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It’s Day 12 of the #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks campaign, twenty days of celebrating WordPress and the WordPress community leading up to the 20th Anniversary of WordPress!
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Prompt 12/20
Blog: What is your favorite 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 in the WordPress Plugins Directory? Tell us about it on your WordPress website and link to it in the comments.
Develop: Find a plugin in the WordPress Plugins SVN Mirror and fork it into your preferred repository. Link to your fork in the comments.
Design: Read and provide your input on some of the work shared by the Design Team in their monthly #design-share. Recent posts include: Design Share: Apr 24–May 5 (includes 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., the Command Center, and vertical text), Design Share: Mar 27-Apr 21 (includes the WordPress.org site map) or Design Share: Mar 13–Mar 24 (includes 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 UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. components).
Photograph: Print out your favorite Wapuu, put one on a screen, or find some Wapuu swag and place it in the world somewhere. Take a photo and submit it to the WordPress Photo Directory. Once it’s approved, share the link to your photo in the comments (or post it on social and link to that). (Extra credit: Get inspired by browsing some of the Wapuu pics already in the Directory.)
Contribute: Find and “favorite” 20 of your favorite plugins or themes in the WP Plugins Directory or the WP Themes Repository Share a link to your WordPress.orgWordPress.org The 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/ profile Favorites page (your profile link + /#content-favorites) in the comments.
Note: You can share context in your comment if you like, but don’t forget to include the link as specified in each prompt.
If none of these actions work for you, feel free to make your own WordPress-focused action. Anyone who shares at least one action as a comment on a #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks post before or on May 27 will have the achievement acknowledged by the Marketing team. Folx who share an action on all 20 posts before WordCamp US in August 2023 will get an additional acknowledgement of their accomplishment.
Contributors to the #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks campaign include: @ninianepress, @ngreennc, @nomadskateboarding, @santanainniss, @sereedmedia, @courane01, @meaganhanes, @costdev, @felix, @joen, @boogah, @quizzycal, @tobifjellner, @annezazu, @psykro, @flixos90, @rmartinezduque.
