Naming is Hard: Content Types on Learn WordPress
Based on a public discussion led by Hugh Lashbrooke, Workshops (5-15 minute instructional videos) … Read more
jQuery in the UK
Getting rid of jQuery on gov.uk Andy Sellick, Senior frontend developer, GOV.UK: The main … Read more
Atarim and MainWP Partner Up
Vito Peleg and Dennis Dornon have teamed up to bring MainWP’s site management tool … Read more
LearnDash: Plugin or SaaS?
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a WordPress plugin priced and marketed this well as both product and service.
Naming is Hard: Social and Schema Images
This was a neat post from Joost de Valk back in July where he … Read more
Blogging with a Newsletter
It shouldn’t be this complicated… Nice end result though, by using “a potent combination … Read more
Member Spotlight: Jonathan Bossenger
As a WordPress Code Instructor Jonathan Bossenger gets to work with the Training team and the WordPress community in creating technical educational content for Learn WordPress.
WP.org outage notice gets written into plugin user’s salt keys
On August 8, wordpress.org was down for a few hours after a Chicago data center outage. During the outage, a user of a password security plugin reported it replaced salt keys with an outage notice, leading to a WSOD on a customer’s site.
Two Tools: Better Presentations from iA and Super Fast Collaborative Code Editing with Zed
iA is developing a Markdown-based, radically simplified presentation app (called Presenter) that helps you tell stories effectively. Zed is the spiritual successor to Atom — and focused on fast, collaborative editing. You can get it at GitHub.
The fastest (headless) WooCommerce on earth…
So they say. Specifically, David Mainayar said in Woo Weekly #399 that it’s the fastest he’s seen, and I imagine he’s seen a lot.
Blueprint This: A WooCommerce Private Store
This is a great explainer from Cozmos Labs for setting up WooCommerce as a private/walled garden store. Why do that? I’ll tell you why! It should be a 1-click install blueprint too.
Advanced Phone Fields for Gravity Forms
Phone number fields in Gravity Forms can be tough. You may have resorted to … Read more
James Koster shares some designs to help full site editing feel “more like a design tool”
James Koster has been posting some really nice design experiments for the full site … Read more
Shiny New Releases
Gravity Forms 7.1 Beta 1 • the SpinupWP community • Dollie 2.0 • rtCamp’s Easy Engine now with full custom Docker-Compose support • Metorik • Iconic • Do the Woo • Simple Ajax Chat Pro
Tech Roundup for the Week of August 22
DigitalOcean’s acquisition of Cloudways • Stop saying “Gutenberg!” • Build Mode Live with Brian Gardner and Sam Munoz • One week left to submit a style variation for TT3 • Cool Tool of the Week: Munir Kamal’s Editor Plus
Post Status Picks for the Week of August 22
How to hire or build a diverse team with @Piccia and @UnderRepdInTech • @BobWP on FftF • @heyadamsilver reviews @ForumWP on @kitchensinkwp • @MasterWP on burnout and breaks w/ @Ny_the_Creator • The All Star FSE Outreach Team has a Hallway Hangout on block theming • @TheWPMinute with all the news in 3 minutes and 46 seconds.
