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Wishlist for Modern WordPress Development


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Season one moves closer to an ending as Aurooba and Brian share their biggest wish list items for modern WordPress development. With a focus on both User Experience and Developer Experience, they cover topics like extensibility, documentation, and user onboarding.

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  • Turbo-Admin - https://turbo-admin.com/
  • Performance Report - https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/05/25/wordpress-6-2-server-performance-analysis-summary/
  • Sustainability Team Proposal - https://make.wordpress.org/project/2023/05/30/proposal-establishment-of-a-formal-wordpress-sustainability-team/
  • Gutenberg Phase 3 - https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/03/24/phase-3-collaboration/
  • UX and Polish - https://github.com/orgs/WordPress/projects/96
  • The bird theme https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/06/introducing-twenty-twenty-two/
  • Gutenberg Examples Repo - https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg-examples
  • Quick Post - https://wordpress.org/plugins/quickpost/ 
  • Brian's website – https://www.briancoords.com
  • Aurooba's website – https://aurooba.com
  • (00:00) - Introduction
  • (00:43) - Remembering the Site Editor
  • (01:50) - Remembering the TT3 Theme Release
  • (03:34) - What are WordPress themes now?
  • (06:20) - Our WordPress "Pre-Phase 3" Wishlist
  • (08:00) - A Unified Dashboard
  • (10:11) - The track record of extensibility in WordPress
  • (14:08) - Block Editor UI Nice-to-haves
  • (15:56) - What's a "power user"?
  • (17:21) - User Onboarding and Default Themes
  • (19:26) - The Query Loop Block
  • (20:46) - Writing Code Instead of Using UI
  • (21:41) - The Different Types of Developer Documentation
  • (26:59) - WordPress Scripts and Build Processes
  • (32:43) - Classic and Hybrid WordPress
  • (33:41) - Shortcodes are still out there
  • (37:24) - Communication and Feedback in the Community
  • ...more
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