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JoshuaWold 4:29 pm on August 27, 2017

Updating plugins with .zip uploads

As detailed in this Trac ticket, when you try to upload a new version of a plugin, you get an error. Meaning, if I have a plugin on my WordPress site that needs to be updated to the latest version, or even to a development version, I can’t just upload a new .zip file to do this. Instead I have to either update from the plugins page or upload a new folder via SFTP.

Following are the steps to replicate the existing issue where you get blocked when trying to upload a new version of a plugin:

: Starting with a blank plugin folder

: Download a previous version of a plugin. This example uses an old version of Yoast, 4.9

: Navigate to plugins > upload

: Find the 4.9 .zip

: Upload the 4.9 .zip

: Activate the 4.9 .zip

: Look for the notice to update the plugin

: Downloaded the latest released version of Yoast (5.3.2) as a .zip and navigate to plugins > upload

: Upload the .zip for 5.3.2

: Install 5.3.2

: See the error saying the plugin failed

Tammie Lister 6:33 pm on August 15, 2017
Tags: make.wordpress.org/updates, p2-xpost ( 2 )

X-post: Community Conduct Project – Kick off meeting scheduled for 17:00 UTC on the 5th September 2017

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Tammie Lister 8:31 pm on July 6, 2017

Page on front settings

Tammie Lister 8:26 pm on July 6, 2017

Page revisions

Tammie Lister 8:24 pm on July 6, 2017

Post revisions

Tammie Lister 3:46 pm on June 27, 2017
Tags: core-editor, needs-testing ( 2 )

Call for testing: Gutenberg

Gutenberg is now in beta, with that comes a new opportunity for testing.

There is now a testing page dedicated to Gutenberg, you can find it right here. There are currently 2 types of testing being looked for, each has a central feedback form.

Looking for other ways to give feedback? You can also write a blog post (let the editor team know about that in Slack #core-editor) or add an issue to the GitHub repository.

Your feedback and testing is really important at this stage of Gutenberg, it really does matter and help make this as good as it can be.

+make.wordpress.org/core +make.wordpress.org/design

#needs-testing

Tammie Lister 5:06 pm on June 23, 2017
Tags: CSS

Additional CSS

Step one: click additional CSS

Step two: add CSS

Step three: save

#css

Tammie Lister 5:02 pm on June 23, 2017
Tags: Editing ( 2 )

Theme editing

Step one: click edit

Step twor: see edit screen

Step three: click in see underlines

Step four: save edit

Step rive: change files

Step six: switch themes

Step seven: theme loads

#editing

Tammie Lister 4:38 pm on June 23, 2017
Tags: Editing ( 2 )

Plugin editing

Step one: click edit

Step two: edit screen

Step three: click into textarea get underlines

Step four: look up function

Step five: new tab see function details

Step six: save change

#editing

designsimply 7:12 pm on February 9, 2017
Tags: needs-testing ( 2 )

A new call for testing…

A new call for testing is out for the prototype editor. It looks neat! If you’d like to help test, remember that it’s in very early prototype stages so functionality is limited and they’ve asked for help with the following (other functions haven’t been built yet):

Add a new paragraph.
Add an image.

Written response:

Is it clear what each section does?
How do the flows for adding paragraphs and images feel overall?

Post testing notes on the thread at https://make.wordpress.org/design/2017/02/09/initial-gutenberg-prototype-editor-testing/

Report bugs (search first!) at https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues