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Gary Pendergast 10:48 pm on December 8, 2018

Updating the Minimum PHP Version

For the millions of sites already running WordPress 5.0, 85% are using PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher 5.6 or above. We’ve also recently observed that showing notifications to encourage users to upgrade their PHP version has been very effective. Yoast SEO experimented with this […]

Felix Arntz 4:08 pm on November 26, 2018
Tags: core-php ( 68 ), PHP ( 71 ), servehappy ( 31 )

PHP Meeting Recap – November 19th

This recap is a summary of our previous PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher meeting. It highlights the ideas and decisions which came up during that meeting, both as a means of documenting and to provide a quick overview for those who were unable […]

Tammie Lister 10:25 pm on November 21, 2018
Tags: 5.0 ( 36 ), core ( 561 ), dev chat ( 714 ), summary ( 819 )

Dev Chat Summary: November 21st (5.0 Week 8)

This post summarizes the dev chat meeting from November 21st (Slack archive). 5.0 Planning and Updates Gutenberg 4.4 and WordPress 5.0-beta5 shipped, including updates to the blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea […]

Alain Schlesser 4:01 pm on November 19, 2018
Tags: core-php ( 68 ), PHP ( 71 ), servehappy ( 31 ), summary ( 819 ), themereview ( 14 )

PHP Meeting Recap – November 12th

This recap is a summary of our previous PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher meeting. It highlights the ideas and decisions which came up during that meeting, both as a means of documenting and to provide a quick overview for those who were unable […]

Josepha 5:42 pm on November 15, 2018

Dev Chat Summary: November 14th (5.0 Week 7)

This post summarizes the dev chat meeting from November 14th (agenda, Slack archive). 5.0 Planning and Updates We have a lot of PRs that need review, so please pick up one or two if that’s something you excel at. Beta 4 came out on Tuesday. There are updates to the blockBlock Block is the abstract […]

Felix Arntz 6:46 pm on November 9, 2018
Tags: core-php ( 68 ), PHP ( 71 ), servehappy ( 31 )

PHP Meeting Recap – November 5th

This recap is a summary of our previous PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher meeting. It highlights the ideas and decisions which came up during that meeting, both as a means of documenting and to provide a quick overview for those who were unable […]

Josepha 4:13 pm on November 8, 2018

Dev Chat Summary: November 7th (5.0 Week 6)

This post summarizes the dev chat meeting from November 7th (agenda, Slack archive). Note that the timing for this meeting will move to 2100 UTC starting Nov 14. 5.0 Planning and Updates We have a lot of PRs that need review, so please pick up one or two if that’s something you excel at. BetaBeta A […]

Josepha 11:33 pm on November 5, 2018

Dev Chat Summary: October 31st (5.0 Week 5)

This post summarizes the dev chat meeting from October 31st 🎃 (agenda, Slack archive). 5.0 Planning and Updates We have a lot of PRs that need review, so please pick up one or two if that’s something you excel at. 🙂 A code review team is being create on GithubGitHub GitHub is a website that […]

Alain Schlesser 12:32 pm on November 5, 2018
Tags: core-php ( 68 ), PHP ( 71 ), servehappy ( 31 ), summary ( 819 )

PHP Meeting Recap – October 29th

This recap is a summary of our previous PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher meeting. It highlights the ideas and decisions which came up during that meeting, both as a means of documenting and to provide a quick overview for those who were unable […]

Alain Schlesser 3:00 pm on October 29, 2018
Tags: core ( 561 ), core-php ( 68 ), meta ( 34 ), servehappy ( 31 ), summary ( 819 )

PHP Meeting Recap – October 22th

This recap is a summary of our previous PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher meeting. It highlights the ideas and decisions which came up during that meeting, both as a means of documenting and to provide a quick overview for those who were unable […]

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