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Chris Coyier reviews some approaches to removing unused CSS from a site, and he recommends starting with a look at “coverage” in Chrome’s DevTools. PurifyCSS, UnusedCSS, and PurgeCSS are also addressed. 🚿
One of the philosophies of plugin development that I believe in very strongly is that CSS should be kept simple and easy to override.
Helen Hou-Sandí and Dion Hulse have been added as WordPress lead developers. Straight from Andrew Nacin’s announcement on Make WordPress Core: The two are already highly respected leaders in the community. Dion has architected some of the most important code in WordPress over the years. He started by building the plugin updater way back in…
Burn After Reading Here’s another impressive “what we are reading” list from the regulars at CSS Tricks. It will keep you busy for a good chunk of the year! Chris Coyier, Sarah Drasner, Geoff Graham, and Robin Rendle weigh in with some worthy links. 📚
The team behind Underscores, the popular starter theme, is introducing a “Components” model, where you can generate a base theme with components that cater to a specific type of website: business, magazine, blog, etc. The project is still in early stages, according to Tammie Lister, a primary developer of Underscores Components. There is a fancy new…
Preethi Sam shares some techniques for generating creative background patterns using gradients, CSS shapes, and even emojis. 👍
It’s your weekly roundup of news briefs for busy WordPress professionals! This week we have: Core concerns • New Releases • Events, Planning & Inclusion • and some Things we don’t see every day…
Don’t miss David‘s fresh podcast picks for the week! 🎙️ As usual, Courtney has the week’s news from the people making WordPress at .org. 🏗️
