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Courtney Robertson

December 22, 2023

This Week at WordPress.org (December 18, 2023) Accessibility Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: December 15, 2023 Community Meetup Organizer Newsletter: December 2023 Contributor Working Group: Mentorship Chat Agenda | December 21st 07:00 UTC (APAC/EMEA) and 16:00 UTC (AMER) Reminder: Annual Meetup…

Matrix Migration Paused • New Requirement for Themes Settings • New WordPress Events Page • WPCS 3.0.1 Released

Courtney Robertson

December 14, 2023

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This Week at WordPress.org (December 11, 2023) News State of the Word 2023 Recap WP Briefing: Episode 68: Toward a More Interconnected Web Community Announcing the New WordPress Events Page Community Team Meeting Agenda for 7 December, 2023 Core Roadmap…

WordPress 6.4.2 • Security Team Scams • Roadmap to 6.5 • Plugin Previews • Goodbye Slack, Hello Matrix

Courtney Robertson

December 8, 2023

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This Week at WordPress.org (December 3, 2023) News The Month in WordPress – November 2023 WordPress 6.4.2 Maintenance & Security Release Alert: WordPress Security Team Impersonation Scams People of WordPress: Artemy Kaydash Accessibility Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: December 1, 2023…

WordCamp Sponsor Demo Tracks • Matrix Chat • Redesigning Dev Resources

Courtney Robertson

November 30, 2023

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This Week at WordPress.org (November 26, 2023) News State of the Word 2023 – Madrid, Spain WP Briefing: Episode 67: Openverse & Photo Directory Rewind Should We Allow Sponsor Demo Rooms or Tracks at Events? Embracing Matrix for Enhanced Communication…

WP 6.4 PHP Compatibility, Performance Improvements, Retrospective • Twenty Twenty Four

Courtney Robertson

November 16, 2023

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This Week at WordPress.org (November 13, 2023) News State of the Word 2023 – Madrid, Spain Introducing Twenty Twenty-Four WP Briefing: Episode 66: Advocating Open Source Solutions WordPress 6.4 PHP Compatibility CLI Twenty-One Merged PRs for WP-CLI Hack Day 2023…

WP 6.4.1 • 2024 Release Timing • Merge Performant Translations

Courtney Robertson

November 10, 2023

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This Week at WordPress.org (November 5, 2023) News WordPress 6.4.1 Maintenance Release WordPress 6.4 “Shirley” Proposal: 2024 Major Release Timing https://wordpress.org/plugins/test-reports/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/performant-translations/ Accessibility WordPress 6.4 Accessibility Improvements Community Calling all WordPress Meetup Organizers around the world! Core Merging Performant Translations…

WP 6.4 RC3 • Help Test • New Plugin: Test Reports

Courtney Robertson

November 2, 2023

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This Week at WordPress.org (October 30, 2023) Outdated jQuery version security impacting sites containing PII. See also: Better Features and Operational Benefits Come with Current jQuery Use. The OpenJS Foundation analyzed the IDC survey results of this end-user audit and…

WP 6.4 RC2 • WP-CLI 2.9.0 • State of the Word • Theme Custom Settings

Courtney Robertson

October 26, 2023

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This Week at WordPress.org (October 23, 2023) WP-CLI v2.9.0 Release Notes Discussion: How to handle custom settings screens in block themes News WordPress 6.4 Release Candidate 2 State of the Word 2023 – Save the Date WordPress 6.4 - Now…

WP 6.4 RC1 • Support Forum Guidelines • Playground PR Preview & Beta/RC

Courtney Robertson

October 19, 2023

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🚀 WordPress 6.4 Release Candidate 1
👀 New Support Guidelines
🆕 A New WordPress Showcase
β WordPress Playground Supports Beta/RC
🔎 WordPress Playground Supports PR Previewer

WP 6.3.2 & 6.4 Beta 4 • WP CLI • Showcase • Header/Footer

Courtney Robertson

October 13, 2023

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👩🏽‍🎨 Revitalizing the WordPress Showcase
↕️ Updates to global header and footer navigation
> WP-CLI v2.9.0 release date: October 25th
🆕 WordPress 6.3.2 – Maintenance and Security release
β WordPress 6.4 Beta 4

