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Headings hierarchy changes in the admin screens
For a number of years, the headings hierarchy in the adminadmin (and super admin) screens have been setup without careful thought. WordPress 4.4 aims to fix this. This work is mainly focused on helping those users of assistive technologies such as screen readers, and is a continuation of the work started in 4.3 on restoring…
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Multisite Focused Changes in 4.4
WordPress 4.4 has been a very productive release for multisitemultisite Used to describe a WordPress installation with a network of multiple blogs, grouped by sites. This installation type has shared users tables, and creates separate database tables for each blog (wp_posts becomes wp_0_posts). See also network, blog, site. In addition to some exciting new enhancements,…
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Approval for #1363 and #1364
@JustinSainton proposed #1363 to help manage WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. vendors when making payment requests, and #1364 to show a total…
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Today’s 4.4 Dev Chat: Oct 28
Dev chat is still at 20:00 UTC this week, even though Europe lost an hour, but it will change next week to 21:00 UTC after the US changes. TODAY’S DEV CHAT: : Agenda: BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have…
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Agenda for the polyglots chat on October 28th
Hey everyone, here’s a short agenda for today’s chat: 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 Tech updates Let’s discuss the weekly meeting time –…
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New Embeds Feature in WordPress 4.4
WordPress has been operating as an oEmbed consumer for quite some time now, allowing users to easily embed content from other sites. Starting with version 4.4, WordPress becomes an oEmbed provider as well, allowing any oEmbed consumer to embed posts from WordPress sites.
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REST API: Welcome the Infrastructure to Core
Hi from the 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 “file system”)…
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Comment Object and Query Features in 4.4
Without comments, a website is as effective at creating a community as the Chicago Cubs are at winning World Series titles. WordPress 4.4 is a rebuilding release and the comments system is much improved under the hood. This release lays the groundwork for future features and improvements. A New Classy and Strong Comment Object The…
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Translation Editors for Jetpack
Hello Polyglots! This is a request on behalf of Automattic, the author of the Jetpack 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…