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When Gutenberg Phases End • Priorities in Onboarding Contributors • Redesign Roll Outs

Courtney Robertson

February 1, 2023

What happens when we reach the end of a phase in Gutenberg? Josepha shares what this means for additional features and requests in the WP Briefing. Josepha also posed a few questions at how we prioritize doing the work of contributing while onboarding new contributors and ways to simplify the experience new contributors have. Finally, get an early look at the design changes coming for Hosting, Jobs, About, and Dev Blog.

WP Community Support (Central) vs WP Foundation • Old Trac Tickets • Themes & Support Docs Redesign

Courtney Robertson

January 25, 2023

Make WordPressPlanet

Can you explain the difference between Central and the Foundation? They are not one in the same, so check out what each area handles.

More teams across WordPress are using GitHub Projects for project management. The Community Team is considering this addition as well.

Let's review some very old tickets for bugs and feature requests in WordPress and admire the new things coming to Documentation and Themes sites.

Launching a WordPress Product in Public: Session 1

Cory Miller

January 20, 2023

BusinessDraft

Corey Maass and Cory Miller go live to discuss the creation and launch of a WordPress product they have partnered to build. Crop.Express originated as a solution to a common problem Maass experienced. Miller loved the idea and wondered how to build this into a plugin to solve problems within the WordPress workflow. This is a candid conversation about the evolution of partnering to develop a WordPress product.

WordPress Origin Stories, Week 2

Cory Miller

January 20, 2023

Origin StoriesWordPress at 20

Read WordPress stories from PostStatus members as we take time to reflect and celebrate 20 years of WordPress.

Big Picture Goals 2023 • WP 6.2 Planning • LearnWP Needs Analysis • Wrong Plugins

Courtney Robertson

January 18, 2023

Make WordPressPlanet

Where is WordPress going in 2023? Read Josepha's Big Picture Goals for the year. WordPress certifications are in the planning phases, and the foundation will include LearnWP. The Training Team is conducting a Needs Analysis. Help gather the community's input. Plugins Team is seeking intentionally wrong plugins, and Core has the 6.2 Planning Roundup.

Improving 5ftF Contributor Journey • Building Interactive Blocks • Layout Classes • WP20

Courtney Robertson

January 11, 2023

Make WordPressPlanet

Share your feedback about how to improve the Five for the Future contributor journey. Check out work underway on how to make interactive blocks easier to build, and take a walkthrough of layout classes in WordPress 6.1. It's time to start planning; how will you celebrate WordPress' 20th birthday?

WordPress 6.2 Schedule • 2022 in Core • Block Developer Year in Review • New Incident Response Team

Courtney Robertson

January 4, 2023

Make WordPressPlanet

WordPress 6.2 is set to reach feature freeze on February 7 and final release on March 28. Take a look back at Core contribution stats from 2022. Read the recap of everything that happened last year that developers need to know. Meet the members of the Incident Response Team.

Annual Survey • WordPress Playground • Plugins/themes Categorization

Courtney Robertson

December 21, 2022

Make WordPressPlanet

What are the four freedoms of open source and how do they impact us? Get a look in the Celebration of the Four Freedoms of Open Source. Try out the new WordPress Playground to run WordPress in the browser. Plugin and Theme developers note the new categorizations: Canonical, Community, and Commercial.

Annual Survey • State of the Word 2022 • Suggest Community Summit Topics • WordPress Playground (WASM)

Courtney Robertson

December 14, 2022

Make WordPressPlanet

Tune in Thursday for Matt's annual State of the Word address. Check out the WordPress Playground now. It brings key platform dependencies into the browser that you can embed in your own site today. Your feedback into the annual WordPress survey helps shape the project, so fill it out as soon as possible.

Annual Survey • State of the Word 2022 • LearnWP Site Updates • Block Editor in Support Forums • Dev Guide to Block Theme Course Pt2

Courtney Robertson

December 7, 2022

Make WordPressPlanet

It's time once again to share your feedback about all things WordPress in the 2022 survey. Tune in next week to hear Matt Mullenweg during is annual address: State of the Word. When submitting issues in the WordPress forums, you'll soon find several blocks to use in the editor. #LearnWP has site updates and a new block theme course for developers.

