{"id":5348,"date":"2018-08-05T10:52:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T08:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/florianbrinkmann.com\/en\/?p=5348"},"modified":"2020-02-09T10:59:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T09:59:26","slug":"wordpress-weekly-recap-wordpress-4-9-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/florianbrinkmann.com\/en\/wordpress-weekly-recap-wordpress-4-9-8-5348\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress weekly recap #31: WordPress 4.9.8 and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week, WordPress 4.9.8 was released. It comes with a callout for trying the new Gutenberg editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Core<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WordPress 4.9.8<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 2, the core team released WordPress 4.9.8. It comes with the \u00bbTry Gutenberg\u00ab callout \u2013 a box in the dashboard that asks the user to try the new editor or \u2013 if the user is not ready yet \u2013 to install the Classic Editor plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among that, there are several bug fixes and improvements for the privacy features that were added in 4.9.6. You can find more information about the new version in the release post \u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2018\/08\/wordpress-4-9-8-maintenance-release\/\">WordPress 4.9.8 Maintenance Release<\/a>\u00ab by Paul Biron and a list of all changes in his post \u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2018\/08\/02\/wordpress-4-9-8\/\">WordPress 4.9.8<\/a>\u00ab.<\/p>\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\/07\/30\/php-meeting-recap-july-23th\/\">PHP Meeting Recap \u2013 July 23th<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2018\/07\/31\/php-meeting-recap-july-30th\/\">PHP Meeting Recap \u2013 July 30th<\/a>\u00ab. The team continued to discuss the sandbox mode.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2018\/07\/31\/whats-new-in-gutenberg-30th-july\/\">What\u2019s new in Gutenberg? (30th July)<\/a>\u00ab. Shared blocks are renamed to reusable blocks.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2018\/07\/31\/javascript-chat-summary-july-31th\/\">Javascript Chat Summary \u2013 July 31th<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2018\/08\/02\/try-gutenberg-callout-in-wordpress-4-9-8\/\">\u203aTry Gutenberg\u2039 Callout in WordPress 4.9.8<\/a>\u00ab. WordPress 4.9.8 contains a callout to test Gutenberg, that can be removed via a <code class=\"lang-php\">remove_action()<\/code> call.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2018\/08\/03\/dev-chat-summary-call-for-release-lead-nominations-august-01-2018-4-9-8-week-5\/\">Dev Chat Summary &amp; Call for Release Lead Nominations: August 01, 2018 (4.9.8 week 5)<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Design<\/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\/design\/2018\/08\/02\/design-meeting-notes-for-august-1st-2018\/\">Design meeting notes for August 1st, 2018<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mobile<\/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\/mobile\/2018\/07\/31\/call-for-testing-wordpress-for-ios-10-6\/\">Call for testing: WordPress for iOS 10.6<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/mobile\/2018\/08\/02\/call-for-testing-wordpress-for-android-10-6\/\">Call for testing: WordPress for Android 10.6<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Polyglots<\/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\/polyglots\/2018\/08\/02\/wordpress-4-9-8-has-been-released\/\">WordPress 4.9.8 has been released<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Support<\/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\/support\/2018\/08\/august-2nd-support-team-meeting-summary\/\">August 2nd Support Team Meeting Summary<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Community<\/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\/community\/2018\/08\/02\/documentation-review-wordpress-events-in-dashboard\/\">Documentation review: WordPress Events in Dashboard<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marketing<\/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\/marketing\/2018\/08\/02\/marketing-team-notes-august-1-2018\/\">Marketing Team Notes \u2013 August 1, 2018<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/marketing\/2018\/08\/03\/closemarketing-java-traveler-wordpress-case-study\/\">Closemarketing &amp; Java Traveler \u2013 WordPress Case Study<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WP-CLI<\/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\/cli\/2018\/07\/31\/wp-cli-v2-0-0-release-postponed\/\">WP-CLI v2.0.0 release postponed<\/a>\u00ab. 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