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FACTS brings Belgium’s largest comic-con and pop-culture festival to Ghent. Its multilingual site helps fans find guests, tickets, schedules, cosplay, gaming, and more. See it in the WordPress Showcase. wp.me/smwwI-facts
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WordPress Credits has arrived in Romania! 🇷🇴 More than 90 students at Titu Maiorescu University in Bucharest joined the launch, and the first group starts contributing to WordPress on November 1. Thank you to the university and the WordPress Bucharest community for the warm welcome.
Explore the program: wordpress.org/education/cred…
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WordCamp Asia 2027 wants to know who you would like to hear from. The Invited Speakers Program is taking recommendations for people and topics, from building for the open web to growing a career to contributing to open source. You can send your ideas until November 8, 2026. wp.me/phbdcX-1W7
WordPress 7.1.4 is now available. This security release fixes multiple issues, and site owners should update immediately. Update from the WordPress Dashboard or download the release. wp.me/pZhYe-5Ha
Heading to your first WordCamp? WordCamp Asia has put together a guide to what the day usually looks like, from registration and sessions to sponsor booths and Contributor Day. You do not need to know anyone or have contributed before. WordCamp Asia 2027 runs April 9–11, 2027, in Penang, Malaysia. wp.me/phbdcX-1Wl
WordPress 7.2 Beta 2 is ready for testing. It includes refinements to the Abilities API, DataViews, DataForm, and the admin experience. Test it on a local site or in a test environment, not on a production site. wp.me/pZhYe-5H4
Your next WordPress contribution starts here.
WordPress Contributor Toolkit 2.0 is now available, with a redesigned interface built on the WordPress Design System, a dark theme, new settings, and support for 10 languages.
Set up a development environment for WordPress Core or Gutenberg and focus on your contribution.
See what’s new and get started:
make.wordpress.org/core/2026…
NYC, have plans for tomorrow?
Join WordPress NYC and Mike Auteri to hear the story behind GatherPress and what’s next as the WordPress Foundation builds its events platform on GatherPress.
Meet others in the local WordPress community, with pizza and drinks provided.
October 27, 6 p.m. EDT
166 Crosby Street, NYC
RSVP: meetup.com/wordpressnyc/even…
WordPress Campus Connect had its busiest month yet, with 13 student events across 7 countries in September. WordPress Credits also welcomed its largest group of new students so far. Read about both, plus Student Clubs and facilitator training, in the September Education Buzz Report. wp.me/p2U65r-qfK
Bird Buddy turns backyard birdwatching into a connected experience. Its smart feeders take close-up photos, identify visiting species, and pair with a mobile app. See how its commerce site brings the product and story together in the WordPress Showcase. wp.me/pmwwI-3Jp
SQLite Database Integration 3.1.1 is now available. If you run WordPress on SQLite, you can now use INTERVAL operators for date arithmetic, and this release fixes issues with transactions, foreign keys, and temporary tables. wordpress.org/plugins/sqlite…
A first WordCamp can spark a connection. What helps that connection grow?
There’s still time to share your thoughts on a proposed framework for student participation at flagship and other major WordCamps in 2027. What would make a difference in your community?
Read the proposal and add your thoughts in the comments by October 30: wp.me/p2U65r-pA9
Have you learned something from contributing to WordPress? WordCamp Asia 2027 is collecting Contributor Stories, and you don't need a polished piece to participate. A few paragraphs about what happened and what you learned are enough. You can also recommend another contributor whose experience others could learn from. wp.me/phbdcX-1SW
The PHP project has released fixes for 2 critical vulnerabilities affecting servers that host PHP applications. Site owners and technical teams should confirm their hosting provider’s update plan and update PHP immediately. Versions before PHP 8.2 no longer receive security updates. These issues are not specific to WordPress, and no WordPress update is required. wp.me/pZhYe-5Gb
WordPress 7.2 Beta 1 is ready for testing. It will bring responsive design controls, Notes improvements, faster media uploads, and a new Secrets API. Use a test site, not a production site, and report any issues. wp.me/pZhYe-5FP
One week to go! If you’ve been thinking about joining us in NYC on October 27, now’s the time to plan.
Whether you’re local or making the trip, join WordPress NYC and Mike Auteri to hear the story behind GatherPress and what’s ahead for open source community events.
Meet fellow WordPress community members, enjoy pizza and drinks, and join the conversation.
October 27, 6 p.m. EDT
166 Crosby Street, NYC
RSVP: meetup.com/wordpressnyc/even…
Students at Ahmad Education in Dhaka joined a WordPress Campus Connect event on October 1. The school had run 2 earlier groups with the program, so the organizers were familiar with it, while the students were on new ground. You can read the recap here. wp.me/p1q228-17e8a
Gutenberg 24.2 is here. You can now keep notes open in a margin next to your content while the Settings sidebar stays in view. Navigation menus accept any link from a single search, and galleries can be sorted and tinted with a single duotone filter. wordpress.org/plugins/gutenb…
The Sandra Day O’Connor Institute website brings free civics education, community tools, and a searchable archive of Justice O’Connor’s work into one clear resource. See it in the WordPress Showcase. wp.me/pmwwI-3Je