WP 6.3.2 RC1 & 6.4 Beta 2 • Plugin Live Demo • Stats & Dashboards • Test Fonts

Courtney Robertson

October 6, 2023

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🔎 WordPress 6.3.2 RC1 & 6.4 Beta 2 are ready for testing
🔠 Font manager delayed for testing
⏭️ Plugin Repo Live Demo launched and retracted
❓What metrics matter in contributing to WordPress

WordPress 6.4 • Annual Survey • Stats & Dashboards • Global Sponsorship

Courtney Robertson

September 28, 2023

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β WordPress 6.4 Beta 1 is out now
☑︎ Take the annual WordPress survey
📊 Data about the WordPress Project
🌐 Global Sponsorship Program

Plugin Team Sees a Shift Starting • Browser Interoperability Issues • WCUS Q&A • Enterprise WP

Courtney Robertson

September 21, 2023

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🔌 Plugin Check plugin is now available
🛜 Browser Compatibility Issues
❓#WCUS Q&A Continued
🎧 Enterprise Clients and the Business of WordPress

Accessibility in Site Editor, Openverse Wins an Award, What’s New for Devs in WP 6.4, Fields API Summary

Courtney Robertson

September 15, 2023

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Openverse Wins the 2023 OEG Open Infrastructure Award. Get a sneak peek into the exciting developments for developers in the upcoming WordPress 6.4 release.

Community Summit Recaps, Multilingual Documentation, Performant Translations

Courtney Robertson

September 6, 2023

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Discover the latest from the WordPress community. From the future of WordPress & Gutenberg's next steps to intriguing discussions at the Community Summit. Plus, get a sneak peek into WordPress 6.4's development cycle. Stay updated, stay involved!

Translations Across the Project • Admin Design • New Blocks Page • Working Group on Organizations Supporting WordPress • Contributor Mentorship

Courtney Robertson

August 16, 2023

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With just a few days before Community Summit, Contributor Day, and WordCamp US, many initiatives across the project are gearing up for time well-spent together.

Docs, Training, and several other teams are joining together to work on translations and localizations in a way that supports Gutenberg Phase 4 Multilingual.

The Design team is working on the new look for the admin dashboard. Meta team shares a post on the new Blocks page and seeks your feedback. They also have a post calling for working group participants to define the criteria for the Supporting Organizations page.

Concluding last week, the New Contributor Mentorship Program share the highlights and an oveview of our month together.

Join Plugin Review Team • Showcase Accessibility • Modern NPM • WP Performance on Core Web Vitals

Matrix Migration Paused • New Requirement for Themes Settings • New WordPress Events Page • WPCS 3.0.1 Released

WordPress 6.4.2 • Security Team Scams • Roadmap to 6.5 • Plugin Previews • Goodbye Slack, Hello Matrix

WordCamp Sponsor Demo Tracks • Matrix Chat • Redesigning Dev Resources

WP 6.4 PHP Compatibility, Performance Improvements, Retrospective • Twenty Twenty Four

WP 6.4.1 • 2024 Release Timing • Merge Performant Translations

WP 6.4 RC3 • Help Test • New Plugin: Test Reports

WP 6.4 RC2 • WP-CLI 2.9.0 • State of the Word • Theme Custom Settings

WP 6.4 RC1 • Support Forum Guidelines • Playground PR Preview & Beta/RC

WP 6.3.2 & 6.4 Beta 4 • WP CLI • Showcase • Header/Footer

WP 6.3.2 RC1 & 6.4 Beta 2 • Plugin Live Demo • Stats & Dashboards • Test Fonts

WordPress 6.4 • Annual Survey • Stats & Dashboards • Global Sponsorship

Plugin Team Sees a Shift Starting • Browser Interoperability Issues • WCUS Q&A • Enterprise WP

Accessibility in Site Editor, Openverse Wins an Award, What’s New for Devs in WP 6.4, Fields API Summary

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