One of the biggest barriers of entry for new users looking to contribute to WordPress core development is Core Trac, the bug and issue tracker for WordPress. Thanks to the efforts of Andrew Nacin, that barrier of entry has been lowered a bit with some great improvements in the new year. Trac has had a bit of a facelift, both aesthetically and functionally, to make it a bit easier to navigate and use. Thought it might be good to check in and let you know what’s new. The most obvious change is the few design tweaks that were made. The […]
Features As Plugins: How Are We Doing?
WordPress 3.8, now released in its redesigned glory, was the first WordPress version to make use of the new feature as a plugin development process. I think now might be a good time to take stock of the new initiative and see how it’s been going. Feature as a Plugin? What’s That? Well hello curious WordPresser. Feature plugins were formalized in the development process last August. In truth, the idea has been around for a while, but it is now the official methodology of the WordPress core team. Basically, new features are developed in plugins first, then rolled into core […]
Widget UI Refresh for WordPress Core
Hold onto your hats, a key component of WordPress is getting a makeover! The goal is to have it included as part of the 3.8 release tentatively scheduled for December, 2013. The target? Widget management, and the widget user interface—introducing a whole new way of working with widgets. Have you ever been frustrated by the current setup, dragging and dropping widgets to the sidebar, possibly scrolling and “dropping” a widget in the process? Have you learned workarounds to make widgets behave the way you want them to, or added plugins for conditional placement? Maybe you haven’t given widgets much thought […]
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