Major sections of the developer resources pages on WP org have been redesigned. A a block theme was used.

Oxygen 4.8 was released and the main feature is the Navigator, which allows you to quickly switch pages, templates, and blocks from within the editor. That addresses a pain point when using Oxygen.

The Theme Team at WordPress org has developed a draft proposal of guidelines for a theme onboarding process. This follows the discussions about the original onboarding wizard from the Ollie Theme that was moved to a plugin.

Bricks 1.9.4 has been released. It includes a new Maintenance Mode feature, the ability to have more than one external template library URL, extensions to the popup feature, and more.

The WordPress 6.5 roadmap – Kind of an interesting random mix. There is mention of a Custom Fields API, but reading on that one it seems up in the air and seat of the pants.

The WP 2023 Awards have been released. Congrats to the winners!

WordPress 6.4.2 is rolling out. It includes 7 bug fixes and 1 security update. The explanation for the security item is:

“A Remote Code Execution vulnerability that is not directly exploitable in core, however the security team feels that there is a potential for high severity when combined with some plugins, especially in multisite installs.”

This 6.4 retrospective survey had some interesting responses that gives insight into the release process and possible changes.