WordPress 6.5.3 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is available for testing! Some ways you can help test this minor release:

• Use the WordPress Beta Tester pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party
  • As this is a minor RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). release, select the Point Release channel and the Nightlies stream. This is the latest build including the RC and potentially any subsequent commits in trunk.
• Use WP-CLIWP-CLI WP-CLI is the Command Line Interface for WordPress, used to do administrative and development tasks in a programmatic way. The project page is http://wp-cli.org/ https://make.wordpress.org/cli/ to test: wp core update https://wordpress.org/wordpress-6.5.3-RC1.zip
• Directly download the Beta/RC version.

What’s in this release candidate?

6.5.3 RC1 features 11 fixes in Core as well as 8 fixes for the BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Editor.

The following coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. tickets from TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. are fixed:

• Block Hooks: Incorrect context passed when setting ignored hooked blocks metadata
• Patterns menu item, put back the context parameter.
• wp_localize_script() on login_enqueue_scripts hook change in behavior
• Some PHPUnit Tests are failing (test changes only)
• Autoprefixer warning in `src/wp-admin/css/media.css` when running `precommit:css` Grunt task
• Fatal error when passing non-strings to `WP_Translation_Controller::load_file()`
• Classic Theme with theme.json attempts to load templates
• Layout: Output of base layout rules conflicts with wide alignment of blocks in classic themes
• Fix get_item_features() in class-avif-info.php
• 6.5 adds the “is-layout-constrained” class to the wrong place for classic themes
• Plugin management: AJAX plugin activation consequences

The following block editor issues from GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ are fixed:

• #60489 – Layout: Skip outputting base layout rules that reference content or wide sizes if no layout sizes exist
• #60620 – Fix inserter pattern pagination focus loss
• #60608 – Fix static posts page setting resolved template
• #60641 – Font Library: Fix modal scrollbar
• #60661 – Interactivity APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways.: Allow multiple event handlers for the same type with data-wp-on.
• #60668 – Layout: Always add semantic classes
• #60845 – List View: Fix stuck dragging mode in UIUI User interface in Firefox when dealing with deeply nested lists
• #60764 – Don’t output base flow and constrained layout rules on themes without theme.jsonJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML.

What’s next?

The dev-reviewed workflow (double committer sign-off) is now in effect when making changes to the 6.5 branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a "branch", such as "the 4.0 branch"..

The final release is expected on Tuesday, May 7th, 2024. Please note that this date can change depending on possible issues after RC1 is released. Coordination will happen in the WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. #6-5-release-leads channel.

A special thanks to everyone who helped test, raised issues, and helped to fix tickets. With this release candidate, testing continues, so please help test!

Thanks to @grantmkin, @hellofromtonya for pre-publication review and @davidbaumwald @desrosj for RC package assistance.

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