WordPress – let’s market together
Marieke van de Rakt
Exploring new horizons in the WordPress community 🌐 How can we join forces for a brighter future?
About employees, job titles, and professional growth
Marieke van de Rakt
In 2019, I wrote a blog post titled Why your name should be your job title. At the beginning of Yoast, when we hired our first employees, I hated job titles. I also hated job descriptions. I found them so…
WordPress 6.5 Release Parties • jQuery 4.0 Beta • WordPress Recieves Google Ads Grant • Incident Response Nominations
Courtney Robertson
This Week at WordPress.org (February 5, 2024) News The Month in WordPress – January 2024 WP Briefing: Episode 72: Why Your Website Matters Zip uploads not working from Finder/Nautilus/Gnome/etc in WP 6.4.3 Workarounds and testing the patch WordPress 6.5 6.5…
WordPress 6.4.3 • Zips Not Uploading • 6.5 Release Schedules • Better Props Tracking • Playground + Site Health for Support
Courtney Robertson
🚀WP 6.4.3 out, zip upload issue🔧Workaround plugin ready🛠️PHP autoloader could change the game💡Gutenberg's new commit rules & Props Bot🌟WP Playground for Site Health tests🎮Curl 8.6.0 adds features & fixes bugs🔧
5ftF Proposed Updates • Meetup Alternative GatherPress • Phase 3 Media • Translation Process Challenges • WP 6.5 Milestones
Courtney Robertson
This Week in Make #WordPress
5️⃣ 5ftF Proposed Updates
🗓️ Meetup Alternative GatherPress
🖼️ Phase 3 Media
🗺️ Translation Process Challenges
🎯 WP 6.5 Milestones
WordPress 6.5 Milestones • Partially Synched Patterns > Overrides • WP-CLI in Playground • Events Page Feedback • Farewell Jill • Incident Reports Recap
Courtney Robertson
⏲️ WordPress 6.5 Milestones
🔷 Synched Pattern Overrides
🛝 WP-CLI in Playground
🗓️ Events Page Feedback
🫂 Farewell Jill
📓 Incident Reports Recap
Why is open source so very cool?
Marieke van de Rakt
I am an open source fangirl. And I think it should be celebrated much more. In a world that needs more sustainability, transparency, and equality, open source should be more prominent, embraced, acknowledged, and applauded by the whole world. The…
2024 Global Sponsors • Agency Outreach • PHPCS 3.8.1 • DevHub Refresh
Courtney Robertson
This Week at WordPress.org (January 8, 2024) News WP Briefing: Episode 70: A Look Ahead at WordPress in 2024 The Month in WordPress – December 2023 Leap into 2024 with these Site Editor Tools WP Briefing: Episode 69: Reflections on State of…
Join Plugin Review Team • Showcase Accessibility • Modern NPM • WP Performance on Core Web Vitals
Courtney Robertson
This Week at WordPress.org (December 18, 2023) Accessibility Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: December 15, 2023 Community Meetup Organizer Newsletter: December 2023 Contributor Working Group: Mentorship Chat Agenda | December 21st 07:00 UTC (APAC/EMEA) and 16:00 UTC (AMER) Reminder: Annual Meetup…
Matrix Migration Paused • New Requirement for Themes Settings • New WordPress Events Page • WPCS 3.0.1 Released
Courtney Robertson
This Week at WordPress.org (December 11, 2023) News State of the Word 2023 Recap WP Briefing: Episode 68: Toward a More Interconnected Web Community Announcing the New WordPress Events Page Community Team Meeting Agenda for 7 December, 2023 Core Roadmap…
State of the Word 2023: excitement all around!
Joost de Valk
Matt Mullenweg (and team) presented the yearly State of the Word from Madrid, Spain, this year, 2023. For the first time, this presentation was held outside of the United States, which, in my opinion, was a great step. The fact…
WordPress 6.4.2 • Security Team Scams • Roadmap to 6.5 • Plugin Previews • Goodbye Slack, Hello Matrix
Courtney Robertson
This Week at WordPress.org (December 3, 2023) News The Month in WordPress – November 2023 WordPress 6.4.2 Maintenance & Security Release Alert: WordPress Security Team Impersonation Scams People of WordPress: Artemy Kaydash Accessibility Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: December 1, 2023…
Agile all the way
Marieke van de Rakt
I am a true entrepreneur. I like to do things lean, mean, and quick. And I genuinely believe in an agile business model, especially in the WordPress world. At Yoast, we used to call it ‘hup hup hup’. It means…
WordCamp Sponsor Demo Tracks • Matrix Chat • Redesigning Dev Resources
Courtney Robertson
This Week at WordPress.org (November 26, 2023) News State of the Word 2023 – Madrid, Spain WP Briefing: Episode 67: Openverse & Photo Directory Rewind Should We Allow Sponsor Demo Rooms or Tracks at Events? Embracing Matrix for Enhanced Communication…
Gender diversity in the WordPress community versus the WordPress boardrooms
Marieke van de Rakt
In her post, Marieke van de Rakt discusses the contrast between the gender diversity seen at WordCamp events and the disparity in WordPress boardrooms, highlighting the need for more female representation in leadership roles.
WordPress Plugin Directory Preview Relaunches • Modules & Import Maps • PHP 8.3
Courtney Robertson
This Week at WordPress.org (November 19, 2023) News Exploration to support Modules and Import Maps Plugin Directory: Preview button revisited Block theme builder on WordPress.org PHP 8.3 Released State of the Word 2023 – Madrid, Spain Accessibility Accessibility Team Meeting…
