{"id":6527,"date":"2019-01-08T09:18:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T09:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=6527"},"modified":"2021-06-04T12:01:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:01:34","slug":"the-month-in-wordpress-december-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2019\/01\/the-month-in-wordpress-december-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"The Month in WordPress: December 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New features, a big event, and important announcements marked December as a milestone month for the WordPress community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Release of WordPress 5.0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On December 6 <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2018\/12\/bebo\/\">WordPress 5.0 was released<\/a>. This release includes the much anticipated new block editor as the default editing experience. While some users have chosen to continue using the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/classic-editor\/\">Classic Editor<\/a> on their sites, many site owners have quickly upgraded to this latest version.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two security and maintenance releases came out over the course of the month, with <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2018\/12\/wordpress-5-0-2-maintenance-release\/\">the latest update<\/a> providing a huge boost to performance and stability.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new version of WordPress comes a new default theme: <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/twentynineteen\/\">Twenty Nineteen<\/a>. This theme is designed to highlight how the block editor can be used.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to get involved in developing WordPress Core? Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\">the Core team blog<\/a> and join the #core channel in <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/chat\/\">the Making WordPress Slack group<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gutenberg Phase 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2018\/12\/08\/gutenberg-phase-2\/\">The next phase of Gutenberg<\/a> is being decided, starting with widgets, which will make it easier for users to customize their sites. This will be done with features being added to the Gutenberg plugin.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to get involved in develop the future of the WordPress dashboard? Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\">the Core team blog<\/a> and join the #core channel in <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/chat\/\">the Making WordPress Slack group<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9 Projects for 2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg outlined <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2018\/12\/08\/9-priorities-for-2019\/\">9 projects for the year 2019<\/a>. These projects range from creating a block for navigations menus, porting all existing widgets into blocks, forming a triage team to tackle open issues on Trac and more.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2018\/12\/17\/status-update-porting-widgets-to-blocks\/\">status update<\/a> for porting existing widgets to blocks has been posted by Mel Choyce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WordCamp US 2019 Dates announced<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2019.us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/12\/12\/wordcamp-us-2019-announcing-our-dates\/\">WordCamp US 2019<\/a> will be held during Nov. 1-3, 2019, in St Louis, Missouri. It will be one of our largest events of the year and will feature Matt Mullenweg\u2019s annual State of the Word address.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further Reading:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>v1.2.1 of the WordPress Coding Standards library <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress-Coding-Standards\/WordPress-Coding-Standards\/releases\/tag\/1.2.1\">has been released<\/a>.<\/li><li>A few revisions <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2018\/12\/18\/proposed-revisions-to-javascript-coding-standards\/\">have been proposed<\/a> for the WordPress JavaScript coding standards.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you have a story we should consider including in the next \u201cMonth in WordPress\u201d post, please <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/community\/month-in-wordpress-submissions\/\"><em>submit it here<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New features, a big event, and important announcements marked December as a milestone month for the WordPress community. 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