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  • Word/character count updates in 4.3

    Here are several adjustments we did: Instead of updating on enter/return, it will now refresh when you stop typing. For word count, it will exclude a lot more characters that shouldn’t be counted as words. For character count, we no longer exclude any of these characters. This means that numbers and common western punctuation are no…

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  • WordPress 4.2.3 has been released It is a…

    WordPress 4.2.3 has been released. It is a security and maintenance release. There are no stringString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. changes. In order to benefit from the automated release process it could be possible that you have to prepare your localeLocale…

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  • International Forums

    This page is still a DRAFT and being actively written. If you find an error, please comment below. https://it.wordpress.org/forums https://ary.wordpress.org/forums Component: https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=International+Forums Theme: https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sites/trunk/wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-forums Permissions bbPressbbPress Free, open source software built on top of WordPress for easily creating forums on sites. https://bbpress.org: Keymaster https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started/before-installing/bbpress-user-roles-and-capabilities/#keymaster Caps to manage users: list_users, promote_users, remove_users Caps to manage pages: edit_pages, edit_others_pages, edit_published_pages,…

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  • Thursday #daily updates

    Thursday #daily-updates Login to Reply

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  • Agenda for July 23rd Support Meetup

    Items for discussion at tomorrow’s meetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will…

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  • REST API: Who’s Using This Thing?

    Hi everyone! This is a break from your regularly scheduled release posts. We’re looking to gather some feedback on the lead up to merging into coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., to assess what your thoughts are on the APIAPI An API or Application…

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  • Handbook Front Page

    The front page of the handbook is just a copy-and-paste of the about page. Does anyone have any ideas of what we could put on this page? Maybe a little WordPresstv history and a statement of purpose perhaps? #handbookLogin to Reply

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  • Deputy Best Practices

    Originally posted in #outreach but I realized it was more appropriate to ask here. So two things that @kcristiano and I discussed today that we wanted to throw out to the team. 1 – When vetting organizers, how far should we dive as far as looking for GPLGPL GPL is an acronym for GNU Public…

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  • Notes from the Polyglots chat on July 22

    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 Releases: 151 localesLocale Locale = language version, often a combination of a language code and a region code,…

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  • Agenda for the Polyglots chat on July 22

    Dear polyglots, Here’s a quick 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 & welcome to all the new translation editorsTranslation Editor…

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