A stitch in time saves nine. I couldn’t sew my way out of a bag, but it’s true advice for bloggers as well — a little bit of work on an...

Every now and then I see someone ask in the dev channel how they can meet up with other local WordPress developers. We’re thinking about...

The WordPress team had initially committed to maintaining the WordPress 2.0.x legacy branch until 2010. Unfortunately, we bit off more...

2.8.1 is nigh.  Release Candidate 1 is our last stop before the final release.  Please download RC1, review the changes made since beta...

Last Wednesday, the core development team and a number of contributing developers met in the IRC #wordpress-dev channel to talk about...

2.8.1 Beta 2 is ready for testing.  Download it, check out the changes since beta 1, and review all tickets fixed in 2.8.1.  We...

We’ve started work on the first maintenance release to 2.8.  2.8.1 will fix a handful of bugs that turned up in 2.8.  Today we’re...

With Release Candidate 1, we think WordPress 2.8 is ready and complete.  Download it, test it, and tell us what you think.  If you don’t...

Next Wednesday, June 10th, is the target date for the release of WordPress 2.8.  Tickets against the 2.8 milestone that are not ...

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“I wish they’d implement feature x.” “Why won’t they put feature y into core? It’s rated really high in the Ideas forum!” “It doesn’t...

One of the reasons WordPress 2.7 was such a success is the amount of usability testing that took place during the development cycle....

Google has announced the successful applicants for the 2009 Google Summer of Code, and WordPress is lucky enough to have eight students...

As promised, here are the results of the 24-hour has-patch marathon that was announced, begun and completed over the course of a few days...

The 24-hour has-patch marathon has just officially begun! For the next 24 hours (until Friday, 4pm UTC), the core developers will be...

Waiting patiently for a bug hunt to be announced before you get involved as a WordPress development contributor? Pshaw! Don’t be shy! 2.8...

As mentioned previously, the icon design contest was such a success that we realized we needed to create more ways for graphic designers...

Students, secure your awesome summer by applying to the WordPress Summer of Code now! The deadline is in 3 hours, 12 noon PDT / 19:00...

Dad: Well, Billy, another school year is coming to a close. No more college parties, just another summer here at home. What will you do...