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The team meets in the #hostingSlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel each week on Wednesday at 0900 UTC and 1800 UTC. Check out local times at make/meetings.
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Open Call for GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/ Users
The WordPress.orgWordPress.orgThe 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/ Marketing team is looking for examples of great work done using Gutenberg! This includes but is not limited to websites, designs, applications and other efforts using Gutenberg.
If you have such an example, please submit your information in the #marketing team Slack channel.
WordPress 5.2 Projected Release in end of April
WordPress 5.2 is scheduled for release on April 30, 2019.
Since WordPress 5.1, users with versions of PHPPHPPHP (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. <= 5.6 see a dashboard widgetWidgetA WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. suggesting that they update PHP.
WordPress 5.2 takes this further, raising the minimum required version of PHP to 5.6.20. This means that users with lesser versions won’t be able to upgrade to WordPress 5.2 until they’ve updated PHP.
The Health Check PluginPluginA 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. version 1.3 (pending release) is expected to include a rudimentary PoC for WP-CLIWP-CLIWP CLI is the Command Line Interface for WordPress, used to do administrative and development tasks in a programmatic way.
@mikeschroder proposed new hostingHostingA 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. community meeting times. Please fill out this Doodle to help determine better meeting times for team participants around the globe:
Open Call for GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/ Users
#marketing has put a call out for examples of incredible work done with Gutenberg. This includes websites, user experiences or anything beneficial that has resulted from using Gutenberg. This seems like a great opportunity to share work you or your customers/clients are doing with WordPress and Gutenberg. If you have any questions, the #marketing team, Mike or Harry (@miker and @harryjackson1221) are available to help.
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Especially, as @josh2k5 suggested, active participation in planning and execution for projects.
@pdclark thought they were good metrics to consider and that badges would be a good incentive for contributors.
@jadonn mentioned attendance would have to be tracked.
@josh2k5 felt that it would be self-evident who should receive team badges as time went on.
@jadonn and @mikeschroder discussed how to award badges (i.e. give them out or have people request them).
@mikeschroder thought, and @jadonn agreed, that team representatives giving out badges would be better recognition.
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If you are interested in contributing, reach out to @andrewtaylor-1 on SlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/., and he will help get you started.
DatabaseDatabaseA database is an organized collection of data. Access to this data is usually provided by a "database management system" (DBMS) consisting of an integrated set of computer software that allows users to interact with one or more databases and provides access to all of the data contained in the database. Because of the close relationship between them, the term "database" is often used casually to refer to both a database and the DBMS used to manipulate it. Engines
GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/
@danielbachhuber, @jadonn, and @pdclark reported on the Try Gutenberg and Gutenberg pluginPluginA 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. compatibility efforts.
@danielbachhuber mentioned he would be meeting with a representative from the Gutenberg team to work on a plan for collaboration.
@jadonn did some more research into automated plugin testing and has been in communication with the #marketing team about help with outreach.
@danielbachhuber was going to review the existing database of plugin compatibility for any useful information.
@danielbachhuber was going to work on a first draft of a guide for the integration points for the classic WordPress editor and for Gutenberg.
Work is tracked on GitHubGitHubGitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner.here.
@jadonn had previously written up a list of this kind of information for the automated plugin work. He will add it to the GitHub issue.
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