New Proposal Aims for 3 Major WordPress Releases in 2022
WordPress 5.9 has already been downloaded nearly 12 million times since its release earlier this week. Millions of WordPress users are discovering full-site editing (FSE) for the first time. What will they think? What struggles with they have that will need to be addressed? WordPress developers and power users have done an immense amount of testing on FSE features, but a flood of feedback from real world users is about to make its way back to the architects. Planning for 6.0 and beyond is already underway with a special recognition of the unique support load that follows such a big, complex release. “I believe that the relationship between WP5.9 and WP6.0 will be similar to the relationship between WP5.0 and WP5.1 in that there will be copious user feedback to process so that we can extend, refine, and in some cases even rework the user experience with the vast new feature set introduced in 5.9,” WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy said in an update published earlier this evening. Haden Chomphosy is proposing that WordPress aim for three major releases in 2022, with the next two coming in late May (6.0) and mid-October (6.1). This timeline will “let WP5.9 breathe…
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