The changes described in this dev note sound like good ideas, but people should be sure to test mail sending and not assume it is going to work.

WordPress 6.9 will include the Abilities API that looks to be a big feature for developers. This article by Roger Montti does a good job of explaining what it is and its advantages. It is worth a read even if you aren’t a developer as I imagine it will be widely implemented.

This is a round-up post of the changes related to the Fields API and DataViews that are coming in WordPress 6.9. It looks like the Fields API is maturing. The Fields API may become significant in the future for those interested in dynamic data.

The first beta of WordPress 6.9 is available. This release is not earth shattering, but it has a lot of nice enhancements. Some of the highlights are: notes can be attached to individual blocks for collaboration, there are several new blocks, and the Command Palette has been expanded.

WordPress 6.8.3 is rolling out now. It is a security release and the core team is recommending that people update their sites now.

Patchstack is now reporting 2 low severity vulnerabilities for WordPress 6.8.2. The first is a Cross-Site Scripting issue that requires the attacker to have an Author or higher privilege level to exploit. The second is a Sensitive Data Exposure issue that requires Contributor level access to exploit.

In this video Jamie Marsland gives a quick run through of what’s scheduled for WordPress 6.9.

This tutorial provides an overview of the directory and file structure for WordPress installations.

WordPress 6.8.2 included an update to the root security certificate bundle. This has now been backported to branches 4.7 to 6.7 and the updates to those versions are available now.