{"id":21428,"date":"2025-10-25T02:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T02:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailysutoon.com\/?p=21428"},"modified":"2025-10-25T02:53:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T02:53:00","slug":"gutenberg-times-wordpress-6-9-beta-weekend-edition-346","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailysutoon.com\/?p=21428","title":{"rendered":"Gutenberg Times: WordPress 6.9 Beta, Weekend Edition 346"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there, <\/p>\n<p>I am genuinely giddy about WordPress 6.9 and its delightful updates.  Major kudos to all contributors, who push it over the first hurdle of this release cycle. <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2025\/10\/21\/wordpress-6-9-beta-1\/\">The Beta 1<\/a> release happened earlier this week. The final release is scheduled for December 2nd, 2025. <\/p>\n<p>There are lots of different update for the full range of WordPress users. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Content creators<\/strong> get a number of new and waited-for Blocks, with Accordion, Time to Read, Term Query and MathML Block, and further refinements to block handling and existing blocks. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Theme and site builders<\/strong> get additional tools to style a site via theme.json and majorly improved template management right in the site editor, and <\/li>\n<li><strong>Developers<\/strong> can build faster with an enhanced Block Bindings API and Interactivity API, and for the admin side of plugins the component library of DataViews and DataForms has some great updates as well. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Release Test co-lead, <strong>Krupa Nanda<\/strong> posted great instructions on how you can <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/2025\/10\/21\/help-test-wordpress-6-9\/\"><strong>Help test the Beta 1 release of WordPress 6.9 <\/strong><\/a>. It\u2019s the best way to learn how to use the new features and report quirks and bugs back to the contributors, so they can be fixed before Release Candidate 1 which is scheduled for November 11. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2025\/10\/21\/wordpress-6-9-beta-1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WordPress 6.9 Highlight grid [WIP]\" class=\"wp-image-42382\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gutenbergtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WordPress-6-9-Highlight-grid-variation-1.png?resize=652%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"652\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>In Europe we will turn back our clocks one hour on Sunday (Oct 26). The US will follow suit next week (Nov 2). This will be the week of \u201cpick-up meetings\u201d for me. It\u2019s what I call the phase where I miss a meeting and instead turn up at someone else\u2019s meeting and meet new people. Win-win. <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf89\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/72x72\/1f389.png\"> But seriously, if you scheduled a meeting with me next week, you can\u2019t send too many reminders if you want me to turn up in time. <\/p>\n<p>Have a splendid weekend ahead, <\/p>\n<p>Yours, <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc95\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/72x72\/1f495.png\"><br \/><em>Birgit<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-background-background-color has-background\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<nav class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents\">\n<ol>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https:\/\/gutenbergtimes.com\/wordpress-6-9-beta-weekend-edition-346\/#0-word-press-release-information\">Developing Gutenberg and WordPress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https:\/\/gutenbergtimes.com\/wordpress-6-9-beta-weekend-edition-346\/#upcoming-learn-wordpress-online-workshops\">Upcoming Learn WordPress online workshops <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https:\/\/gutenbergtimes.com\/wordpress-6-9-beta-weekend-edition-346\/#0-p\">Plugins, Themes, and Tools for #nocode site builders and owners<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https:\/\/gutenbergtimes.com\/wordpress-6-9-beta-weekend-edition-346\/#2-word-press-6-0-1-and-6-1-scheduled\">Theme Development for Full Site Editing and Blocks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https:\/\/gutenbergtimes.com\/wordpress-6-9-beta-weekend-edition-346\/#3-building-themes-for-fse-and-word-press\">Building Blocks and Tools for the Block editor.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><strong>This week in WordPress<\/strong> is a great long-running show by WPbuilds and host <strong>Nathan Wrigley<\/strong>. A panel of three people chats about last week\u2019s WordPress news. They comment, explain and present addtional view points. It\u2019s loosely inspired by \u201cThis week in Google\u201d an even longer-running show of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/\">This week in Tech (TWiT) network<\/a> that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twit.community\/t\/this-week-in-google-is-becoming-intelligent-machines\/17988\">renamed<\/a> at the beginning of this year to <a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/intelligent-machines\"><strong>Intelligent Machines.