Full Site Editing is scheduled to…

ByDan Knauss Posted onJuly 10, 2020

Full Site Editing is scheduled to be included in WordPress 5.6. Ari Stathopoulos has some code snippets for developers that show how to revise or build blocks with this feature in mind. 📝

Starting in WordPress 5.8, Greg Ziółkowski…

ByDan Knauss June 25, 2021August 15, 2022

Starting in WordPress 5.8, Greg Ziółkowski notes the block.json metadata file should be used as the canonical way to register block types. There are many benefits to this move, including (but not limited to) the WordPress Plugins Directory‘s ability to detect block.json files, highlight blocks included in plugins, and extract their metadata. 🔌

Annual Survey • State of the Word 2022 • Meetup Accessibility Overlays • Multi-line Code Comments • WP 3.7 – 4.0 Final Releases

ByCourtney Robertson November 30, 2022December 1, 2022

Should code comments switch to // ? Meetup.com stops using an accessibility overlay. Final releases for WordPress 3.7 – 4.0 are now available. Tune in soon for State of the Word 2023, happening December 15 via livestream from New York City.

WP 6.1 walkthrough replay • WebP no go • Matt: Core needs to be more editorial • Survey: How do you learn WordPress?

ByCourtney Robertson September 14, 2022September 16, 2022

WordPress 6.1 walkthrough replay • Matt: WebP no go • Matt: Core needs to be more editorial • Survey: How do you learn WordPress?

Design

BuddyPress 9.0 “Mico” was released a…

ByDan Knauss July 23, 2021August 15, 2022

BuddyPress 9.0 “Mico” was released a day before WordPress 5.8 with 10 new blocks. It was a short time frame development cycle, so kudos to the team for pulling it off. 🙌 I’m excited to see the block editor used in BuddyPress, which should allow for more flexible design choices.