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Start translating WordPress 5.1
WordPress 5.1, planned for February 21, 2019, is now ready to be translated on translate.wordpress.orgtranslate.wordpress.org The platform for contributing to the translation of WordPress core, themes and plugins.! The strings are in the Development project at https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp/dev. The strings for WordPress 5.0 have been moved to https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp/5.0.x. So far there are ~140 stringString A string…
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PTE Request for wp-caldav2ics Hello…
PTEProject Translation Editor A Project Translation Editor (often referred to as PTE) is a person, who has access to validate strings on a specific project (for example BuddyPress, WooCommerce or Twenty Fourteen) for one specific locale. A project translation editor can approve strings that are added by translation contributors. Per project translation, editors are appointed by a general translation editor after…
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Appearance Widgets Screen (Classic Editor)
Note: This is documentation for the Classic Widgets Screen. The documentation for the Block-based Widgets editor can be found here. Themes usually have at least 1 or 2 sidebars. Each section in the sidebar is known as a “Widget” that you can add or remove, and move up or down. You configure Widgets in your…
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Editor chat summary: January 23
This post summarizes the latest weekly Editor meeting, held in the #core-editor 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/ channel, on Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 14:00 UTC. These meetings coordinate collaboration in the development evolution of the GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the…
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Gutenberg Phase 2 Friday Design Update #3
I’ve been informed by some colleagues that this week has been super cold in areas around the globe. I live in Southern California and haven’t experienced it, but I truly hope you all are staying warm. The GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied…
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REST API Chat Summary: January 24, 2019
This post summarizes the weekly REST APIREST API The REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or…
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Call for testing: WordPress for Android 11.7
WordPress for Android version 11.7-rc-1 is available for testing on the BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design…
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Dev Chat Summary: January 23rd
This post summarizes the weekly dev chat meeting from January 23rd (agenda, Slack archive). 5.1 updates BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product;…
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Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: January 25th
This is the proposed agenda for the weekly 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)…
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Hi Polyglots,
I am the 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…