WordPress News

Post Status Picks for the Week of August 1

Dan Knauss

August 5, 2022

Adam Silverstein on Performance in large plugins, GDPR and accessibility, World Wide Web Day in the global WordPress community, Jonathan Wold on partnerships, women in software, and Michelle Frechette on building communities.

WP.events — Find out what’s happening next

Dan Knauss

August 4, 2022

NotesPlanet

Have you recently thought it would be nice to have one comprehensive source for all WordPress community events? Thanks to The Events Calendar and some nice people at StellarWP — Hazel Quimpo, Zach Tirrell, and Michelle Frechette — there's a…

If you want speed, upgrade PHP

Dan Knauss

August 4, 2022

Notes

Brent on PHP explains — His video on how much PHP has changed from 5.6 to 8.2 is good too —

Business Case for Performance

Dan Knauss

August 4, 2022

BusinessWordPress News

Here's an idea for a handy performance business case calculator. The eCommerce fashion Farfetch correlated Core Web Vitals and their own performance metrics with their business metrics, which let them identify an increase in KPIs. They built a "Performance Business…

TEST – block theme builder plugin

Dan Knauss

August 3, 2022

WordPress News

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…

Get Inspired About Accessibility

Dan Knauss

August 3, 2022

Notes

This is Cam Beaudoin speaking at A11Y NYC about

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.…