Agenda for November 15, 2023

This week’s meeting will be held at 21UTC on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, and @courane01 will be hosting.

👋🏻 Intro/Welcome

🆕 News

MetaMeta Meta 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. news

Still Open

June 30, 2023

September 20, 2023

Cross-team news

Other news

Open Floor

Contribute

  • Feedback requested

Open Discussion

Meeting Agenda for November 1, 2023

👋🏻 Intro/Welcome

This week’s meeting will be held at 19UTC on Wednesday, November 1, 2023.

🆕 News

MetaMeta Meta 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 news

Projects

Are there any new initiatives or projects Meta members are working on?

Posts

GitHubGitHub GitHub 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/ & TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/.

Site:

Forums:

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 Repo:

Trac site:

GitHub wordpress-develop mirror

Misc:

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September 20, 2023

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Team Coordination for Plugin Directory Updates

In a recent meeting with the 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 Review Team, it became evident that there are gaps in our communication between the Plugin Review Team and the MetaMeta Meta 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, particularly concerning the addition of new features to the Plugin Directory.

While tracking existing Meta tickets is possible, the team generally isn’t informed in advance before new commits are added.

This can lead to problematic situations. We indirectly represent the directory — even if our focus is primarily on the review process — and people contact us with questions, relying on us to assist with such matters. It would be helpful for the Plugin Review team to have the opportunity to review, test, provide feedback, and (when appropriate) communicate this to plugin authors.

To improve this situation, we’d love help from the Meta team. Would the Meta team be able to adapt some workflows to facilitate better communication between our teams?

An example was the WordPress Playground preview ticket, which had to be reverted. I’m confident the situation would not have escalated as it did if a better process had been in place.

Some examples of things that could be done:

  • Send a notification on the #pluginreview 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/. channel or on our P2 a few hours before implementing changes (ideally at least 24 hours for major changes).
  • If someone has the bandwidth to build a complete feedback process, we could create something to add a delay for new feature commits for a set period or maybe test 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. versions of changes on a staging site.

+make.wordpress.org/plugins/

Meeting Recap for October 18, 2023

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👋🏻 Intro/Welcome

MetaMeta Meta 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. news

Still Open

September 20, 2023

October 4, 2023

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Meeting Agenda for October 18, 2023

This week’s meeting will be held at 19UTC on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, and @courane01 will be hosting.

👋🏻 Intro/Welcome

MetaMeta Meta 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. news

Still Open

September 20, 2023

October 4, 2023

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Revitalizing the WordPress Showcase

On Wednesday, October 18th, we will update the WordPress Showcase as part of the ongoing visual refresh of 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/

We began this project last year and have continually iterated on the initial design throughout 2023. In the past few months, a team of contributors has worked hard across Figma, GitHub, and the new #website-redesign 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/. channel to get Showcase v2 ready for launch.

While still being actively worked on, you can view the staging site here: wordpress.org/showcase-v2


The Showcase should be a natural starting point when a visitor arrives on WordPress.org and wants to explore what WordPress can do. It should inspire and demonstrate what’s possible, from personal blogs and portfolios to online businesses and enterprise-level sites. The Showcase should be instrumental in answering the question, “Why WordPress?”

Achieving this goal begins with an update to the design and structure of the site as well as the return of Showcase as a top-level navigation link (handled separately). 

These are just the first steps. Feedback and ideas for future iterations are encouraged. Please comment below or raise an issue on GitHub

Design

The new Showcase design follows the general mold of the current Showcase while overhauling the aesthetics and improving the user experience. It emphasizes bold visuals and a more dynamic browsing experience through tags and categories. Individual site pages now include desktop and mobile screenshots, while the site introduces an improved layout on mobile devices. 

A diversity of websites is presented in this initial redesign, from Fortune 500 companies and celebrity fan sites to small boutique businesses and artist portfolios.


This design also paves the way for future iterations. Some ideas include spotlighting popular use cases and introducing more engaging content like “site of the month.” The possibilities are endless. What would you like to see?

