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WordPress 6.1 – the last major release of 2022 – is finally here! This release is a step in the right direction for full-site editing, bringing various customization options and improvements to the content creation and site creation experience. We’ve covered some notable changes in this update, which you can check out here. This post is dedicated to exploring the performance enhancements coming to our favorite open-source platform.
WordPress 6.1 is the collective effort of a massive team of developers and contributors. Jean Baptiste Audras – the Triage team lead – shared some amazing statistics about the contributions to this release. An impressive 800 people from at least 60 countries and 180 identified companies contributed to WordPress 6.1.
At Yoast, we’re proud of the work we’ve put into making this release possible. Out of all companies that contributed to 6.1, Yoast takes the number 2 spot with 740 contributions made by 16 contributors. Sergey Biryukov – a member of our dedicated team of WordPress contributors – tops the list with a whopping 584 contributions! Not to mention Bluehost – a fellow company in Newfold Digital – also contributed greatly to this release with 150 contributions.