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  • Agenda for January 5, 2016 Meeting

    Happy New Year to you all! I’ve pulled together a rough timeline for a lesson plan based on the information I’ve gathered. We’ll take a look and see if we all agree (at which point you can choose to never look at it again if you so wish). 1. Welcome 2. Updates on the Tier…

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  • 4.4.1 Release Candidate

    A Release Candidaterelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). for WordPress 4.4.1 is now available. This maintenance release is scheduled for Wednesday, January 6, but first it needs your testing. This release fixes…

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  • Shiny Updates User Testing

    We wanted to get some user research around the Shiny Updates 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…

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  • Happy New Year & Thank you!

    Thank you everyone for your for helping out with the reviews. In 2015 910 new themes were reviewed and set live by 236 reviewers. I would like to especially thank a few people who have reviewed over 2% of the total themes. @djrmom, @poena, @rabmalin, @kevinhaig, @catchthemes, @jcastaneda, @alex27, @karmatosed, @antsanchez and @benlumia007. Also a…

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  • 2015 Contributor Survey

    Hi polyglots folks! Thanks for all your hard work and contributions in 2015. Could you contribute few more minutes to fill in the 2015 contributor survey? It will help us establish some baselines around the contributor experience so that we can see how things change over time. **This is being posted to all the Make…

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  • 2015 Contributor Survey

    Hi 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 the WordPress.org…

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  • 2015 Contributor Survey

    Hi flowFlow Flow is the path of screens and interactions taken to accomplish a task. It’s an experience vector. Flow is also a feeling. It’s being unselfconscious and in the zone. Flow is what happens when difficulties are removed and you are freed to pursue an activity without forming intentions. You just do it. folks!…

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  • 2015 Contributor Survey

    Hi marketing folks! Thanks for all your hard work and contributions in 2015. Could you contribute few more minutes to fill in the 2015 contributor survey? It will help us establish some baselines around the contributor experience so that we can see how things change over time. **This is being posted to all the Make…

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  • 2015 Contributor Survey

    Hi design folks! Thanks for all your hard work and contributions in 2015. Could you contribute few more minutes to fill in the 2015 contributor survey? It will help us establish some baselines around the contributor experience so that we can see how things change over time. **This is being posted to all the Make…

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  • 2015 Contributor Survey

    Hi coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. team folks! Thanks for all your hard work and contributions in 2015. Could you contribute few more minutes to fill in the 2015 contributor survey? It will help us establish some baselines around the contributor experience so…

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