And now, it's time we focus on the major release this year, WordPress 5.6. It means the main releasing squad is going to be our WordPress. Josepha Haden will be leading WordPress 5.6 release along with Dee Teal as Release Coordinator.. According to the official announcement post, other Squad Leads for WordPress 5.6 are. Documentation Review Lead Michele Butcher-Jones. Default Theme Design Lead Mel Choyce-Dwan. Theme Development Lead Carolina Nymark. Some of the exciting features we will in 5.6 are conversion of widget-editing areas, PHP 5.6.x support removal, navigation menus block in the core, automatic updates for WP core releases, block editor enhancements, and more.. According to Tentative Release Calendar, WordPress 5.6 will release on December 2020.. The motive behind this all-women release squad is to inspire WordPress and increase the number of women.
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