This Week at WordPress.org (July 27, 2022)
Getting Ready for PHP 8.2, Rebooting Feature Notifications, Additional Custom Template Options, and Renaming Full Site Editing.
News
- Updates on the Five for the Future program, and proposed improvements
- Giving FSE a More User Friendly Name
- FSE Program Testing Call #15: Category Customization
- A Mid-Year Look at 2022 Goals
- WP Briefing: Episode 36: Beginner’s Guide to Contributions 2.0
- Prepare for PHP 8.2
- PHP 8.2: proposal for handling unknown dynamic properties deprecations
- Project Update: WordPress.org Homepage and Download page mockups
Accessibility
Community
- July Meetup Organizer newsletter
- Deputy Feedback Wanted: Streamlining WordCamp Phases
- Recap of the Diverse Speaker Training group (#WPDiversity) AMER/EMEA on July 13, 2022
- Report: Inclusion and Diverse Speaker Workshops June 2022
Core
- WordPress 6.1 Planning Roundup v2
- Proposal: Add a dominant color background to images.
- [Request for feedback] Feature Notifications Proof of Concept
- Core Editor Improvement: Deeper customization with more template options
- A Week in Core – July 25, 2022
- Editor chat agenda: 27 July 2022
Design
Docs
Support Articles:
Developer Articles:
- The Keyboard Shortcuts Data
- Customize Widgets
- Block directory
- Edit Site
- Rich Text
- Edit Widgets
- Preferences
- Reusable blocks
Marketing
Meta
Mobile
Openverse
Performance
- Performance team meeting summary 26 July 2022
- Create WebP sub-sizes and use for output
- Regenerate Existing Images for non-technical users
Plugins
Test
Themes
- Using locally-hosted Google fonts in themes
- Gutenberg 13.6 + Themes
- Themes team meeting agenda for July 26, 2022
- Themes team update July 26, 2022
Training
- What’s new on LearnWP in July 2022
- Proposal: Merging Lesson Plans, Video Tutorials, and Slides
- Summary Update: Courses Currently in…
Lesson Plans:
- Locking Blocks in the Full Site Editor
- Create a Basic Child Theme for Block Themes
- WebP images in WordPress
Video Tutorials
Online Workshops:
- Theme Development Workflows for Different Types of Developers
- Let’s code! Creating your first WordPress Plugin
- [CANCELED – Moved to July 28] Theme Development Workflows for Different Types of Developers
- Power Up With Free Wireframe Templates And Advanced Blocks
WordCamp Central
WPTV
Five for the Future
What’s happening specific to Five for the Future? Provide your feedback on these posts:
- Send notification emails when contributors are inactive
- Outreach: emails to send to individuals who are dormant/inactive/etc
- Handle duplicate activities – added as a presenter activity (and other activities?)
- Noting milestones in contributions
- Charting corporate contributions over time
- New options in sponsored contributor profiles to show non-sponsored contributions too
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