As we transition to the new leadership, we are beginning to work on improving our infrastructure. That includes the plugin/theme directory. The current directory was built using Laravel, a great PHP framework. It served its purpose of allowing us to begin accepting plugins. Unfortunately, we don’t have anyone with Laravel experience to continue improving and […]
In previous GitHub Desktop tutorials we showed you how to submit a pull request (PR), so you could start contributing to the development of an open-source project such as ClassicPress. Once you are comfortable with this concept, the next stage in contributing is to start testing and reviewing other PRs that have been submitted. An […]
Anyone developing a CP-specific plugin needs to be aware that (for now) it’s the developer’s job to process the updates. There are a number of ways to handle this, but the most widely used method is via the Update Manager plugin. This was specifically written for ClassicPress by John Alarcon (Code Potent) after other options […]
One of the most frequently asked questions about ClassicPress is “how many websites are using it?” It’s a fair question. As the predominant fork of WordPress and the best way to keep the Classic Editor as the standard editing option for the foreseeable future, everyone is curious how many people are using ClassicPress. After combing […]
One of the main reasons for the remarkable popularity of WordPress was the high level of adaptability that could be achieved via plugins. The CMS design allowed extra features to be “bolted on” quickly and easily, to extend it in almost any direction imaginable. And one of the most common questions that we get asked […]
We are now asking everyone in our community to visit our new petitions site and vote on your favorite petitions (even if you had already voted on the previous site). Read on for more information… Background Contrary to popular belief, the introduction of Gutenberg in WordPress core wasn’t the only reason for the creation of […]
Push New Files to Origin This article is part of a series on Github Desktop. For the introductory piece you can visit here. Finally, you need to update the files in your GitHub repo by pushing the new files in local up to origin. So, the last step is to click on “Push origin” and upload […]
Fetch and Merge This article is part of a series on Github Desktop. For the introductory piece you can visit here. You now need to update the files in your local computer to reflect the new “official” repo files. You do this by fetching the upstream files to local and merging them in with the files […]
Wait for Merge This article is part of a series on Github Desktop. For the introductory piece you can visit here. If all goes well, you will get a message to say that your edits have been approved and merged into the main project. Note that you are still not in sync with the “official” repo. […]
Revise This article is part of a series on Github Desktop. For the introductory piece you can visit here. Sometimes you might find the need to make some extra changes to your initial pull request, or perhaps the maintainers of the “official” repo have suggested you make some revisions. It’s recommended NOT to open a new […]
