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News & Articles
Roadmap to 6.2 (make.wordpress.org) WordPress 6.2 is set to be released on March 28th with an exciting list of features to look forward to. The main focus of this release is refinement and ease, with significant improvements in the site editing experience.
Developer Hours Is Returning (make.wordpress.org) After a successful trial, a new series of events, entitled “Developer Hours” will be available. These sessions are free to join and participate in. They will take place on Zoom video-conferencing, and will variously consist of discussion sessions and question and answer sessions aimed at developers working with WordPress.
Get Ready for WordCamp Asia 2023, Finally (torquemag.io) After three difficult years, WordCamp Asia is happening! The flagship event was scheduled for February of 2020 but had to be canceled due to the pandemic. This was a painful decision for the organizers who had put so much volunteer time into organizing such a ground-breaking event.
How to Translate a Web Link in WordPress (translatepress.com) Learning how to translate a website link can boost the chances of your readers and customers sharing your links with other users in different countries. Plus, it ensures you’ll send your readers to external pages that are written in the same language as your source page.
The good news is that translating a web link is relatively straightforward with the right tools.
Creating Custom Block Styles in WordPress Themes (developer.wordpress.org) WordPress introduced the Block Styles API in version 5.3 as a feature for theme authors to create block customizations that are not possible via the built-in design tools. However, it is often an underutilized feature in themes. And, when it is used, the results sometimes are best replaced with variations or patterns.
In this guide, you will learn what block styles are, when to use them, and how to build them from scratch.