WordPress News Roundup (December 2022)

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 6.1.1 Vulnerability – https://ithemes.com/blog/unpatched-vulnerability-in-wordpress-core/
-No More Security Updates – 3.7 – 4.0
-WordPress 6.2 Roadmap
-WordPress Launches Developer Blog (Beta)
-Gutenberg 14.6 & 14.7
-WordPress Vulnerability Report
-Rackspace Admits Security Incident
-LastPass Security Incident (Another One)
-December Premium Event
-Kadence Theme Celebrates 200,000 Active Installations – https://www.kadencewp.com/blog/kadence-theme-celebrates-200000-active-installations/
-What to Expect with Kadence Blocks 3.0 – https://www.kadencewp.com/blog/what-to-expect-with-kadence-blocks-3-0/
-WooCommerce Blocks 9.1.0
-The Biggest Ad Fraud Cases And What We Can Learn From Them
-Take the 2022 WordPress Survey
-New Tool Checks If Google Fonts Are Hosted Locally
-2022 The WP Awards Results
-ChatGPT Creates a Working WordPress Plugin – On the First Try
-Airtable Lays Off Over 250
-US Dept of Justice to Resume Filing Federal Web Accessibility Reports
-WP Acquisitions Watch: Mailchimp for WordPress Plugin for Sale