Agenda, Dev Chat, Wednesday June 12, 2024

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on  Wednesday June 12, 2024 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack.

The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.

Additional items will be referred to in the various curated agenda sections, as below. If you have ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please do continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.

Announcements

WordPress 6.6 Beta 2 was released on June 11. Contributors will now be focused on testing and fixing bugs discovered during betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. testing.

Forthcoming releases

Next major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.6

We are currently in the WordPress 6.6 release cycle. WordPress 6.6 Beta 2 was released on Tuesday, June 11. Please continue testing.

Next maintenance release

No maintenance releases are currently being planned.

Next GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ release: 18.6

Gutenberg 18.6 is scheduled for June 19 and will include these issues. This version will NOT be included in the WordPress 6.6 release.

Discussions

As we’re in the middle of the 6.6 release cycle, we’ll prioritize any items for this release. Please review the Editor Updates section of this agenda for a list of updates of several key features related to this release.

Highlighted Posts

Editor updates

You can keep up to date with the major Editor features that are currently in progress for 6.6 by viewing these Iteration issues.

Props to @annezazu for putting together these updates.

6.6 related updates:

  • Color & style variations: changes were made to this feature in light of the discussion in Allow theme authors to opt out of color and typography preset autogeneration in WordPress 6.6. TLDR: color and typography presets will not be autogenerated from current style variations and instead will need to be intentionally made.
  • Unified publish flows: after a discussion revisionsRevisions The WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by dragging a slider (or using the Next/Previous buttons). The display indicates what has changed in each revision. have been returned to a higher level of prominence in the publish flow. Thank you everyone who chimed in.

Outside of 6.6:

  • Phase 3: Data views: Bootstrap Actions Extensibility API has merged to allow third-party developers to register and unregister post type actions, a new issue has been opened for bringing DataViews to Posts, Categories and Tags, and a very basic PR was merged for Posts Dashboard: Add a new experimental empty page. All of this helps move forward opening up data views to third parties and to more places in the WordPress experience, starting as experiments.
  • Phase 3: In line commenting: PR continues to be worked on to bring about an initial experimental feature for in line 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 combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. commenting. This will also be implemented as an experiment in order to get feedback.
  • Phase 3: Media Library: Designs were updated for Phase 3: Collaboration > Media Library and folks are looking to implement an initial experiment.
  • Block bindings: a new issue has been opened to support a better user experience when modifying post metadata.
  • Site Editor: a PR is underway for Feature: Set editor rendering mode by post type which would allow developers to set the default rendering mode of the block editor (show template or not). In the PR a discussion is underway about setting the template lock view as the default for pages for 6.7 and having this as a user setting in a follow up PR that users can override.
  • Styles: a PR is underway to add a Font size presets UI and is ready for broader testing/feedback.

Outside of the above, @annezazu has published the 6.6 source of truth early look. It’s expected things might shift during the beta period but hopefully this helps folks prepare for the release and help educate others on what’s to come.

Tickets for assistance

Tickets for 6.6 will be prioritized.

Please include details of tickets / PRs and the links in the comments, and if you intend to be available during the meeting if there are any questions or you will be async.

Open floor

Items for this can be shared in the comments.

Props to @mikachan for reviewing.

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Performance Chat Agenda: 11 June 2024

Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for June 11, 2024 at 15:00 UTC.

  • Announcements
    • Welcome to our new members of #core-performance
    • 3.1.0 launched on June 6 to include new performance 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/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party assets
    • Early WordPress 6.6 BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 1 performance results [GitHub issue]
    • Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/. at WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Europe, Turin, Italy on Thursday June 13
  • Priority items
    • WordPress performance TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
      • Current release (6.6)
      • Future release
    • Performance Lab plugin (and other performance plugins) including:
      • Auto-Sizes for Lazy-Loaded Images
      • Embed Optimizer
      • Fetchpriority
      • Image Placeholders
      • Modern Image Formats
      • Optimization Detective
      • Performant Translations
      • Speculative Loading
    • Active priority projects
  • Open floor

If you have any topics you’d like to add to this agenda, please add them in the comments below.


