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Below is a proposal for a Term Status APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways.. Feedback and comments are welcome below. Summary Of WordPress’s four main content types – posts, comments, users, and terms –…

This post serves to jump-start discussion before the weekly check in, which takes place in #core-images on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. The next meeting is and agenda for these meetings includes moving priority tasks forward, providing feedback on issues of…

This is the feature merge proposal for the new themes experience in the customizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. introduced with #37661. Here’s an overview of the current proposed UIUI User interface: A theme is the…

Most of the situations where WordPress sends an outgoing email can be classified as a notification. X just happened on your website and you should be aware of it. Back when WordPress was a youngster, the only way to reliably notify a user was via email. In 2016 we have many more options, including push…

There are a few upcoming 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 highest priority. scrubs in addition to the regular component ones that you should…

This is the weekly update post for the customize component. It includes a summary of this week’s meeting, recent commits, and next week’s meeting agenda. Weekly Customize Meeting Summary On Monday we held our weekly 4.7 customize component meeting in #core-customize on Slack [logs]. Participants: @celloexpressions, @voldemortensen, @westonruter, @karmatosed, @folletto, @aaroncampbell. This summary also contains a few…

Hey folks! I’m excited to announce the release of 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…

Join @morganestes in the #docs channel in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ on for a docs-focused 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…

Here’s the meeting summary for this week. If I missed anything, let me know in the comments. Housekeeping Slack archive of meeting. Meetings are every Friday at 18:00 UTC in #core-themes in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. Agenda. Summary The group:…

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”) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/: Meeting Agenda…