{"id":11501,"date":"2021-11-04T23:35:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T23:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=11501"},"modified":"2021-11-04T23:35:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T23:35:38","slug":"the-month-in-wordpress-october-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2021\/11\/the-month-in-wordpress-october-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The Month in WordPress: October 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>October 2021 brought a lot of new things to WordPress, from release updates to new versions of Gutenberg. More notably, in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2021\/10\/episode-18-the-economics-of-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\">latest episode<\/a> of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\">WP Briefing<\/a>, Executive Director <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/chanthaboune\/\" target=\"_blank\">Josepha Haden<\/a> reminded us about the importance of freedom in open source platforms like WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Free speech has with it a lot of responsibility, just like being a part of a community. Governments or communities, or in our case, <strong>this software is built by the people who show up. <\/strong><br><br>For WordPress, at 42% of the web, every small choice we make can cause huge changes in the way that people experience the web today and tomorrow.<\/p><cite>Josepha Haden, Executive Director of the WordPress project<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month was yet another chapter in this journey. So keep reading to learn what&#8217;s new.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WordPress 5.9: All proposed updates will likely be included<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We announced the<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2021\/10\/15\/wordpress-5-9-feature-go-no-go-october-14-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>go\/no-go for WordPress 5.9 features<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>in mid-October. The release will probably include all the proposed features\u2014though not all of them are ready yet, they should be by the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2021\/09\/03\/wordpress-5-9-planning-roundup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proposed release date<\/a> (December 14, 2021).<\/li><li><strong style=\"color: initial\">WordPress 5.9 will include a new default theme called <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2021\/10\/06\/introducing-twenty-twenty-two\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Twenty Twenty-Two<\/strong><\/a><strong style=\"color: initial\">! <\/strong><span style=\"color: initial\">The theme&#8217;s foundation will be strong, and the unpredictable yet reliable behavior of birds inspired the intentionally subtle design.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2021\/11\/WordPress-Twenty-TwentyTwo-Theme.jpg?resize=1024%2C701&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"WordPress Default Theme Twenty Twenty-Two released with WordPress Version 5.9\" class=\"wp-image-11509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2021\/11\/WordPress-Twenty-TwentyTwo-Theme.jpg?resize=1024%2C701&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2021\/11\/WordPress-Twenty-TwentyTwo-Theme.jpg?resize=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2021\/11\/WordPress-Twenty-TwentyTwo-Theme.jpg?resize=768%2C526&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2021\/11\/WordPress-Twenty-TwentyTwo-Theme.jpg?resize=1536%2C1051&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2021\/11\/WordPress-Twenty-TwentyTwo-Theme.jpg?resize=2048%2C1402&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>5.9 bug scrub sessions began in September and will continue each week until the release on December 14, 2021. <strong>View the full <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2021\/10\/18\/bug-scrub-schedule-for-5-9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>bug scrub schedule<\/strong><\/a><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><li>Many of you requested a few <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2021\/10\/25\/wordpress-5-9-editor-update-26-october\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;must have&#8221; enhancements<\/a> for the 5.9 release\u2014follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/projects\/62\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">5.9 Must-Haves project board<\/a> to track their status.<\/li><li>The Test Team <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/2021\/10\/27\/overview-of-the-5-9-test-leads-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shared an overview<\/a> of the team\u2019s approach to testing WordPress 5.9.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Interested in contributing to WordPress core?<\/strong> Join the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/archives\/C02RQBWTW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#core<\/a> channel, follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Core Team blog<\/a>, and check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/handbook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">team handbook<\/a>. Also, don&#8217;t miss the Core Team\u2019s weekly developer chat on Wednesdays at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?hour=20&amp;min=00&amp;sec=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">8 PM<\/a> UTC.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gutenberg releases: 11.6, 11.7, and 11.8 are here<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We released three new versions of the Gutenberg block editor between the end of September and October:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2021\/10\/01\/whats-new-in-gutenberg-11-6-29-september\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Version 11.6<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>brings site logo cropping and rotation, block-level locking, improvements to Query Pagination block, support for child themes and <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2021\/10\/29\/thunks-in-gutenberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thunks<\/a>, template focus mode, and enhancements to the writing flow.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2021\/10\/14\/whats-new-in-gutenberg-11-7-october-13th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Gutenberg version 11.7<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>includes bug fixes and polishes to the navigation block and editor, global styles and full site editing (including a handy back button that lets you quickly return to the site editor), and columns block support, among other improvements.<\/li><li>Finally, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2021\/10\/28\/whats-new-in-gutenberg-11-8-0-27-october\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Gutenberg 11.8<\/strong><\/a> is the second to last version to make it into the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/5-9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WordPress 5.9<\/a> release, and it comes with plenty of developments to the editing experience: featured Block Patterns, new animations for a few elements (like Dropzone and Insertion Point), spacing tools for heading blocks, and a lot more.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Want to get involved in developing Gutenberg? <\/strong>Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Core Team blog<\/a>, contribute to <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gutenberg on GitHub<\/a>, and join the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/archives\/C02QB2JS7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#core-editor<\/a> channel in the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/chat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Make WordPress Slack<\/a>. For details on the latest updates, follow the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2021\/09\/17\/whats-next-in-gutenberg-mid-september-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What&#8217;s next in Gutenberg<\/a>&#8221; post.