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We got a glimpse into Phase 3 of the Gutenberg Project and it looks promising. The live product demo for WordPress 6.3 will take place on July 20, 2023 and two WordCamps have also been canceled due to various reasons.

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📰 WORDPRESS & AROUND

All the updates around WordPress and its closely related technologies

Real-time collaboration coming to WordPress

Matias Venture has given us a glimpse into the real-time collaboration project in Phase 3 of the Gutenberg project. The aim of the project will be to build the functionality within the site editor to enable collaborations between multiple users.

• Media library and media flows.: An outline for the media library in Phase 3 of the Gutenberg project has been published. The main goals will be to expand the media management capabilities, unify the block edit and single media interfaces, and improve upon the major media flows.
• Asynchronous Workflows: The goal of the Workflows project will be to allow collaboration between users during the editorial process. This will allow users to add comments, suggest edits and tag other users for peer review.
• Edit history and revisions: The revisions interface will also be getting an update in Phase 3 of the Gutenberg project. Also, a brief summary of the tasks that needed to be worked on is also included.
• 6.3 Live product demo: A live product demo for WordPress 6.3, the second major release of 2023 will happen on July, 20, 16:00 UTC on Zoom.
• Dropping support for PHP 5: From WordPress 6.3 onwards, the support for PHP 5 will be dropped. The new minimum supported version of PHP will be 7.0.0 and the recommended version of PHP will remain the same at 7.4 or higher.
• What’s new for developers? (July 2023): Justin Tadlock shared the developer goodies expected in WP 6.3. Officially, the launch date is August 8, 2023. So if you haven’t already, give WordPress 6.3 Beta 3 a spin.
• Expertise needed: Learn how to vet content topic ideas for the Training Team: The Training Team is looking for community members to join the team as Subject Matter Experts. These SMEs will examine the various content ideas and will also work with content creators that develop content.
• Project thread: Learning pathways on Learn WordPress: The objective of the project will be to create and launch learning pathways for various types of learners on Learn WordPress.
• Next steps for GitHub updates: The Training Team has given an update on everything that has been introduced to the GitHub project management system and has also provided details on the issues to tackle.
• FSE Program Momery makeover summary: An update on the Mongomery Makeover has been published along with the list of encountered bugs.
• Design Share: Jun 19–Jun 30: The design team has shared an update on a few projects they have worked on over the past couple of weeks.
• Google Analytics violates GDPR, says Swedish watchdog: The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) has cautioned companies against using Google Analytics due to surveillance risks posed by the U.S. government.
• Code Interpreter beta available for all ChatGPT Plus users: The Code Interpreter will allow ChatGPT to execute code, can access the files users have uploaded, and can also be used to analyze data, create charts, and so on.
• Threads app hits 100 million users with ‘mostly organic demand’: Threads app is quickly growing and has reached over 100 million users in less than a week.

🚨WEB SECURITY & VULNERABILITIES

A collection of web security and vulnerability news and updates for the past week

• MalCare, Blogvault, and WPRemote plugins patch vulnerabilities allowing Site takeover through stolen API credentials: Broken cryptography to authenticate API requests from its remote servers to connected WordPress sites which could allow attackers to completely take over the site has been patched. All users are advised to immediately update the plugins to the latest version to resolve the vulnerability.
• Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 26, 2023 to July 2, 2023): 66 vulnerabilities were disclosed in 56 WordPress Plugins and 1 WordPress theme.
• Google confirms bug with Google News impacting publisher traffic: Google is working to resolve an issue related to indexing content from news publishers that may result in a decrease in traffic from Google News.

🔌 NEW PLUGINS & THEMES

Be one of the first ones to explore some fresh plugins and themes

Hey theme

 A simple personal blog theme with two style variations.

• Blockfolio theme: A clean and simple theme with two style variations for creating a beautiful portfolio site.
• FotaWP theme: A multipurpose theme with six style variations.
• Date updated plugin: The plugin allows users to add dynamic month and year information into posts, pages, and widgets.
• Generate random orders for WooCommerce: The plugin allows users to generate random orders in an instant and is helpful for testing and data population purposes.

