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@justintadlock
justintadlock
opened on Mar 25, 2026

This is a rolling discussion for a 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/1S85VsQft_R84oe_ighFtV8vxq48ZIVV7IbVFF1PASTc/edit?usp=sharing

Author: @jonathanbossenger will be writing this month's edition.

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  1. justintadlock
    assigned
    justintadlock
    ,
    bph
    and
    jonathanbossenger
    on Mar 25, 2026
  2. justintadlock
    added this to Developer Blog Content Boardon Mar 25, 2026
  3. justintadlock
    added
    Monthly Roundup
    on Mar 25, 2026
  4. justintadlock
    moved this to In Progress in Developer Blog Content Boardon Mar 25, 2026

  5. jonathanbossenger commented on Mar 26, 2026

    @jonathanbossenger
    jonathanbossenger
    on Mar 26, 2026
    Contributor

    Heads-up @bph @adamziel @jonathanbossenger @alexapeduzzi @fellyph: To include your project's news for developers, please add the information or a link as a comment to this issue.

    Deadline: 5th of April.

  6. bph commented on Mar 26, 2026

    @bph
    bph
    on Mar 26, 2026
    Collaborator

    📢 Reminder — skipped for April 2026 (deadline is April 5, before the 20-day window).

  7. fellyph commented on Apr 2, 2026

    @fellyph
    fellyph
    on Apr 2, 2026

    Hey Amazing people,

    I have some links from WordPress Playground:

    Blog:

    Docs:

    Other Features

  8. jonathanbossenger commented on Apr 7, 2026

    @jonathanbossenger
    jonathanbossenger
    on Apr 7, 2026
    Contributor

    WIP Draft: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hxEdoRv7pBhZT3mDipnMzdBSxalyWg_jFlQrV84KDAU/edit?usp=sharing

    This is not yet ready for review. I'm waiting on the Gutenberg 22.9 release, which is due this coming Wednesday, the 8th.

  9. justintadlock commented on Apr 8, 2026

    @justintadlock
    justintadlock
    on Apr 8, 2026
    Author

    Did an initial review. Biggest things:

    • Make sure each section has a relevant link.
    • No Themes heading? There are several items that would fit there.
    • If possible, add some screenshots for the Highlights section.

  10. jonathanbossenger commented on Apr 9, 2026

    @jonathanbossenger
    jonathanbossenger
    on Apr 9, 2026
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    Thanks @justintadlock I'll work on making the updates today, and open it up for the proper review.

  11. jonathanbossenger commented on Apr 9, 2026

    @jonathanbossenger
    jonathanbossenger
    on Apr 9, 2026
    Contributor

    I've incorporated the changes, and the post is ready for review.

    @justintadlock Most of the WordPress 7.0 updates in the highlight section are API changes, so it's hard to add screenshots, but I've added a screenshot of the Connectors screen. Let me know if you have any other ideas.

  12. jonathanbossenger
    moved this from In Progress to Needs 1st review in Developer Blog Content Boardon Apr 9, 2026
  13. justintadlock
    moved this from Needs 1st review to Done w/ 1st Review in Developer Blog Content Boardon Apr 9, 2026

  14. justintadlock commented on Apr 9, 2026

    @justintadlock
    justintadlock
    on Apr 9, 2026
    Author

    Mostly looks good. I had a few questions on accuracy of things. Just double check those.

  15. jonathanbossenger commented on Apr 10, 2026

    @jonathanbossenger
    jonathanbossenger
    on Apr 10, 2026
    Contributor

    Thanks @justintadlock (note to self, writing WNFD before travel is not the best idea 🫠)

  16. troychaplin
    moved this from Done w/ 1st Review to Needs 2nd review in Developer Blog Content Boardon Apr 10, 2026
  17. troychaplin
    moved this from Needs 2nd review to Done w/ 2nd review in Developer Blog Content Boardon Apr 10, 2026

  18. troychaplin commented on Apr 10, 2026

    @troychaplin
    troychaplin
    on Apr 10, 2026
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    2nd review done @jonathanbossenger, nothing that I see needs changing.

  19. troychaplin
    moved this from Done w/ 2nd review to Ready to publish in Developer Blog Content Boardon Apr 10, 2026
  20. troychaplin
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    flow-ready to publishPost is ready to be published, publish checklist as comment
    on Apr 10, 2026

  21. github-actions commented on Apr 10, 2026

    @github-actions
    github-actionsBot
    on Apr 10, 2026 – with GitHub Actions
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    Pre-publishing checklist

    • Post Title and subheaders in sentence case
    • Are Category or Categories selected?
    • Are Tags identifies?
    • Is there an explicit Excerpt?
    • Are all images files uploaded to the media library
    • Do all images have an alt-text?
    • Are all code blocks using the Code Block?
    • For TOC us the Pattern under Developer Blog > Table of contents
    • Assign or upload a featured image (Figma templates to get started)
    • Props added? (See Guidelines)
      🙌 Publish! 📗

    Post-publishing checklist

    • add Props for reviews to #props channel in WP Slack (Example) (use Slack handles)
    • close the issue with a comment to link to the published post
    • close the accompanying discussion with the link to the published post.
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  23. jonathanbossenger commented on Apr 10, 2026

    @jonathanbossenger
    jonathanbossenger
    on Apr 10, 2026
    Contributor

    https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2026/04/whats-new-for-developers-april-2026/

    Feel free to reopen this if you spot any errors on the post.

  24. jonathanbossenger
    closed this as completedon Apr 10, 2026
  25. bph
    moved this from Ready to publish to Published (Done) in Developer Blog Content Boardon May 7, 2026
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