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  • 67. WordPress.org closes for the Holidays

    For the first time in 21 years, WordPress.org has partially closed sections of its website, supposedly to give its contributors a break. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I鈥檓 Alicia Ireland, and you鈥檙e listening to WPpodcast, bringing the…

  • 64. Adopt (or Not) the WP Consent API

    Since 2020, the implementation of an API to help with cookie consent and other privacy-related elements has been up in the air. Now, this open and pending issue is being revisited. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello,…

  • 63. Bulk Translations

    The Polyglots team has released an improvement to the GlotPress tool that enables bulk translations of strings. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I鈥檓 Alicia Ireland, and you鈥檙e listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress…

  • 62. Roadmap for 2025

    Now that WordPress 6.7 is available, the roadmap for all WordPress releases throughout 2025 is being outlined. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I鈥檓 Alicia Ireland, and you鈥檙e listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress…

  • 60. WordPress 6.7 Rollins

    The new major version of WordPress has arrived, and it comes with some issues related to local edits and network congestion. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I鈥檓 Alicia Ireland, and you鈥檙e listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly…

  • 59. WordPress 6.7 RC3 + RC4

    Before the final release of WordPress 6.7, two release candidates have been launched to fine-tune the details for the final release. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I鈥檓 Alicia Ireland, and you鈥檙e listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly…

  • 58. First Major Step for Data Liberation

    Finally, the Data Liberation project will be implemented on WordPress Playground and now has its base structure so that anyone can start developing on the tool. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I鈥檓 Alicia Ireland, and you鈥檙e…

  • 57. 1000 block themes

    The WordPress theme repository reaches an important milestone: its first 1000 available block themes. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I鈥檓 Alicia Ireland, and you鈥檙e listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this…

  • 56. What’s New in WordPress 6.7

    Now that the time is approaching for the first release candidate of WordPress 6.7, we already have most of the new features that this version will include. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I鈥檓 Alicia Ireland, and…

  • 55. Hello, Mary Hubbard

    The departure of Josepha Haden as Executive Director of the WordPress project has paved the way for the arrival of Mary Hubbard, also from Automattic after her tenure at TikTok. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I鈥檓…