Source: Make WordPress: Core

  • Post Meta Library Design Pattern Summaries

    I’ve written two design pattern summaries, one for Fieldmanager and one for Custom Metadata Manager, and I’d suggest anyone who wants to contribute right now to write one. Each library makes their own assumptions about what a metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that…

  • The group formerly known as Metamorphosis Update

    Yesterday we held our last round of presentations of post metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. library authors. Here’s Daniel Quinn on WP Extend, Tom Auger on Zeitguys’ Meta…

  • Better Widgets

    The Widgets team has been busy. 🙂 Outside of the Widget Customizer 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…

  • JSON REST API: Version 0.8

    Hi everyone! Sorry about the late release, I’ve been a bit sick for most of the week, which has helped my blogging abilities but hindered my coding abilities. In any event, version 0.8 of the JSONJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit…

  • Since some people read this and not the…

    Since some people read this and not the news blogblog (versus network, site), 3.8 is out. 🙂

  • Metamorphosis Meeting Update

    Yesterday we hosted a few more post metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. library authors to share their knowledge and experience with us. Here are the Youtubes: Herb Miller…

  • AH-O₂ – Breathing new life into admin help!

    I thought it was time to introduce ourselves. I’m Chris, aka @jazzs3quence, and I’m the project lead of AH-O2 — the project formerly known as Adminadmin (and super admin) Help. The AH-O2/admin help team has been quietly meeting every Monday since the end of August to try to reimagine the help system in the WordPress…

  • Search Initiative Chat Recap

    Link: https://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php?channel=wordpress-core-plugins&day=2013-12-06&sort=asc#m36279 In Attendance: @georgestephanis @westonruter @johnregan3 @sc0ttkclark Topics Discussed: The ‘big’ portion of the Search Initiative may have to be delayed unless we get sufficient interest and participation.  A small group with little feedback will have significantly more difficulty building something that will necessarily be attractive to the community at large, and have far less…

  • Widgets ♥ the Customizer

    The Widgets team has been hard at work on our latest project which adds widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way…

  • State of 3.8, and thoughts on the next week

    tl; dr: Still on track for release next Thursday. We’re extending the window for code changes by 3 days, through the 8th. RC2 package on the 9th will be what ships on the 12th. December 5th, our targeted but controversial freeze date, is drawing to a close. First the bad news: there are two blockers…