This meeting happens in the #core-performance channel. To join the meeting, you’ll need an account on the Make WordPress Slack.

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Performance Chat Agenda: 4 June 2024

Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for June 4, 2024 at 15:00 UTC.

  • Announcements
    • Welcome to our new members of #core-performance
    • WordPress 6.6 betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 1 is today
    • Performance lab 3.2.0 release scheduled for June 6
  • Priority items
    • WordPress performance TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
      • Current release (6.6)
      • Future release
    • Performance Lab 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/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party (and other performance plugins) including:
      • Auto-Sizes for Lazy-Loaded Images
      • Embed Optimizer
      • Fetchpriority
      • Image Placeholders
      • Modern Image Formats
      • Optimization Detective
      • Performant Translations
      • Speculative Loading
    • Active priority projects
  • Open floor

If you have any topics you’d like to add to this agenda, please add them in the comments below.


This meeting happens in the #core-performance channel. To join the meeting, you’ll need an account on the Make WordPress Slack.

#agenda, #meeting, #performance, #performance-chat

Agenda, Dev Chat, Wednesday June 5, 2024

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on  Wednesday June 5, 2024 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack.

The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.

Additional items will be referred to in the various curated agenda sections, as below. If you have ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please do continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.

Announcements

WordPress 6.6 BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 1 is scheduled for June 4. Contributors will now be focused on testing and fixing bugs discovered during beta testing.

Forthcoming releases

Next major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.6

We are currently in the WordPress 6.6 release cycle. See the Roadmap Post for details about what is planned for this release.

Next maintenance release: 6.5.4

The release candidaterelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). for 6.5.4 is now available for testing. The full release is scheduled for June 5.

Next GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ release: 18.5

Gutenberg 18.5 is scheduled for June 5 and will include these issues. This is the last version of Gutenberg to be included in WordPress 6.6.

Discussions

As we’re in the middle of the 6.6 release cycle, we’ll prioritize any items for this release. Please review the Editor Updates section of this agenda for a list of updates of several key features related to this release.

Editor updates

You can keep up to date with the major Editor features that are currently in progress for 6.6 by viewing these Iteration issues.

Props to @annezazu for putting together these updates.

  • Synced Patterns now allow for overrides and they are connected with 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 combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Bindings APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. – If you are interested on how this works @santosguillamot just published an Update for the Beta phase – with short videos and a list of how things work and what will have to wait for 6.7
  • Inserter: PR landed to show all blocks when searching for blocks while a block is selected. The prior experience showed either a limited set or no blocks depending on allowed blocks.
  • Block bindings: 6.6 will see the ability to edit custom field values directly from blocks when they are connected thanks to some recent work ahead of the beta 1 cut off.
  • Color & style variations: a discussion is underway around whether to  Allow theme authors to opt out of color and typography preset autogeneration in WordPress 6.6. Please chime in with your thoughts!
  • Unified publish flows: an issue is open to consider returning revisionsRevisions The WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by dragging a slider (or using the Next/Previous buttons). The display indicates what has changed in each revision. to a higher level of prominence, another great area to share feedback and your perspective.
  • Background images: support was added for relative theme path URLs in top-level theme.json styles, meaning a theme developer can set a relative path to an image asset as a background image value, and that path will resolve correctly to absolute path of the file in the theme directory no matter where the theme is installed. A follow up issue was opened to bring this same option for relative paths to template and pattern files.

Outside of the above, @annezazu has published the 6.6 source of truth early look. It’s expected things might shift during the beta period but hopefully this helps folks prepare for the release and help educate others on what’s to come.

Tickets for assistance

Tickets for 6.6 will be prioritized.

Please include details of tickets / PRs and the links in the comments, and if you intend to be available during the meeting if there are any questions or you will be async.

