The Playground team met to discuss recent updates, ongoing projects, and community questions. (Slack script) facilitated by Birgit Pauli-Haack
Announcements
- New Features:
- Playground’s WordPress PR and Gutenberg PR tester can now be accessed via the three-dot menu, with a modal for PR number input. @ajotka and @bpayton
- A block-based Blueprints Editor, created by @ajitbohra, enables building Blueprints visually without JSON.
- Upcoming Hallway Hangouts:
- November 29, 2024 (14:00 UTC): Walkthrough of the block-based Blueprints Editor with @ajitbohra and @zieladam.
- December 6, 2024 (14:00 UTC): Discussion on agency use cases for Playground with @karmatosed and @zieladam.
- Details to follow in Slack and on the Make blog.
Contributor Updates
- Blueprints Development:
- @bpayton reported that discussions are ongoing about integrating Blueprint workflows with a wizard-like content creation flow and developing a Blueprint package format to bundle assets.
- Database Support:
- @janjakes shared that Advanced MySQL support now includes the new merged MySQL parser. Progress on the new SQLite driver continues. You can follow along here
- Playground Compatibility Tester Enhancements:
- It now tests all WordPress.org themes and plugins for compatibility with Playground. Next step for @berislavgrgicak integrating a runner for continuous updates.
- Data Liberation Efforts:
- More PRs were merged and can be followed along on the tracking issue. Improvements to the next-gen importer include streaming data from WXR files, parsing markdown, downloading assets, resuming interrupted imports, and rewriting URLs. Upcoming work includes progress updates and handling complex WXR inputs.
Open Floor
- CORS Proxy Update:
- A new CORS proxy has been deployed on the Playground domain, with plans to move it to a dedicated domain.
- Contributors discussed the impact of the proxy move and the need to update documentation once the domain stabilizes.
Thank you to all contributors for your participation! Stay tuned for updates in Slack and on the Make WordPress blog.