{"id":4581,"date":"2018-04-15T11:06:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T09:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/florianbrinkmann.com\/en\/?p=4581"},"modified":"2020-02-09T10:59:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T09:59:34","slug":"wordpress-weekly-recap-first-version-of-privacy-tools-in-trunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/florianbrinkmann.com\/en\/wordpress-weekly-recap-first-version-of-privacy-tools-in-trunk-4581\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress weekly recap #15: first version of privacy tools in trunk and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week, the first version of privacy tools was committed to trunk. It is planned to get them into WordPress 4.9.6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accessibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Misc<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/accessibility\/2018\/04\/10\/accessibility-team-meeting-april-9-2018\/\">Accessibility team meeting, April 9, 2018<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/accessibility\/2018\/04\/11\/new-time-date-for-the-wpa11y-meeting-in-slack\/\">New time\/date for the wpa11y meeting in Slack?<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Core<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Misc<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2018\/04\/09\/dev-chat-summary-april-4th\/\">Dev Chat Summary: April 4th<\/a>\u00ab. The initial plans for 4.9.6 contain the \u00bbTry Gutenberg\u00ab prompt and GDPR related things.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2018\/04\/12\/dev-chat-summary-april-11th-4-9-6-week-2\/\">Dev Chat Summary: April 11th (4.9.6 week 2)<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2018\/04\/12\/media-meeting-recap-april-5\/\">Media Meeting Recap \u2013 April 5<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2018\/04\/14\/php-meeting-recap-april-9th\/\">PHP Meeting Recap \u2013 April 9th<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2018\/04\/14\/gdpr-copliance-chat-recap-april-11\/\">GDPR Compliance Chat Recap \u2013 April 11<\/a>\u00ab. 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