Open floor

Items for this can be shared in the comments.

Props to @joemcgill for reviewing.

#agenda, #core, #dev-chat

Agenda, Dev Chat, Wednesday May 29, 2024

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on  Wednesday May 29, 2024 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack.

The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.

Additional items will be referred to in the various curated agenda sections, as below. If you have ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please do continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.

Announcements

The scheduled date for WordPress 6.6 Beta 1 is June 4, which is 1 week from today. From this point on, core contributorsCore Contributors Core contributors are those who have worked on a release of WordPress, by creating the functions or finding and patching bugs. These contributions are done through Trac. https://core.trac.wordpress.org. should focus on testing and fixing bugs discovered during betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. testing. We should also begin publishing Dev Notesdev note Each important change in WordPress Core is documented in a developers note, (usually called dev note). Good dev notes generally include a description of the change, the decision that led to this change, and a description of how developers are supposed to work with that change. Dev notes are published on Make/Core blog during the beta phase of WordPress release cycle. Publishing dev notes is particularly important when plugin/theme authors and WordPress developers need to be aware of those changes.In general, all dev notes are compiled into a Field Guide at the beginning of the release candidate phase. and the About page.

Forthcoming releases

Next major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.6

We are currently in the WordPress 6.6 release cycle. See the Roadmap Post for details about what is planned for this release.

Next maintenance release: 6.5.4

@jorbin has confirmed that there will be a 6.5.4 release scheduled for June 5, to accommodate #61269. An RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). is scheduled for May 30.

Next GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ release: 18.5

Gutenberg 18.5 RC is scheduled for May 31 and will include these issues.

Discussions

With the Beta 1 deadline quickly approaching, we’ll use the discussion time to check in on priority items for this release. Review the list of Editor Updates section of this agenda for a list of updates of several key features related to this release.

@fabiankaegy has flagged that there are a number of commits that still need to be synced from the Gutenberg repo as part of this tracking issue. He also is tracking related PRs in this table on the WP 6.6 Editor Tasks board. Support from folks to review and commit these PRs is appreciated as we approach the 6.6 beta 1 deadline.

Highlighted posts

Editor updates

Props to @annezazu for putting together a list of editor related updates.

Quick updates:

  • Grid layout: Stabilise grid layout visualiser and resizer saw a bonus aspect of the grid layout work land, offering a visual way to resize. Tied to this, a recent change makes the outlines of the visualizer easier to see based on the
  • Unify publish flows: Curious to hear from folks around a change to the Revisions panel making it behind a three dot menu (adding an extra step) rather than displaying it as a top level item in the post sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme.. For scheduled posts, a PR is underway to ensure the publish date control selection is shown within the modal.
  • 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 combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. shadows: Edit/create shadows in global styles landed and is in a solid spot for the release.
  • Block 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.: after more research and experiments, work to Add support for block name aliases for variations is being mostly pushed to 6.6 except for items from this list, which should all be significantly lower risk, and prepare the ground for the bigger changes (for are targeted for 6.7).
  • Inserter: PR is underway to explore showing all blocks when searching for blocks while a block is selected. The current experience shows either a limited set or no blocks depending on allowed blocks.
  • Data Views: a recent PR bootstraps an APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. to allow third-party developers to register and unregister post type actions. This is going to be available in the Gutenberg 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/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party only for now and is not planned for 6.7 but relates to the overall efforts.
  • AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility)review and join a discussion around a recently opened issue for Consistent Sidebar DOM and Open/Closing Interactions

Opportunities to get involved and help:

Tickets for assistance

Tickets for 6.6 will be prioritized.

Please include details of tickets / PRs and the links in the comments, and if you intend to be available during the meeting if there are any questions or you will be async.

Open floor

Items for this can be shared in the comments.

Props to @joemcgill for reviewing.

#agenda, #core, #dev-chat

Agenda, Dev Chat, Wednesday May 22, 2024

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on  Wednesday May 22, 2024 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack.

