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Agenda for October 1, 2024

👋🏻 Intro/Welcome

🆕 News

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. news

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/ messages of interest

⚠️ Reminders for Community Conduct

  1. Josepha Haden Chomphosy on Contributor Respect
  • Josepha Haden Chomphosy urged the community: “I’m seeing this for the first time as well folks. At minimum, please don’t abuse our meta contributors about this.” Link
  1. Reminder to Avoid Personal Attacks
  • Marius Jensen urged contributors to keep discussions respectful and avoid personal attacks to prevent contributors from getting involved in any potential legal disputes. He suggested discussing these matters on social media or personal blogs instead. Link

🛑 Critical Issues

  1. GatherPress Integration
  • Feedback needed from Meta for integration. Link
  1. 504 Error in 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 WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. Directory
  1. Plugin Directory Not Updating
  • Benjamin Intal reported plugins not updating after pushing to SVNSVN Apache Subversion (often abbreviated SVN, after its command name svn) is a software versioning and revision control system. Software developers use Subversion to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation. Its goal is to be a mostly compatible successor to the widely used Concurrent Versions System (CVS). WordPress core and the wordpress.org released code are all centrally managed through SVN. https://subversion.apache.org/.. Link
  1. Download Button Issue
  • Medavid Allsop reported issues with the download button for Old Post Notice showing ERR_INVALID_RESPONSE. Link
  1. robots.txt and XML Sitemaps Review
  1. Plugins Sitemap Error During AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) Scan
  • An issue was reported with the plugins sitemap (sitemap link) while scanning for accessibility problems. Christian Herrmann pointed back to Joost’s earlier comments for context. Link
  1. Community Concerns Over Transparency and Messaging
  • Concerns were raised about Automattic’s influence on .org communications, including A8C employees (like Dan Sochin) managing the .org Twitter account. Discussions also focused on how .org resources may be used to benefit .com. Additionally, concerns were raised regarding inappropriate language 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/ and the professionalism of the platform’s messaging. Link
  1. Meta Contributor Harassment Concerns
  • Josepha Haden Chomphosy urged the community not to abuse meta contributors regarding recent issues. Cullen Whitmore apologized if any comments seemed abusive and requested a channel for agency owners affected by recent changes. Link

🔗 Actions & Contributions

  1. WCUS Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/
  • GatherPress will be discussed at WCUS Contributor Day for coordination. Link
  1. New CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Committer
  • Carolina Nymark added as a core committer for bundled themes. #7763
  1. Stable Strings Not Picked Up
  1. Rebuilding ZIP Files
  • Dion Hulse suggested using bin/rebuild-zips.php with the --versions flag to fix plugin update issues. Link
  1. New Channel for Real-Time Collaboration Feature
  • Anne McCarthy proposed creating a dedicated Slack channel (#feature-realtime-collaboration) for the ongoing work on real-time collaboration and potentially inline commenting, to provide better coordination. Link
  1. Five for the Future Contributions
  • Steve Ryan asked about resources listing companies contributing to WordPress core. Several links were shared, including the Five for the Future pledges and WordPress Hosting pages, and discussion followed on which hosting providers contribute back to WordPress core. Link

🔄 Requests & Changes Needing Consensus

  1. Julia’s TagTag Tag is one of the pre-defined taxonomies in WordPress. Users can add tags to their WordPress posts along with categories. However, while a category may cover a broad range of topics, tags are smaller in scope and focused to specific topics. Think of them as keywords used for topics discussed in a particular post. Request
  • Julia requested removal from certain tags while retaining the @program-managers tag. Link
  1. XML Sitemap Issue in Plugins
  • Joost de Valk and Paul Kevan discussed problems with the plugins XML sitemap, confirming it was “sub-optimal.” Link

Rebuild & Download

  1. Manual Rebuild Attempts
  • Paul Kevan attempted a manual rebuild for plugin update issues but encountered an error. Link
  1. Download Link Issue Resolved

GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged by the repository owner. https://github.com/ & TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/.

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General

Handbooks

Make (Get Involved) / P2P2 P2 or O2 is the term people use to refer to the Make WordPress blog. It can be found at https://make.wordpress.org

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Photo Directory

Plugin Directory

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Version Control

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Cross-team news

Other news

Open Floor

Action Items