Design is not a democracy

ByBrian Krogsgard Posted onDecember 17, 2013January 31, 2015 Updated onJanuary 31, 2015

Design

With all the recent changes to the design of WordPress admin, the new default theme, and other design projects for other WordPress properties, I think this is a valuable lesson for us to remember: design is not a democracy. In our ecosystem, openness is pivotal and contributions are key; but design itself still cannot be processed by committee.

With each project that WordPress undertakes, leads are important; and trusting our leads is also important. Yes, mistakes may be made, but that’s what constructive feedback and iterative improvements are for. h/t Aaron Jorbin.

Contributing to Twenty Seventeen

BySami Keijonen January 7, 2017August 14, 2022

Sami Keijonen shares his experience as a first time contributor to the WordPress default theme building process. He primarily worked within the realm of SVG icons for the Twenty Seventeen theme.

Design

Features as plugins hit core for 4.4

ByBrian Krogsgard October 8, 2015October 8, 2015

The WordPress 4.4 train is rolling and rolling fast still. oEmbed, Responsive Images, and the REST API infrastructure have all been committed to core. The links for the merge tickets are as follows: oEmbed, #32522 Responsive Images, #33641 REST API Infrastructure, #33982 Twenty Sixteen, which has thus far used Github for development, will also be…