Keeping up with the latest bugs and improvements with WordPress – or heck, any large-scale project – can be a challenge. To that end, I subscribe WordPress Trac and WordPress-MU Trac, the official bug trackers for the WordPress project. They feature a steady stream of bug reports, user problems and feature requests, and they’re a good way to gauge how well a particular upgrade is going … and what pitfalls to look out for.
But it’s not all bugs. I’m also interested in how people are modifying and building out WordPress, and the WP-Hackers Listserv has proved invaluable for keeping track of both. It’s a fairly low volume listserv — maybe 40-60 messages a day — but there’s a lot of good quality conversations. Recent ones include:
- the possibility of requiring PHP 5 for WordPress 3.0
- removing the “janky text” disclaimer from the “Order” field in the “Edit Page” interface.
Admittedly, the conversations are technical — if you don’t know PHP, this list isn’t for you — but it is handy for coders.