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TEST – block theme builder plugin

Dan Knauss

August 3, 2022

This sounds great. I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but I'd love to hear from you if you have. This tool basically saves your current settings and layouts to wrap them up as a theme or child…

Building and Sustaining the WordPress Community Through Mentorship — Post Status Draft 123

Dan Knauss

August 3, 2022

DraftPlanet

For Nyasha Green, a healthy tech community prioritizes mentoring. She credits her mentors with helping her find her place in WordPress. How well does your part of the WordPress ecosystem support mentorship? Can we make mentoring a key way people contribute to WordPress's future?

Nice weather they’re having

Dan Knauss

August 3, 2022

BusinessHosting

Apparently unaffected by downward trends elsewhere, GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) posted some bullish numbers for their second quarter with revenue up 9% year-over-year, and net Income up 93% year-over-year. See the presentation slides and other prepared remarks from CEO Aman…

Free Rider Problem, JSON Core Block Styling, Redesigned Home & Download Pages

Courtney Robertson

August 3, 2022

Make WordPressPlanet

Have you seen the new home page demo? Is there a problem with Free Riders? Do you want block styling standardized?

Future thinking

Dan Knauss

August 3, 2022

WordPress News

Josepha Haden Chomphosy on the future of WordPress (SEJ) and Do the Woo's series of visionary WordPress thinkers are worth a listen. Taking a long view is important when there's so much short-term thinking.

SEO Client Reports

Dan Knauss

August 3, 2022

Notes

What should go into any SEO report for your clients who don't have time or patience for any jibber-jabber or lengthy stuff: Traffic SourcesConversion Rate and Progress on GoalsTop Performing ContentPage Speed InsightsBounce Rate and Dwell/Loiter TimeRankings and BacklinksWhat you…

Now available in the WP.com plugin store: Yoast SEO — and thousands of other plugins

Dan Knauss

August 3, 2022

WordPress News

Yoast SEO is now available at WP.com along with 975 other SEO-related plugins. That's quite a historic shift, but I haven't seen anyone reacting to it at all.

Don’t Go Alone and Burnout, the Book

Dan Knauss

August 3, 2022

Notes

Cory Miller reflects on his Burnout and Recovery Journey, sharing the framework for understanding it and working through: to know you’re not alone, to help others think about their own journey, and “most importantly, to not go it alone.” Check…

WordPress Accessibility Day: November 2-3

Dan Knauss

August 2, 2022

Notes

WordPress Accessibility Day is coming up in November: Save the date!

Barn2 Releases WooCommerce Product Filters

Dan Knauss

August 2, 2022

Notes

Although there have been some recent enhancements in WooCommerce in this area, product filters have not been a strong feature. If you've struggled with that missing feature, you'll be glad to know Barn2 Plugins has rolled out WooCommerce Product Filters.…

SVG and WebP…finally

Dan Knauss

August 2, 2022

HostingNotes

I'm looking forward to lots of good things coming in the future on the new WordPress core Performance Team blog, and I'm glad SVG and WebP are finally going to be usable in WordPress by default. (This is already the…

How Green is WebP, really?

Dan Knauss

August 2, 2022

Notes

WebP is pretty green! In most cases, it will really save on bandwidth, but when it's using lossless compression, it's often not the most efficient in terms of power consumption. Here are some interesting tests Olivier Philippot of Greenspector ran…

Barriers to Contributing

Dan Knauss

August 2, 2022

FeaturesMake WordPress

Small teams face frustrating barriers trying to make their contributions count TL;DR: Small teams have common barriers to contributing to Five for the Future. Making efficient use of their time and team members is hard when tooling and communication can…

If you step out, keep the door cracked

Cory Miller

August 2, 2022

BusinessPost Status Team Blog

WordPress is an amazing community, but if you’ve been in it for long, it can be a bit rough too. We are one big messy family. For the overwhelming majority of my time in it, I’ve found the most incredible…

Mentorship as Contribution: What does Five for the Future mean to you? (Part 2)

Dan Knauss

August 2, 2022

NotesWordPress News

Have you been thinking about that question? I hope so. Everyone should, as long as we have a 5ftF program. Some low-hanging fruit — recognition of non-code contributors — has already been picked, according to Angela Jin's latest update. I…

TEST – block theme builder plugin

Building and Sustaining the WordPress Community Through Mentorship — Post Status Draft 123

Nice weather they’re having

Free Rider Problem, JSON Core Block Styling, Redesigned Home & Download Pages

Future thinking

SEO Client Reports

Now available in the WP.com plugin store: Yoast SEO — and thousands of other plugins

Don’t Go Alone and Burnout, the Book

WordPress Accessibility Day: November 2-3

Barn2 Releases WooCommerce Product Filters

SVG and WebP…finally

How Green is WebP, really?

Barriers to Contributing

If you step out, keep the door cracked

Mentorship as Contribution: What does Five for the Future mean to you? (Part 2)

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