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  • X-post: Suggest Topics for the 2023 WordPress Community Summit

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  • X-post: Postponed to WP 6.2: Escaping Table and Field names with wpdb::prepare()

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  • Reminder about Final Notices

    tl;dr? If you get a final notice from the 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…

  • Reminder: We will check your website

    tl;dr: If you put a website as the official developer or 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…

  • X-post: WordCamp US Contributor Day 2022 Recap

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  • Heroku Free Tier Being Retired

    tl;dr: Heroku’s free plan is going away. Please update your services and make sure all your 3rd party libraries are up to date. From their recent post: Starting October 26, 2022, we will begin deleting inactive accounts and associated storage for accounts that have been inactive for over a year. Starting November 28, 2022, we…

  • Top reasons not to use setlocale() for character encoding conversion

    Many WordPress plugins use the setlocale() function. While it’s generally safe to use setlocale() to get various information about a specific locale, it’s essential to understand that using setlocale() to perform string manipulations has significant disadvantages. The goal of this article is to raise awareness about those disadvantages. Disadvantages So, what are they? Take a look…

  • X-post: Contributor Teams: Submit WCUS 2022 Table Leads Signup Form by July 29

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  • Proposal for a WordPress plugin checker

    For a long time, WordPress has had the theme check plugin, a tool which statically analyzes a given WordPress theme to determine if it follows certain theme development requirements and best practices. This post proposes defining and implementing a similar tool for WordPress plugins that analyzes a given WordPress pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece…

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