The merge window is supposed to open tomorrow for feature plugins. That means it’s crunch time. Here’s where the new Press This is.
Feature Parity
one of the requirements of core is general feature parity with the old version of Press This. Here’s a comparison chart of where the new Press This is.
| Feature |
Old |
New |
| Drag & drop install on desktop |
Yes |
Yes |
| Editor, including: title, image/gallery addition |
Yes |
Yes |
| TinyMCE buttons (minus kitchen sink) |
Yes |
Mostly [1] |
| Ability to publish or save as draft |
Yes |
Yes |
| Post formats |
Yes |
Yes |
| Categories |
Yes |
In Progress |
| Tags |
Yes |
In Progress |
| Content Scraping |
Yes |
Improved [2] |
| Media Discovery |
Yes |
Improved [3] |
| Alert before closing/navigating away |
Yes |
Todo |
| Can add to bookmarks |
Yes |
Yes |
| Responsive, clean design, updated icons |
No |
Yes |
| Fast loading (speedy!) |
No |
Yes |
| Mobile installation |
No |
Yes |
[1] A number of TinyMCE buttons are removed intentionally. Only necessary WYSIWYG buttons are shown now.
[2] Not only is it included, but it’s quite a bit smarter than the previous one.
[3] Now is actually quite exposed in the UI.
Before Core Merge
Prior to merge, there’s a bunch that still needs to be done. With that in mind, @DrewAPicture has given us an extra week to accomplish this. Even still, we have a list of things that need to be done prior to devchat tomorrow, with the rest of the list done in a week.
Before Tomorrow’s Devchat (February 11)
Before Next Wednesday’s Devchat (February 18)
If we’re able to accomplish all of the above, we should be ready for merge on February 18.
Daily Chats
In this final rundown, let’s meet daily in #feature-pressthis at 17:00 UTC to make sure we’re on track for merge. Anyone interested in helping, please join us.
All development is done on Github: https://github.com/MichaelArestad/Press-This/
Plugin on the plugin repo: https://wordpress.org/plugins/press-this/
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