We’re just a few short weeks away from the release of WordPress 6.3—a significant milestone for the WordPress community as this release officially wraps up Gutenberg Phase 2. To find out more about some of the new features coming to the site editor, Gutenberg, and beyond, we asked Justin Tadlock, WordPress Developer Advocate sponsored by Automattic, to join us for this episode of Press This and tell us everything we need to know ahead of WordPress 6.3.
Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) in WordPress: How to Eliminate It
With this chapter on Cumulative Layout Shift, we are nearing the end of our miniseries on Core Web Vitals for WordPress users. In the earlier chapters on Largest Contentful Paint and First Input Delay, we already talked about what exactly those terms mean and how to optimize your website for each of them. Now, we want to do the same for CLS. In the following, we cover what exactly Cumulative Layout Shift is, how it’s calculated, how to test your website for its performance in this area, and what’s a good value to aim for. After that, we give you […]
Torque Social Hour: Understanding WordPress 6.3 with Birgit Pauli-Haack
The Torque Social Hour is a weekly livestream of WordPress news and events. On this episode, we talk with Birgit Pauli-Haack, a sponsored Core Contributor. We’ll talk about the big changes coming to WordPress 6.3 and to Gutenberg. Join us next each Wednesday from 3-4pm PST for WordPress news and interviews.
Press This: Being a WordPress Educator with Bud Kraus
Today we’re gonna talk to Bud Kraus, the Chief Education Officer at Joy of WP. He’s also been a Contributor at TorqueMag.io. Bud recently gave a talk at WordCamp Europe titled “Using Low Vision As My Tool To Help Me Teach WordPress.” And in his talk, Bud demonstrated the tools, methods he uses to surf the web, but he also talks about how his experience has made him a better WordPress educator.
Press This: Unlocking the Power of Contribution
We’re thrilled to have Hari Shanker, an open source program manager at Automattic and a key contributor to the WordPress ecosystem. Hari is currently focusing on improving the experience for WordPress contributors and Hari has been instrumental in developing the Contributor Working Group and the Mentorship Program.

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