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Core Dev chat notes for Jan 27
Announcements Extending the Feature PluginFeature Plugin A plugin that was created with the intention of eventually being proposed for inclusion in WordPress Core. See Features as Plugins decision and merge deadline by one week, taking them to Feb 10 and 17, respectively. This does not affect the rest of the release schedule, and betas, RCrelease candidate…
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Week in Core, Jan. 19-26 2016
Welcome back to the latest issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., covering changes from January 19th – January 26th, 2016, changesets [36351-36406]. Here are the highlights: 55 commits 44 contributors with props 99 tickets created 10 tickets reopened 86 tickets…
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Shiny Updates v2
What is Shiny Updates? With the stated goal of “Hiding the The Bleak Screen of Sadness”, the shiny updates team is working on bringing a smoother experience for managing plugins and themes to WordPress. Shiny Updates v2 is an effort to continue the shiny updates effort from WordPress 4.2. The original shiny update feature only…
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The Two Factor Plugin is currently on a…
The Two-Factor PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the…
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Feature Plugin chat notes for Jan 26
Agenda Review the feature plugins for status updates from leads Open floor for feature pluginFeature Plugin A plugin that was created with the intention of eventually being proposed for inclusion in WordPress Core. See Features as Plugins proposal Feature Plugin Updates Background Image Cropper: @celloexpressions asked for feedback for the Background Image Cropper. Current thinking is this is better…
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HTTPS discussion meeting this Wednesday
In recent releases of WordPress there have been various improvements made to support for sites running on HTTPSHTTPS HTTPS is an acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure. HTTPS is the secure version of HTTP, the protocol over which data is sent between your browser and the website that you are connected to. The ‘S’…
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WP REST API: Version 2.0 Beta 11
Just days before the first conference dedicated to the REST API, we bring you: 2.0 BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the…
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Accessibility Coding Standards now in draft and seeking comments.
The WordPress AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) Team has created draft Accessibility Coding…
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Feature Plugin Meeting on Tuesday, Jan 26
As mentioned in this week’s dev chat, we’ll be holding a Feature PluginFeature Plugin A plugin that was created with the intention of eventually being proposed for inclusion in WordPress Core. See Features as Plugins meeting on (the usual dev chat time). If you are a lead for an officially recognized feature plugin, please either plan to attend…
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Call for Trac Tickets and Recap of 1/15/2016 Bug Scrub
On we held the second regularly scheduled bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. scrub of the WordPress 4.5 release cycle. As a reminder,…