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WordPress 4.8 release

Updated widgets: Image, Video, Audio, Rich Text
Better Link Boundary handling in the visual editor
Nearby WordPress events added to dashboard
4.8.1 maintenance was last week. Fixes to the Rich Text widget and the introduction of the Custom HTML widget (basically the old text widget) were the main changes with additional bug fixes.

New Core Contributor meetings

Original post: Announcing a weekly new contributors meeting

The meetings are held every Wednesday at 3pm Eastern Time in the #core channel in the Making WordPress Slack team.

Not to be confused with the weekly core devchat one hour later, Wednesdays at 4pm Eastern, this chat is to help folks that want to get involved with core development but need guidance on where to get started.

WordPress.com Now Supports Plugin and Theme Uploads

Original post: WordPress.com Business Now Supports Plugins and Third-Party Themes

New editor for WordPress mobile apps

Original post: A Brand New Editor for the WordPress Mobile Apps

WordCamp US in Nashville December 1-3

Tickets: https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/tickets/
Volunteers needed (apply by 8/31): https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/2017/08/01/wcus-needs-you-volunteer-applications-are-now-open/

Videos from WordCamp Louisville 2016

https://wordpress.tv/event/wordcamp-louisville-2016/

Apparently these have been up since late February.

Dobby

Plugin that hides a bunch of admin notices behind a “reveal” bar

New Dobby Plugin Captures and Hides Unwanted WordPress Admin Notices

Gutenberg

Gutenberg is the project name for a new way to build posts and pages in WordPress. The goal of the block editor is to make adding rich content to WordPress simple and enjoyable.

Right now, it’s being built as a plugin but this will eventually move into core.

Plugin available in WordPress.org repo (in Beta)
Requires WP 4.8, don’t put on production sites
Testing handbook
Gutenberg 0.7.0 Adds Opt-In Usage Tracking

Matt previews Gutenberg and talks about it starting around 02:30 in the video below.