Episode 56: WordCamp US, WordPress 5.3 and Chrome Blocking Mixed Content

In Episode 56, we review the premiere of Open, The Community Code, a film about the WordPress community that world premiered at Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word Keynote at WordCamp US. Mark and Kathy talk about what it was like watching friends in the community see the film for the first time.

We also discuss recent updates to WordPress in version 5.3, especially some of the improvements to the new Gutenberg editor, accessibility, and site health. We also review Google Chrome’s plans to warn and block mixed content and how site owners can prepare now for these upcoming changes.

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• Watch Open | The Community Code at open.film.
• WordPress version 5.3 was launched on November 12 with a number of improvements to the block editor, accessibility and site health.
• Google will warn site visitors about mixed content in December and start block mixed content in January.

You can find Mark on Twitter as @mmaunder and Kathy as @kathyzant.

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