Source: Make WordPress: Core

New and improved this morning, we have a two-fer. First, on the extend 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…

The codex now recognizes the single-sign-on wp.org cookies and signs you in with them. Note that MediaWiki has its own cookies too, so logout doesn’t quite work right. I’ll work on that soon. #wporg

Most newer plugins in the plugins directory are not showing up in search results. We’re working on a solution, but it will probably be a few days before everything’s back to normal. Lame, we know. Apologies for the hassle. #plugin-directory

Feature status: Post Formats landed. Discussing whether to do a coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. UIUI User interface in 3.1 that themes can optionally enable. Theme Search/Filter is still sitting in rough first draft. Someone volunteered to finish it in the dev chat,…

As most of you know, today’s dev chat was identified for feature freeze when we set up the 3.1 schedule. Since WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share…

There was some ancient code in WP::parse_request() that looked in $GLOBALS when setting up query vars. This is no longer the case: [15796] #3-1, #dev-notes

These are the changes for Twenty Ten 1.2: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=15763%40trunk/wp-content/themes/twentyten&old=15520%40trunk/wp-content/themes/twentyten Bug fixes: r15520 – Make sure we have a headerHeader The header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It…

We’ll probably apply to be a participating organization for the Google Code-in coming up next month. It’s a student program a la GSoC, but for pre-university students age 13-18. Instead of one long one-on-one project, Code-in is a “contest” rather a dedicated mentorship. The way it works is that the organizations (like us) make a…

We were successful in lobbying for a 3rd slot at the GSoC mentor summit, so in addition to Aaron Campbell and Boone Gorges, John James Jacoby will be attending later this month in Mountain View. #gsoc

WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ now shows Gravatar Hovercards too. Should be active anywhere you see a GravatarGravatar Is…