Over the past few months, the Meta and Design teams have collaborated on a new design for Make WordPress—the very site where this post is published. This refresh is part of the ongoing effort to establish a consistent design language across WordPress.org. In case you missed it, the new Photos Directory was also launched earlier this week!
Congratulations to everyone who contributed to this project, and here are two quick videos that show the before and after:
As shown in the video, Make WordPress now features a new block-based homepage with a more expressive design and a standardized aesthetic across the rest of the site. A few notable highlights include a handbook template that now matches those in Developer Resources and Documentation and a redesigned meeting calendar.
Next steps
This refresh was not a complete redesign. The Make section of WordPress.org is vast, covering 32 contributor teams and 114 local teams, each with its own blog, handbooks, and component pages. The primary goal was to introduce a block-based homepage, update the overall design with style improvements, and make the sites visually consistent with the rest of WordPress.org. The refresh did not fundamentally change how Make WordPress functions or address any content-related issues that might have existed prior.
Teams are encouraged to review their sections. This is a great time to update content in handbooks, team welcome messages, and more. Note that Trac was not redesigned in this update and will be addressed in the future.
If you find any issues or have suggestions for additional improvements, please add a ticket to the WordPress.org issues queue on GitHub or on Trac.
Finally, if you are interested in additional updates coming to WordPress.org and want to contribute, make sure to join the #website-redesign Slack channel. Thanks!
Props to @adamwood, @dufresnesteven, @fcoveram, @joen, and @ryelle for contributing to this project and for reviewing this post.
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