WordPress 6.9
WordPress 6.9 came out the other week, some things to note:
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You can now register blocks that are server side rendered with only PHP via
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In case your theme disables WP’s
global-inline-stylesand updating to 6.9 causes havoc, this filter will remove them again:add_filter('should_load_separate_core_block_assets', '__return_false');— read more on the WP core blog (props to @dave for the heads up!)
Bedrock updates
Composer v2.9 was released recently and it has several great updates. We updated Bedrock to remove the roave/security-advisories package because Composer now has out of the box support for automatic security blocking.
Bedrock was also updated to add name to the WPackagist repository for Composer v2.9 support. We recommend pulling in these changes to your projects and to upgrade to Composer v2.9.
Trellis updates
We’ve dropped Vagrant support in Trellis in favor of Lima VMs which are much faster and modern. Read more on our blog. If you’re using Linux, we are working on getting proper support implemented, but in the meantime you can continue to use Vagrant by using the previous version of Trellis CLI.
Recent blog posts and guides
Interesting WordPress projects
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Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer — Automatically scans your post content for dead links and redirect visitors to an archive.org version
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FreshRank Lite — AI-powered content analysis for SEO & GEO optimization
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Sproutset — Modern responsive image management for projects using the Roots Acorn framework
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WP Org Closed Plugin — Composer plugin to mark packages as abandoned if closed on WordPress.org
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Troy — A WordPress plugin that allows you to host your own plugin repository
General web links
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The Web Animation Performance Tier List — Learn what makes web animations fast and slow
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happyDeliver — Email deliverability testing platform that analyzes test emails and provides deliverability reports with scoring
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InclusiveColors — Accessible color palette creator
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