<\/strong><\/a> With Jeff Jarvis, Leo LaPorte and others. It\u2019s my favorite podcast. But I digress. <\/p>\n<p>In the latest episode, <a href=\"https:\/\/wpbuilds.com\/2025\/10\/21\/this-week-in-wordpress-353\/\"><strong>This week in WordPress 353<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Michelle Frechette<\/strong>, <strong>Tim Nash<\/strong>, <strong>Nathan Wrigley<\/strong> and yours truly discussed the great Internet outage of 2025 aka AWS outage, the WordFence Security Report, WordPress 6.9 upcoming features, Gutenberg updates, and Tammie Lister\u2019s fun blocks and so much more. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ArFYfbkypA8\">Listen in on YouTube<\/a> or your favorite Podcast app. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-showhide ng-block\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Developing Gutenberg and WordPress<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Ray Morey<\/strong>, The Repository, reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therepository.email\/wordpress-6-9-beta-1-now-available-and-ready-for-testing\"><strong>WordPress 6.9 Beta 1 Now Available and Ready for Testing<\/strong><\/a> and gives and overview of the features and also what\u2019s didn\u2019t make it into the release, a nice recap on the progress of the Admin Redesign. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\">\n<p>Besides WordPress 6.9 Beta, the fabulous crew of contributors also <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/releases\/tag\/v21.9.0\"><strong>released Gutenberg 21.9.<\/strong><\/a> It brings three new blocks: MathML, Term name and Term Count blocks, the latter two used in the context of the new Term Query block. The <code>allowedBlocks<\/code> feature has been expanded to all blocks and users can also use the new UI tools to controls allowed blocks for templates and patterns, without writing code or editing raw block markup. Hide\/show block features was added also to synced patterns and template parts. It can also be called upon via Command Palette and keyboard shortcut <kbd>cmd\/ctrl+shift+H<\/kbd>. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\">\n<p><strong>Isabel Brison<\/strong>, JavaScript developer at Automattic and core contributor, joined me on the podcast and filled various knowledge gaps about the updates in this release. We also had great fun discussing WordPress 6.9 features, soon coming to your a WordPress instance near you. The podcast episode <strong>Gutenberg Changelog #123<\/strong> will land in your favorite podcast app over the weekend. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ng-block-39c21af6ef674808 wp-block-newsletterglue-image ng-block size-large is-resized\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" class=\"ng-block-td\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gutenberg Changelog 123 with Isabel Brison and host Birgit Pauli-Haack\" class=\"wp-image-42384 ng-image\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gutenbergtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-23-at-17.20.50.png?resize=600%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"600\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Learn WordPress online workshops <\/h2>\n<p>On <strong>Thursday, Oct 30, 10:00 UTC<\/strong>, <strong>Maruti Mohanty<\/strong> will hold a workshop and show off  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/learn-wordpress-online-workshops\/events\/311670069\/\"><strong>WordPress 6.8 Features in Action + 6.9 Sneak Peek: A Hands-On Workshop.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On <strong>Thursday, Oct 30, at 20:00 UTC<\/strong>, <strong>Velda Christensen<\/strong>\u2018s workshop will be about  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/learn-wordpress-online-workshops\/events\/311632066\">Landing Pages, Posts, &amp; More: Strategies for a Stronger Site<\/a><\/strong> -In this beginner-friendly workshop, we\u2019ll explore simple ways to organize your WordPress content so visitors can easily find what they need and take the next step.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-background-background-color has-background\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf99\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/72x72\/1f399.png\"> The latest episode is <a href=\"https:\/\/gutenbergtimes.com\/podcast\/gutenberg-changelog-122-gutenberg-21-8-and-wordpress-6-9\/\">Gutenberg Changelog #122 \u2013 Gutenberg 21.8 and WordPress 6.9<\/a> with Beth Soderberg of <a href=\"https:\/\/bethink.studio\/\">Bethink Studio<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-no-vertical-margin\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gutenberg Changelog 122 with Beth Soderberg\" class=\"wp-image-42236\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gutenbergtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-11-at-12.32.48.png?resize=652%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"652\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>If you are listening via Spotify, please leave a comment. If you listen via other podcast apps, please leave a review. It\u2019ll help with the distribution.