So this is a way to get a drastically different look and feels across your site with just a single click. Um, so if folks still don’t know what I’m talking about there, it’s the ability to change between different variations of the theme.json without actually switching the theme. I’m most excited about the style switcher within the global styles panel. First big question about 6.0, what is the feature that you are most excited about? So it makes sense that design would have a seat at the table, and I’m really excited to be helping advocate for the design team and learning from other folks on the release squad. And I think that’s really exciting, especially because design has started to play such a more important role in the WordPress project over the past few years. So I’m kind of the first person to step in over the past few releases. And if I understand correctly, this is a position that has been unfulfilled for the past few release cycles. I am the design release lead for the 6.0 release. So why don’t you tell me a little bit about the role you’ve played? If I understand, you are working on the design side of things with the release. Well, and with that, I’d like to welcome Channing to the WordPress Briefing. She is joining us to share some behind the scenes intel on what’s going into the 6.0 release, her role in that process, and then we’ll just kind of see how the conversation goes from there. She’s a design director at Automattic and has been working on the WordPress project as a full-time sponsored contributor since January, 2021. So Channing is a product and visual designer based in Brooklyn, New York.
Sneak peek software#
And since we’re looking at a release trivia, kind of hidden bits of how software is made, I actually have a guest with me today, Channing Ritter. We have a good group of people who are around helping us make sure that this is doable and the best thing that we can offer to all of our users.Īnd so, yeah, two-person sign-off, that is the little bit of release process trivia that you never knew you needed. Most of the time, those qualified contributors are lead developers of the project, but not always. We have a two-person sign-off rule that’s been around for about as long as I can remember, but lets things be added late in the release cycle, as long as there are two sign-offs from qualified contributors. That is generally true for WordPress as well, but in true open source fashion, there is a caveat built in that helps us to get in last-minute, vital changes from contributors. And they can either start testing their products on it, or they can figure out what new things they need to be able to teach their clients, whichever is most relevant to them. That way you can call in your designers, developers, and anyone else who builds things for others using your software.
Sneak peek code#
If you’re not super familiar with the way release cycles work, this is the point in the process where the code should pretty much be done changing. It marks the beginning of what is called the RC period, or release candidate period, for the current major release of the WordPress CMS.
Hello everyone, and welcome to the WordPress Briefing, the podcast where you can catch quick explanations of the ideas behind the WordPress open source project, some insight into the community that supports it, and get a small list of big things coming up in the next two weeks.
Beginner’s Guide to Contributing, Josepha Haden Chomphosy.Have a question you’d like answered? You can submit them to either written or as a voice recording. In the thirtieth episode of the WordPress Briefing, Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy and special guest Channing Ritter give listeners a sneak peek into the WordPress 6.0 release ahead of the Release Candidate 1 (RC1).
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