The Month in WordPress: November 2022 Edition

[rmartinezduque]

The estimated publishing date for the November 2022 edition of The Month in WordPress is December 20, 2022.

How can you help?

You can help by collecting any news or Make team updates that would be valuable and relevant to the post, such as:

• Announcements or significant news from Make WP teams
• Major updates or news from flagship WordCamps (WordCamp US, WordCamp Asia, and WordCamp Europe)
• Testing and feedback calls

Please add them as a comment to this GitHub card with its relevant link and a brief description by Wednesday, December 14, 2022, if possible. For example:

The Training Team shared a new post on how to become an online workshop facilitator or tutorial presenter.

Alternatively, you can share them on the Make Marketing Slack channel and tag Reyes Martínez for awareness. Please note that, for brevity, it may not be possible to include all links/updates in the final post.

The draft will be added to this card and shared in the Marketing channel prior to publication. Your review and input will be appreciated, too. If you have any questions or are unsure how to help, please feel free to reach out.

Additional background

The Month in WordPress is a monthly roundup of WordPress news and updates from the Make teams. It's usually published at the beginning of each month at WordPress.org/News, and it features news from the month prior to publication. To see its format and what's typically included, check out any of the latest issues.

[rmartinezduque]

⬇️ Edit this comment to add new links/updates under their relevant category, or post them as a new comment below. Don't forget to add your WordPress ID/username next to the update so that we can credit all contributions. Please don't include meeting notes, agendas, chat summaries or recaps, etc. Thanks!

Community announcements and newsletters

• Meetup Organizer Newsletter (add link)
• WordPress meetup organizers expressed their disappointment in Meetup.com’s new accessibility overlay, and brought this to the attention of the Community Team, who met with Meetup’s Director of Engineering, their Head of Customer Success, and their GM of Meetup Pro. Meetup.com was very receptive to their feedback, and they have removed the accessibility overlay. - Added by rmartinezduque.
• The Proposed 2023 Global Community Sponsorship Program has been published. - Added by rmartinezduque.

Polyglots announcements and newsletters

• Polyglots Monthly Newsletter (add link)
• The Polyglots Team took some time to reflect on what they achieved in 2022. WordPress is accessible to more people thanks to the 19,357 folks who contributed translations. - Added by rmartinezduque.

WPDiversity upcoming events or reports

LearnWP news

• Part 1 and part 2 of the Developers Guide to Block Themes are now available on Learn WordPress:
  • A Developers Guide to Block Themes – Part 1
  • A Developers Guide To Block Themes – Part 2
• There have been a number of updates to the Learn WordPress platform over the last months. Read what's new in this post.

Feedback and testing requests

• The Community Team is calling on all WordPress contributor teams to suggest Community Summit topics by January 16, 2023.

Flagship WordCamps news

• The WordCamp Europe organizing team shared their vision and plans for next year's flagship event in Athens (Greece). They are also looking for sponsors and speakers. - Added by rmartinezduque.
• WordCamp Asia 2023 organizers have announced the first recipient of the WordCamp Asia Diversity Scholarship, Awais Arfan. - Added by rmartinezduque.

Other Make updates

• The 2022 WordPress survey is open. Help shape the future of the project by sharing your feedback. - Added by rmartinezduque.
• The Showcase page just got a new redesign. - Added by rmartinezduque.
• There's a new proposal for enhancing the Scripts API with a loading strategy.. - Added by rmartinezduque.
• The Block Editor is coming to the WordPress.org support forums. - Added by rmartinezduque.
• The latest edition of People of WordPress features Huanyi Chuang. - Added by rmartinezduque.

WP Briefing podcasts

• In Episode 44 of WP Briefing, Josepha Haden Chomphosy highlights the role of major and minor releases in the WordPress open source project. - Added by rmartinezduque.

[rmartinezduque]

@santanainniss Are there any upcoming WPDiversity events that you'd like to highlight in the next edition of the Month in WordPress?

[rmartinezduque]

The draft for the November 2022 edition of The Month in WordPress is ready for review. I'm hoping to publish it tomorrow or no later than Wednesday, December 21. If you have any feedback or suggestions, please share them before the end of the day today (December 19).

Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yyJAYaWrx44bg3g4LODKYX6H5GonWHw_SumrgicqjD4/edit?usp=sharing

Also, remember to include your WordPress.org profile link or username as a comment at the end of the document so that all contributions can be credited. Thank you!

[santanainniss]

Nothing currently scheduled! But the 2022 year end report may be of interest. That may be better for the December edition of the Month in WP?

[rmartinezduque]

Thanks, @santanainniss! I included this report in this edition: https://make.wordpress.org/community/2022/12/17/report-wpdiversity-inclusion-and-diverse-speaker-workshops-october-and-november-2022/. Please feel free to review what I shared in the draft (under the Events section). If there's another one coming, we can highlight it in December's edition, yes. :)

[rmartinezduque]

The Month in WordPress – November 2022 is now published: https://wordpress.org/news/2022/12/the-month-in-wordpress-november-2022/. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this edition! ❤️

[rmartinezduque]

If you'd like to contribute to the next edition of The Month in WordPress, feel free to express your interest and subscribe to this GitHub card: https://github.com/WordPress/Marketing-Team/issues/154. Thanks!