Facilitator: @fellyph
Announcements
The Playground team shipped several notable features recently:
New capabilities:
- File Browser for in-browser file management and editing
- ImageMagick, SOAP, and AVIF GD extension support
- New
--wordpress-install-modeCLICLI Command Line Interface. Terminal (Bash) in Mac, Command Prompt in Windows, or WP-CLI for WordPress. flag (PR #2803)
Documentation updates:
- Debugging with Xdebug guide for PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php.-WASM and Playground CLI
- Adding PR Preview Buttons with GitHub Actions
- GutenbergGutenberg The 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/ branch preview via Query APIAPI An 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.:
playground.wordpress.net?gutenberg-branch=trunk
Translations: New pages in Japanese, Bengali, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Gujarati, and Luganda—including first pages in Italian and Luganda.
Community: 46 contributors now hold the Playground badge. Learn how to claim yours.
Contributor updates
- @fellyph: Preparing presentations for WordCampWordCamp 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. Wroclaw, WordCamp Brazil, and WordPress Belo Horizonte meetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area.; documentation updates; new translations for Portuguese and Spanish.
- @akirk: Fixed bugs related to theme translations via Playground.
- @Moses Cursor: Completed Luganda translation pages.
Open floor
- Private repository preview is in development. Feedback welcome on PR #2856.
- @Yannick shared a PHP.wasm game engine experiment: CodeSandbox demo.
Props: @fellyph, @akirk, @bph, @Yannickdecat, @lenasterg, @Moses Cursor