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.”

For developers / entrepreneurs on a startup journey the “Build it in Public” approach is gaining a lot of attention. This article by group member Scott Murcott from Freemius has a good overview of what this might entail, the benefits, and some considerations.

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

CSS Grid superpowers advanced tutorial – Kevin Powell explores named grid lines.

Congrats to Patchstack – now a member of the Open Source Security Foundation.

WordPress has a number of great free plugins in the plugin directory. For the past few years at this time I’ve taken a few minutes to write a review on the plugin page to express my thanks for the plugins I use and rely on. This year I gave a review for Independent Analytics, which I’ve used on a couple of sites.

If you have a few minutes, I’m sure the plugin authors would appreciate a review.

Block Theme Development – There is a cool plugin called Create Block Theme that allows you to export a new theme or a child theme based on site styles and templates created using the Site Editor.

There have been a couple of improvements to the plugin which include the ability to select, preview, and manage theme fonts, and changes to make it easier to export. These changes are shown in this short video by Jonathan Bossenger.

I enjoyed this Hyperplexd video tutorial showing how to recreate a simple well designed webpage using mainly CSS, with HTML and JS.

This is a full walk-through tutorial on creating custom blocks using Blockstudio.