The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.

Additional items will be referred to in the various curated agenda sections, as below. If you have ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please do continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.

Announcements

The scheduled date for WordPress 6.6 Beta 1 is June 4, which is less than 2 weeks away. From this point on, core contributorsCore Contributors Core contributors are those who have worked on a release of WordPress, by creating the functions or finding and patching bugs. These contributions are done through Trac. https://core.trac.wordpress.org. will focus on testing and fixing bugs discovered during betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. testing. Begin writing Dev Notesdev note Each important change in WordPress Core is documented in a developers note, (usually called dev note). Good dev notes generally include a description of the change, the decision that led to this change, and a description of how developers are supposed to work with that change. Dev notes are published on Make/Core blog during the beta phase of WordPress release cycle. Publishing dev notes is particularly important when plugin/theme authors and WordPress developers need to be aware of those changes.In general, all dev notes are compiled into a Field Guide at the beginning of the release candidate phase. and the About page (SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. archive, ZIP download).

@ellatrix recently announced that the last GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ release to go into WP 6.6 will have an RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). next Friday, May 31.

Forthcoming releases

Next major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.6

We are currently in the WordPress 6.6 release cycle. See the Roadmap Post for details about what is planned for this release.

Next maintenance release: 6.5.4

@jorbin requested that we discuss the potential of doing a 6.5.4 release to accommodate #61269.

Next Gutenberg release: 18.4

Gutenberg 18.4 is scheduled for release on May 22 and includes these issues.

Discussions

With the Beta 1 deadline quickly approaching, we’ll use the discussion time to check in on priority items for this release. Review the list of Editor Updates section of this agenda for a list of updates of several key features related to this release.

Highlighted posts

Editor updates

Props to @mikachan for putting together a list of editor related updates.

Get involved

Updates

Tickets for assistance

Tickets for 6.6 will be prioritized.

Please include details of tickets / PRs and the links in the comments, and if you intend to be available during the meeting if there are any questions or you will be async.

@vcanales mentioned the following issues in the WordPress 6.6 Editor Tasks board that are up for grabs for developers:

@dmsnell requested that we highlight the following issues:

  • #61009 allows storing the proposed “Bits” syntax, making it possible for experimentation inside Gutenberg.
  • #61052 allows storing custom data attributes containing dashes, which is what the Interactivity APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. relies on.

Open floor

Items for this can be shared in the comments.

Props to @jeffpaul for reviewing.

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Performance Chat Agenda: 21 May 2024

Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for May 21, 2024 at 15:00 UTC.

  • Announcements
    • Welcome to our new members of #core-performance
    • Performance lab 3.1.0 released yesterday
    • Request for feedback on ideas to improve the Performance Team site. See this issue for discussion
    • Confirmation of the 3.2.0 release date moving to June 3 due to WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Europe travel
  • Priority items
    • WordPress performance TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
      • Current release (6.6)
      • Future release
    • Performance Lab 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/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party (and other performance plugins) including:
      • Auto-Sizes for Lazy-Loaded Images
      • Embed Optimizer
      • Fetchpriority
      • Image Placeholders
      • Modern Image Formats
      • Optimization Detective
      • Performant Translations
      • Speculative Loading
    • Active priority projects
      • Improve template loading
      • INP research opportunities
      • Improving the calculation of image size attributes
      • Optimized autoloaded options
  • Open floor
    • Frequency of a Performance Lab plugin focused bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. scrub

If you have any topics you’d like to add to this agenda, please add them in the comments below.


This meeting happens in the #core-performance channel. To join the meeting, you’ll need an account on the Make WordPress Slack.

#agenda, #meeting, #performance, #performance-chat

Agenda, Dev Chat, Wednesday May 15, 2024

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on  Wednesday May 15, 2024 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack.

The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.

Additional items will be referred to in the various curated agenda sections, as below. If you have ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please do continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.