👥 COMMUNITY NEWS

Updates and News from WordPress Community

Introducing the official Cloudflare Turnstile add-on v1.0

Turnstile is Cloudflare’s smart CAPTCHA alternative to Google reCAPTCHA with the aim of reducing spam form entries while focusing on privacy and user experience.

• SEOPress 6.8 is now available: The new release introduces two new widgets to the SEO dashboard, a new automatic redirect suggestions for term taxonomies, and also includes OpenAI enhancements, and a few more new features and improvements.
• Oxygen 4.7 beta 2 now available: This release is focused on improving the built-in code editor.
• WooCommerce blocks 10.6.0 release notes: The latest release brings the cart, checkout, and order confirmation templates to the site editor, new settings have been added to the mini-cart, and includes several new additions and enhancements.
• Jetpack 12.3 released: The version improves the AI assistant and it can now revise and enhance existing blocks in the WordPress Editor. This update also introduces a new Tock block and also packs in several new features and improvements.
• Drupal 10.1 is now available: The release brings forth a new experimental single directory components module, new APIs for retrieving menus configured in Drupal using the Linkset standard, various CKEditor improvements, and more.
• WordCamp London 2023 has been canceled: WordCamp London 2023 scheduled for September 23-24, 2023 will not be going ahead due to budget constraints.
• WordCamp Dhaka 2023 has been canceled: The community team has provided an explanation behind the cancellation of the event and it was mainly due to the interference of companies in the communities decision-making.

🔖INTERESTING READS & PODCASTS

More blog posts and podcasts from WordPress Community you don’t want to miss

• Running the WordPress Plugin Directory Slurper: From Weston Ruter
• Plugins: When it changed: From Half-Elf on Tech
• A Polyglot’s WordPress: From WordPress Briefing
• Top 30 VS Code extensions for enhanced programming experience: From Kinsta
• DynamoDB vs MongoDB: Choose one and say no to SQL: From Kinsta
• The future of blogging in a video-obsessed world: From Yoast
• Grow your business with an omnichannel presence: From WooCommerce
• Omnichannel Ecommerce: Brick-and-mortar not required: From WooCommerce
• Louise Towler on how and why you can make WordPress sites sustainable: From WP Tavern Jukebox
• What collaborative features will bring to WordPress: From Speckyboy
• Study: TikTok loses popularity as ecommerce search engine: From Search Engine Land

🛠 GUIDE ZONE – HOWTO’S and MORE

Handpicked fresh guides from WordPress circle

• How to modify theme.json data using server-side filters: From WordPress Developer Blog
• Largest contentful paint (LCP) and how to improve It in WordPress: From Torque
• Ruby on Rails caching: A quick tutorial: From Kinsta
• Categories vs. Tags: What’s the difference?: From Learn WordPress
• Debugging in WordPress: From Learn WordPress
• Designing with row and stack blocks: From Learn WordPress
• Common WordPress APIs: Dashboard widgets:  From WordPress TV
• New guide on secure VPS configuration: From Sucuri
• What is php.ini? Where it’s located, How to edit & common directives: From Sucuri
• How to install and configure WordPress on localhost (Full Guide): From Jetpack
• How to add social media icons to your WordPress site: From Jetpack
• Learn how to build PHP to WebAssembly in 10 minutes: From Adam Zieliński
• A guide to diagnosing common JavaScript SEO issues: From Search Engine Land

📆 SAVE THE DATES

Do not miss a WordPress event ever again

• WordCamp Bengaluru on July 29, 2023: Call for speakers and sponsors is now open.
• WordCamp Kampala on August 5-6, 2023: Tickets are out.
• The WordPress Community Summit on August 22-23, 2023: The Community Summit is an “unconference,” without slides, selected speakers, or planned presentations. 
• WordCamp US 2023 on Aug 24-26, 2023: Call for sponsors is now open.
• WordCamp Kathmandu on September 8-9, 2023: Call for sponsors is now open.
• WordCamp Masaka on October 6-7, 2023: Tickets are available now.
• WordCamp Deutschland 2023 on Oct 19-21, 2023: Call for speakers is now open.

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