Development

While the new design is the most apparent change, Showcase is now powered by blocks. Specifically, it’s a custom child theme that sits atop the WordPress.org parent block theme. This structure allows the site to take advantage of CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. functionality like Group and Query blocks as well as custom blocks explicitly built for WordPress.org. 

The Showcase also introduces new 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.-based functionality and several components that will be used elsewhere on the WordPress.org network. Improvements, such as the standardization of layout and spacing variables (#105) and the new Query FilterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. block (#441), will make it easier to update other areas of WordPress.org to blocks.

Content

This iteration of Showcase has primarily focused on design and development. That said, some content work was done to ensure all sites in the Showcase are up to date. 

For launch, 101 sites have been added to the site, many of which were brought over from the current Showcase, or had been submitted but were never actually added. This number will grow with new submissions.

Earlier this year, two Make posts were published regarding the content moderation and submission guidelines for Showcase. You can review both here:

Moderating submissions and maintaining the Showcase takes a significant amount of contribution hours. As a result, there have been times in the past when the Showcase was left somewhat neglected. 

Looking ahead, we need to streamline the submission process as much as possible. Submissions will likely always require manual review, but the rest of the process should be automated where possible. As an example, automated email notifications are currently being explored (#223). This work will take time, but should not impede the launch of Showcase v2.


Thank you to everyone who contributed to this revitalization of the WordPress Showcase, whether in Figma, GitHub, or in the #website-redesign channel in Slack. As with all changes to WordPress.org, this is just a single iteration with many more to come in the future.

If you would like to propose a change or report an issue, please do so in the wporg-showcase-2022  GitHubGitHub GitHub 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/ repository. Also, make sure to join the #website-redesign Slack channel if you are interested in additional updates coming to WordPress.org and want to contribute.

Props to @eidolonnight, @cbringmann, @annezazu, and @laurlittle for reviewing this post and providing feedback.

+make.wordpress.org/design/
+make.wordpress.org/marketing/

#design, #showcase, #website-redesign

Updates to global header and footer navigation

The global headerHeader The header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes. and footer navigation will be updated on Wednesday, October 18th, to continually improve the user experience on 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/ as discussed in #360 Navigation: Rephrase a few items, reconsider sorting, and #364 Footer: Revisit footer links and categorize.

Global header navigation

In September 2022, the global navigation menuNavigation Menu A theme feature introduced with Version 3.0. WordPress includes an easy to use mechanism for giving various control options to get users to click from one place to another on a site. was updated to better organize content across the WordPress.org network. This iteration notably grouped several previously top-level menu items into sub-menus. 

Since then, there has been a discussion (see #360) about how the navigation could be further improved with a greater focus on visitors exploring WordPress for the first time. Overall, the changes are relatively minimal, but this iteration notably adds Showcase and Hosting back as top-level menu items and simplifies the Download & Extend grouping.

A live demonstration of the upcoming changes.

Content changes

  • Showcase is back as a top-level menu item.
    • The goal is to make the Showcase more visible and to provide visitors, especially new-to-WordPress visitors, a way to see what can be built with WordPress. 
    • This update is related to the pending Showcase v2 launch.
  • Hosting is back as a top-level menu item.
    • The goal is to provide new-to-WordPress visitors with a better path to getting started with WordPress since some form of hosting is always required.
    • While outside the scope of these navigation updates, some exploratory work is being done in Figma to improve the aesthetics of the Hosting page and explain why hosting is required for WordPress. This would make the page feel more educational and help new-to-WordPress visitors get oriented.
  • Download & Extend is renamed to just Extend.
    • The goal is to simplify this section and “decouple” menu items that focus on “extending” WordPress and those related to “getting” WordPress.
    • “Downloading” a .zip is also not the primary way users get WordPress these days, so directing folks to the Get WordPress button makes more sense, especially for new-to-WordPress visitors.
  • The Get WordPress and Mobile links under Extend are removed.
    • Visitors are now directed to the Get WordPress button to “get” WordPress. The mobile app CTA is already present on this page.
  • The new Blocks page is added under Extend.
    • The current page is v1, and v2 is planned (#318). This page aims to tell the story of blocks in WordPress. It was placed under Extend since making custom blocks and working 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. Editor are key ways of “extending” what WordPress can do.
  • In Extend, the Plugins link has been moved above Patterns to reflect its higher importance.
  • The WordPress Swag Store has been renamed to Swag Store.

