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All the good WordPress stuff, once every two weeks

Like A Version, Released For The Very First Time

Stick around ‘til the end to find out why the dishwasher won’t close all the way.

In today’s edition:

  • Tumblr’s big WP migration dreams are turning out as disappointing as the ball pit at Dashcon.
  • WordPress 6.8.2 RC1 is live: let the bug-stomping commence.
  • We casually flex on eeeeeeverything we’ve shipped in 2025. NBD.

Hot Off The Presses: What’s New?

Humorous chart about “Pride versioning” in software, showing a version number split into “Proud version,” “Default version,” and “Shame version,” with each segment indicating the emotional reasoning behind version bumps.

Is this “shameantic versioning” not how everyone numbers their releases?

Those digits at the end are definitely the “haha ooops…” numbers, right?

As long as your version number doesn’t start looking like an IP address, you’re still good.

Anyway, welcome to DEV! We’re on edition #25 of this newsletter now but if we were counting shame fixes, whew, God only knows.