Policy Change Fallout?
There has been no negative fallout from our relaxed policies on plugin vulnerability discussion and premium product support established during the September 29th meeting.
PHP 8.x
WordPress 6.x is tested with PHP 8 and offers preliminary support, but we cannot guarantee compatibility for third-party plugins and themes since that is the responsibility of the plugin/theme developer.
We, along with Drupal and Symfony, are asking the PHP group to extend support of PHP 7.4.x, but we have no firm answers yet.
No More Flagging for Premium Support
We are no longer flagging users for requesting premium support on the forums, as that hurts their ability to post across all WordPress.org forums.
Support requests for premium products will continue to be encouraged towards the proper support venue (without closing the thread), and as always, flags (or bans as necessary) will continue to be applied for other Guideline violations.
Become Flag-Neutral if not Flag-Negative
The Pending queue has become excessive lately and is a drain on Moderator time (your experience may vary depending on timezone).
As you rescue items from the Pending queue, please check the reason for the flag and un-flag as necessary. If you’re not un-flagging at least one person daily, please reconsider how strict you are on that end of enforcement.
Weekend Assignment
Please test the latest WordPress 6.1 RC and the Twenty Twenty-Three theme, and report any bugs you find!
Read the meeting transcript in the Slack archives. (A Slack account is required)