People of WordPress: Meet Robert Cheleuka. He's a self-taught web designer (and aspiring web developer) from Malawi, Africa.
https://wordpress.org/…/people-of-wordpress-robert-cheleuka/

Andrea Middleton and Josepha Haden Chomphosy nominated for CMX Community Industry Awards
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As 2019 draws to a close and we look ahead to another exciting year let’s take a moment to review what the WordPress community achieved in December. WordPress 5.3.1 and 5.3.2 Releases The WordPress 5.3.1 security and maintenance release was announced on December 13. It features 46 fixes and enhancements. This version corrects four security issues in WordPress versions 5.3 and earlier. [ 775 more words ]
https://wordpress.org/…/the-month-in-wordpress-december-20…/

WordPress 5.3.2 is now available! This maintenance release features 5 fixes and enhancements. WordPress 5.3.2 is a short-cycle maintenance release. The next major release will be version 5.4. You can download WordPress 5.3.2 by clicking the button at the top of this page, or visit your Dashboard → Updates and click Update Now. If you have sites that support automatic background updates, they’ve already started the update process. [ 170 more words ]
https://wordpress.org/…/wordpress-5-3-2-maintenance-release/

During the State of the Word at WordCamp US 2019, Matt Mullenweg shared that Gutenberg was used to create his slides and the presentation was powered by the Slides plugin. Using WordPress to power a slide deck isn’t an obvious choice, so we wanted to showcase the process and give some tips for making slide layouts using Gutenberg. This post is co-written by Ella and… [ 863 more words ]
https://wordpress.org/…/state-of-the-word-the-story-of-the…/

WordPress 5.3.1 is now available! This security and maintenance release features 46 fixes and enhancements. Plus, it adds a number of security fixes—see the list below. WordPress 5.3.1 is a short-cycle maintenance release. The next major release will be version 5.4. You can download WordPress 5.3.1 by clicking the button at the top of this page, or visit your… [ 567 more words ]
https://wordpress.org/…/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maint…/

You’ve probably heard that WordPress is open-source software, and may know that it’s created and run by volunteers. WordPress enthusiasts share many examples of how WordPress changed people’s lives for the better. This monthly series shares some of those lesser-known, amazing stories. Meet Jill Binder Jill Binder never meant to become an activist. She insists it was an accident. Despite that, Jill has led the Diversity Outreach Speaker Training working group in the WordPress Community team since 2017. [ 1,219 more word ]
https://wordpress.org/…/2019/12/people-of-wordpress-jill-b…/

November has been a big month in the WordPress community. New releases, big events, and a push for more contributors have characterized the work being done across the project — read on to find out more! The release of WordPress 5.3 “Kirk” WordPress 5.3 was released on November 12, and is available for download or update in your dashboard! Named “Kirk,” after jazz multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk, 5.3 enhances the block editor with… [ 715 more words ]
https://wordpress.org/…/the-month-in-wordpress-november-20…/

Late-breaking news on the 5.2.4 short-cycle security release that landed October 14. When we released the news post, I inadvertently missed giving props to Simon Scannell of RIPS Technologies for finding and disclosing an issue where path traversal can lead to remote code execution. Simon has done a great deal of work on the WordPress project, and failing to mention his contributions is a huge oversight on our end. Thank you to all of the reporters for privately disclosing vulnerabilities, which gave us time to fix them before WordPress sites could be attacked.
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/11/wordpress-5-2-4-update/

WordPress 5.3 “Kirk” is available for download! With over 150 new enhancements, Kirk is more intuitive than previous releases, focuses on accessibility, and includes a fresh new default theme.
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/11/kirk/

You’ve probably heard that WordPress is open-source software, and may know that it’s created and run by volunteers. WordPress enthusiasts share many examples of how WordPress changed people’s lives for the better. This monthly series shares some of those lesser-known, amazing stories. Meet Kim Parsell We’d like to introduce you to Kim Parsell. Kim was an active and well-loved member of the WordPress community. [ 565 more words ]
https://wordpress.org/…/2019/11/people-of-wordpress-kim-pa…/

The fourth release candidate for WordPress 5.3 is now available! WordPress 5.3 is currently scheduled to be released on November 12 2019, but we need your help to get there—if you haven’t tried 5.3 yet, now is the time! There are two ways to test the WordPress 5.3 release candidate: Try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (choose the “bleeding edge nightlies” option) [ 278 more words ]
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/11/wordpress-5-3-rc4/

It’s time for our annual user and developer survey! If you’re a WordPress user or professional, we want your feedback. It only takes a few minutes to fill out the survey, which will provide an overview of how people use WordPress. We're excited to announce that this year, for the first time, the survey is also available in 5 additional languages: … [ 63 more words ]
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/11/2019-annual-survey/

October has been a busy month with preparations for WordCamp US as well as the next major release of WordPress. Read on to find out about all that work and more. WordPress 5.2.4 On October 14, WordPress 5.2.4 was released as a security release fixing 6 security issues. The fixes were backported to earlier versions of WordPress as well, so they’re available for sites not yet upgraded to 5.2. [ 599 more words ]
https://wordpress.org/…/the-month-in-wordpress-october-2019/

The third release candidate for WordPress 5.3 is now available! WordPress 5.3 is currently scheduled to be released on November 12 2019, but we need your help to get there—if you haven’t tried 5.3 yet, now is the time! There are two ways to test the WordPress 5.3 release candidate: Try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (choose the “bleeding edge nightlies” option) [ 237 more words ]
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-3-rc3/

The second release candidate for WordPress 5.3 is now available! WordPress 5.3 is currently scheduled to be released on November 12 2019, but we need your help to get there—if you haven’t tried 5.3 yet, now is the time! There are two ways to test the WordPress 5.3 release candidate: Try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (choose the “bleeding edge nightlies” option) [ 291 more words ]
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-3-rc2/

Empowering Generations of Digital Natives - In the third article in the Digital Citizenship Week series, we focus on ways OSS can support Gen Z in learning the nuances of digital citizenship.
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The first release candidate for WordPress 5.3 is now available! This is an important milestone as we progress toward the WordPress 5.3 release date. “Release Candidate” means that the new version is ready for release, but with millions of users and thousands of plugins and themes, it’s possible something was missed. WordPress 5.3 is currently scheduled to be released on… [ 319 more words ]
https://wordpress.org/…/2019/10/wordpress-5-3-release-cand…/