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After some quiet time in #core-editor, we’d like to resume the weekly editor chats. The next one will be before the weekly developer meeting on . It will be used to discuss new features, answer questions, and do component bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered…

Present: @danielbachhuber, @goldenapples, @matth_eu Logs: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/feature-shortcode/p1446494424000273 We released Shortcake v0.6.0. Read through the full release notes. Weekly meetings are on hold until January. Between now and then, we’ll be thinking about what we need to do to put forth a coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team…

For a number of years, the headings hierarchy in the adminadmin (and super admin) screens have been setup without careful thought. WordPress 4.4 aims to fix this. This work is mainly focused on helping those users of assistive technologies such as screen readers, and is a continuation of the work started in 4.3 on restoring…

WordPress 4.4 has been a very productive release for multisitemultisite Used to describe a WordPress installation with a network of multiple blogs, grouped by sites. This installation type has shared users tables, and creates separate database tables for each blog (wp_posts becomes wp_0_posts). See also network, blog, site. In addition to some exciting new enhancements,…

Dev chat is still at 20:00 UTC this week, even though Europe lost an hour, but it will change next week to 21:00 UTC after the US changes. TODAY’S DEV CHAT: : Agenda: BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have…

WordPress has been operating as an oEmbed consumer for quite some time now, allowing users to easily embed content from other sites. Starting with version 4.4, WordPress becomes an oEmbed provider as well, allowing any oEmbed consumer to embed posts from WordPress sites.

Hi from the REST APIREST API The REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”)…

Without comments, a website is as effective at creating a community as the Chicago Cubs are at winning World Series titles. WordPress 4.4 is a rebuilding release and the comments system is much improved under the hood. This release lays the groundwork for future features and improvements. A New Classy and Strong Comment Object The…

Twenty Sixteen is the new default theme for WordPress 4.4. This year the process has been done differently, with an exciting exploration of how default themes are created. The theme has been developed on GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other…

Version 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 final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 5…