{"id":12583,"date":"2022-04-05T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=12583"},"modified":"2022-04-27T14:07:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T14:07:00","slug":"the-month-in-wordpress-march-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2022\/04\/the-month-in-wordpress-march-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"The Month in WordPress &#8211; March 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We hope that you and your beloved ones are staying safe during these difficult times. If you\u2019re looking for a way to support the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, you can refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2022\/03\/episode-26-matt-mullenweg-on-ukraine-community-and-wordpress\/\">this episode of WP Briefing<\/a>. There you will find a list of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) that can help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In parallel to the work the community is doing in preparation for the next major release, WordPress 6.0, March has seen the launch of some exciting projects and proposals. Read on to find out more about the latest updates and how to get involved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Pattern Directory is open for public submissions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/home-patterns.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/home-patterns.png?resize=1024%2C659&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"View of the Pattern Directory page at WordPress.org.\" class=\"wp-image-12584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/home-patterns.png?resize=1024%2C659&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/home-patterns.png?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/home-patterns.png?resize=768%2C494&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/home-patterns.png?resize=1536%2C988&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/home-patterns.png?resize=2048%2C1318&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/patterns\/new-pattern\/\">WordPress Pattern Creator<\/a> is live! This new tool allows anyone with a WordPress.org user account to build, edit and submit their best block patterns to the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/patterns\/\">Pattern Directory<\/a>.<br><br>If you&#8217;ve used patterns in WordPress, you&#8217;ll know that they make it easy to add unique layouts to your website. These include galleries, testimonials, pricing tables, and more. Opening the directory to public submissions enables any WordPress user to enjoy a wider variety of patterns to use on their sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2022\/03\/get-creative-with-the-all-new-pattern-creator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Check out the Pattern Creator announcement to learn more<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WordPress 6.0 Walkthrough scheduled for April 5, 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A few updates to the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2022\/03\/11\/wordpress-6-0-planning-update\/\">WordPress 6.0 planning<\/a> were published last month. In case you missed them, <strong>today (April 5) at 15:00 UTC<\/strong> there is a live and interactive <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2022\/03\/30\/6-0-product-walk-through\/\">WordPress 6.0 walkthrough<\/a> hosted by contributors of the release squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will take place via Zoom and include a discussion on the new features, potential blockers, and a Q&amp;A session with the community. Attendance is open to anyone who wants to know more about what\u2019s coming in WordPress 6.0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2022\/03\/30\/6-0-product-walk-through\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Join the WordPress 6.0 product walkthrough<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gutenberg releases: Versions 12.8 and 12.9 are here<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Versions 12.8 and 12.9 of the Gutenberg plugin were released last month. With them, some new exciting features and updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2022\/03\/16\/whats-new-in-gutenberg-12-8-16-march\/\">Gutenberg 12.8<\/a> includes a new Webfonts API, iterative UX enhancements, and bug fixes to increase the editor\u2019s stability.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2022\/03\/30\/whats-new-in-gutenberg-12-9-30-march\/\">Gutenberg 12.9<\/a> introduces the new block locking UI and support for spacing between Gallery images. Also, many other improvements to give you more control over what is editable and presented to users.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/tag\/gutenberg-new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Follow #gutenberg-new to stay updated on the latest Gutenberg releases<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Team updates: Team Reps for the Photo Directory team, community proposals, and more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2022\/03\/wordpress-5-9-2-security-maintenance-release\/\">WordPress 5.9.2<\/a> is available for download. This security and maintenance release features one bug fix and three security fixes.<\/li><li>The Team Representatives for the Make Photo Directory team for 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/photos\/2022\/03\/23\/announcement-photo-directory-team-reps-2022\/\">have been announced<\/a>. Congrats to Marcus Burnette (<a href='https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/mdburnette\/' class='mention'><span class='mentions-prefix'>@<\/span>mdburnette<\/a>), Katie Richards (<a href='https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/katiejrichards\/' class='mention'><span class='mentions-prefix'>@<\/span>katiejrichards<\/a>), and Topher DeRosia (<a href='https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/topher1kenobe\/' class='mention'><span class='mentions-prefix'>@<\/span>topher1kenobe<\/a>)!<\/li><li>The Community team considered <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/community\/2022\/03\/17\/discussion-revisiting-in-person-regional-wordcamps\/\">revisiting the existing guidelines<\/a> for in-person regional WordCamps. Conclusions and next steps will be shared soon.<\/li><li>On a similar note, Cate DeRosia (<a href='https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/mysweetcate\/' class='mention'><span class='mentions-prefix'>@<\/span>mysweetcate<\/a>) is <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/community\/2022\/03\/23\/return-to-events-blue-sky-thinking\/\">looking for ideas<\/a> on how to support organizers who are trying to restart in-person events in their communities. Share yours by April 13, 2022.<\/li><li>The Training team published new lesson plans, workshops, and social learning spaces on Learn WordPress. <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/updates\/2022\/04\/01\/whats-new-on-learnwp-in-march-2022\/\">Check out what\u2019s new in March 2022.