WordPress 6.0
Closed Jun 9, 2022
100% complete
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 4 January 2022 | Alpha Begins. Trunk is open for business. |
| 17 February 2022 | 6.0 Pre-planning post. |
| 5 April 2022 | Walkthrough. A live and moderated review of features slated for the release. |
| 12 April 2022 | Beta 1. From this point on, core contributors will focus on testing and fixing bugs discovered during beta testing. Begin writ… |
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 4 January 2022 | Alpha Begins. Trunk is open for business. |
| 17 February 2022 | 6.0 Pre-planning post. |
| 5 April 2022 | Walkthrough. A live and moderated review of features slated for the release. |
| 12 April 2022 | Beta 1. From this point on, core contributors will focus on testing and fixing bugs discovered during beta testing. Begin writing Dev Notes and the About page (Slack archive, ZIP download). |
| 19 April 2022 | Beta 2. Test the beta release, fix bugs discovered during beta testing, continue writing Dev Notes and the About page (Slack archive, ZIP download). |
| 26 April 2022 | Beta 3. Test the beta release, fix bugs discovered during beta testing, continue writing Dev Notes and the About page, soft string freeze (Slack archive, ZIP download). |
| 3 May 2022 | Release candidate 1. Publish the Field Guide with Dev Notes, commit the About page, begin drafting the release post, hard string freeze, and branch for the release. (Slack archive, ZIP download). |
| 10 May 2022 | Release candidate 2. Update the About page images and continue drafting the release post (Slack archive, ZIP download). |
| 17 May 2022 | Release candidate 3. Update the About page images and continue drafting the release post (Slack archive, ZIP download). |
| 23 May 2022 | Dry run for release of WordPress 6.0 and 24-hour code freeze (Slack archive). |
| 24 May 2022 | WordPress 6.0 is released (Slack archive, ZIP download)! |