WordPress News Roundup (September 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:
-WordPress 6.0.2 Security & Maintenance
-WordPress 6.1 Roadmap
-New WordPress.org Home Page and Download Page
-Security Team Dropping Support for WP 3.7 – 4.0
-Proposal: Make WordPress Officially Support SQLite
-Gutenberg 13.9, 14.0, & 14.1
-WordPress Vulnerability Roundup
-Vulnerability in BackupBuddy
-Passkeys and Biometric Logins for WordPress are Here in iThemes Security Pro 7.2!
-Customer Spotlights
-September Premium Event and More Events This Fall
-Plugin Directory Crosses 60,000
-WP-Optimize Plugin Accused of Cheating Speed Metrics
-Jetpack Takes Over WP Super Cache
-BuddyPress Plugin Usage Declining
-Matt Mullenweg Renews Push for Canonical Plugins
-WooCommerce 6.9 Released