A 19th birthday celebration for #WordPress with Mary Job, Nathan Wrigley, Naoko Takano, Carrie Dils, David Yarde, Joe Simpson Jr., Pat Ramsey, John Jacoby, Yvette Sonneveld, and Taco Verdo.
Gutenberg 13.4 β’ Learning FSE sooner rather than later β’ Gutenberg in Tumblr and Day One β’ WordCamps and the vitality of the WordPress community β’ AUS WordPress community only mostly dead? β’ Get SEO Schema graphs β’ Web font loading geek out β’ PHP is 28! β’ PHP namespaces and autoloaders β’ You can work anywhere... why not Cleveland? β’ North Commerce β faster than the rest? β’ and more...
Our WordPress Podcast and Video Picks for the Week of June 13 ποΈ JavaScript development journeys β’ Questions coming out of WCEU β’ The WordPress toolkit for podcasters β’ How newcomers and outsiders view WordPress β’ Are WordPress developers "real developers?" β’ Gutenber changes β’ Dave Martin on WP.com β’ A Gutenberg roadmap for WordPress 6.1.
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 thisβ¦
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 thisβ¦
A lot of interesting things surfaced in the open conversations with Matt and Josepha at WCEU. I also learned a lot from Pablo Postigo, Feliz Arntz, Shane Pearlman, Jonathan Wold, Nora Ferrerio, Milana Cap.
Elementor acquires Strattic β’ WP Engine acquires Delicious Brains' plugins π§ β’ When the Cathedrals own the Bazaars and Shopping Centers and you're in a strip mall with a fruit stand... β’ Jetpack decouples β’ InstaWP gets seed funding from Automattic π± β’ Automattic hire #2000 β’ World-class FSE, how? π β’ WCEU by the numbers β’ Weglot gives back β’ RoleUp rolls out β’ Tadlock exits WP Tavern πΊ β’ Why 'why' matters most β’ The Big 2-0 next year β’ All there is to know about core WordPress email notifications, documented βοΈ β’ System font stack check β’ Do not follow by default β’ Museum of Block Art opens π¨ β’ Meet Yvonne Doll β’ Mostly modest WordPress wishlists β’ WooCommerce Experts to go global β’ How to do well in a downturn π β’ Some things we don't β but ought to β talk about. π Silent no longer about Sustainability.
What if you want to show hidden information only to "administrators" or "shop managers?" What about displaying a custom "My Account" tab just for logged-in customers?
Vikas Singhal on InstaWP's backing from Automattic β’ Raffaella Isidori on the importance of UX β’ How to get the most out of WordCamps β’ Peter Suhm on Reform β’ Josepha Haden Chomphosy shares her open-source reading list β’ Hiring and capital_p_dangit β’ Ryan Welcher live-coding block templates
Itβs a good time to celebrate growth, maturity β 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!
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 useβ¦