Joost de Valk and Marike van de Rakt have joined Post Status as equity partners.

This post on the Make block introduces the Twenty Twenty-Four Theme. Unlike recent themes, it will be more general use and less opinionated. The theme was designed by Beatriz Fialho, who is a designer and an Automattic sponsored member of the Themes Team. There are screenshots and a short video in the post.

There was a change with WordPress 6.3 and the core Post Content block now only shows in the Site Editor when you are using a block-based theme. What happens then for users of the Kadence Theme Builder when we use the Hooked Element feature to create a Single Post or a Single Custom Post Type template? This short video shows how to add the post content.

Here is a walk-through of the new Ollie Block theme setup wizard. Jamie Marsland says it simplifies the setup and makes it easier to understand. Do you agree?

Matt Mullenweg was interviewed on the How to Be a CEO podcast where he talked about Tumblr. This is a good summary of the podcast and provides insight into how it is doing and the thinking behind how it is being managed.

There are signs that there may be an economic downturn due to inflation, the economy in China, and other factors. Jim Galiano is a very pragmatic business consultant and in his newsletter he discusses some of the things you can do in this business climate.

A bug fix release for 6.3 is being prepared. 6.3.1 RC1 is available for testing.

The Roadmap to 6.4 has been published and man is it full of features. There are plans for core font library functionality, new blocks, image lightbox, building out theme.json for spacing presets, a box shadow component, a new Twenty Twenty four theme, enhancements to the Query Loop Block, the Footnote Block, rollback option for theme and plugin automatic updates, foundational work on Phase 3, and more.

Stackable has just released a new Timeline Block. It completes the roadmap they have been following.

What’s next? They are asking users what they would like to see added for the next phase of development. I’ve suggested they create their own theme and have deeper integration in the Site Editor. What’s on your wish list?