{"id":10084,"date":"2021-04-03T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=10084"},"modified":"2021-06-04T12:01:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:01:55","slug":"the-month-in-wordpress-march-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2021\/04\/the-month-in-wordpress-march-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The Month in WordPress: March 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This way of iterating improves WordPress and ties back to one of my favorite open-source principles. The idea that with many eyes, all bugs are shallow. To me, that means that with enough people looking at a problem, someone is bound to be able to see the solution.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

These words from Josepha Haden Chomphosy<\/a> on the How WordPress Improves<\/a> episode of the WP Briefing Podcast<\/a> point to the factors that differentiate building software in an open-source environment. Our updates this month are closely tied to the philosophy behind those core principles of open source software. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WordPress 5.7 released<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

WordPress version 5.7<\/a> \u201cEsperanza,\u201d came out on March 9. The release offers fresher admin colors, several improvements to the block editor, single-click HTTP to HTTPS migration, and a new Robots API. Read more about it in the release post<\/a>, the field guide<\/a>, and the talking points post for meetup groups<\/a>. The Core Team has also started work on WordPress 5.8 pre-planning<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to contribute to WordPress 5.8? Join the WordPress #core<\/a> channel in the Make WordPress Slack<\/a> and follow the Core Team blog<\/a>. The Core Team hosts weekly chats on Wednesdays at 5 AM<\/a> and 8 PM<\/a> UTC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gutenberg Version 10.1 and 10.2 are out<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Contributor teams released Gutenberg Version 10.1<\/a> on March 3 and Version 10.2<\/a> on March 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Version 10.1<\/a> showcases significant improvements to reusable blocks, a clearer image toolbar, and spatial options for the social media block. Version 10.2<\/a> offers block pattern options to display contents from the query block and removes writing prompts from empty paragraphs in the editor. It also adds width adjustment for spacer blocks in horizontal parent blocks and the ability to transform media and text blocks into columns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to get involved in building Gutenberg? Follow the Core Team blog<\/a>, contribute to Gutenberg on GitHub<\/a>, and join the #core-editor<\/a> channel in the Make WordPress Slack<\/a>. The \u201cWhat\u2019s next in Gutenberg<\/a>\u201d post offers more details on the latest updates. Don\u2019t miss the monthly Gutenberg tutorial on How to make block patterns<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Site Editing updates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

March saw a plethora of updates to the Full Site Editing<\/a> project!<\/p>\n\n\n\n