Remembering Dean Allen
Dan Knauss
Dean Allen's vision for Textpattern and his code influenced WordPress at a critical time in its development.
John Maeda published his Design in…
Dan Knauss
John Maeda published his Design in Tech Report for 2018 with an interactive slide version and a straight text version. John focuses on three concepts: classical design, design thinking, and computational design. One of his "key observations" is "Design isn’t just…
With 2018 behind us and the…
Dan Knauss
With 2018 behind us and the new year begun, many people are posting "Year in Review" or "Looking Ahead" reflections. 🎊 It takes some time to think through these surges in the community's collective learning, but it's well worth it.…
iThemes has a brief interview with…
Dan Knauss
iThemes has a brief interview with Justin Tadlock about web hosting horror stories 😱 and freedom of speech.
We’ll fix it later
David Bisset
"[W]e all need help getting comfortable with the uncertainty of building software," muses Matthew Ström. To that end, Matthew offers these thoughts about finding the balance between the ideal of shipping beautiful code and the deadlines we actually have to meet. He…
Kevin Ohashi at Review Signal did a…
Brian Krogsgard
Kevin Ohashi at Review Signal did a deep analysis of its 2018 data that goes well beyond simple load testing at many WordPress hosts. The goal of this new analysis was to determine whether paying a higher price for hosting buys…
Mel Choyce explains how to design…
Brian Krogsgard
Mel Choyce explains how to design a Gutenberg block for restaurant menus. Mel provides a Sketch file, and if you want to use the design to build a restaurant block, give Mel credit and a link in your plugin readme.txt.
Solving the membership puzzle
Dan Knauss
What's the solution to the membership puzzle? Can independent, member-supported media and other projects thrive on subscriptions alone?
WordPress 5.0.1 and beyond
Brian Krogsgard
WordPress 5.0.1 was released on December 13th. There were a few backwards compatibility breaks in this version, which raised a few eyebrows. 🤨 After those eyebrows rose in the Post Status main channel, Gary Pendergast commented: The timing of security releases…
Interview with Matt Mullenweg on Gutenberg, WordPress, and the future
Brian Krogsgard
I am joined by Matt Mullenweg to discuss decision making, Gutenberg, core WordPress processes, Automattic's business, and more.
Matt Mullenweg’s State of The Word, 2018
David Bisset
Matt Mullenweg took the stage once again for his annual “State of the Word” talk at WordCamp US in a packed room of over 1,500 attendees.
WordPress 5.0 marks a new era for the world’s most popular CMS
Brian Krogsgard
Gutenberg has been an ambitious undertaking, but the new WordPress editor marks an important step for WordPress. The platform must continue to be both easier to use and more powerful to extend, and Gutenberg is a step in the right direction on both fronts.
Freemius is launching a “We Got…
Brian Krogsgard
Freemius is launching a "We Got Your Back" pilot program for WordPress product vendors. This program helps clients handle a few additional non-coding-related tasks (including design and branding), along with other features yet to be announced. To qualify, your business must…
Eric Karkovack has showcased an impressive upcoming feature…
Dan Knauss
Eric Karkovack has showcased an impressive upcoming feature of Advanced Custom Fields. Called "ACF Blocks," this feature allows users to create custom Gutenberg block types without the usual JavaScript. ACF PRO customers can play with this today in the latest beta release,…
As Catalin Cimpanu points out, the…
Dan Knauss
As Catalin Cimpanu points out, the PHP 5.x branch will stop receiving official security updates at the end of this year. As many WordPress developers already know, this branch is still widely used on many servers. While WordPress recommends 7.2…
The importance of tinkering
Brian Krogsgard
Justin Tadlock was the first person I really connected with in the WordPress community -- sometime back around 2008, if I recall correctly. I stumbled upon Theme Hybrid as someone looking to make a website, and I was off to…
