What's new for developers? (July 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/1XOH-9TFmsZI6oMzCpwEkRh2pD2mxMQbsUXiR2mfYMFM/edit?usp=sharing

[github-actions]

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

[jonathanbossenger]

The goal is to publicly announce the Beginner Developer learning pathway course at the end of June, so I will circle back here with links and such once that's done.

[jonathanbossenger]

Hopefully this is not too late, but the beginner developer learning pathway is live!

https://learn.wordpress.org/course/beginner-wordpress-developer/

[justintadlock]

Thanks, @jonathanbossenger - I'd already included it in this month's highlight section. Good work!

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The first draft for this is now ready for review.

[bph]

Just has a few comments, mostly about additional information. Awesome post!

[ndiego]

The second review is complete. It looks good @justintadlock, I just added a few comments/edits.

[justintadlock]

Social Copy

Check out the latest developer news, including features in WordPress 6.6 and a sneak-peek at enhancements already underway for 6.7:

https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2024/07/10/whats-new-for-developers-july-2024/

[bph]

Social scheduled for July 27