A Twenty Twenty-Seven core theme is under way. Planned for release in early December.
New Core Theme Coming
annezazu @ make.wordpress.org • 2 weeks ago
Creating ACF Blocks with Novamira and Claude Code
David McCan @ webtng.com • 2 weeks ago
We often use ACF to create Custom Post Types and custom fields, but then need a way to display them on the frontend. In this tutorial, I explore how Novamira, Claude Code, and ACF Blocks can work together so an AI agent can generate working ACF blocks that can be used in the Full Site Editor to create single and archive templates.
New Command Palette Shortcut Added
Ahmed Kabir Chaion @ wordpress.org • 2 weeks ago
WordPress 7.0 Beta 5 has a new feature – a new Command Palette shortcut in the Omnibar. Also, as far as I recall, this the the first time the term “Omnibar” has been used.
WordPress 6.9.4 Released
Roger Montti @ searchenginejournal.com • 3 weeks ago
Oops, Roger Montti summarizes the reasons for the recent series of core releases.
What Happens When It Is Easy to Make Software?
Chris Lema @ chrislema.com • 3 weeks ago
Two thought pieces came my way today. One was just shared by Elvis Krstulović below. The second is this insight from Chris Lema who also builds on an historical perspective. In this article he points out that the number of people who can build a piece of software today has just mushroomed and that end users will start to look for indicators.
WordPress 6.9.2 Released
John Blackbourne @ wordpress.org • 3 weeks ago
WordPress 6.9.2 was just released. It is a security update and it is recommended to update your sites immediately.
WordPress Code Search Engine
Peter Booker @ veloria.dev • 3 weeks ago
For the hard-core gear heads, you can search WordPress plugins, themes, and core source code with the Veloria search engine.
Expanded Features of the AI Plugin
Roger Monti @ searchenginejournal.com • 3 weeks ago
Lots of AI news. The WordPress team released an update to the AI Experiments plugin, adding built-in image generation and AI-assisted review tools directly inside the block editor and admin interface.
How to Use Custom Tables with ACF
Lora Raykova • 3 weeks ago
In this tutorial the ACF team tells how to manually setup ACF so that you are using custom tables instead of post_meta for storing field values. According to the article using custom tables is 100% safe and is supported by the standard ACF functions. I expect to see the team add this as an option for the Pro plugin in the future.