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9 Things We Learned from WordCamp Europe 2022
Measurement of WordPress market share is going to get “wonky in the coming years,” Matt predicts. Josepha mentioned she’s been talking with Matt about a “reliable” method of getting WordPress market share measurements and maybe even publishing that data on make.wordpress.org.
Gutenberg Editor Now In Testing On Tumblr and Day One Web Apps
Gutenberg is already finding a destiny of its own outside of WordPress. Projects like Drupal Gutenberg and Laraberg were some the early seeds of the wider Gutenberg ecosystem, demonstrating that communities other than WordPress find value in the project and can adapt it for use with their applications. At WordCamp Europe, Mullenweg announced that both Tumblr and Day One are now testing Gutenberg in their web apps.
WordPress 6.1 to Focus On Refining Full-Site Editing, Next Phase Collaboration and Multilingual Features Anticipated in 2023-2025
Contributors are working on making it easier to build with patterns, with plans to improve the discovery and insertion process. WordPress 6.1 will bring better support for pattern usage in custom post types, block types, and a more intuitive experience locking patterns and managing saved patterns.