September was an exciting month with the return of many in-person WordCamps, WordPress Translation Day, and preparations for WordPress 6.1. Contributors across teams continue to work hard to ensure that the last major release of the year is the best it can be for everyone. Let’s catch up on all things WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WordPress 6.1 is scheduled for release on November 1, 2022<\/strong>\u2014less than three weeks away. Following the beta releases in September, the first release candidate (RC1) is now ready for download and testing<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Members of the release squad hosted a casual walk-through of some of the expected WordPress 6.1 features last month. \u200b\u200bThe recording and transcript are available in this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This next major release focuses on increased control for a more intuitive site and content creation experience, and will be bundled with a new default block theme, Twenty Twenty-Three (TT3)<\/strong>. This theme comes with 10 style variations designed by community members<\/a> that you can easily switch between to customize the look and feel of your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other exciting updates include enhanced consistency of design tools across blocks<\/a>, a refined<\/a> and expanded template creation experience<\/a>, improved Quote and List blocks, and support for fluid typography<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n