This Week at WordPress.org (August 17, 2022)
Get your feedback in now about features coming in WordPress 6.1. Feature freeze is September 20.
Feedback
WordPress 6.1 feature freeze is September 20, 2023. There are many ways to weigh in with feedback now.
1️⃣ Expired session autosave
2️⃣ Add a preview section to the pre-publish sidebar
3️⃣ Design Exploration: Encourage editor configuration during on-boarding
4️⃣ Twenty Twenty-Three default theme — Project kickoff
5️⃣ Testing and Feedback for the Fluid Typography Feature
News
Community
Core
- WordPress Development Setup
- FEEDBACK REQUESTED: If WordPress user session expires on post edit page, Gutenberg autosave continues resulting in 403s.
- A Week in Core – August 15, 2022
- Proposal: Stop merging experimental APIs from Gutenberg to WordPress Core
- Standardize npm script naming in the Gutenberg project
Meetings
- Devchat agenda, August 17, 2022
- Editor Chat Agenda: 17 August 2022
- Editor chat summary: 10 August, 2022
- Dev Chat Summary, August 10, 2022
Design
- Design Share: Aug 1–12
- FEEDBACK REQUESTED: Add a preview section to the pre-publish sidebar
- FEEDBACK REQEUSTED: Design Exploration: Encourage editor configuration during on-boarding
- SUBMISSIONS DUE AUG 31: Twenty Twenty-Three default theme — Project kickoff
Docs
Five for the Future
- Deactivate inactive pledges
- Remove contributor hours when account banned
- Use last 5ftF contribution as inactivity criteria
- Hyperlink not readable on Program Expectations page
Hosting
Marketing
- Agenda: Global Marketing Team Meeting, August 17, 2022
- Notes: Global Marketing Team Meeting, August 10, 2022
Meta
Mobile
Openverse
Performance
- Performance team meeting summary 16 August 2022
- Performance Team Rep Nominations
- Proposal: Database performance Health Checks
Plugins
Polyglots
Test
Themes
- FEEDBACK REQUESTED: Testing and Feedback for the Fluid Typography Feature
- Themes team update August 16, 2022
Training
Video Tutorials
Online Workshops:
- What is the Domain Name System?
- Let’s code! Converting a Shortcode into a Block
- The Creative Side of Blocks, Vol. 2
- Using Create Block Theme
WordCamp Central
WPTV
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