Annual Survey • State of the Word 2022 • Meetup Accessibility Overlays • Multi-line Code Comments • WP 3.7 – 4.0 Final Releases

Courtney Robertson

November 30, 2022

Make WordPressPlanet

Should code comments switch to // ? Meetup.com stops using an accessibility overlay. Final releases for WordPress 3.7 - 4.0 are now available. Tune in soon for State of the Word 2023, happening December 15 via livestream from New York City.

State of the Word 2022 • Dev Blog Beta • WP 3.7 – 4.0 Final Releases

Courtney Robertson

November 23, 2022

Make WordPressPlanet

As 2022 comes to an end, State of the Word will happen in NYC again. Apply to attend or tune in to the livestream. Check out the beta version of the WordPress Developer Blog. Still have sites on WordPress 3.7 - 4.0? It's really time to upgrade as this will receive no further updates after December 1. It's team rep nomination time too.

WordPress 6.1.1 • Team Rep Nominations • Codespaces for Contributions

Courtney Robertson

November 16, 2022

Make WordPressPlanet

Time to update, WordPress 6.1.1 is out! GitHub has made Codespaces available for 60 hours/month, and WordPress is exploring Core contribution integrations with wordpress/wordpress-develop. It's team rep nomination time too.

The Four-Day WordPress Work Week

Dan Knauss

November 11, 2022

CareersThe Week in Review

Who's doing the four-day work week in WordPress? • What good sources for professional development have you found? • Getting your implementation intentions right.

InstaWP: A Conversation and Tour with Founder Vikas Singhal — Post Status Draft 128

Dan Knauss

November 3, 2022

DraftPlanet

InstaWP is about a year old now — let's take a tour of it and catch up with Vikas Singhal to see how he hopes it will evolve. Currently, it's a testing, demonstration, training, and marketing tool for WordPress product owners and agencies. Next, Vikas aims for InstaWP to support a marketplace for developers and agencies launching WordPress sites. Finally, he envisions it becoming a platform of platforms — WordPress-as-a-Service for people building their own WPaaS

WordPress 6.1 RC5 • WP-CLI 2.7.1 • Help Test Plugin Dependencies Feature Plugin

Courtney Robertson

October 28, 2022

DesignHosting

WordPress 6.1 rolls out on November 1. Help test 6.1 Release Candidate 3 — and the Rollback feature plugin. Be sure to look over the 6.1 DevNotes, Field Guides, and Team Updates.

When Gutenberg Phases End • Priorities in Onboarding Contributors • Redesign Roll Outs

WP Community Support (Central) vs WP Foundation • Old Trac Tickets • Themes & Support Docs Redesign

Launching a WordPress Product in Public: Session 1

WordPress Origin Stories, Week 2

Big Picture Goals 2023 • WP 6.2 Planning • LearnWP Needs Analysis • Wrong Plugins

Improving 5ftF Contributor Journey • Building Interactive Blocks • Layout Classes • WP20

WordPress 6.2 Schedule • 2022 in Core • Block Developer Year in Review • New Incident Response Team

Annual Survey • WordPress Playground • Plugins/themes Categorization

Annual Survey • State of the Word 2022 • Suggest Community Summit Topics • WordPress Playground (WASM)

Annual Survey • State of the Word 2022 • LearnWP Site Updates • Block Editor in Support Forums • Dev Guide to Block Theme Course Pt2

Annual Survey • State of the Word 2022 • Meetup Accessibility Overlays • Multi-line Code Comments • WP 3.7 – 4.0 Final Releases

State of the Word 2022 • Dev Blog Beta • WP 3.7 – 4.0 Final Releases

WordPress 6.1.1 • Team Rep Nominations • Codespaces for Contributions

The Four-Day WordPress Work Week

InstaWP: A Conversation and Tour with Founder Vikas Singhal — Post Status Draft 128

WordPress 6.1 RC5 • WP-CLI 2.7.1 • Help Test Plugin Dependencies Feature Plugin

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