During WordCamp 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 2024, we began planning a new plugin 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 or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. designed to collect and centralize JSON data from hosting companies. The goal is to provide users with a comprehensive overview of hosting A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web. companies based on their specific requirements. However, during the Contributor 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 WordCamp US 2024, we discussed the potential for utilizing existing resources before starting development on a new plugin from scratch.
Making Use of the Hosting Test Reporter
Currently, the hosting test requires hosts to create a WP.org account associated with their company. In the past, we also planned to display an overview of each host’s testing reports with the release of multi-PHP PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a general-purpose scripting language especially suited to web development. PHP code is usually processed on a web server by a PHP interpreter. On a web server, the result of the interpreted and executed PHP code would form the whole or part of an HTTP response. reporting. By building on this existing structure, we have an opportunity to avoid duplicating efforts and leverage the groundwork that’s already been laid.
The Profile Page Concept
Our new idea is to extend the functionality of these WP.org accounts by creating profile pages for bot users who are actively submitting reports. These profile pages could not only summarize their latest reports but also offer space for self-promotion. By doing this, we’re able to repurpose and expand upon the current infrastructure, simplifying the process of achieving our original goal of providing users with a hosting overview.
Feedback
Please add your feedback to this P2 P2 or O2 is the term people use to refer to the Make WordPress blog. It can be found at https://make.wordpress.org/. by the end of October. This will allow us enough time to distill the feedback and plan accordingly for 2025.
