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What’s new for developers?
(August 2023)
Jonathan Bossenger
Learn.WordPress.org

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👋🏽 Welcome!
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Hello!
○ My name is Jonathan Bossenger
○ From Cape Town, South Africa
○ Developer educator at Automattic
○ Sponsored to work with the Training Team
○ jonathanbossenger.com

3. Learn.WordPress.org
What’s new for developers?
(August 2023)
Jonathan Bossenger

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7. What we’re covering today
○ WordPress core
• enqueue_block_editor_assets vs enqueue_block_assets
• Development mode
• /wp-json/wp/v2/global-styles/{ID}revisions
⁃ Requires authentication
• wp_get_remote_theme_patterns()
⁃ wp_get_theme_directory_pattern_slugs()

8. What we’re covering today
○ Gutenberg plugin
• Extendable media inserter
• Vertical text orientation support
• New ProgressBar component
• Interactivity API updates and Create Block template

9. Resources
○ https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2023/08/whats-new-for-developers-august-2023/
○ https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/07/18/miscellaneous-editor-changes-in-wordpress-6-
3/#post-editor-iframed
○ https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/07/14/configuring-development-mode-in-6-3/
○ https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/03/30/proposal-the-interactivity-api-a-better-developer-
experience-in-building-interactive-blocks/
○ https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/packages/packages-create-block-
interactive-template/