{"id":2717,"date":"2026-09-12T18:55:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T18:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailurdu.co.uk\/?p=2717"},"modified":"2026-09-12T18:55:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T18:55:39","slug":"gutenberg-times-the-wordpress-7-2-release-squad-wordcamp-world-playground-meets-webmcp-and-more-weekend-edition-376","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailurdu.co.uk\/?p=2717","title":{"rendered":"Gutenberg Times: The WordPress 7.2 release squad, WordCamp World, Playground meets WebMCP, and more\u2014Weekend Edition 376"},"content":{"rendered":"

Howdy,<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a regular reader, you might be wondering why I\u2019m in your inbox instead of Birgit. She\u2019s off on a well-earned three-month sabbatical and handed over editorial duties<\/a> to me while she\u2019s away. The one change: for the next few months, the Weekend Edition will arrive every two weeks or so instead of every week.<\/p>\n

And what a week in the WordPress world to begin!<\/p>\n

I\u2019d been writing this intro in my head over and over since Birgit\u2019s handoff. Needless to say, that version got thrown out the window over the past few days. Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg was placed on a paid leave of absence by the company\u2019s board<\/a>, and two days later was back in control<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As an Automattic employee, I\u2019d be lying if I said I wasn\u2019t feeling a range of emotions about the shifts in the company. I cannot talk about internal company conversations, but I can\u2019t exactly avoid the biggest news in the WordPress world, either.<\/p>\n

So, for my first Weekend Edition, I want to offer my support to Matt, my fellow Automatticians, and the people in the WordPress community. I\u2019m just as passionate about the WordPress project today as I\u2019ve ever been. Neither the core philosophy of democratizing publishing nor our principles around free software have changed. The only thing we can do is push forward and keep building a tool that so many people\u2019s lives and businesses rely on.<\/p>\n

With that, let\u2019s get down to the latest news.<\/p>\n

WordPress 7.1.1 is on track<\/a> for Thursday, September 17. It\u2019s a bug-fix release, so if you maintain anything built on 7.1\u2019s newer features, grab the release candidate and give it a spin before then. More on that below.<\/p>\n

On the community side, WordPress News shared the story of students in Bangladesh who built 108 websites in two weeks<\/a>, along with free workshops from Uganda to Costa Rica.<\/p>\n

And if you need a break this weekend, WordCamp World<\/a> is an unofficial pixel-art adventure set at a fictional flagship WordCamp, complete with a Contributor Day and a closing ceremony. The game was released by The WP World<\/a>, an independent community project run by Marcus Burnette. Jonathan Bossenger took it for a spin in his latest stream<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Have fun this weekend and enjoy life!<\/p>\n

Your friendly WordPress developer advocate,
Justin Tadlock<\/em><\/p>\n

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