Title: 2009 – Make WordPress Core --- # Yearly Archives: 2009 [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jenmylo/) [Jen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jenmylo/) 5:07 pm _on_ December 25, 2009   # 󠀁[Wrote post for dev blog per last dev cha…](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2009/12/25/wrote-post-for-dev-blog-per-last-dev-cha/)󠁿 Wrote post for dev blog per last dev chat about setting scope for 3.0: https://wordpress. org/development/2009/12/setting-scope/ Also created a forum thread to start the discussion of which features might be worth putting in 3.0. https://wordpress.org/support/topic/345127 [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/matt/) [Matt Mullenweg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/matt/) 3:59 am _on_ December 25, 2009 Tags: [gravatar ( 2 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/gravatar/), [trac ( 61 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/trac/)    # 󠀁[Trac Christmas Present for all WP develo…](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2009/12/25/trac-christmas-present-for-all-wp-develo/)󠁿 TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. Christmas Present for all WP developers: I changed how the comments work so it now links the username to profiles.wordpress. orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. [https://wordpress.org/](https://wordpress.org/) and of course shows their GravatarGravatar Is an acronym for Globally Recognized Avatar. It is the avatar system managed by WordPress.com, and used within the WordPress software. [https://gravatar.com](https://gravatar.com/). 🙂 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ Working with the templates there is understandably horrible (for future reference,/ usr/local/src/working/Trac-0.11.6/trac/ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker./templates/ticket.htmlHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. is coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. with mods going in trac/trac-environs/ wp-core/site.html) but we can make more mods like this in the future. What else should be linked, and where? [#gravatar](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/gravatar/), [#trac](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/trac/) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jenmylo/) [Jen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jenmylo/) 9:54 pm _on_ December 23, 2009   # 󠀁[Since in the last dev chat we agreed to …](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2009/12/23/since-in-the-last-dev-chat-we-agreed-to/)󠁿 Since in the last dev chat we agreed to take the holidays off and come back in January and determine the scope for 3.0, I’d like to suggest that people stop changing ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. milestones to 3.0 for now, so that we can reduce the amount of TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. rehashing we have to do after we set the scope in the first dev meeting back. Also, we may want to plan on that first meeting being longer than the usual hour. [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/westi/) [Peter Westwood](https://profiles.wordpress.org/westi/) 9:27 pm _on_ December 17, 2009 Tags: [meeting notes ( 227 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/meeting-notes/) # 󠀁[Summary of Dec 17th Dev Chat](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2009/12/17/summary-of-dec-17th-dev-chat/)󠁿 * 2.9 RC1 is available and it is looking really stable. We hope to release in the next few days * The next dev chat will be on Thursday 7th January after a two-week break for the holidays – this dev chat will be dedicated to the discussion of 3.0 features. * Jane will be putting up a dev blogblog (versus network, site) post to discuss possible features for 3.0 and also starting forum threads to discuss the possible features [#meeting-notes](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/meeting-notes/) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/westi/) [Peter Westwood](https://profiles.wordpress.org/westi/) 8:42 pm _on_ December 17, 2009 Tags: [agenda ( 1,128 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/agenda/) # 󠀁[Agenda for Dec 17th Dev Chat](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2009/12/17/agenda-for-dec-17th-dev-chat/)󠁿 * 2.9 Status – Andrew, Mark, Ryan, Peter * Date for next dev chat – Peter * Plan for picking 3.0 top level features – Peter [#agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/agenda/) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/smashcut/) [Michael Pick](https://profiles.wordpress.org/smashcut/) 5:59 am _on_ December 17, 2009 Tags: release video    # 󠀁[2.9 Release Video Feedback](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2009/12/17/2-9-release-video-feedback/)󠁿 Hi folks. I’m in the process of putting the 2.9 release video together. I’ve just [posted a WIP over on the 2.9 page of the codex](https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.9#Release_Video_WIP). If you have any thoughts on improvements, additions, things to remove, or any other suggestions I’d love to hear about them in the comments here. Preferably in the next… oh, 16 or 17 hours 🙂 Thanks in advance! [#release-video](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/release-video/) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/westi/) [Peter Westwood](https://profiles.wordpress.org/westi/) 10:18 pm _on_ December 10, 2009   # 󠀁[Suggest Agenda Items for Dec 17th Dev Ch…](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2009/12/10/suggest-agenda-items-for-dec-17th-dev-ch/)󠁿 Suggest Agenda Items for Dec 17th Dev Chat [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/westi/) [Peter Westwood](https://profiles.wordpress.org/westi/) 10:17 pm _on_ December 10, 2009 Tags: [meeting notes ( 227 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/meeting-notes/) # 󠀁[Summary of Dec 10th Dev Chat](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2009/12/10/summary-of-dec-10th-dev-chat/)󠁿 * 2.9 is getting close with about 30 tickets remaining. - The majority feel that the new default post is too verbose and blurs the line between content and documentation too much so we are going to remove it from this release and revisit the concept of better post-install user experience for 3.0 - We are going to remove the TrashTrash Trash in WordPress is like the Recycle Bin on your PC or Trash in your Macintosh computer. Users with the proper permission level (administrators and editors) have the ability to delete a post, page, and/or comments. When you delete the item, it is moved to the trash folder where it will remain for 30 days. support from Media because it does not have a consistent experience and the moment. You can easily end up with images that have been Trashed still visible in the content of your site and there is no easy fix at the moment – we probably need to switch from direct image links in posts to using shortcodes and make other changes before this part of the Trash feature is rock solid. * Oembed discovery of unknown sites will be disabled by default and the adminadmin( and super admin) ui option to turn this on will be removed and replace by filters/ hooksHooks In WordPress theme and development, hooks are functions that can be applied to an action or a Filter in WordPress. Actions are functions performed when a certain event occurs in WordPress. Filters allow you to modify certain functions. Arguments used to hook both filters and actions look the same. to make it easy for a 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 programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. to do if a user wants to opt for this unsafe option – we would rather they let us know of other sites that should be whitelisted by default as they are trusted. * Jane filled us in on the current status of the “Canonical” plugins name vote current numbers CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.: 1130, 34% Official 818, 24% Canonical 563, 17% Validated 399, 12% Other 215, 6% Standard 175, 5% Premium 55 2% In the Other bucket, there were a lot of votes for certified, verified, recommended, approved and a bunch of others meaning generally the same thing. Also a couple suggesting we use “core extensions'” instead of core plugins. The general favourite among those present was also with the core name. We will wait until the poll has finished and then review the overall results. [#meeting-notes](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/meeting-notes/) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/westi/) [Peter Westwood](https://profiles.wordpress.org/westi/) 8:37 pm _on_ December 10, 2009 Tags: [agenda ( 1,128 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/agenda/) # 󠀁[Agenda for Dec 10th Dev Chat](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2009/12/10/agenda-for-dec-10th-dev-chat/)󠁿 * 2.9 Status – Peter/Mark/Jane/Ryan/Matt * Oembed discovery enable by default or not – Alex M (Viper007Bond) * “Canonical Plugins” – Jane * Visibility of Trashed Images (including post thumbnails etc.) [#11149](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11149)– Peter [#agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/agenda/) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jenmylo/) [Jen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jenmylo/) 12:59 am _on_ December 8, 2009   # 󠀁[Posted on dev blog re canonical plugins,…](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2009/12/08/450/)󠁿 Posted on dev blog re canonical plugins, and posted poll to weigh in on what to call them. https://wordpress.org/development/2009/12/canonical-plugins/ [#wordpress](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/wordpress/) # Post navigation [← Older posts](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2009/page/2/?output_format=md)