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WordPress Podcast and Video Picks for the Week of May 29

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David Bisset
Vikas Singhal on InstaWP's backing from Automattic • Raffaella Isidori on the importance of UX • How to get the most out of WordCamps • Peter Suhm on Reform • Josepha Haden Chomphosy shares her open-source reading list • Hiring and capital_p_dangit • Ryan Welcher live-coding block templates

What’s a WordPress “Developer?”

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Dan Knauss
It’s a good time to celebrate growth, maturity — and longevity. This is our 500th issue. WordPress is 19! And the 6.0 release is just a few days old, with new and old hands contributing from all over the world. Many are "developers" of some kind. Those who are showing up every day to make the project work and to make a living in WordPress are the professionals. Here's to them!

WooCommerce Function of the Week: add_fee

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Rodolfo Melogli
Before we dive in this week's function, please note that it's usually against any payment provider's Terms of Service (like PayPal's) to add fees to a transaction based on the customer's chosen payment gateway, so please make sure to use…

This Week at WordPress.org (May 23, 2022)

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Courtney Robertson
Each week we are highlighting the news from WordPress.org that you don't want to miss. If you or your company create products or services that use WordPress, we've got the news you need to know. Be sure to share this…

Post Status Notes #499

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David Bisset
Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship returns to WCUS › Think like a platform again! › Leo Gopal on support for mental health in the community › WP Accessibility Day › Performance Lab 1.1.0 › The WordPress Way › Dropping jQuery for speed › More to WP than Headless and FSE for devs › and more...
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