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Ankit K Gupta 11:15 am on August 30, 2024
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Test Scrub Schedule for WordPress 6.7

As you’re aware, WordPress 6.7 is slated to be the third major release of 2024, with the official release date set for November 12, 2024. As we gear up for this important milestone, our Test team will be shifting gears a bit.

Test Scrub in Place of Test Team Triage

Starting from our next weekly Test team meeting, we’ll be running a Test Scrub instead of the usual Test Team Triage session. This Test Scrub will focus specifically on the WordPress 6.7 milestone tickets. It’s a great opportunity to contribute to this major releaseMajor Release A set of releases or versions having the same major version number may be collectively referred to as “X.Y” -- for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, and all other versions in the 5.2. (five dot two dot) branch of that software. Major Releases often are the introduction of new major features and functionality. and make a tangible impact on the final product.

Where Will It Happen?

This Test Scrub will take place on the #core-test of the Make WordPress Slack channel at the same time as our regular weekly Test team meetings.

What Tickets Will We Focus On?

We’ll be concentrating on tickets that are tagged with Has Patch / Needs Testing. You can find these tickets in this report.

Interested in Leading a Test Scrub?

Did you know that anyone can lead a Test Scrub at any time? Yes, that means you can!

If you’re interested in leading a scrub, simply pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” me @ankit-k-gupta or @webtechpooja on 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/. with the day and time you’re considering, along with the report or tickets you’d like to focus on.

Are you planning a scrub that’s specifically focused on WordPress 6.7? That’s fantastic! We can add it to our schedule, so the rest of the team knows to join in. Leading a scrub is a great way to contribute, and you’ll earn props in the Slack channel for your efforts!

Let’s Contribute Together

This is a perfect chance to get involved with the major release of WordPress 6.7, learn more about the process, and help ensure the quality and stability of WordPress. Your contributions will make a difference, so join us for the Test Scrub sessions and be a part of this exciting release!

See you in the #core-test channel!

#core-test

Pooja Derashri 10:43 am on August 13, 2024
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Test Team Reps: Call for Nominations

It’s time again to nominate the Test Team Reps who will serve for the next 12 months!

This Call for Nominations is open until 2024-09-23 00:00. Please leave a comment identifying your nominee(s) before then.

For a quick refresher of Team RepTeam Rep A Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts. roles across the project, please see the Team Reps post on Team Updates.

The Role

Reps in the Test Team perform primary and secondary (or backup) duties to help support team chats, make updates to the team’s blog and handbook, remove blockers, keep a pulse on team objectives, and promote testing opportunities within the WordPress project.

As a reminder, Reps are not called “team leads” for a reason. While people elected as Team Reps will generally come from the pool of folks that people think of as experienced leaders, the Team Rep role is designed to change hands regularly.

Test Team Rep duties include:

  • Write weekly Test Team Update posts, and post to Team Updates.
  • Write weekly Week in Test posts, and post to Make WordPress Test.
  • Write agenda for bi-weekly <test-chat> sessions (example).
  • Run alternating weekly <test-chat> (example) and <test-triage> (example) sessions in #core-test.
  • Write <test-chat> session recaps, and post to Make WordPress Test.
  • Run Test Scrub sessions in #core-test
  • Help new contributors with their WordPress Testing related queries.
  • Help raise awareness for testing needs, especially for upcoming releases.
  • Raise issues or red flags that other teams should be aware of or discussing.
  • Participate in quarterly update progress reports (example).

These duties are shared between the primary and secondary Reps (see Rep Responsibilities on the Team Rep page).

Qualifications

A Rep is an active team member who is reliable and trusted, advocates for and is knowledgeable of one or more areas of testing, and wants to represent, nurture, and grow the team to better serve the WordPress open sourceOpen Source Open Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. project.

Test Team Reps must be committed to showing up and performing regular duties, and should expect a time commitment of at least 2-4 hours per week. Reps serve for a term of one year.

How Test Team Elections Work

Step 1: Call for Nominations 📣

The first step is to reach out to the community with a Call for Nominations (this post!)

Please nominate in the comments of this post. You can write a comment as simple as “I nominate @the_persons_username.” Self-nominations are also welcome by leaving a comment such as “I nominate myself.”

Private nominations can be submitted by contacting @webtechpooja or @ankit-k-gupta 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/..

If you’ve been nominated, please accept or decline the nomination as a reply to the same comment.

⏰ The deadline for nominations is 2024-09-23 00:00

After the deadline, each nominee will be contacted to discuss qualifications and to confirm their acceptance of the nomination.

If you get nominated, please do not feel like you have to say “yes”. It’s okay for you to decline the nomination if you don’t feel like this is the right fit for any reason. “Thank you, but no thank you!” 😉

Step 2: Vote for Team Reps 🗳

An election will happen only if there are more than two accepted nominations within the nomination period; otherwise the nominees will become the new Test Team Reps.