Functional changes

  • Make sub-menus open on-click instead of on-hover to reduce the number of actual links in the navigation and subtly improve 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) (#440
  • Prevent screenreaders from reading the external link arrows (↗) to improve accessibility (#453)

Global footer navigation

The update to the global footer navigation is minimal. There has been a lot of great discussion about a more extensive overhaul (see #364), which future iterations should consider. 

The most significant change is to denote all external links with an arrow (↗) to match the implementation in the global header navigation.

Content changes

  • All external links are denoted with an arrow (↗)
  • Links are now loosely ordered by:
    • About
    • Showcase/Extend
    • Ways to learn WordPress
    • Ways to get involved/support WordPress
    • Other important external links
  • The Public Code link is removed to ensure an equal number of links in each column. 
  • Swag is renamed to Swag Store to match the global header navigation.
  • The capitalization of WordPress.TV is fixed to match the global header navigation.

Thank you to everyone who participated in crafting these changes, both in GitHubGitHub GitHub 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 in the #website-redesign channel in 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/.. As with all changes to WordPress.org, this is just a single iteration, with many more to come. The website is constantly evolving.

If you would like to propose a change or report an issue, please do so in the wporg-mu-plugins GitHub repository, which handles all navigation (among other things) across the WordPress.org network. Also, join the #website-redesign Slack channel if you are interested in additional updates coming to WordPress.org and want to contribute. 

Props to @eidolonnight, @cbringmann, and @laurlittle for reviewing this post and providing feedback.

#navigation, #website-redesign

Meeting Recap for October 4, 2023

Slack log of the meeting.

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Meeting Agenda for October 4, 2023

This week’s meeting will be held at 21UTC on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, and will be @courane01 hosting.

👋🏻 Intro/Welcome

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Set up Two-Factor authentication WordPress.org

While 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/ has supported two-factor authentication since May, today we deployedDeploy Launching code from a local development environment to the production web server, so that it's available to visitors. a new user interface for adding security keys and a handful of other improvements. 

Find your Two-Factor authentication settings

While logged in, visit your profile and locate the “Security” section. Click “support forumSupport Forum WordPress Support Forums is a place to go for help and conversations around using WordPress. Also the place to go to report issues that are caused by errors with the WordPress code and implementations. profile”. 

What are security keys and how can I set them up?

Security keys utilize biometrics, digital cryptography or hardware keys to provide an additional layer of security when logging into your WordPress.org account. They’re more secure than the one-time passwords found in many apps because security keys aren’t vulnerable to phishing attacks. Some popular examples are Passkeys and Yubikey devices.

Click on “Two-Factor Security Key” and follow the instructions provided.

Notes:

  • Browsers and devices have varying support for security keys. Your experience registering a new key will vary.
  • We currently default to using security keys over Time-Based One-Time passwords. We have a plan to make that configurable in the future.

What are Time-Based One-Time passwords and how can I set them up?

Time-Based One-Time Passwords (TOTP) are temporary codes generated by an authentication app on your device. They change every 30 seconds and are used in conjunction with your password to verify your identity during login.

Click on “Two-Factor App” and follow the instructions provided.

Generating Backup Codes

Backup codes are one time use codes that you can use when you don’t have access to the second factor security key or app you have configured. Regardless of whether you are using security keys or a Time-Based One-Time password, make sure you generate and print backup codes. If you lose your primary key/device and don’t have a backup code, you will lose access to your account forever.

What’s next

If you haven’t set up Two Factor authentication yet, now is the time to do so. If you run into any bugs or want to provide feedback please do so in the GitHub repository.

Thanks to everyone who has participated thus far!