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  • Hello polyglots! I am the…

    Hello polyglots! I am the author of this 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.…

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  • Hello Polyglots,

    Please add @cupofbrain and @cyberandy users 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. A project translation editor can approve strings that are added by translation contributors. Per project translation, editors…

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  • Hello Polyglots, I am the…

    Hello Polyglots, I am the theme author for enough: https://wordpress.org/themes/enough/ I have a number of great translation editorsTranslation 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…

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  • Guideline reminder: commenting and comment moderation

    With many new observers and contributors joining the WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. project recently, let’s take a moment to review the comment guidelines for Make/Core, which can also be extended to apply to Make/Design, Make/Accessibility, and Core Trac. Overall, the majority…

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  • Initial Editor Blocks prototype editor testing

    @iseulde linked another prototype for people to discover in #editor on 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/. It’s a work in progress so very much at this stage discovery and feedback is useful. How to test? You can test in any way…

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  • Moving from SupportPress to Help Scout

    Remember when we mentioned the possibility of switching over to a more practical support desk for all of our community support needs? Well, that possibility has finally become a reality and we’re very happy to announce that, as of today, we have fully moved from SupportPress to Help Scout as our community support desk. The Benefits…

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  • A new call for testing…

    A new call for testing is out for the prototype editor. It looks neat! If you’d like to help test, remember that it’s in very early prototype stages so functionality is limited and they’ve asked for help with the following (other functions haven’t been built yet): Add a new paragraph. Add an image. Written response:…

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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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  • February 9th Support Team Meeting Summary

    Announcements The Theme Review Team is looking for FAQ suggestions. If you have any topics or issues you’d like us to cover at this year’s Community Summit, please feel free to share those. An exploit against WordPress 4.7.0 and 4.7.1 has been spotted in the wild. Please do your part to ensure that users are…

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  • Initial Gutenberg prototype editor testing

    There is a UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface – the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. prototype now for testing, this is a call for people to start that. If you want to test you can find…

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