Announcements

A reminder that the WordPress 6.6 roadmap has been published. Please also read and leave feedback on the Server to client data sharing for Script Modules proposal. Feel free to leave feedback either during Dev Chat or on the proposal post.

Forthcoming releases

Next major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.6

We are currently in the WordPress 6.6 release cycle.

Next GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ release: 18.4

Gutenberg 18.4 is scheduled for release on May 22 and includes these issues.

Discussions

This week, we will continue to discuss the Roadmap for the WordPress 6.6 release cycle, in case anyone has any questions or would like to chat about any of the proposed features, including:

If we have time, we can also discuss the canonical 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 combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. plugins proposal. There is an initial issue and discussion here, and a follow-up Gutenberg PR is currently in progress.

Feel free to suggest additional topics in the comments.

Highlighted posts

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Editor Updates

Props to @annezazu for putting together these updates.

Get involved:

Updates:

    Tickets for assistance

    Tickets for 6.6 will be prioritized.

    Please include details of tickets / PRs and the links in the comments, and if you intend to be available during the meeting if there are any questions or you will be async.

    Open floor

    Items for this can be shared in the comments.

    Props to @joemcgill for reviewing.

    #agenda, #core, #dev-chat

    Performance Chat Agenda: 14 May 2024

    Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for May 14, 2024 at 15:00 UTC.

    • Announcements
      • Welcome to our new members of #core-performance
      • Performance lab 3.1.0 release scheduled for May 20
    • Priority items
      • WordPress performance TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
        • Current release (6.6)
        • Future release
      • Performance Lab 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/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party (and other performance plugins)
      • Active priority projects
        • Improve template loading
        • INP research opportunities
        • Improving the calculation of image size attributes
        • Optimized autoloaded options
    • Open floor

    If you have any topics you’d like to add to this agenda, please add them in the comments below.


    This meeting happens in the #core-performance channel. To join the meeting, you’ll need an account on the Make WordPress Slack.

    #agenda, #meeting, #performance, #performance-chat

    Agenda, Dev Chat, Wednesday May 8, 2024

    The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on  Wednesday May 8, 2024 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack.

    The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.

    Additional items will be referred to in the various curated agenda sections, as below. If you have ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please do continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.

    Announcements

    The WordPress 6.6 roadmap has been published.

    WordPress 6.5.3 was released on Tuesday, May 7. This minor releaseMinor Release A set of releases or versions having the same minor version number may be collectively referred to as .x , for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, and all other versions in the 5.2 (five dot two) branch of that software. Minor Releases often make improvements to existing features and functionality. features 12 bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. fixes in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. and 9 bug fixes for 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 combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. editor. You can review a summary of the maintenance updates in this release by reading the Release Candidate announcement.

    Forthcoming releases

    Next major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.6

    We are currently in the WordPress 6.6 release cycle.

    Next maintenance release: 6.5.4

    Now that 6.5.3 is released, let’s discuss planning for the next maintenance release.

    Next GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ release: 18.3

    Gutenberg 18.3 is scheduled for May 8 and will include these issues.

    Discussions

    Following up with some updates from previous week’s discussion:

    • New slackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channels#core-interactivity-api was created to help folks working there better organize and collaborate.
    • Gutenberg commits: as a way to bring additional visibility to changes committed in the Gutenberg repo, we’ve started an experiment to show commits to the trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision. branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a "branch", such as "the 4.0 branch". (PR merges) in the #core channel.

    This week, we will have time for open discussion about the Roadmap for the WordPress 6.6 release cycle.

    Feel free to suggest additional topics in the comments.

    Highlighted posts

    Core Editor Updates

    Props to @annezazu for helping put together these updates.

    Tickets for assistance

    Tickets for 6.6 will be prioritized.

    Please include detail of tickets / PR and the links into comments, and if you intend to be available during the meeting if there are any questions or will be async.

    Open floor

    Items for this can be shared in the comments.

    Props to @annezazu for reviewing.

    #agenda, #core, #dev-chat