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WordPress 5.6 will be the third and final major release of 2020 and aims to include nav menu blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience., automatic updates for major coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. releases, widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. editing and CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. support in core, PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 8 support, and update GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ to the latest release version as we continue to focus in 2020 on full site editing via Gutenberg. Josepha Haden is the Release LeadRelease Lead The community member ultimately responsible for the Release., Dee Teal is the Release Coordinator, Tonya Mork is the Triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. Lead, Helen Hou-Sandì is the Core Tech Lead, Isabel Brison is the Editor Tech Lead, Ellen Bauer and Tammie Lister are the Design Leads, Shital Marakana is the Design Tech Lead, Sarah Ricker is the AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) Lead, Yvette Sonneveld is the Marketing Lead, the Documentation Wrangler is Shawntelle Coker, Michele Butcher-Jones is the Documentation Review Lead, Mel Choyce-Dwan is the Default Theme Design Lead, Carolina Nymark is the Default Theme Development Lead, Jessica Lyschik is the Default Theme Wrangler, Monika Rao is the Test Lead, and Bet Hannon is the Support Lead. This group of release leads is supported by various cohort groups. All release decisions will ultimately be this release teams’ to make and communicate while gathering input from the community. There will be a new bundled theme included in 5.6.

Release Schedule

To get involved in WordPress core development, head on over to TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. and pick a 5.6 ticket. Need help? Check out the Core Contributor Handbook. Get your patches done and submitted as soon as possible, then help find people to test the patches and leave feedback on the ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.. Patches for enhancements will not be committed after the dates posted above, so that we can all focus on squashing bugs and deliver the most bug-free WordPress ever.

If you want to dive deeper into 5.6, development is discussed at a weekly meeting in the #core Slack channel and occurs next at Wednesday at 20:00 UTC. Wish us luck!