What's new for developers? (January 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/18c3u7ltzLvngsZ5qJnoJ_FyQkLKqqxMp2c_aS0cOcTY/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

[bph]

Once published, share the link and a note on the issue for This month in WordPress post of the marketing team before Feb 2nd 2024.

[github-actions]

Heads up @bph - the "Monthly Roundup" label was applied to this issue.

[justintadlock]

The draft is finished and now ready for review: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18c3u7ltzLvngsZ5qJnoJ_FyQkLKqqxMp2c_aS0cOcTY/edit?usp=sharing

[justintadlock]

Props to @ndiego and @bph for reviewing. I'm working through these now.

[justintadlock]

Post is in the system and ready to publish tomorrow.

[github-actions]

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

[justintadlock]

Published here: https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2024/01/10/whats-new-for-developers-january-2024/

Leaving this ticket open until I write the social copy.

[juanmaguitar]

Leaving this ticket open until I write the social copy.

@justintadlock do you have a timeframe for this social copy?
I'm scheduling posts today and it would be great if we could get this post scheduled to be published next week.

[justintadlock]

The developer documentation gets a facelift, Gutenberg has a new template management screen, and more developer goodies, all covered in this latest monthly roundup for WordPress extenders:

https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2024/01/10/whats-new-for-developers-january-2024/