<\/a><\/li><li>How has WordPress helped grow your story? The Make Marketing team <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/marketing\/2022\/04\/01\/grow-your-story-on-wordpress\/\">wants to hear about your experience<\/a>!<\/li><li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2022\/03\/07\/the-performance-lab-plugin-has-been-released\/\">Performance Lab plugin<\/a>, a set of modules that aim to improve performance in WordPress, was released last month.<\/li><li>Openverse released <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/openverse\/2022\/03\/10\/openverse-frontend-v3-1-1-release\/\">new updates<\/a> in March. They include a redesigned content reporting flow and new image detail pages.<\/li><li>WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/project\/2022\/03\/23\/removal-of-the-zamir-plugin\/\">public statement<\/a> on the removal of the Zamir plugin a few weeks ago.<\/li><li>The March 2022 editions of the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/community\/2022\/03\/14\/meetup-organizer-newsletter-march-2022\/\">Meetup Organizer Newsletter<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/polyglots\/2022\/03\/22\/polyglots-monthly-newsletter-march-2022\/\">Polyglots Monthly Newsletter<\/a> were published.<\/li><li>The latest edition of People of WordPress features the contributor story of the Argentinian web developer and product manager <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2022\/03\/people-of-wordpress-juanfra-aldasoro\/\">Juanfra Aldasoro<\/a>.<\/li><li>WordPress community members launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/block-museum.com\/\">Museum of Block Art (MOBA)<\/a>. This initiative seeks to inspire creativity and push the limits around what can be done with WordPress. All the art curated in this virtual museum is built using the block editor.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/community\/2022\/03\/30\/proposal-steps-to-integrate-wpdiversity-into-wordpress-event-organizing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Help us build a thriving and inclusive community. Share your thoughts on this <\/strong><strong>proposal<\/strong><strong> to introduce WordCamp and Meetup organizers to #WPDiversity programs by April 8, 2022.<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Testing requests: WebP feature, template for author pages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Performance Team published a <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2022\/03\/28\/enabling-webp-by-default\/\">proposal<\/a> to integrate the WebP image format by default into WordPress core. Your feedback on this feature is appreciated.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/mobile\/2022\/04\/04\/call-for-testing-wordpress-for-ios-19-6\/\">Version 19.6<\/a> of WordPress for iOS is available for testing.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-6 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/2022\/03\/31\/fse-program-testing-call-13-authoring-an-author-template\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong> There&#8217;s a new call for testing as part of the Full Site Editing Outreach Program: Authoring an Author Template. The deadline to participate is April 21, 2022.<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The first flagship WordCamp Asia is looking for organizers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>WordCamp Asia is tentatively scheduled for February 2023. After two years since the organizing team announced that the first flagship WordCamp Asia was canceled due to the pandemic, they are back together and <a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2023\/call-for-organisers\/\">looking for more members<\/a> to join them in planning the event.<\/li><li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/apply-to-speak-at-wcus\/\">Call for Speakers<\/a> for WordCamp US 2022 is now open. You can submit your application by April 17, 2022.<\/li><li>Three in-person WordCamps are happening this month:<ul><li>\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded <a href=\"https:\/\/geneve.wordcamp.org\/2022\/\">WordCamp Gen\u00e8ve<\/a>, Switzerland on April 9, 2022<\/li><li>\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/athens.wordcamp.org\/2022\/\">WordCamp Athens<\/a>, Greece on April 9-10, 2022<\/li><li>\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf9 <a href=\"https:\/\/vienna.wordcamp.org\/2022\/\">WordCamp Vienna<\/a>, Austria on April 23-24, 2022<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Check out the latest episodes of WordPress Briefing with Josepha Haden:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2022\/04\/episode-28-coming-to-a-wordcamp-near-you-a-return-to-in-person-wp-events\/\">Coming to a WordCamp Near You: A Return to In-Person WP Events<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2022\/03\/episode-27-is-wordpress-made-for-me\/\">Is WordPress Made for Me?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/call-for-volunteers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><strong>The <\/strong><strong>Call for Volunteers<\/strong><strong> for WordCamp Europe 2022 is still open. If you want to get involved with the WordPress community and have a lot of fun, this is your chance!<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Have a story that we could include in the next \u2018Month in WordPress\u2019 post? Let us know by filling out <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/community\/month-in-wordpress-submissions\/\"><strong><em>this form<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The following folks contributed to this Month in WordPress: <\/em><a href='https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/rmartinezduque\/' class='mention'><span class='mentions-prefix'>@<\/span>rmartinezduque<\/a>, <a href='https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/mysweetcate\/' class='mention'><span class='mentions-prefix'>@<\/span>mysweetcate<\/a>, <a href='https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/anjanavasan\/' class='mention'><span class='mentions-prefix'>@<\/span>anjanavasan<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We hope that you and your beloved ones are staying safe during these difficult times. If you\u2019re looking for a way to support the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, you can refer to this episode of WP Briefing. There you will find a list of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) that can help. In parallel to the work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15289967,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[191],"tags":[403],"class_list":["post-12583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-month-in-wordpress","tag-the-month-in-wordpress","mentions-anjanavasan","mentions-katiejrichards","mentions-mdburnette","mentions-mysweetcate","mentions-rmartinezduque","mentions-topher1kenobe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pZhYe-3gX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15289967"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12583"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12698,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12583\/revisions\/12698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}