Feedback - Scaffold script(s) and since WP 6.7/6.8 the register block type process has changed
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With the updated scaffold script(s) and since WP 6.7/6.8 the register block type process has changed and makes the content in week 6 of the 'Developing your first block' cohort course out of date and impossible for a beginner to follow without additional direction in the course.
see both:
https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/10/17/new-block-type-registration-apis-to-improve-performance-in-wordpress-6-7/
https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/03/13/more-efficient-block-type-registration-in-6-8/
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Review week 6 of the “Developing your first block” cohort course alongside the linked WordPress 6.7 and 6.8 registration API announcements. Identify the outdated scaffold and block-registration instructions, then update the course so a beginner can follow the current process from start to finish.
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- wordpress
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- documentation
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- Documentation
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