Community Wrap-up February 2, 2023
Michelle Frechette
The weekly wrap-up for the WordPress community for the week ending February 2, 2023 including WordCamps and a featured photo of the week.
When Gutenberg Phases End • Priorities in Onboarding Contributors • Redesign Roll Outs
Courtney Robertson
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.
Contributing to WordPress
Michelle Frechette
There are many ways to contribute to WordPress, the Open Source Project. And to be honest, most of them have nothing to do with coding.
WP Community Support (Central) vs WP Foundation • Old Trac Tickets • Themes & Support Docs Redesign
Courtney Robertson
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.
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.
Celebrating 20 Years as a Community
Michelle Frechette
We’re really excited about celebrating the WordPress community! Here are some things we're planning and how you can be involved.
Big Picture Goals 2023 • WP 6.2 Planning • LearnWP Needs Analysis • Wrong Plugins
Courtney Robertson
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.
ChatGPT Did Not Write This Update
Michelle Frechette
It’s true, ChatGPT did not write this update, but I HAVE been playing around with it, and I can see the appeal, at least in part.
Improving 5ftF Contributor Journey • Building Interactive Blocks • Layout Classes • WP20
Courtney Robertson
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?
20 Years of WordPress
Michelle Frechette
This year WordPress will celebrate it's 20th anniversary. Post Status will be celebrating all year long. Come along and celebrate with us!
WordPress 6.2 Schedule • 2022 in Core • Block Developer Year in Review • New Incident Response Team
Courtney Robertson
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.
New Year, Same Me
Michelle Frechette
As I reflect on 2022, I’m so grateful for the WordPress Community who supported me through all the ups & downs both personal & professional.
Community Wrap-up Week Ending December 23
Michelle Frechette
Community Wrap-up Week Ending December 23: The WordPress Community is a Wonderful Place to Be (links and more for this week)
Annual Survey • WordPress Playground • Plugins/themes Categorization
Courtney Robertson
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
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.
More WordPress People Doing Good Things
Michelle Frechette
Lots of good things going on in WordPress. Here are just a few of them.
Annual Survey • State of the Word 2022 • LearnWP Site Updates • Block Editor in Support Forums • Dev Guide to Block Theme Course Pt2
Courtney Robertson
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.
