General announcements
The Health Check Plugin has received an update which went live over the weekend between the meeting and this summary going out.
Useful new features are primarily related to 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. https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php. Compatibility Checker, found under the Tools tab.
The suggested PHP version in coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. is scheduled to go live on August 20th (this is for showing the dashboard widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. encouraging users to update their PHP version if they are using version 5.6 or lower).
The docs team is looking for input on what documentation is often needed, but is either missing or incomplete.
So far we’ve informed them that documentation on the new Site Health features (both checker, and fatal error protection) are desired, and that 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. documentation needs to be surfaced better as many did not know we had any.
Core updates
5.3 is tentatively scheduled to release mid-November, and a 5.2.3 release has been tentatively scheduled for early next month in the interrim.
Checking in with international liaisons
Members from Sweden, Brazil, Portugal, Netherlands and India provided updates on how things are going in their regions.
Open floor
The plugins team gave a heads up that there’s a lot of trademark strikes being handled as companies are becoming more aggressive in what they do and don’t allow, which may cause some noise.