Last year’s proposal to stop merging experimental APIs from Gutenberg to WordPress Core is now mostly implemented. To recap: Due to JavaScript technical limitations, the recurring merge of the Gutenberg plugin to WordPress core led to a premature release of Continue reading Experimental APIs in WordPress Core have largely been tamed
Based on feedback, @devinmaeztri and I have updated and simplified the previous information into this one post. The goals of these changes are: change the role names so they are more universally translatable simplify the number of applications needed to Continue reading Updates to the Community Team Contributor Roles and Journey
Table of Contents Our Current LadderNew OptionsOption 1: The New Ladder under the Proposed UpdatesOption 2: A Unified Contributor Ladder While @devinmaeztri and I have been working on ways to make our current mentor program more flexible and inclusive something Continue reading Combining Roles to Create a New Contributor Ladder
Table of Contents Updated Expectations, Requirements, Etc. for Our Contributor RolesMentor Roles Mentor Tasks@devinmaeztri and I have been working on ways to make our current mentor program more flexible and inclusive, and here is our proposal. The goal is to Continue reading Proposal: Updates to the Mentor Program
What is Feature Freeze In the WordPress release cycle, feature freeze happens when the first beta version is released. “Feature freeze” means that development of new features and enhancements ends, and work continues on testing them and fixing bugs. They Continue reading Proposal: Updates to the WordPress Release Cycle
This proposal is focused towards improving our project management and goal and progress tracking by using the same transparent tools that other Make Teams already utilise. Currently we have many spreadsheets, trello boards, slack groups and many other disparate ways Continue reading Proposal: Adopt Standardised Team-wide Project Management Tools – already utilised by other Make Teams.
When I proposed the Polyglots Outreach Effort, I was inspired by the Community team’s Meetup reactivation project. While the format is different, many goals are the same: to help support various WordPress communities in their efforts. A few Meetup reactivation supporters have Continue reading Idea: Creating a translation events kit for Meetups
Overview This post outlines a proposal to add a script loading strategy enhancement to core’s existing Scripts API. The underlying goal of this effort is to make it easier for WordPress plugin and theme developers and core to use “modern” Continue reading Enhancing the Scripts API with a loading strategy
This is a small proposal to amend the standards for multi-line comments. The current standards seem to require that multi-line comments have to be done like this: /* * This is a comment that is long enough to warrant being Continue reading Proposal: Amend the Inline Documentation Standards for multi-line comments
This early demo runs a full WordPress directly in the browser without a PHP server! While it isn’t fully stable yet, it is a major breakthrough that could transform learning, contributing, and using WordPress. This post explores the opportunities and Continue reading Client-side WebAssembly WordPress with no server
As a WordCamp organizer, I would like to see CampTix Attendee data populate in a Google Sheet instead of only being available as a downloadable CSV file. This would allow organizers to make a live set of data available for Continue reading Proposal: CampTix Attendee to Google Sheets integration
This call for feedback will be open until September 9th. Let’s introduce a reliable tool WordPress could use to adjust the HTML block markup. The current practice of using basic replacements seems fine at a first glance but is easy Continue reading A new system for simply and reliably updating HTML attributes
This call for feedback will be open for the next four weeks until September 7th. I propose a way of harmonizing the process of merging new APIs from the Gutenberg plugin to the WordPress core. Right now, the two projects Continue reading Proposal: Stop merging experimental APIs from Gutenberg to WordPress Core
For a long time, WordPress has had the theme check plugin, a tool which statically analyzes a given WordPress theme to determine if it follows certain theme development requirements and best practices. This post proposes defining and implementing a similar Continue reading Proposal for a WordPress plugin checker
This call for feedback will be open for the next two weeks until July 18th. I propose extending the useEntityRecord hook to support editing and deleting WordPress data. It should make building features and plugins on top of WordPress REST Continue reading Proposal: Better REST API handling in JavaScript
In March, I kicked off a discussion in this blog on revisiting regional in-person WordCamps. A big thank you to all of you for sharing exciting and diverse perspectives and concerns on regional in-person events. I have attempted to summarize Continue reading Regional In-person WordCamps Going Forward
To get a quick overview across all teams, WordCamp Central, WPTV, HelpHub, DevHub, and more, it would help to have a single location to show what activity is happening. A simple starting example is at https://github.com/courtneyr-dev/make-wp. Ideally, this should live Continue reading Proposal: Make WordPress Team or Project Updates
As mentioned by @beafialho in Redesign of the Gutenberg Page, updates to WordPress.org/gutenberg are nearing completion and are far along enough that we can start planning the implementation. In preparation for the work, I have moved the original WordPress.org Gutenberg Continue reading Gutenberg Landing Page: Kick-Off
Context To fulfill WordPress’s mission to democratize publishing, the Community team seeks to actively reduce barriers to current and future participation, engagement, and sense of belonging in WordPress events. People who experience marginalization in broader society are more likely to Continue reading Proposal: Steps to Integrate #WPDiversity into WordPress Event Organizing
When we come together we step outside of our comfort zones and regular thinking and open ourselves to new, innovative ideas. When you’re gathered together, away from the distractions of regular life, your mind opens and creativity flows. While there Continue reading Return to In-Person Events: Blue Sky Thinking