WordPress weekly recap #24: Blocking plugin installs when requirements are not met and more

The PHP team finished work on design and wording of the notice that a plugin cannot be installed because the WordPress and/or PHP version is too low. Now they are working on committing it to the core.

General

The WordCamp Europe 2019 will take place in Berlin ?

The next WordCamp Europe in 2019 will take place in Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪

Thank you #WCEU for being here and see you again next year! https://t.co/1ucBPI1lWh

— WordCamp Europe (@WCEurope) June 16, 2018

Core

Misc

• »PHP Meeting Recap – June 11th«. The team decided on a final design and wording for the notice that a plugin cannot be installed because the WordPress and/or PHP version does not meet the requirements of the plugin. Now the already created patch needs to be reviewed before committing it to core. Among that, the discussion started on how to block plugin updates if the PHP or WordPress version is too low.
• »JS docs initiative: Add inline-docs for JavaScript! (part 2)«.
• »Dev Chat Summary: June 13th (4.9.7 week 4)«.
• »June 14th Support Team Meeting Summary«.

Plugins

Misc

• »Document Titles for Repo Plugins«.

Community

Misc

• »Call for volunteers: the Core team is looking for new release leads«.
• »Recap of the Diversity Outreach Speaker Training meeting on June 13, 2018«.
• »Recap of the community team efforts at WordCamp Europe Contributor day.«