Source: Make WordPress: Core

Based on some feedback from Lloyd I’ve tweaked the homepage intro again, particularly the last sentence. I’m curious on some other people’s thoughts on the homepage — I think of our audience coming to the homepage as: people who have no idea what WP is people who know what WP is and want one users…

Here’s some stats on 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 usage, which is feeling left out with all the PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher…

The Codex is now authenticating against the normal 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/ usernames and passwords. Old codex username…

Made some minor style updates to the wporg web site today; changed the dark grey and light blue backgrounds to lighter shades of grey to better match the 3.0 style, as requested by Matt M. Replaced homepage screenshots with new ones from 3.0, as requested by Jane. #design, #wporg

Forcing GZIP: http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2010/07/12/velocity-forcing-gzip-compression/ This would make an excellent WordPress 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…

Fixed https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14269 as a generalized output buffer for the entire site. #wordpress-org

Suggest topics for the July 15, 2010 dev chat.

Last night two big changes happened on 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/: Ryan switched over all of the blogs…

We have created more than a half-dozen teams for the 3.org initiative, based on various discussions, ideas, and proposals. As a general disclaimer, these may evolve over the next few days. APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited,…

I made some changes to the WP.org homepage to make the text more user-centric, Kathy Sierra style. I also removed the “report site bugs” contact form until we can have that go someplace more useful. #wordpress-org