WordPress Innovations and Upcoming Events

This chapter explores the recent changes within the WordPress ecosystem, highlighting new responsibilities for the WooCommerce product manager and the launch of an Intermediate Theme Developer course on YouTube. It also discusses the importance of custom block development, announces a developer hours event, and provides details about an upcoming hangout focused on Gutenberg advancements. Additionally, the chapter covers enhancements from the Gutenberg release 18.9, showcasing new features that improve usability and streamline theme design.