This Week at WordPress.org (August 7, 2023)
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…
Translations, Dashboard Redesign, Blocks page, Supporting Orgs, Mentorship
Discussion for a proposal for WP.org content translation and localization
Admin Design Kickoff
Introducing WordPress.org/blocks
Organizations Supporting WordPress.org
The Inaugural Cohort of the WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program has Concluded
Community
- Contributor Working Group: Mentorship Chat Agenda | August 17th 07:00 UTC (APAC/EMEA) and 16:00 UTC (AMER)
- WCUS 2023: Community Team event at Contributor Day
- Recap of the Diverse Speaker Training group (#WPDiversity) AMER/EMEA on August 9, 2023
Core
Phase 3 Ideations
- Real-Time Collaboration
- Workflows
- Revisions
- Media Library
- Block Library
- Admin Design
- Admin Design Kickoff
Developer Blog
Meetings
Design
Docs
Hosting
Marketing
Meta
- Introducing WordPress.org/blocks
- Organizations Supporting WordPress.org
- Matrix chat Summary – August 3, 2023
Mobile
Openverse
Performance
Plugins
Polyglots
- Agenda: Weekly Polyglots Chat – August 16, 2023 (13:00 UTC)
- Discussion for a proposal for WP.org content translation and localization
Project
Sustainability
Test
Theme
Training
- WCUS Contributor Day: Tutorials Workshop (In-Person & Remote)
- Introducing the Training Team Guide Program!
- Announcing the first Learn WordPress Course Cohort.
- Training Team Meeting Recap – 8th August 2023
Tutorials
- Embedding media and third-party content on your website
- Testing your plugins for PHP version compatibility
Online Workshops
- The Wide World of WordPress Events
- Contributing to the Learn WordPress platform – part 1
- What’s new for developers? (August 2023)
- WP dev livestream: Sendig block theme
- Training Team Contributor Hour
- Website auditing and conversion optimization
- WordPress database optimization and maintenance
- Creating a contact page
Courses
WordPress TV
WPTV
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- TC39
- Composer 2.5.8
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