Welcome to the MetaMetaMeta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. Team!
The Meta team is responsible for maintaining and managing 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/ websites. Our work is mostly done on the meta trac. If you see a bug, file a ticket!
Welcome back everyone! The holiday break is over, meaning that we’ve reopened 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/ to new account registrations, new theme and 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 https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party submissions, photo submissions, and reviews. I hope you’re all feeling refreshed and rested and ready for 2025.
Over the past few months, the MetaMetaMeta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. and Design teams have collaborated on a new design for Make WordPress—the very site where this post is published. This refresh is part of the ongoing effort to establish a consistent design language across 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/. In case you missed it, the new Photos Directory was also launched earlier this week!
Congratulations to everyone who contributed to this project, and here are two quick videos that show the before and after:
As shown in the video, Make WordPress now features a new blockBlockBlock 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.-based homepage with a more expressive design and a standardized aesthetic across the rest of the site. A few notable highlights include a handbook template that now matches those in Developer Resources and Documentation and a redesigned meeting calendar.
The updated homepage is built with blocks.The new team handbook design features a three-column layout.The redesigned meeting calendar improves usability.
Next steps
This refresh was not a complete redesign. The Make section of WordPress.org is vast, covering 32 contributor teams and 114 local teams, each with its own blog, handbooks, and component pages. The primary goal was to introduce a block-based homepage, update the overall design with style improvements, and make the sites visually consistent with the rest of WordPress.org. The refresh did not fundamentally change how Make WordPress functions or address any content-related issues that might have existed prior.
Teams are encouraged to review their sections. This is a great time to update content in handbooks, team welcome messages, and more. Note that Trac was not redesigned in this update and will be addressed in the future.
If you find any issues or have suggestions for additional improvements, please add a ticket to the WordPress.org issues queue on GitHubGitHubGitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that 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. https://github.com/ or on Trac.
Finally, if you are interested in additional updates coming to WordPress.org and want to contribute, make sure to join the #website-redesignSlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel. Thanks!
Over the past month and a half, the MetaMetaMeta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. and Design teams have been working on a new look for the Photos Directory. This visual refresh is part of the continued effort to establish a consistent design language across 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/. I’m pleased to announce that the updated site launched today. Congratulations to everyone who contributed to this project!
Here’s a quick look at the before and after.
The Photos Directory now uses a block child theme alongside the shared WordPress.org parent theme. This update involved converting all elements to blocks and standardizing the layout, typography, and colors. Now, all directories across WordPress.org share consistent aesthetics and functionality, which simplifies any site-wide enhancements that may be considered in the future.
The updated homepage features a more expansive grid of photos. Search and filtering are now consistent across directories on WordPress.org.The single photo template features an updated and simplified design.
Next steps
So, now that the new Photos Directory theme is live on WordPress.org, take a look around and perhaps consider contributing a few photos of your own. At the time of writing, the directory is getting close to 20,000 photos!
If you do find any issues or have suggestions for future improvements, please add a ticket to the WordPress.org issues queue on GitHubGitHubGitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that 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. https://github.com/ or open a discussion item.
Finally, if you are interested in additional updates coming to WordPress.org and want to contribute, make sure to join the #website-redesignSlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel. Thanks!
Over the past few weeks, the MetaMetaMeta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. team has been working on a new theme for the Theme Directory, which is now powered by blocks. This visual refresh is part of the continued effort to establish a consistent design language across 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/. The updated site launched today. Congratulations to everyone involved in this effort.
With this update, the site now uses a block child theme alongside the shared WordPress.org parent theme, setting the stage for future improvements. The primary changes involved converting everything to blocks and standardizing the layout, typography, and colors. Additionally, the theme previewer was updated to include style variations and patterns registered by the theme. This update builds on the launch of the Plugin and Pattern directories introduced in April.
The updated homepage versus the previous design.The updated single theme layout versus the previous design.The updated single theme previewer versus the previous design. Note the theme style variations and patterns. The new theme filters versus the previous design.
When navigating the new theme, you will notice a few minor functional changes. For example, the homepage no longer includes a “Load more themes” button. Pagination is used instead, which also improves accessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (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). This is a result of rearchitecting the site using a blockBlockBlock 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. theme and incorporating as many coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. WordPress blocks as possible, the Query block in this case. Previously, the Theme Directory was powered by a Backbone.js application, which was difficult to maintain and inconsistent with other directories on WordPress.org.
Next steps
The Theme Directory refresh is now live for WordPress.org and all foreign-language sites (Rosetta sites). Some translation work may need to be done for each locale, and that can be managed in the WordPress Theme Directory project.
It’s important to reiterate that this refresh was not a complete redesign. The aesthetic and architectural updates in this iteration purposefully did not alter how the Theme Directory works at a fundamental level. Future updates should build on this work and address the functional changes requested by the community.
If you find any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please add a ticket to the WordPress.org issues queue on GitHubGitHubGitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that 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. https://github.com/ or add a discussion item.
Finally, if you are interested in additional updates coming to WordPress.org and want to contribute, make sure to join the #website-redesignSlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel. Thanks!
AccessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (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)
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Over the past few weeks, MetaMetaMeta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress., Design, and Community team members have collaborated on a new theme for the Five for the Future site, now powered by blocks. This visual update is part of an ongoing effort to create a consistent design language across 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/. The refreshed site launched today, just in time for WordCampWordCampWordCamps 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. US 2024 in Portland, Oregon, next week. Congratulations to everyone involved!