If held, the election will be conducted by an anonymous poll (example). The poll will remain open for 2 weeks.

Step 3: Announce Team Reps 🎉

Once uncontested nominations have been accepted, or in the event of an election the voting period has passed, the new Test Team Reps will be announced in a post (example).

Time to Nominate!

Are you ready? It’s time to nominate folks to serve as our Test Team Reps for the new term! If you have any questions, please feel free to ask in the comments.

Props to @ankit-k-gupta for review of this post.

+make.wordpress.org/updates/

#team-reps

Ankit K Gupta 4:56 am on April 25, 2024  

Announcement: Earn Your Test Team Badges!

We are delighted to announce the publication of a new handbook page detailing the process for acquiring Test Team Profile Badges. The Test Team Badge serves as a recognition of your invaluable contributions to the WordPress testing team. Whether you’re an experienced tester or just beginning your journey with WordPress, these badges signify your commitment and expertise within the Test Team community.

You can find the new page added to the handbook section of Make WordPress Test site.

Test Contributor Badge

To earn the Test Contributor Badge, you must have completed one or more of the following tasks:

  • Submitted test reports for at least 1 ticket, comprising of testing instructions, issue reproduction, and/or patch testing. Acceptable reports should be submitted to TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. or 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 can apply to any WordPress project area included in the Test Team duty of care.
  • Submitted unit or end-to-end tests that have been merged.
  • Contributed to a Test handbook PR that has been merged.
  • Participated in a Contributor Day as a Test table lead, providing technical support, or assisting with onboarding.
  • Suggested a thoughtful idea aimed at improving testing processes in any way, which gets implemented.

Test Team Badge

If you have served as a Test Team RepTeam Rep A Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts. or Test Lead in any major releaseMajor Release A set of releases or versions having the same major version number may be collectively referred to as “X.Y” -- for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, and all other versions in the 5.2. (five dot two dot) branch of that software. Major Releases often are the introduction of new major features and functionality. of WordPress, or have consistently made substantial contributions to the Test Team, you are eligible for the Test Team badge.

To request your badge, please follow the details available here.

Thank you for your dedication and commitment to making WordPress better for everyone. Your contributions are invaluable, and we look forward to celebrating your achievements with the Test Team Profile Badges!

Pooja Derashri 11:00 am on March 12, 2024  

Test with Playground

Are you excited about the next big release in the WordPress world? The current target for the WordPress 6.5 release is March 26, 2024, which is less than a month away! Your help in testing 6.5 ensures everything in this release is the best it can be.

In addition to 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. and RCRelease Candidate A beta version of software with the potential to be a final product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge. testing with a handy tool like the WordPress Beta Tester 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, which requires a hosted or local development environment, did you know that you can test WordPress’s newest features using only your browser? Let’s see how WordPress Playground makes this possible.

“Instant” Test Environment

It’s true! Launching a site with WordPress Playground makes getting set up for testing much easier. Here’s a shortcut to launch Playground running the latest WordPress pre-release, with Test Reports pre-installed to help with bug reports.

Launch WordPress Beta/RC. 🎉
  • Use the menus in the top-right corner of a Playground instance to change the 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. http://php.net/manual/en/intro-whatis.php. version, load additional PHP extensions, and more.
  • After applying changes, the Playground will reload with your new configuration.

Let’s Test!

Now open up the Help Test WordPress 6.5 post and put 6.5 through its paces! You can easily test and experiment with the latest development version of WordPress.

In addition to testing the latest pre-release build, here are the things what to Test with Playground:

  • Check Site Health to see if there are already some issues that will be unrelated to the update.
  • Check for Errors, Warnings, and Notices.
  • Open the developer console in the browser.
  • Try to create a new post, add some content, and save it, especially try to copy and paste content from another source, add comments, add media files of different types, and do other usual actions in the admin. While doing it, pay attention to the information in the console to see if there are any issues.
  • Test in different languages.
  • Use just your keyboard to navigate, or use a screen reader.
  • Test with both 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. and classic themes.
  • If you want to create your own setup in Playground and save it for later use, export your configuration with the download/export button in the top-right corner of Playground. Use the upload/import link to restore a saved configuration in the future.

If you’d like to learn more about WordPress Playground, check out the official Playground start page, and to go even further, the Playground developer portal.

Share Your Experience

Have you tried Playground for testing yourself? Were there any WordPress features that you couldn’t test? Got any tips or tricks you learned on the way? Please share your feedback in the comments below.

A big thank you to @oglekler, @ankit-k-gupta, and @ironprogrammer for contributing to this post.

#6-5, #fse-outreach-program, #full-site-editing