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Justin Tadlock posted an update about…

Dan Knauss

April 26, 2019

Justin Tadlock posted an update about his focus and direction with Theme Hybrid as he limits his scope to a few key projects: "It’s hard to build truly great products when you can never focus on any given thing at…

BuddyPress recently updated to version 4.3.0.…

Dan Knauss

April 26, 2019

Security

BuddyPress recently updated to version 4.3.0. It's a security and maintenance release, so be sure to upgrade if you are using the plugin on any of your sites.

“Become the best version of yourself.” An Interview with Rich Tabor

Dan Knauss

April 18, 2019

BusinessDesign

Rich Tabor is taking CoBlocks and his other work to GoDaddy, where he'll continue to development experiences for using WordPress with Gutenberg.

Jeff Matson gives us a peek…

Brian Krogsgard

April 12, 2019

Hosting

Jeff Matson gives us a peek behind the curtains at NorthStack, which is a new managed application hosting service from the team at Pagely. Make sure to check out NorthStack's brand new documentation site.

The General Services Administration (GSA) recently launched the U.S. Web…

Brian Krogsgard

April 12, 2019

Design

The General Services Administration (GSA) recently launched the U.S. Web Design System 2.0. USWDS is a library of code, tools, and guidance to help government teams design and build fast, accessible, mobile-friendly government websites. It already powers nearly 200 federal sites, and 2.0 introduces…

Jetpack promotions in search, and fallout

Brian Krogsgard

April 7, 2019

Design

In the last newsletter, I mentioned Jetpack's search replacement for promotions as well as the discussion and fallout that followed. It escalated quite a bit, and then it got out of hand. Jetpack has now removed the feature in version…

A new version of Gutenberg landed…

Brian Krogsgard

April 7, 2019

Design

A new version of Gutenberg landed this week with foundational work and UI explorations related to the block-based widgets screen. There is also a new, built-in, static Gutenberg Playground for testing in a WordPress agnostic context. There's also an open…

Fast Company published a great feature on…

Brian Krogsgard

March 29, 2019

Design

Fast Company published a great feature on John Maeda, who is head of inclusion and computational design at Automattic. John says "design is not that important," which probably will seem strange and slight controversial at first read, especially since the WordPress…

The PHP minimum version bump is…

Brian Krogsgard

March 22, 2019

Security

The PHP minimum version bump is happening! As noted in this Trac ticket, WordPress's support for PHP 5.2 - 5.5 officially ends now, and the minimum required PHP version is 5.6. As Scott Arciszewski explains, the impending release of WordPress…

Felix Arntz explains how the Fatal…

Brian Krogsgard

March 22, 2019

Security

Felix Arntz explains how the Fatal Error Protection feature had to be dropped from WordPress 5.1 due to several security concerns. It appears error protection is here to stay, however, and Felix goes into detail about the completely new approach…

WordPress 5.1.1 is out as a…

Brian Krogsgard

March 15, 2019

Security

WordPress 5.1.1 is out as a security and maintenance release. 🔒 The vulnerability fixed in the 5.1.1 is detailed by Simon Scannell of RipsTech, who discovered it. 5.1.1 also includes a new button that hosts can enable to encourage site owners to…

Freemius CEO and cofounder Vova Feldman…

Brian Krogsgard

March 15, 2019

Security

Freemius CEO and cofounder Vova Feldman shares what others can learn from Freemius' recent experience with a significant security vulnerability. Also from Freemius: how Brexit may affect theme and plugin sellers.

W3C has approved WebAuthn as the…

Dan Knauss

March 8, 2019

Security

W3C has approved WebAuthn as the web standard for "password-free logins", letting "users log into online accounts using biometrics, mobile devices, and/or FIDO security keys." 🔐 It will be interesting to see how this develops and impacts WordPress. Nearly all browsers…

Michelle Schulp is leading an iThemes training…

Dan Knauss

February 22, 2019

Design

Michelle Schulp is leading an iThemes training webinar, "How To Speak Unicorn!" 🦄 If you want to learn more about design terminology and design thinking, check in with Michelle on March 7th.

BuddyPress 4.2.0 is out. This important…

Dan Knauss

February 22, 2019

Security

BuddyPress 4.2.0 is out. This important maintenance and security release addresses a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in addition to a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Christie Lenneville and Patrick Deuley explain…

Dan Knauss

February 15, 2019

Design

Christie Lenneville and Patrick Deuley explain how white space "killed" an enterprise app, and how you can increase data density without diminishing design aesthetics. Here's a good thought: "Enterprise designers can take a lot of great cues from consumer design,…

Justin Tadlock posted an update about…

BuddyPress recently updated to version 4.3.0.…

“Become the best version of yourself.” An Interview with Rich Tabor

Jeff Matson gives us a peek…

The General Services Administration (GSA) recently launched the U.S. Web…

Jetpack promotions in search, and fallout

A new version of Gutenberg landed…

Fast Company published a great feature on…

The PHP minimum version bump is…

Felix Arntz explains how the Fatal…

WordPress 5.1.1 is out as a…

Freemius CEO and cofounder Vova Feldman…

W3C has approved WebAuthn as the…

Michelle Schulp is leading an iThemes training…

BuddyPress 4.2.0 is out. This important…

Christie Lenneville and Patrick Deuley explain…

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