What's new for developers? (May 2024)

[justintadlock]

This is a rolling discussion for a new monthly series that is intended to keep track of the items, PRs, Trac tickets, and Make blog posts that are interesting/important for developers. The goal is to publish a post on the 10th of each month with the previous month's updates.

Everyone is welcome to contribute to this monthly document. If you find something interesting, just create a new reply to this discussion below.

Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19GwlMyTxd7ycduo_u3QENGkJU4y5NpNd6u1poq9GVD8/edit?usp=sharing

Resources to track:

• Keeping up with Gutenberg: Index 2022
• A Week in Core
• Gutenberg plugin release posts
• Core editor chat, dev chat, performance team meeting summaries
• Dev Notes

[github-actions]

Heads-up @bph @adamziel @bgrgicak: To include your project's news for developers, please add the information or a link as a comment to this issue. Deadline 8th of next month

[adamziel]

The community Blueprint gallery is close to an official launch. Let's mention it even if we don't get to a more official announcement: https://github.com/WordPress/blueprints

[ndiego]

I completed the first review and added a few comments. Looks good!

[juanmaguitar]

I've done another review and also added some comments.
Great job!

[justintadlock]

This has now been moved to the Dev Blog as a draft and is ready to go for tomorrow.

[justintadlock]

Social copy:

Take an early look at some upcoming WordPress 6.6 features and more in the latest monthly roundup for developers:

https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2024/05/10/whats-new-for-developers-may-2024/