In this episode, Malcom Peralty and I confirm that the features proposed for WordPress 5.9 will be part of the release. We share our thoughts on the Twenty Twenty-two default theme that will ship with 5.9 and talk about what’s next for default themes. Will there be more than one released per year or will we see a new theme every other year?



We then spent a good deal of time discussing the proposal to create a WordPress Performance Team. In my time of covering the WordPress project, I never would have guessed that performance could be a reason to slow down WordPress’ market share but as this comment from Mark Jaquith points out, it could happen, “It’s a huge problem, and fixing it is going to take a lot of effort, willpower and time. It’s worth doing. If WordPress frontend performance continues to decline, the project is going to cease to be a viable option for any site that cares about its SERPS.”



We talked about GoDaddy’s new POS feature that enables WooCommerce store owners to have in-person sales as well as online sales, how being honest to readers is free but losing trust is expensive, and insight into the custom boxcar designs that have been rolling out.



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All Features Proposed for WordPress 5.9 Are A GoIntroducing Twenty Twenty-Two See the theme in action and follow along with its development at https://2022.wordpress.net/Performance Team ProposalVideoPress RefreshWhat’s the First Thing in WordPress That Made You