Taylor Lovett has created a plugin…
Taylor Lovett has created a plugin for, “Webhooks style subscriptions for all post types” using the WordPress REST API. There's a Github to learn more, and the WordPress.org plugin page.
Taylor Lovett has created a plugin for, “Webhooks style subscriptions for all post types” using the WordPress REST API. There's a Github to learn more, and the WordPress.org plugin page.
The 4th WordPress Translation Day will take place on May 10th-11th, depending on your time zone. The event will be live-streamed, and a schedule has been posted. There is also a great deal more information and background on the event itself on the Make WordPress.org site.
Each week we’ll highlight news from WordPress.org that you don’t want to miss. If you or your company create products or services that use WordPress, we’ve got the news you need to know. Be sure to share this resource with your product and project managers. Core New: WordPress 5.9 Release Squad Thunks in Gutenberg WordPress…
Sarah Gooding has an interesting long form piece that goes inside Jetpack’s multiple team setup at Automattic, and how they think about development and the structure of the plugin. I found the bit about installs… odd. Automattic is aware of the number of people currently using Jetpack but will not be disclosing that information publicly….
wJosepha Haden shared her “early thoughts” 💭 on WordPress 5.8 planning, including this intention: “For the release that includes full site editing, I would like to pause our cohort mentorship processes and replace it with a public coordination channel for the release squad that allows passive learning through observation and release squad transparency.” Josepha recently…
In discussing the Pressable story, a few folks have asked me about the WordPress recommended hosting page, and if Automattic’s ownership of Pressable will affect that page. The answer is that I don’t think so, but I don’t know for sure. However, I did ask Matt about that page yesterday and it appears it will be a…
There is a new WordPress.org naming policy that prevents plugins from using the names of companies and other plugins as the first item in the name and slug. For instance, if a reader submitted, “Post Status Extender Widget” to the repo it wouldn’t be accepted but, “Extender Widget for Post Status” would. Here’s the full text…