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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- (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
