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  • Troubleshooting using the Health Checker

    When providing support, the most used (and most reliable) way to determine the root of an issue is by disabling plugins. We often have the problem that users do not wish to do this, or claim they have without any apparent effect. Those claiming to have tested things, we can’t really do anything about, but…

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  • PHP Meeting Recap – November 20th

    This recap is a summary of this week’s PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher meeting. It highlights the ideas and decisions which came up during that meeting, both as a means of documenting and to provide a quick overview for those who were unable…

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  • Hello Polyglots, I am the…

    Hello Polyglots, I am the theme author for https://wordpress.org/themes/catch-box/. Please add the following WordPress.org users as translation editors for their respective locales: #it_IT – @marius84 Thanks. If you have any questions, just comment here. Thank you! #editor-requests Login to ReplyClear to-do

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  • Hello 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…

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  • Hello Polyglots,

    We have a translator who helped us with Russian translations of our plugins. Could you please also add the same translator @yourgrandma as 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.…

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  • November 23rd Support Team Meeting Summary

    General announcements Our next support workshop has been announced! Scaling Support: Dip the Data Bucket Every Day – Workshop on January 22, 2018   WordPress 4.9 4.9.1 is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday November 28th, with RC1 landing on Monday the 27th. These are tentative dates, and things may change. The 4.9.1 release will focus on…

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  • Hello Polyglots, I am the…

    Hello 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…

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  • Locale Request – Austrian German

    I’d like to request a new language. LocaleLocale Locale = language version, often a combination of a language code and a region code, for instance es_MX denotes Spanish as it’s used in Mexico. A list of all locales supported by WordPress in https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/: de_AT Country code: at Plural forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1) Language native…

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  • Hi,

    I translated a theme by Automattic titled Ixion, into Bahasa Indonesia, id_ID (https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/id/default/wp-themes/ixion), should I become a 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…

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  • Hey there, last weekend I…

    Hey there, on November 17 2017 I (in my role as GTE for German) lead the Polyglots TeamPolyglots Team Polyglots Team is a group of multilingual translators who work on translating plugins, themes, documentation, and front-facing marketing copy. https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/ on WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of the…

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