Title: October 19th Support Team Meeting Summary Author: Marius L. J. Published: October 22, 2017 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/clorith/) [Marius L. J.](https://profiles.wordpress.org/clorith/) 12:24 pm _on_ October 22, 2017 Tags: [weekly chat ( 221 )](https://make.wordpress.org/support/tag/weekly-chat/) # October 19th Support Team Meeting Summary ## General announcements The plugins team has requested we stop reporting crypto currency miners unless they actually violate the forum guidelines. Things such as not informing site visitors that a miner is running isn’t considered a 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/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. directory violation as that’s up to site owners and not us to police. We also had a lengthy discussion regarding the new 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/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/) callout added for WordPress 4.9, where the concerns that were discussed were [added to the ticket for consideration and further discussion](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/41316#comment:44).( It has since been [decided to revert the callout for now](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02QB2JS7/p1508523904000059)). ## Open floor A question regarding screenshot sharing was brought up, and how to point users at where to put them as we don’t have (nor do we want to have, that’s a whole new beast of legal concerns) any upload capabilities on the forums. Should a new section be added to the help text before you make a post concerning screenshots, what possible issues could arise from this, let’s get some feedback on this one. Initial concerns are that the blob of text before making a post grows even more, by a substantial amount as screenshot explanations are wordy and vary by platform. We already know that users do not like to read a lot of text like that, they wish to make their post and get on with things. ## Checking in with international liaisons The [Portuguese](https://pt.wordpress.org), [German](https://de.wordpress.org), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org) and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org) community representatives dropped by for this weeks meeting, reporting no issues at this time. ## Attendance [@anevins](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anevins/), [@bcworkz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bcworkz/), [@bethannon1](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bethannon1/), [@clorith](https://profiles.wordpress.org/clorith/), [@danhgilmore](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danhgilmore/), [@fierevere](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fierevere/), [@firoz2456](https://profiles.wordpress.org/firoz2456/), [@geoffreyshilling](https://profiles.wordpress.org/geoffreyshilling/), [@hardeepasrani](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hardeepasrani/), [@ipstenu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ipstenu/), [@jdembowski](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jdembowski/), [@keesiemeijer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/keesiemeijer/), [@liamdempsey](https://profiles.wordpress.org/liamdempsey/), [@macmanx](https://profiles.wordpress.org/macmanx/), [@numeeja](https://profiles.wordpress.org/numeeja/), [@pmfonseca](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pmfonseca/), [@sergeybiryukov](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/), [@stephencottontail](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stephencottontail/), [@sterndata](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sterndata/), [@t-p](https://profiles.wordpress.org/t-p/), [@tobifjellner](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tobifjellner/) and [@zodiac1978](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zodiac1978/) attended. [Read the meeting transcript in the Slack archives](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQC6RW/p1508428801000282).( [A Slack account is required](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/))   > **New contributor tips > > If you find a topic you don’t know much about, but you > find it interesting, subscribe to the topic and be notified when someone else > answers it! 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Since most of the folks who bring up an inability to provide screenshots are looking for an Upload button, I think it might be handy to have an Upload button which simply displays quick instructions and the whitelisted image services when clicked. Comments are closed. # Post navigation [← Agenda for October 19th Support Meeting](https://make.wordpress.org/support/2017/10/agenda-for-october-19th-support-meeting/) [Agenda for October 26th Support Meeting →](https://make.wordpress.org/support/2017/10/agenda-for-october-26th-support-meeting/)