WordPress weekly recap #10: should custom blocks be allowed in W.org repo themes and more

This week, the theme review team asked for feedback if custom blocks for the new editor should be allowed in themes that are hosted in the WordPress.org theme repo.

Accessibility

Misc

• »This week in WordPress Accessibility, March 5, 2018«.

Core

Misc

• »Media Meeting Recap – March 1«.
• »Updated REST API Team Meeting Time«
• »Dev Chat Summary: March 7th (4.9.5 week 5)«. There was a discussion if new files/features could be added within a minor release, so they do not need to wait until Gutenberg is ready.

Design

Misc

• »Contributor Afternoon Antwerp 2018 – Design table recap«.
• »Design meeting summary March 8, 2018«.

Polyglots

Misc

• »Do you have tips to share on growing your translation community?«.

Support

Misc

• »Support bug scrub!«
• »March 8th Support Team Meeting Summary«.

Docs

Misc

• »Summary for HelpHub Meeting March 06«.

Theme review team

Should custom blocks be allowed in W.org themes

The theme review team needs to decide if it should allow custom blocks in themes for the WordPress.org repo or not. The team members are asking for views and suggestions from the community, more on that in the post »Getting ready for Gutenberg« by Nilambar Sharma.

So if you have an opinion on that topic, write a comment to his post.

Plugins

Misc

• »Understanding Readme.txt«.

Community

Misc

• »WordCamp Fundraising Research«.
• »WordCamp Volunteer Guidelines relating to GPL«.
• »WordPress Community Code of Conduct Survey Draft«.
• »Recap of the Diversity Outreach Speaker Training meeting on March 7th, 2018«.

Training

Misc

• »Recap of March 8, 2018 meeting«.

Marketing

Misc

• »Marketing Team Meeting – March 7, 2018«.

Tide

Misc

• »Tide Chat Summary: March 6th«.