Command One:
wp core update --version=5.9-RC1
Command Two:
wp core update --version=5.9-RC1 --force
Your help to test the RC1 is vital: the more testing that happens, the more stable the release, and the better the experience for users and developers—and the entire WordPress community.
Thank you to all of the contributors who tested the Beta releases and gave feedback. Testing for bugs is not just a critical part of polishing every release; it is also a great way to contribute to WordPress.
Help test WordPress 5.9 features – a guide to how you can take part.
What is in WordPress 5.9 release candidate?
This will be the first release of 2022 and continues the work towards 5.9 from last year. It features the latest advances of the block editor and is the first version of full site editing in Core.
WordPress 5.9 also brings more refinements to the developer experience. To keep up with the latest updates and discover more about how the community works to continually improve the software, please subscribe to the Make WordPress Core blog. In particular, the developer notes tag will keep you up to date on changes that might affect your products or how you use the software.
Plugin and Theme Developers
Please test your plugins and themes against WordPress 5.9 and update the Tested up to version to 5.9 in your readme file. If you find compatibility problems, please post to the support forums, so volunteers and developers can help you figure them out before the final release.
The WordPress 5.9 Field Guide will be out very shortly. It will give you a deeper dive into the major changes.
How to Help
Do you speak a language that is not English? You can help translate WordPress into more than 100 languages! Release Candidate 1 marks the hard string freeze point of the 5.9 release schedule. Thanks to every locale that is already involved with translations.
If you think you have found a bug, you can post 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, where you can also check the issue against a list of known bugs.
Props to @webcommsat for the post and to @marybaum @hellofromtonya @audrasjb @davidbaumwald @estelaris @cbringmann for final review.
WordPress 5.9 RC 1 was originally posted at https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-9-rc-1/
January 3, 2022
Video: How to Properly Rename Categories in WordPress Beginner’s Guide
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1H52lfgPds