WordPress News Roundup

Each month, Nathan Ingram discusses the latest developments in the WordPress ecosystem. We talk through this month’s WordPress news, including news from core, Gutenberg, plugins, themes, and more.

This month’s WordPress news includes:
-WordPress 6.2 Beta 1 Released and Ready for Testing
-WordPress 6.2 Roadmap
-Gutenberg 15.0 and 15.1
-WordPress Vulnerability Report
-Apple Zero Day Threat Happening Now
-Mailchimp Security Incident
-LastPass Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Password Vault Breach
-WordPress Vulnerability Annual Report – https://ithemes.com/blog/the-2022-wordpress-vulnerability-annual-report/
-From iThemes – February and March Premium Events
-New Turnstile and hCaptcha Support in Security Pro 7.3 – https://ithemes.com/blog/new-turnstile-and-hcaptcha-support-in-security-pro-7-3/
-Patchstack Integration for iThemes Security and iThemes Security Pro – https://ithemes.com/blog/new-patchstack-integration-for-ithemes-security-pro/
-Kadence Blocks 3 Release Next Week – https://www.kadencewp.com/blog/what-to-expect-with-kadence-blocks-3-0/
-SQLite Database Integration Now Available as a Plugin for Testing
-Yoast SEO 20.0 Introduces New Admin Interface
-WooCommerce Blocks Monthly Chat
-Google Search’s guidance about AI-generated content
-Google to Begin Setting Up GA4 4 U
-Yandex ‘Leak’ Reveals 1,922 Search Ranking Factors
-Google Cloud Rebrands Data Studio As “Looker Studio”
-ChatGPT Users Topped 100M in Jan. Investors Are Betting Big on AI.
-Google Shares Drop $100B After It’s Chatbot Fails in a Demo
-WordPress.com Is Testing AI-Generated Images and Content.
-CodeGPT: The VSCode Extension with ChatGPT-Like Functionalities