This week’s meeting will be held at 19UTC on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, and @courane01 will be hosting.
👋🏻 Intro/Welcome
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
- Projects
- Are there any new projects in Meta currently being worked on?
- WP Playground Live Demo on Plugin Repo (Retroactively, this was opened, deployedDeploy Launching code from a local development environment to the production web server, so that it’s available to visitors., and rolled back) Related:
- Are there any new projects in Meta currently being worked on?
- Meta Posts
- TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. & 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/
- Sites
- Homepage and Global
- WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more.
- Showcase Query Filter: cannot shift+tab away when filter is focused (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))
- Showcase Homepage: Showcase CTA Improvement
- 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. Repo
- DevDocs
- CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. / 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/ - Polyglots
- Trac
- Profiles Pages / Badging
- Photos Directory
- Other
- Sites
- Core / Gutenberg
- 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/ Conversations
- @presskopp asks “for https://de.wordpress.org/remembers/ – what about adding a reminder ribbon
to the profiles of them that passed away?” @coffee2code is there a badging Trac/GitHub area to document this? - @starbuck has Questions and errors
- @ocean90 will handle IP info for WordCamp Germany’s 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/
- Is there a list of plugins that can be enabled on Make team sites? Where can we document the process for setting up team sites? (questions)
- GitHub automation @peiraisotta
- @presskopp asks “for https://de.wordpress.org/remembers/ – what about adding a reminder ribbon
Still Open
- #7269: Add Accessibility Checker plugin to .org sites
- We have a precedent of using Jetpack premium, and also Sensei Pro on LearnWP.
- How do we go about getting a decision made to at least do a review for feasibility?
- Discern who will review for feasibility.
- #7196: Contributor Mentorship Program – Graduate and Facilitator Badge
- @nao Requests assistance for this to be completed
- Highlight unofficial State of Enterprise WordPress Survey on wordpress.org/enterprise
- The survey now appears 2x on the page, once at the top pointing to Crowd Signal, and once lower in an image link pointing to SOEWP site that the agencies involved are promoting.
- Theme Search is broken.
- @otto42 “I have been unable to duplicate this and the explanations given seem to be correct, mainly in that it’s a caching thing…As for the appearance of the load more button or not, that is likely a problem with the theme directory theme itself. The theme directory theme needs a overhaul basically”
- Access for Slack pings
Cross-team news
- WordPress 6.4 Release Candidate 1
- WP-CLI v2.9.0 release date: October 25th
- WordPress 6.3 PHP Compatibility
- New support guidelines
- Meta-Playground supports Beta/RC
Other news
Open Floor
Contribute
- Wanted: Volunteers for Recap Notes