November 2020 saw several updates to the WordPress 5.6 release. Read on to follow all the latest news from the WordPress world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Core team released WordPress 5.6 Beta 3<\/a> on Nov. 2, Beta 4<\/a> on Nov. 12, release candidate<\/a> 1 on Nov. 17, and release candidate 2<\/a> on Dec. 1. You can test the Beta versions and the release candidates by downloading them from WordPress.org<\/a> or by using the WordPress Beta Tester<\/a> plugin. Check out the WordPress 5.6 field guide<\/a> to understand the features of WordPress 5.6 and learn how you can incorporate them into your websites. WordPress 5.6 will be out by Dec. 9, 2020<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But our work is never done: You can submit feature suggestions for WordPress 5.7<\/a> by Dec. 15. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Want to contribute to upcoming WordPress releases? Join the WordPress Core dev chats on Wednesdays at 5 a.m. and 8 p.m. UTC in the #core<\/a> channel on the Make WordPress Slack<\/a>, and catch up with recaps<\/a> on the Core team blog<\/a>. If you would like to help with WordPress 5.6 outreach, contact the WordPress Marketing team<\/a> on the #marketing<\/a> channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contributor teams released Gutenberg Version 9.3<\/a> on Nov. 4 and Version 9.4<\/a> on Nov. 18. Both versions include several improvements to Full Site Editing (FSE) flows, in addition to bug fixes and feature upgrades. Version 9.3 is the first release that isn\u2019t included entirely in WordPress 5.6; the version automatically enables FSE experiments when a block-based theme is active. Version 9.4 introduces some new features like percentage width for button blocks, block variation transformations, social icon support, and font size support for the list block. You can find out more about the Gutenberg roadmap in the What\u2019s next in Gutenberg blog post<\/a>.<\/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 Making WordPress Slack group<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WordPress contributor teams are all set to launch Learn WordPress<\/a> in December. Community members can now watch video workshops<\/a> to learn about various WordPress topics, participate in discussion groups<\/a>, and use lesson plans<\/a> for organizing their own workshops. Contributor teams have launched quizzes<\/a> and are also working on setting standards<\/a> for workshops. Want to contribute to Learn WordPress? You can now submit a workshop application<\/a> (submissions in languages other than English are welcome!), apply to become a discussion group leader<\/a>, organize discussions for your local WordPress meetup group<\/a>, or help fix issues with existing lesson plans<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WordPress 5.6 is ready to be translated and is now at hard string freeze<\/a>. If you would like to contribute, check out these instructions<\/a> and ensure that your locale is ready for an automated release<\/a>. The Polyglots team has also kicked off its translator research survey<\/a>. Please participate in the survey<\/a>, share the survey link<\/a> with members of your locale, and help amplify the Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and LinkedIn<\/a> posts about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Want to help WordPress speak your language? Follow the Polyglots team blog<\/a> and join the #polyglots<\/a> channel in the Making WordPress Slack group<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\nGutenberg 9.3 and 9.4 are out<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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