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WordCamp US returned virtually this year with more than 3,600 attendees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WordCamp US<\/a> 2021 was on October 1, and it was online for the first time. The event drew more than 3,600 attendees, 27 sponsors, and 18 remarkable speakers on topics ranging from accessibility and sustainability to e-commerce, to name a few.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matt Mullenweg&#8217;s \u201cState of the Word\u201d is expected to be held as a separate event later this year, rather than being part of WordCamp US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>If you missed the live event, <strong>you can still watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0Vkq4BFZbhI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yukon Track<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_6-yAZRXY8k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Columbia Track<\/a> of WordCamp US 2021.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Team Updates: Polyglots monthly newsletter, a new Performance team, and more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/polyglots\/2021\/10\/15\/polyglots-monthly-newsletter-october-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first edition<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/polyglots\/2021\/09\/27\/sign-up-for-the-new-polyglots-monthly-newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Polyglots monthly newsletter<\/a> went out on October 15, 2021.<\/li><li>The following teams opened up their call for team representatives last month, and more are coming soon: <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2021\/10\/26\/nominations-for-core-team-reps-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Core<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/community\/2021\/10\/11\/community-team-rep-nominations-for-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Community<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/themes\/2021\/10\/27\/nominations-call-for-the-themes-team-representatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Themes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/accessibility\/2021\/10\/30\/call-for-team-rep-nominations-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Accessibility<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/support\/2021\/10\/team-representative-nominations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Support<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/training\/2021\/11\/02\/nominations-for-training-team-reps-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Training<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/hosting\/2021\/10\/30\/nominations-for-hosting-team-reps-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hosting<\/a>.<\/li><li>A draft of the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/community\/2021\/10\/08\/proposal-2022-global-community-sponsorship-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022 Global Community Sponsorship program proposal<\/a> was released on October 8, 2021.\u00a0<\/li><li>The October 2021 edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2021\/10\/people-of-wordpress-ecommerce-ronald-gijsel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People of WordPress<\/a>, featuring WordPress e-commerce specialist Ronald Gijsel, went live.<\/li><li>Following excellent responses to the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2021\/10\/12\/proposal-for-a-performance-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">initial proposal<\/a>, members of the Core Team announced the next steps in <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2021\/10\/28\/wordpress-performance-team-kick-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launching a performance team<\/a> that aims to increase the performance (speed) of WordPress.<\/li><li>The Polyglots Team kicked-off <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/polyglots\/2021\/10\/12\/new-glotpress-meetings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bi-weekly Glotpress meetings<\/a> aimed at improving the functionality of the plugin that powers <a href=\"https:\/\/translate.wordpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">translate.wordpress.org<\/a>.<\/li><li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/training\/2021\/10\/27\/documentation-sprint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sprint<\/a> is planned on November 10-12 to explore a <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/training\/2021\/10\/04\/a-dedicated-volunteer-program-for-the-training-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dedicated volunteer program<\/a> for the Training Team, similar to the Deputy program in the Community Team.<\/li><li>WordPress.org profiles now display <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/meta\/2021\/10\/11\/wordpress-org-profiles-now-show-github-activity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">activity from the WordPress GitHub organization<\/a>.<\/li><li>The Test Team <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/2021\/10\/21\/fse-program-pattern-party-summary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shared results<\/a> of the tenth Full Site Editing (FSE) Outreach Program: Pattern Party.\u00a0<\/li><li>Answers from the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2021\/10\/28\/fse-program-answers-from-round-three-of-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">third round of questions<\/a> from the FSE Outreach Program are now out!<\/li><li>The Docs Team is<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/docs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> consulting with independent legal experts<\/a> to explore whether there are issues with having Gutenberg (which is dual-licensed GPL + MPL) coexist with other contents in WordPress (our documentation has a CC0 license and the code is GPL).\u00a0<\/li><li>The Themes Team shared a recap of work happening on <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/themes\/2021\/10\/14\/theme-tools-and-requirements-recap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">automation and improvement processes<\/a> for the WordPress Themes directory. The Team also shared a p2 post highlighting the performance impact of<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/themes\/2021\/10\/04\/the-performance-impact-of-using-jquery-in-wordpress-themes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> jQuery on WordPress themes<\/a>.<\/li><li>The Marketing Team participated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/marketing\/2021\/10\/21\/make-marketing-workshop-contributor-ladder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contributor ladder workshop<\/a> to help plan their future activities.<\/li><li>The feature<a href=\"https:\/\/wptranslationday.org\/blog\/celebrating-wordpress-translation-day-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> recap of the WordPress Translation Day 2021<\/a> is out from the Polyglots and Marketing teams, with the results of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wptranslationday.org\/wptd-2021\/polyglots-appreciation-nominees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Polyglots appreciation nominations 2021<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpressfoundation.us17.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=0f93eb6000a019fcbd53d10be&amp;id=04c6fa5c90\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sign up <\/a>for the Polyglots monthly newsletter<\/strong>, if you haven\u2019t already.