Next WordPress release delayed after ‘large red flags’ identified
The release of WordPress 5.9 has been pushed back from mid-December to late January
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TheWordPressdevelopers have decided to push back the release of the next major version of the popular content management system (CMS) to January, 2022, after some developers expressed concern about the pace of development.
“I think there are some large red flags here that some things are not ready for 5.9….Overall, it seems like right now we are rushing things in a dangerous way,”wroteAddison Stavlo, a contributor to WordPress’ Gutenberg editor.
Theoriginal planwas to release WordPress 5.9 in mid December, 2021. However, things weren’t smooth during the alpha release cycle, forcing core developers to make several changes.
Better late than sorry
Not impressed by the changes to “so many things at the last minute,” Stavlo wondered why delaying the release wouldn’t be a better idea than making “regrettable decisions.”
As she announced the revised schedule Tonya Mork, Core Tech Lead for the 5.9 release, shared that the team had two options; either move the major features that had unresolved issues to the WordPress 6.0 release, or delay the release of WordPress 5.9.
Aftercareful deliberation, the core developers decided that the issues would be best handled now than later.
“The 6.0 release isn’t due until April 2022—too long for the community to wait for them [the features]. After processing thislist of issues, Core Editor team saw the features could ship in 5.9 with the revised schedule. This decision, to delay the 5.9 release, was not made lightly,”explainsMork.
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5.9 is still in feature freeze, and Mork stresses that the developers will use the elongated development period to iron out the issues and help 5.9 get to a Stable state.
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