Mika Epstein talks about her recent…
Mika Epstein talks about her recent discovery that using SVGs can actually result in slower page speeds than PNGs once you hit a certain number on one page load.
Mika Epstein talks about her recent discovery that using SVGs can actually result in slower page speeds than PNGs once you hit a certain number on one page load.
Issue #456 “One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn’t as individuals.” — Jean Vanier, Community And Growth Howdy! Thinking about WordPress history lately in terms of business and product acquisitions, key investments and hires … it says A LOT about…
Mika Epstein ran into the perennial challenge of Genesis child theme users who customize their theme code. Genesis themes are all child themes for the Genesis Framework, which you shouldn’t modify. Mika’s solution was a grandchild theme plugin to keep her custom code separated from the Genesis parent and child. This has always been my…
After interviewing thirteen WordPress developers for a book on getting up and running with WordPress development, I have some key takeaways that I’d like to share with you.
There’s a newly clarified policy on Make Plugins from Mika Epstein where she says that developer frameworks are no longer going to be approved for the plugin repo. Plugins like CMB2, Advanced Custom Fields and others that may be dependencies of other plugins, and are not feature plugins of their own, would theoretically not be allowed. However,…
Mika Epstein notifies developers of a recent plugin guideline change in the WordPress plugin repo. Guideline 12 (“Public facing pages on WordPress.org may not spam”) is now more clear in broadcasting the message “Do not use your readme to spam.” This includes tags, keyword stuffing, and affiliate links. Guideline 13 has been completely rewritten for…
Mika Epstein shows how you can create your own custom oEmbed in WordPress.