{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The WP Minute ","title":"OMG 6.0 already?!","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/f4efd2f3\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":426,"description":"News\n\n\n\nMatt Mullenweg recently announced that he would be personally running Tumblr for a while. Tumblr lost their CEO and Matt is making this his top priority within Automattic for the immediate future. Keep an eye open for improvements in the community.\n\n\n\nAre you or your clients using Wordpress.com? Wordpress.com is now making it possible to purchase certain plugins directly on the plugin page. \n\n\n\nThe plugins that are available right now are for WooCommerce subscribers with a Business or eCommerce plan. Keep an eye out for more paid plugins appearing in 2022.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy on make.wordpress.org shared the potential release timing for 2022 of WordPress. This release looks like this right now:\n\n\n\n6.0 – Late May\n\n\n\n6.1 – Mid October\n\n\n\nIf you have project management skills or can lend a hand on these next major releases, contact the release team.\n\n\n\nThe Preliminary Roadmap for Gutenberg 6.0 has also been published by Matias Ventura on make.wordpress.org.  There are four phases outlining the long-term roadmap.\n\n\n\nEvents\n\n\n\nThe schedule of WordCamps is published over on WordCamp central. Many are in the early stages of planning and don't have a date yet. WordCamp US has been scheduled September 9-11, 2022 in San Diego, CA.\n\n\n\nFrom Our Contributors and Producers\n\n\n\nTo celebrate Black History Month Underrepresented in Tech will tweet about a black tech innovator/inventor every day in February.\n\n\n\nGoogle is burying FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts) in its sea of abandoned experiments. Sarah Gooding over at the WPTavern writes that Google’s FLoC ran in limited markets and received overwhelmingly negative feedback from the tech industry that left Google with an uphill battle to get enough buy-in to proceed. So now Google is proposing topics. Stay tuned for the feedback on this new proposal.\n\n\n\nSquarespace rolled out an expansion of their Member Areas program. This allows publishers to earn money selling instructional and other kinds of content...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/B7hdlYwjqhl9eXRrYH3YmT0lK4oG1XC6kdnjd-ITW0w/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zZDhl/YzIxN2QwOWRmYjQ1/OTM2ZjMwZWRiYzli/M2ExMC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}