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Have you learned something from contributing to WordPress? WordCamp Asia 2027 is collecting Contributor Stories, and you don't need a polished piece to participate. A few paragraphs about what happened and what you learned are enough. You can also recommend another contributor whose experience others could learn from. https://wp.me/phbdcX-1SW #WordPress

The PHP project has released fixes for 2 critical vulnerabilities affecting servers that host PHP applications. Site owners and technical teams should confirm their hosting provider’s update plan and update PHP immediately. Versions before PHP 8.2 no longer receive security updates. These issues are not specific to WordPress, and no WordPress update is required. https://wp.me/pZhYe-5Gb #WordPress

WordPress 7.2 Beta 1 is now available for testing. The release will expand responsive design tools, process more media in the browser, improve admin navigation performance, and introduce a Secrets API for managing sensitive credentials. Testing on a local or test site helps identify issues before the scheduled December 8, 2026, release. https://wp.me/pZhYe-5FP #WordPress

One week to go! If you’ve been thinking about joining us in NYC on October 27, now’s the time to plan. Whether you’re local or making the trip, join WordPress NYC and Mike Auteri to hear the story behind GatherPress and what’s ahead for open source community events. Meet fellow WordPress community members, enjoy pizza and drinks, and join the conversation. October 27, 6 p.m. EDT 166 Crosby Street, NYC RSVP: https://lnkd.in/eDjt-Nk5 #GatherPress

Students at Ahmad Education in Dhaka joined a WordPress Campus Connect event on October 1. The school had run 2 earlier groups with the program, so the organizers were familiar with it, while the students were on new ground. You can read the recap here. https://wp.me/p1q228-17e8a #WPCampusConnect

Gutenberg 24.2 is here. You can now keep notes open in a margin next to your content while the Settings sidebar stays in view. Navigation menus accept any link from a single search, and galleries can be sorted and tinted with a single duotone filter. https://lnkd.in/drQsKSg #WordPressDevelopment

The Sandra Day O’Connor Institute serves people across 50 states and 6 continents with free civics education, community tools, and original research. Its WordPress site also preserves access to Justice O’Connor’s legislative career, interviews, and other work through a searchable digital library. The Showcase offers a closer look at how a nonprofit can publish, teach, and steward an archive at national scale. https://wp.me/pmwwI-3Je #WordPressShowcase

A new look. More settings. More languages. WordPress Contributor Toolkit 2.0 Beta 1 is ready for testing, featuring a redesigned interface built with the WordPress Design System, a dark theme, and new settings to support your development workflow. The entire interface is now translatable, with seven languages already included. Take a quick look at what’s new in the demo, then help improve the next release by testing the beta, reporting issues, or contributing a translation. Explore and test the beta: https://lnkd.in/eNEKNve4 Help translate: https://lnkd.in/ejVfwSBv #WordPress

The fifth edition of WordCamp Jinja drew more than 300 participants over 2 days and featured 3 parallel session tracks. Nearly half were students, from primary school through university. https://wp.me/p1q228-16kOk #WordPressCommunity

If you build with WordPress, the October developer roundup is worth a read. WordPress 7.2 Beta 1 lands on October 20, and you can already test the new default theme, Ipsum, plus the design tools now enabled across nearly every Core block. https://wp.me/pe6QtA-1Ft #WordPressDevelopment