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Hi Everyone! It’s time for another run-down of what’s going on in WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. This edition covers February 3rd, 2015 [31332] through February 11th, 2015 [31410]. Quick info: If you’re interested in helping out with these updates, comment below, or…

Here’s the agenda for Wednesday’s Dev Chat in the #core channel on Slack. Time/Date: : Housekeeping – Schedule updates, merge window status, maintenance release – @drewapicture Term Splitting – @boonebgorges Feature Updates: CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your…

Press This User Testing 2/10 I ran three folks through User Testing the Press This 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…

The merge window is supposed to open tomorrow for feature plugins. That means it’s crunch time. Here’s where the new Press This is. Feature Parity one of the requirements of coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. is general feature parity with the old version…

This is the jump-start post for the fourth week of the WordPress 4.2 release cycle. 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 merge window is scheduled to open this week on Wednesday, February 11th, and close next…

It’s time for a weekend fun feature! Now that #21212 is complete, WordPress kind of supports Emoji (for the 60% of WordPress sites using MySQLMySQL MySQL is a relational database management system. A database is a structured collection of data where content, configuration and other options are stored. https://www.mysql.com 5.5+, and the 30-40% (by usage)…

Huge discussion today! Lots of work to get done in the next week! Discussed Install process Boomarklet and direct link install methods (currently impossible on tools) May end up creating page to test this Other methods of getting to PT (url tricks) Mobile flows Quick post flow versus repost flows Post formats User testing Questions…

I’m excited to announce a new community initiative for the 4.2 release cycle: the formation of a new user experience, or NUX, working group. More than 15 members of the wider WordPress community have already been invited to participate in the working group, though everyone is welcome to attend meetings and are encouraged to join…

What: CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. 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…

Agenda https://make.wordpress.org/core/2015/02/04/dev-chat-agenda-february-4-2015/ Chat Archive https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/core/p1423083640001782 Decisions, Announcements @drew will lead a NUX working group during the 4.2 cycle. The first chat will be held in #coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.-flow next Tuesday at 19:00UTC / 2:00 pm EST. @ryan (hey, that’s me) will attempt…