Hosting Meeting Notes: July 25th, 2018 – DocsWP

Announcements/Reminders

Try Gutenberg is currently in the beta release of WordPress 4.9.8
- WordPress 4.9.8 is due for general release on July 31st
- Hosts can relay feedback to the #hosting-community team or through the Gutenberg GitHub issues tracker

@andrewtaylor-1 reported two new issues with Try Gutenberg.
- Users are prompted to install even when they do not have file write privileges.
  - Additional checks have been added for file privileges.
- Hosts need to be able to customize some of the text in the Try Gutenberg panel in order to direct users to resources relevant for their platforms.
  - @pento implemented an action hook hosts can use for this in response.
Regarding customizing the text, after some discussion, the team agreed to request the action @pento implemented be changed to a filter and to have the filter change the “Learn more about Gutenberg” link and its anchor text.
- @andrewtaylor-1 will submit a comment on the Trac ticket #41316.
@mikeschroder raised a concern about WordPress.org not having the means to remotely toggle whether or not the Try Gutenberg panel is displayed.
- Such functionality would be useful in case of significant issues that arose during the initial adoption phase.
- @mikeschroder will follow up with Trac ticket #41316 regarding his concerns.
@mikeschroder asked team members to add any information they think would be helpful to the Try Gutenberg Support Best Practices Documentation.

Miss this week’s meeting and want to discuss the initiatives above? Spend some time in the comments and share your thoughts!