Gutenberg 15.8 (the plugin version) has some new features. They added the pages menu to the site editor, the revisions UI to the global styles interface, and Theme Previews for block themes. These features will be included in WordPress 6.3 in August.

The 6.2.2 minor release addresses 1 bug and 1 security issue related to Block themes parsing shortcodes in user-generated data. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. All versions since WordPress 5.9 have also been updated.

There is a very ambitious set of goals and projects envisioned for WordPress 6.3, which is scheduled for August 8th, 2023.

Plans include adding a navigation section to the Site Editor, adding a styles section, enhancements to blocks and possibly adding some new blocks, expanding pattern management, UI refinements, and performance gains.

Yikes! – Note that WordPress 6.2.1 removes support for shortcodes in block theme templates. Apparently this was part of one of the security fixes. There are a couple of work-arounds mentioned in the thread.

This video walks through the new changes to the Stackable Inspector UI. They have better organized the controls, added some additional styling options, and tried to streamline the process of using blocks.

The Brizy team has released some tutorials and courses featuring Brizy WP and Brizy Cloud. Topics include things like building a landing page, a resume website, and a full Brizy Cloud tutorial. This is a great idea.

Gutenberg developers are asking for feedback on a proposed “Command Center” feature, which is a popup navigator activated using a keyboard combination. There is a short video in the post.

Here is a proposal to retire older default core WordPress themes. Note that even retired core themes would still receive security updates.

There is a very bad vulnerability in the free version of Essential Addons for Elementor The plugin is the most popular Elementor addon and has more than 1 million active installs. Versions 5.4.0 to 5.7.1 are vulnerable and users are urged to upgrade to the latest version which has been patched.