This update introduces a blockBlockBlock 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.-based child theme alongside the shared WordPress.org parent theme, paving the way for future enhancements. The main changes include converting all content to blocks and standardizing the layout, typography, and colors. The homepage was also redesigned, and new contributor testimonials were added.
The updated homepage design.The new homepage versus the previous design.The updated pledges directory design.New homepage testimonials and the dedicated Testimonials page design.
Next steps
This change marks the beginning of modernizing Five for the Future. Following this visual refresh, contributors will focus on adding new features and content, beginning with case studies of participating organizations and additional testimonials. Plans are also in motion for a Five for the Future blog and newsletter.
Forthcoming updates will aim to improve organization profiles by listing activity, automating emails, enhancing onboarding, and adding options for sponsored contributors. The goal is to showcase the strength and impact of Five for the Future with a refreshed, feature-rich website.
If you find any issues with the new theme or have suggestions for improvements, please add a ticket to the WordPress.org issues queue on GitHubGitHubGitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that 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. https://github.com/.
Finally, if you are interested in additional updates coming to WordPress.org and want to contribute, make sure to join the #website-redesignSlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel. Thanks!
WordCamp US will take place on September 17th, 2024! In preparation for the day, we’d like you to share ideas of what contributors at the MetaMetaMeta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. Team table can get involved with.
Table Leads
We are looking for Contributor DayContributor DayContributor 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/. table co-leads for WordCampWordCampWordCamps 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. US 2024 – do we have any volunteers?
One will primarily support onboarding, while the other can share about the team and kick off contribution time.
Brainstorm
Below are some ideas to kick-start discussions. Feel free to comment on this post with your ideas, too!
Experienced Contributors
Keep logins to .org working well
Assist various team needs
Website Redesign collaboration
New Contributors – Developers
Collaborate with 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 https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party Review and work on the Plugin Directory component Trac backlog
Create a blockBlockBlock 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.-based theme close to team Make sites. “create an alternative block-based theme that’s similar to our existing make sites, do not worry about the actual functionality of them, we can move that out into separate plugins.” See Otto’s post.
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TracTracTrac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. Tickets:
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APIAPIAn 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.
GitHubGitHubGitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that 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. https://github.com/ Issues:
^ This glowing dot cannot be clicked since it’s just an animation.
During the tour, that element of the web page will be highlighted like this:
Since the Polyglot contributors got good feedback about this tour and its potential applicability to other areas of Make WordPress, they then collaborated with MetaMetaMeta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. contributors @psrpinto and me (@akirk) to convert this tour into a dedicated plugin, simply called Tour, and added an easy way to create such tours (similar like you might know the Inspector of browser developer tools).
In order to restart a tour that you already completed (or dismissed), and for better accessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (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), there is also a Masterbar menu to start the tours that are visible on the current page:
There is also a shortcodeShortcodeA shortcode is a placeholder used within a WordPress post, page, or widget to insert a form or function generated by a plugin in a specific location on your site. and an “Available Tours” 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/blockBlockBlock 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. that allows you to embed the list of tours in a place of your choosing on the website so that there is also an additional path of starting a tour for people who are not logged in (and thus don’t see a Masterbar).
Demos
To demo this, we created two videos, one to show what it’s like to go through a tour, and one to show how to create a tour. Finally, a screenshot to show what updating a tour looks like.
Taking a Tour (Video)
Creating a Tour (Video)
Updating a Tour (Screenshot)
You can update each step separately (title, text and CSSCSSCSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. selector) and HTMLHTMLHTML is an acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a markup language that is used in the development of web pages and websites. is available in the description.
Also note that tours are a custom post typeCustom Post TypeWordPress can hold and display many different types of content. A single item of such a content is generally called a post, although post is also a specific post type. Custom Post Types gives your site the ability to have templated posts, to simplify the concept. with revisionsRevisionsThe 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., so you can undo any changes. While creating, testing, and editing a tour, you can keep it as a draft so that it won’t be visible to users who cannot see drafts.
The Tour plugin is not yet in the 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 https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party directory but you can download the ZIP file from Github and install it on any WordPress site.
On Make WordPress, we have activated the plugin on the Meta and the Polyglots P2P2P2 or O2 is the term people use to refer to the Make WordPress blog. It can be found at https://make.wordpress.org/. and we’d be happy to activate it on other Make teams if they want to use it on their own P2 for whatever they feel it could be useful.
Accessibility
I’d like to give a special invitation to the +make.wordpress.org/accessibility/ team to try the tour and let us know which improvements we’d need to make to make it more accessible. We think that an important aspect to start with is that it doesn’t open up automatically and gets in the way of people who were trying to do something different in the first place. The underlying driver.js library had in the past made some strides to make it accessible and per suggestion from @joedolson, we have added alternative ways (such as the Masterbar or Gutenberg block) to start tours.
Try It On this P2
We have created a first tour here on the Meta P2 (see the logo in the blue bar at the top of the page, or start it using the Masterbar). It is just a very quick demo, we’ll probably expand it in future. You can take it to get an idea of how such a tour could work and if you’d like to discuss with your own Make team whether you’d like to try it out as well. Please reach out in the comments!
I am uncertain of my availability to host the meeting. I will be traveling to WordCampWordCampWordCamps 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. Canada at the time, but have organized the GitHubGitHubGitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that 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. https://github.com/ and TracTracTrac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. activity as of recently. I will notify the channel if I am able to faciliate, but would love for any further support.
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Are there any new projects in Meta currently being worked on?
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