DevChat meeting held on Jan 24th (2nd week of the new format experiment).
The agenda with post highlights and updates from next releases and GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/.
CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. (TracTracTrac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. and svn):
ii) BlockBlockBlock 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. Theme Stats
4 Block themes are currently being reviewed
17 Block theme is live in last 7 days
iii) HelpScout Stats
In the past 7 days,
Email Conversations 25
Messages Received 28
Replies Sent 6
Emails Created 0
Resolved 6
Resolved on First Reply 83%
iv) Extras
Create Block Theme pluginPluginA 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 now has 8000+ active installs. There are 81 active issues and 9 Pull requests in GitHub.
Experiment Week 1: this week’s DevChat was the first experiment to drive productive discussion of current proposals and current release’s priorities (such as features or bugs that are blocked or need help).
The agenda changed to become a curated weekly list of news, post highlights, and updates.
Curated lists (in the agenda) expectations: (a) folks will read it and (b) its links will not longer be dropped during DevChat (leaving all of the time for chatting).
CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. (TracTracTrac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. and svn):
GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/:
RCRelease CandidateA beta version of software with the potential to be a final product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge. release on Jan 25th.
PluginPluginA 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 Status Change Stats
Plugins requested : 132
Plugins rejected : 7
Plugins closed : 54
Plugins approved : 75
Plugin Queue Stats (current)
Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 2472
(older than 7 days ago)** : 2292
(2024-01-15 – 2024-01-21) : 143
(new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 379
(pending; replied to)* : 2093
(pending; waiting on author)* : 1819
(pending; waiting on reviewer)* : 266
(pending; waiting on reviewer, email not yet sent)* : 8
Help Scout Queue Stats
Total Conversations: 999
New Conversations: 575
Customers: 932
Conversations per Day: 124
Busiest Day: Friday
Messages Received: 477
Replies Sent: 891
Emails Created: 480
* : Stat reflects current size of queue and does not take into account ‘date’ or ‘day’ interval ** : Stat reflects activity only within the ‘recentdays’ from today
ii) BlockBlockBlock 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. Theme Stats
14 Block themes are currently being reviewed
5 Block theme is live
iii) HelpScout Stats
In the past 7 days,
Email Conversations 8
Messages Received 8
Replies Sent 3
Emails Created 0
Resolved 3
Resolved on First Reply 67%
iv) Extras
Create Block Theme pluginPluginA 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 now has 7000+ active installs. There are 81 active issues and 8 Pull requests in GitHub.