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We’re a few weeks into 2015, but I wanted to take a moment to look back at the 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. team in 2014. Over the course…

This week I finished converting the theme download script and the info endpoint of the Themes 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.. While working on the Themes API, I added some documentation to the…

At the WCSF community summit in October, one of the things we discussed was a support “hub” –  affectionately called “helphub” by @ipstenu – to replace support-related Codex pages and to act as the front page of WordPress support, likely living in front of the wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by…

In my last post I mentioned how changes to the Theme 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. that are necessary for the new Theme Directory, are done. It turned out that it’s only half…

After some slow-down over the holidays, the main parts of the new Theme Directory finally made their way onto 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…

In parallel with the Theme Directory reimplementation effort being chronicled by @obenland, work is also underway on a new 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…

Since WCSF, we’ve made significant improvements to the 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. Environment, launched the WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re…

Quick WordCamp.org update! We’re working on the URL structure change as well as some minor changes around organizers reminders and the payments 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.…

Quick status update for the Theme Repository Theme: I’ve moved over almost all of the information that we want to keep from the current single-theme-view. The single view now also looks more or less like the modal and is en par with it information-wise as well. Fixed a few bugs surrounding keyboard navigation in the…

A while back, @otto42 started to work on bringing the Theme Directory over to WordPress (I know that sounds weird, but currently it runs on an old version of bbpressbbPress Free, open source software built on top of WordPress for easily creating forums on sites. https://bbpress.org). The idea is to split functionality and appearance, making the Repopackage custom…