**Project Information **
* Name of tool/project: Diff
* Project home page: diff.wikimedia.org (not functional) Project page on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Diff_(blog)
* Name of team requesting review: Communications
* Primary contact: Chris Koerner
* Target date for deployment: June 24, 2020
* Link to code repository / patchset: https://github.com/wpcomvip/wikimedia-blog-wikimedia-org/tree/develop
(This is a private repository, please contact @Varnent for access)
**Description of the tool/project: **
A community news site running on WordPress VIP, a hosting platform by Automattic.
**Description of how the tool will be used at WMF:**
Wikimedia volunteers can authenticate (using Oauth and their Wikimedia account) to submit news for publication and comment on existing news articles.
**Dependencies**
Relies on WordPress, hosted by WordPress VIP. We are using the following plugins (extensions to WordPress' capabilities)
* AMP - https://amp-wp.org
* Co-authors Plus - https://wordpress.org/plugins/co-authors-plus/
* Fieldmanager - https://github.com/alleyinteractive/wordpress-fieldmanager
* OAuth single-sign on by miniOrange - https://wordpress.org/plugins/miniorange-login-with-eve-online-google-facebook/
* MultilingualPress 3.0 (Not currently installed) - https://multilingualpress.org
* PublishPress - https://wordpress.org/plugins/publishpress/
* PublishPress capabilities - https://wordpress.org/plugins/capability-manager-enhanced/
The theme is custom-built, based upon _u (Underscores) a starter theme for WordPress.
* https://github.com/wpcomvip/wikimedia-blog-wikimedia-org/tree/develop/themes/interconnection
* https://underscores.me
**Has this project been reviewed before?**
No. A security preview was requested, but I was directed to fill out this and a privacy review. (T249042)
**Working test environment**
Development instance: https://blog-wikimedia-org-develop.go-vip.net
Instructions for running a local instance: https://wpvip.com/documentation/vip-go/local-vip-go-development-environment/
We use git to manage code. Repo located at: https://github.com/wpcomvip/wikimedia-blog-wikimedia-org/tree/develop (develop branch is for the current development instance)
**Post-deployment**
Communications - Chris Koerner