The new meeting calendar


The meetings page on Make WordPress has been updated from the old list to a calendar view with some new features.

The new calendar view

Meetings are now shown in a monthly calendar view by default. Unlike the old list, every meeting scheduled in the next two months can be seen here. Dates and times are in your local time zone. Clicking on a meeting will give more details.

The detail view.

If you prefer a list view, that’s still available via the button at top left.

The list view

Both views can be filtered by team. And there are iCal feeds available per-team or for the entire calendar – right-click on the button for a link that you can subscribe to in your favourite calendar app.

Team filter view

Team reps (and anyone with access to edit meetings in wp-admin) can cancel an upcoming meeting. Cancellations will be reflected in the calendar views and in iCal feeds.

An example of a cancelled meeting

The wp-admin UI is mostly unchanged from the original, except for the cancellation tool. It uses the same custom post type for data storage, so team reps do not need to change anything for their meetings to be shown on the calendar.

We’ve worked hard on making the calendar accessible and responsive, but of course there will be issues. You can report bugs in Meta Trac, or ask questions in #meta on Slack. The code is open source, and we expect to release it in the Plugin Directory soon. We’re working through some remaining issues in GitHub before releasing it as a stand-alone plugin; the best place to report issues relating specifically to the Make WordPress calendar page is in Meta Trac.

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