Stay around until the end to find out why the dishwasher will not close completely.
In today’s edition:
- The large WP migration dreams from Tumblr are just as disappointing as the ball pit at Dashcon.
- WordPress 6.8.2 RC1 is live: let the bug-stupid start.
- We casually bend on Eeeeeeeeeeeeeëverying that we sent in 2025. Nbd.
Hot from the presses: what’s new?
Isn’t this “Shameanantic versioning” how everyone counts their releases?
Those figures at the end are definitely the “haha ooops …” figures, right?
As long as your version number does not start to see as an IP address, you are still good.
Anyway, welcome to DEV! We are now on edition #25 of this newsletter, but if we count Fixes shame, whew, God only knows. 😅
Let’s dive into what’s new in WordPress!
Tumblr’s migration to WordPress? It is complicated.
Think of a long time ago in the innocent days of September 2024, when we reported on the plan to pack Tumblr’s Jensen Ackles Dorst-Gifs, Thoughts on designing children in the children’s hospital And Dark Academia Moodboards and move them everywhere in the WordPress?
Well, not so fast.
According to Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg, the migration of Tumblr is now on hold for an indefinite period. So much for the Shackleton inspired “dangerous journey”Filled with” constant danger “, huh?
The reason? A mix of shifting priorities and, let’s really be, the enormous complexity of moving a 16-year social blog platform to a modern CMS without breaking a million blogs that is run by dedicated Tumblrinas & Tumblringos.
The news fell further The decoder of the Verge podcastWhere Mullenweg explained that the team had originally hoped to Porten to Porten, which opened the possibility of a Fedivers-friendly rebuilding using the ActivityPub-in-in on WordPress.
“I still want to do it,” says Mullenweg. “But we are not working on it at the moment.”
So, Tumblr will remain tumblr for the time being and will not come to the Fediverse – unless, as Mullenweg says, “there was a big push to implement Fediverse”, in which case, “we would just do it on the Tumblr codebase.”
At the end of the day, users of Tumblr’s die-hard cohort of “Never Gonna Up up” will continue with their niche communities anyway.
- Read the Full Reg article here.
Plus, a few classics to remind us why we love Tumblr:
WordPress 6.8.2 RC1: Ready to test!
Although there are rumors floating that we could get WordPress 6.9 later this year, 6.8.2 now has official reached the status of the release candidate.
This is a maintenance release and it is here to do not -glamorous work on crushing bugs, adjusting styles and letting things that are slightly better. If all goes well, the final release is planned to land July 15, 2025. Until then, the core team calls for developers to test, validate fixes and ensure that nothing breaks just before the launch.
In total it contains:
No flashy new functions here, only good polishing with a good quality of life to make things run smoothly.
Why does this matter? Because even the most elegant block editor can stumble over an unexpected problem, and these updates are the kind of silent, behind the scenes that keep everything behind the scenes that buzz everything (and your customer e-mails blissfully empty).
Do you want to help test?
Mid -yearly geeky dopamine boost: what we cooked in 2025
Can you believe that 2025 is already half past!? It feels like we all sang Syne for a long yesterday while we play champagne in our Cummerbunds, right?
Now the days are getting shorter, Q1 and Q2 are a distant memory and we look back on all bugs squishes and large onion grades that we sent in the first half of this year.
Spoiler alert – it’s one lot.
From our half annual Roundup post is just a taste here:
- The hub had a glowNow it is slimmer, faster and better than ever in managing your sites that is really fun.
- Large plug -in -updates have fallenSuch as security increases for forminator, bulk actions for a broken link checker and session protection for defender.
- Premium Hosting Is now in what the Opposite Mercury in Retrograde is – as in it works better than ever.
You know, it may sound cheesy, but we really love building tools that help you run your WordPress business, such as the super-smart-and-roying nerd you are.
All kinds of cool people use our products and services to build things that make the world a more interesting place – and that will never be old for us.
So, here is the endless pursuit of smart upgrades, cleaner user interface and dev-friendly functions that support your craziest and most ambitious projects. We can’t wait to see what the rest of this year will bring! 🥂
Read the full update →
Mind Bloggling Feits & Stats
- The State of DEVS 2025 survey showed that 18% of the developers of the developer were women or non-binary. That may sound small, but that’s it triple What previous surveys reported (around 6%floating). The progress is slow, but real. ((Source))
- Also from the same survey: 23% of developers said their favorite TV program Dismissal. The work is indeed mysterious and important. ((Source))
- In a number of good old WordPress Spring Cleaning, the team archived 20 Github repos, 11 plug -ins and 30 weak channels that collected dust. Shoutout to Jonathan Desrosiers for handling the digital broom with style. ((Source))
- 150 high school students in Cartago, Costa Rica joined WordPress Campus Connect on July 4. In our time we learned WordPress by digging the 14th page with forum messages about mysterious phpmyadmin errors. These children do not know how good they are. ((Source))
- WooCommerce received 140+ accessibility support grades in the past year, including the right form labels, better color contrast and keyboard NAV improvements. High Five! ((Source))
- According to the survey of the Advanced Custom Fields 2024, 71% of people use ACF on all their WordPress sites, with FTP the most common implementation method by far. Mors your ACF workflow -secrets Via the 2025 survey. (Source))
Blogs and sources that you should not miss
How Héctor de Prada Went from 20 to 70 attendees in LeónProviding Meetups are not only awkward IJsbrekers-Ze’s community oxygen.
Felix Arntz has been contributing to WordPress Core for an impressive 10 years! He shares the 10 most valuable lessons he learned in that decade.
If you have to make a lot of WordPress pages at the same time, like Hundreds of hundreds of hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds” Karol Krol has the fastest method.
Do you want your Hero imago sliiiide to come in Scroll without JavaScript? This guide shows you the CSS all-way way, honey!
Do your own self WCAG Contrast Checker Tool – Because accessibility is not only a box to tap, it is how you build something that Actually works For everyone.
Eric Karkovack AI Bots mentions “Mafia Thugs” – who appear uninvited, eat your server’s lunch and let you clean up to clean up the mess.
Tired of AI Crawlers who highlight your bandwidth? Charge them a toll. This article explains how.
Distraction of coffee breaks
With duct tape and temp -fixes, your Legacy lives forever from. Immortal, unknown and the problem of someone else.
Tfw you look at a theme that promises to work for every type of website.
Flags, feelings and fierce composition. The winners of the LGBTQ+Pers 2025 “Share your pride” Photo competition are absolutely portion.
AI-generated hiking routes Sounds cool until they send you a cliff or in a Beer’s hollow. 😳
Your brain needs a 90 -minute sesh, no 25 -minute snack. This is why Devs have been thrown away pomodoro.
‘Why should I hire a devil if I can do that Copy and paste the stacking crossing code? “
The wayback machine archive is It is expected that one trillion pages soon. Yes, including your old blog where your comic range and thought that Drop -Shadows were advanced. Congratulations, you are part of the internet history.
And finally …
The reason why the dishwasher will not be closed.
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