Hosting Meeting Notes: August 8th, 2018

Here’s the summary of our meeting #hosting-community on Wednesday, August 8th, 2018 at 1700 UTC (Slack archive).

Attendees:
@mikeschroder @dhsean @pbiron @jessecowens @antpb @schlessera @pdclark @andrewtaylor-1

Announcements/Reminders

• @schlessera announced the release notes and update for WP-CLI v2.0.0 would be shortly released.
• The team would like hosts to continue gathering feedback on the roll out of Try GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc.
  https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/.

WordPress HostingHosting A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web. Best Practices Documentation

• No new updates, but contributions are always welcome for the WordPress Hosting Best Practices Documentation

Gutenberg

• @mikeschroder asked hosts to provide reports on any noteworthy developments or experiences with the roll out of Try Gutenberg.
  • @pbiron joined today from the #core team to gather any feedback
  • @mikeschroder and @dhsean reported nothing trending for DreamHost
  • @antpb said WP Engine has not observed any issues
    • @antpb did say the Try Gutenberg roll out has almost doubled adoption of Gutenberg

Feedback

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