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plugins, Themes, and Tools for #nocode site builders and owners<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Brian Coords<\/strong> has the details on the latest release of WooCommerce 10.3. in his release post. <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.woocommerce.com\/2025\/10\/22\/woocommerce-10-3-cogs-comes-to-core-and-mcp-beta\/\"><strong>WooCommerce 10.3: COGS comes to core and MCP beta<\/strong><\/a> he highlights: <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.woocommerce.com\/2025\/10\/22\/woocommerce-10-3-cogs-comes-to-core-and-mcp-beta\/#h-address-autocomplete-for-checkout-blocks-and-shortcode\">Address autocomplete for Checkout blocks and shortcode<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.woocommerce.com\/2025\/10\/22\/woocommerce-10-3-cogs-comes-to-core-and-mcp-beta\/#h-product-collection-editor-improvements\">Product Collection Editor improvements<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.woocommerce.com\/2025\/10\/22\/woocommerce-10-3-cogs-comes-to-core-and-mcp-beta\/#h-cost-of-goods-sold-cogs-is-here\">Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) is here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.woocommerce.com\/2025\/10\/22\/woocommerce-10-3-cogs-comes-to-core-and-mcp-beta\/#h-woocommerce-mcp-is-available-for-testing-in-beta\">WooCommerce MCP is available for testing in beta.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.woocommerce.com\/2025\/10\/22\/woocommerce-10-3-cogs-comes-to-core-and-mcp-beta\/#h-more-new-features-and-updates\">More new features and updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.woocommerce.com\/2025\/10\/22\/woocommerce-10-3-cogs-comes-to-core-and-mcp-beta\/#h-api-updates\">API Updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.woocommerce.com\/2025\/10\/22\/woocommerce-10-3-cogs-comes-to-core-and-mcp-beta\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Product Collection editor improvements in Woo 10.3 \" class=\"wp-image-42365\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gutenbergtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Product-collections-improvments-Woo-10.3.webp?resize=652%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"652\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\">\n<p><strong>Blocktober Fun<\/strong>, the October challenge to build a block a day with Automattic\u2019s Telex, is almost over. This week, <strong>Tammie Lister<\/strong> prompted the Block building AI tool for another set of fun blocks: <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blocktober.fun\/sketch-image\/\">Sketch Image<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blocktober.fun\/ripple-text\/\">Ripple Text <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blocktober.fun\/vhs-glitch\/\">VHS glitch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blocktober.fun\/flip-card\/\">Flip Card<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blocktober.fun\/emoji-voting\/\">Emoji voting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42370\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gutenbergtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-23-at-10.33.01.png?resize=652%2C220&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"652\"><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\">\n<p>A new fun plugin arrived at the WordPress plugin repository: It\u2019s called  <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/throwable\/\"><strong>Throwable<\/strong><\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/qarayahya\"><strong>Qara Yahya<\/strong><\/a>, founder of BlockLayouts. Using it you can place buttons, paragraphs or image into the Throwable block. The adjust Gravity aka speed items fall and Bounce setting, and have some nice animation on your site.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42369\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gutenbergtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/throwable.png?resize=652%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"652\"><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/justintadlock\">Justin Tadlock<\/a><\/strong> released <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/x3p0-breadcrumbs\/\"><strong>Breadcrumbs Block v. 3.0<\/strong>.<\/a> The update includes support for the built-in Layout and Block Gap (Spacing) features in WordPress. \u201cThere are quite a few other changes and some notable bug fixes, particularly if you extend the block with custom code. Be sure to check out the changelog\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/justintadlock\/status\/1971721876306382889\">wrote on X.