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Feedback\/Testing requests: Deadline for redesigned Gutenberg landing page is November 5, 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2021\/11\/WordPress_Gutenberg_Page.jpg?resize=1024%2C642&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"WordPress.Org redesigned Gutenberg page\" class=\"wp-image-11519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2021\/11\/WordPress_Gutenberg_Page.jpg?resize=1024%2C642&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2021\/11\/WordPress_Gutenberg_Page.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2021\/11\/WordPress_Gutenberg_Page.jpg?resize=768%2C482&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2021\/11\/WordPress_Gutenberg_Page.jpg?resize=1536%2C963&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2021\/11\/WordPress_Gutenberg_Page.jpg?resize=2048%2C1284&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The Design Team is <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/design\/2021\/10\/29\/redesign-of-the-gutenberg-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>working on redesigning<\/strong><\/a><strong> the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/gutenberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>wordpress.org\/gutenberg<\/strong><\/a><strong> landing page, and has already shared a <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.figma.com\/proto\/Gl653sYvO3RBhVtWSFwMcD\/Gutenberg-Page?page-id=1865%3A12926&amp;node-id=1919%3A14707&amp;viewport=241%2C48%2C0.15&amp;scaling=min-zoom&amp;starting-point-node-id=1919%3A14707\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>prototype<\/strong><\/a><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><li>The team has also shared a few other concepts where they have requested feedback from contributors:<ul><li>Site Editing iA Concepts: <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/design\/2021\/10\/15\/site-editing-ia-concepts-how-to-surface-and-access-new-features\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Part1<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/design\/2021\/10\/22\/site-editing-ia-concepts-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Part 2<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/design\/2021\/10\/08\/adventures-in-block-theme-switching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Block theme switching<\/a> concepts<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Version 18.5 of WordPress for <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/mobile\/2021\/10\/18\/call-for-testing-wordpress-for-ios-18-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iOS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/mobile\/2021\/10\/19\/call-for-testing-wordpress-for-android-18-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Android<\/a> are now available for testing!<\/li><li>The Accessibility Team is <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/accessibility\/2021\/10\/30\/accessibility-team-meeting-notes-october-22-2021-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">requesting feedback<\/a> on a new Gutenberg Pull request that <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/pull\/35896\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announces formatting changes or screen readers<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Share your feedback on the new Gutenberg landing page design in <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/meta.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/5600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Trac<\/strong><\/a><strong> or by <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/design\/2021\/10\/29\/redesign-of-the-gutenberg-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>commenting on the blog post<\/strong><\/a><strong> by November 5, 2021.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keep an eye out for WordCamp Spain, S\u00e2o Paulo, and Taiwan 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We had several WordPress events in October, and several more to look forward to the rest of the year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We\u2019re seeking a new host city for <a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2021\/wordcamp-us-update-city-search-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WordCamp US 2022<\/a>.<\/li><li>WordCamp Europe 2022 has extended its <a href=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/porto-is-calling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">call for organizers<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/italia.wordcamp.org\/2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WordCamp Italia 2021<\/a> was held online on October 22-23, 2021. The event had 23 speakers, 17 sponsors, and more than 1,000 registrants. Check out its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCGdoJtlsv9BhODCQ71cOFnQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a> to watch the event replay.<\/li><li>Another highlight of the month was <a href=\"https:\/\/nicaragua.wordcamp.org\/2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WordCamp Nicaragua 2021<\/a> which was held on October 8-9, 2021.<\/li><li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/community\/tag\/wpdiversity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#WPDiversity<\/a> working group of the Community Team organized an <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/community\/2021\/10\/15\/workshops-from-wpdiversity-october-and-november-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Allyship workshop for event organizers<\/a> on October 28. <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/community\/2021\/10\/15\/workshops-from-wpdiversity-october-and-november-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sign up now<\/a> for the diversity events planned by the team for November!\u00a0<\/li><li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/training\/2021\/10\/29\/contribute2wp-learn-training-contributor-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">two-day contributor event<\/a> focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.wordpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn WordPress<\/a>, took place on October 29 and 31, 2021. There was also another <a href=\"https:\/\/yoast.com\/about-us\/events\/yoast-contributor-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contributor day<\/a> on October 8, 2021, which involved working groups across the board, from accessibility to user testing.<\/li><li>The Test Team organized the following Hallway Hangouts this week\u2014check out their recaps:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/2021\/10\/06\/hallway-hangout-pattern-party-testing-walkthrough-6-october\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pattern Party Testing Walkthrough\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/2021\/10\/20\/hallway-hangout-5-9-go-no-go-site-editor-ia-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">5.9 Go\/No go, Site Editor Internal Audit, and more<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Don\u2019t miss the following upcoming online WordCamps: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/spain.wordcamp.org\/2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>WordCamp Spain 2021<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saopaulo.wordcamp.org\/2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>WordCamp S\u00e2o Paulo 2021<\/strong><\/a><strong>, and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/taiwan.wordcamp.org\/2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>WordCamp Taiwan 2021<\/strong><\/a><strong>!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Have a story that we could include in the next \u2018Month in WordPress\u2019 post? 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