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<\/p>\n\n\n\nThere are a few significant moments in the history of the WordPress project. January 2022 is one of them, with the release of WordPress 5.9! But that\u2019s not all. Read on to learn more about the latest updates and achievements from the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meet WordPress 5.9 Jos\u00e9phine<\/a>. Named in honor of the acclaimed jazz singer, Jos\u00e9phine Baker, this is one of the much-awaited releases. Version 5.9 brings full site editing to WordPress, among other exciting updates! <\/strong>Download WordPress 5.9<\/strong><\/a> and try the new features! <\/strong> Are you interested in contributing to WordPress core?<\/strong> Join the #core<\/a> channel, follow the Core Team blog<\/a>, and check out the team handbook<\/a>. Also, don’t miss the Core Team\u2019s weekly developer chat on Wednesdays at 8 PM<\/a> UTC.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The Core Team launched three new versions of Gutenberg since last month\u2019s edition of the Month in WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Want to get involved in developing Gutenberg? <\/strong>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>. Follow the #gutenberg-new<\/a> tag for details on the latest updates.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Take the course on Learn WordPress to <\/strong>learn about the full site editing features<\/strong><\/a> in WordPress 5.9! Also, help spread the word about <\/strong>social learning spaces<\/strong><\/a> on <\/strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a>!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Share your feedback<\/strong><\/a> on the release of WordPress 5.9 Jos\u00e9phine.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n WordCamp Europe 2022 opened a new call for <\/strong>volunteers<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>photographers<\/strong><\/a>, and <\/strong>media partners<\/strong><\/a>!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Have a story that we could include in the next \u2018Month in WordPress\u2019 post? Let us know by filling out <\/em><\/strong>this form<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The following folks contributed to January 2022\u2019s Month in WordPress: <\/em>@<\/span>anjanavasan<\/a> <\/em>@<\/span>harishanker<\/a> <\/em>@<\/span>rmartinezduque<\/a> <\/em>@lmurillom<\/a> @webcommsat<\/a> and\u00a0@nalininonstopnewsuk<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are a few significant moments in the history of the WordPress project. January 2022 is one of them, with the release of WordPress 5.9! But that\u2019s not all. Read on to learn more about the latest updates and achievements from the community. WordPress 5.9 Jos\u00e9phine is here Meet WordPress 5.9 Jos\u00e9phine. Named in honor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20047523,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[191],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-month-in-wordpress","mentions-anjanavasan","mentions-harishanker","mentions-rmartinezduque"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pZhYe-3as","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12180"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12191,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12180\/revisions\/12191"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/anjanavasan"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Check out the WordPress 5.9 Field Guide<\/a> to learn more. Lastly, everyone\u2019s invited to participate in a retrospective of the WordPress 5.9 Jos\u00e9phine<\/a> release!<\/p>\n\n\n\nGutenberg releases: Versions 12.3, 12.4, and 12.5 are here<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Team updates: Proposals, announcements, and more for 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Feedback\/Testing requests: Share your thoughts on WordPress 5.9 Jos\u00e9phine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
WordCamp Europe 2022 wants volunteers, photographers and media partners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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