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  • Agenda for the Polyglots chats on April 26

    Hello, Polyglots! Here is a short agenda for the chats tomorrow 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/ stats GWTD3 – Call for organizers WP 4.7.4…

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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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  • Good first issues for new contributors

    Want to submit your first pull request to WP-CLIWP-CLI WP-CLI is the Command Line Interface for WordPress, used to do administrative and development tasks in a programmatic way. The project page is http://wp-cli.org/ https://make.wordpress.org/cli/? We’ve identified a few good first issues for new contributors to get their feet wet: Update ISSUE_TEMPLATE to mention abstracted commands Now…

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  • Prepping for Marketing at Contributor Day #WCEU 2017 (& Bridget!)

    Did you sign up for the Marketing Team at Contributor Day? We’d love the 4 subgroups to help us brainstorm on tasks to work on. W

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  • Please could the following user…

    Please could the following user be added as a translation editorTranslation Editor Translation editors can approve translations for projects. The GTE (General Translation Editor) and LM (Locale Manager) roles can add new users with the “Project Translation Editor” role that can approve translations for specific projects. There are two different Translation Editor roles: General Translation…

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  • Hello! Volunteers have submitted some…

    Hello! Volunteers have submitted some stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. in #de_DE for my 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…

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  • FAQ

    Here you’ll find a collection of the most commonly asked questions, mostly relating to the theme review process. The questions have been categorized into two groups. Those which are most relevant to theme authors, and those which are most relevant to theme reviewers. Authors: When will my theme be reviewed? The review duration varies. Each theme…

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  • Weekly Updates

    Hello to all our DeputiesProgram Supporter Community Program Supporters (formerly Deputies) are a team of people worldwide who review WordCamp and Meetup applications, interview lead organizers, and keep things moving at WordCamp Central. Find more about program supporters in our Program Supporter Handbook., WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re…

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  • Recent updates to the unit testing infrastructure

    Several changes have made their way into WordPress’ unit testunit test Code written to test a small piece of code or functionality within a larger application. Everything from themes to WordPress core have a series of unit tests. Also see regression. suite and its infrastructure recently. If you maintain a WordPress project (such as a pluginPlugin…

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  • Bi-monthly meetings

    Hello, since we’ve decided on 2 meetings per month instead of 1, we’ll have to deal with some accompanying issues that have cropped up. Take note that since we’re also doing meetings at 2 different timezones, we end up having 4 meetings in total. This should be ample for anyone to get involved, or get…

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