WordPress weekly recap #34: plugin guideline updates and more

This week, Mika Epstein published an update for the guidelines regarding human-readable source code and the one for trialware.

Core

Misc

• »JavaScript chat Summary – August 21«.
• »PHP Meeting Recap – August 20th«.
• »Dev Chat Summary: August 22, 2018 (4.9.9 weeks 1 & 2)«. There is no hard timeline for 5.0 yet, so it looks like 4.9.9 is going to be a regular 4–6 weeks release.

Design

Misc

• »Design Meeting Notes for August 22, 2018«.

Support

Misc

• »August 23rd Support Team Meeting Summary«.

Docs

Misc

• »Summary for HelpHub meeting 20 August 2018«.

Plugins

Guideline update on trialware and human readability

Mika Epstein published a post »Guideline Update: Clarifications to trialware and human readability« that describes updates for the fourth and fifth plugin directory guidelines. Regarding human readability of code, if you use build tools that minify code, you have to include the source files in the plugin or provide a link to a public place where the source code can be reviewed.

Besides that, rule 5 was modified, which is about trialware that is not allowed in the directory. You can read more about the updates in Mika’s post.

Community

Misc

• »Recap of the Diversity Outreach Speaker Training meeting on Aug 22, 2018«.
• »WordPress meetup organizer newsletter: August 2018«.

Training

Misc

• »Training Team Online Contributor Day and Weekly Meeting 23 August 2018!«.

WP-CLI

Misc

• »WP-CLI v2.0.1 Release Notes«.

Hosting

Misc

• »Hosting Meeting Notes: August 15th, 2018«.

Tide

Misc

• »Tide Chat Summary: August 14th«.