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42377\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gutenbergtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-23-at-13.25.01.png?resize=652%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"652\"><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Theme Development for Full Site Editing and Blocks<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Sid Sharma<\/strong>, content creator from Nepal, demonstrates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sul4r-KjfAc\"><strong>how to create a transparently floating sticky header in WordPress<\/strong><\/a>, all in the Site Editor for Block Themes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-showhide ng-block\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-callout undefined not-color-set\">\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/handbook\/references\/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cKeeping up with Gutenberg \u2013 Index 2025\u201d<\/a> <\/strong><br \/>A chronological list of the WordPress Make Blog posts from various teams involved in Gutenberg development: Design, Theme Review Team, Core Editor, Core JS, Core CSS, Test, and Meta team from Jan. 2024 on. Updated by yours truly.\u2002The previous years are also available: <strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/handbook\/references\/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index\/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index-2020\/\">2020<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/handbook\/references\/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index\/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index-2021\/\">2021<\/a><\/strong> | <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/handbook\/references\/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index\/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index-2022\/\">2022<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> | <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/handbook\/references\/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index\/gutenberg-index-2023\">2023<\/a><\/strong> | <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/handbook\/references\/keeping-up-with-gutenberg-index\/gutenberg-index-2024\/\"><strong>2024<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Building Blocks and Tools for the Block editor.<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Seth Rubenstein<\/strong>, lead developer at the Pew Research Center and speaker at WordCamp US, chatted with <strong>Nathan Wrigley<\/strong> on the Jukebox podcast about  <a href=\"https:\/\/wptavern.com\/podcast\/190-seth-rubenstein-on-block-composability-in-wordpress-future\"><strong>Block Composability in WordPress\u2019 Future<\/strong><\/a>. Rubinstein \u201cshares fascinating stories from the work h e\u2019s recently been doing. He breaks down what block composability really means, the ability to build modular, reusable, and even interactive blocks that work seamlessly together, empowering both developers and end users to create sophisticated web applications within the familiar WordPress block editor.\u201d wrote Wrigley in his podcast show notes. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-showhide ng-block\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-pocket-casts wp-block-embed-pocket-casts\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fellyph\">Fellyph Cintra<\/a><\/strong>, developer advocate working for Automattic, published <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/playground\/2025\/10\/23\/things-you-might-have-missed-about-the-playground-project-over-the-past-few-months\/\"><strong>Things you might have missed about the Playground project over the past few months<\/strong><\/a>. It\u2019s a great roundup post about the amazing work of the team. He mentions the PHP-Wasm changes, updates to the Playground CLI, the JavaScript API,  how to use Playground with Playwright and the performance improvements with OPCache enabled by default. He also addresses rumors about missing features compared to traditional WordPress installs, noting that this gap is becoming less significant.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<p>In preparation for the WordPress 6.9 Field Guide, <strong>Andr\u00e9 Maneiro<\/strong> just posted an update about the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/issues\/70936#issuecomment-3437790150\"><strong>Fields API<\/strong><\/a>, that has been worked on for many Gutenberg releases. It lists functions and options with code examples. Updates on DataViews and DataForm are still to come. <\/p>\n<section class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-callout undefined not-color-set\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gutenbergtimes.com\/need-a-zip-from-master\/\">Need a plugin .zip from Gutenberg\u2019s master branch?<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Gutenberg Times provides daily build for testing and review. <\/p>\n<p>Now also available via <a href=\"https:\/\/playground.wordpress.net\/?blueprint-url=https:\/\/gutenbergtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/playnightly.json\">WordPress Playground<\/a>. There is no need for a test site locally or on a server. Have you been using it? <a href=\"mailto:pauli@gutenbergtimes.com\">Email me <\/a>with your experience<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GitHub all releases\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/github\/downloads\/bph\/gutenberg\/total?style=for-the-badge\"><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><em>Questions? Suggestions? 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