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Allison Rivers reviews three Gutenberg block…

Dan Knauss

April 20, 2021

Allison Rivers reviews three Gutenberg block plugins for WooCommerce stores: ProductX's Gutenberg WooCommerce Blocks, which extend the basic WooCommerce block options; Toolset's WooCommerce Blocks, for more extensive customizations; The core blocks built into WooCommerce.

If you or your clients use…

Dan Knauss

April 20, 2021

Security

If you or your clients use Kaswara Modern WPBakery Page Builder (10k+ installations), then you might want to uninstall it when you can. Wordfence is reporting a critical zero-day vulnerability. And if you use Elementor, make sure it's updated. A vulnerability…

Brad Touesnard shows how you can…

Dan Knauss

April 20, 2021

Brad Touesnard shows how you can make a PDF look scanned using ImageMagick and Automator in macOS.

The team at Ellipsis Marketing explains…

Dan Knauss

April 20, 2021

The team at Ellipsis Marketing explains why user personas are so beneficial, how the Ellipsis team used them, and what they learned along the way. 👱

Tom J Nowell demonstrates two methods…

Dan Knauss

April 20, 2021

Tom J Nowell demonstrates two methods for turning off the Block Directory in the WordPress block editor. Here's why you might want to do that: "As great as the block directory is for me personally, it’s not good for professional…

Joel Abreo has a great compilation…

Dan Knauss

April 20, 2021

Joel Abreo has a great compilation of advice from rtCamp for people who are at the start of their careers. One area of note is one's involvement with WordPress: "...the code that you’ve shipped matters, but what matters more is…

Craig Buckler shared a number of…

Dan Knauss

April 20, 2021

Craig Buckler shared a number of JavaScript developer tool "secrets." One tip I picked up: Chrome’s Coverage panel allows you to quickly locate JavaScript (and CSS) code that has — and has not — been used. 👨‍💻

Jem Turner shares six things she…

Dan Knauss

April 20, 2021

Jem Turner shares six things she does to make Gutenberg development easier. 6️⃣ These include making the editor full width, adding the Reusable Blocks to the left-hand menu, and using the breadcrumb trail and list view. Jem includes some handy…

Google has announced that it will…

Dan Knauss

April 20, 2021

Google has announced that it will delay the new page experience ranking signal updates until mid-June 2021: "We'll begin using page experience as part of our ranking systems beginning in mid-June 2021. However, page experience won't play its full role…

A tweet from Gary Pendergast reminded…

Dan Knauss

April 20, 2021

A tweet from Gary Pendergast reminded me that he has written a Chrome and Firefox browser extension that mimics the WordPress feature where pasting a URL onto selected text will automatically transform that text into a link. 🔗 If you…

If you think there isn’t room…

Dan Knauss

April 20, 2021

If you think there isn't room for innovation or new products in the WordPress space, I recommend a recent Chris Lema post on some tips to consider for product builders. It really comes down to niching down and knowing who…

Some things I learned from the…

Dan Knauss

April 20, 2021

Some things I learned from the "Creator Economy Market Map" over at the SignalFire blog: 2 million people are making enough content (primarily through YouTube, Instagram, and Twitch) to be their full-time career. "The big trend we see here is…

There is a cool new badge…

Dan Knauss

April 20, 2021

There is a cool new badge that GitHub has added to the profiles of open source developers who wrote code used by Ingenuity, the first helicopter to take flight in the Martian atmosphere. 🚁

Ahmad Shadeed explains why CSS Container…

Dan Knauss

April 20, 2021

Ahmad Shadeed explains why CSS Container Queries are an improvement on Media Queries and what layouts are possible with them. Container Queries are currently available in Chrome Canary.

Upcoming Events 📆 EXPAND 2021 is…

Dan Knauss

April 20, 2021

Upcoming Events 📆 EXPAND 2021 is a free virtual event for web designers and developers being hosted by GoDaddy Pro from April 27-28. 🆓 The WordPress London Meetup is happening on April 29th and will discuss the hidden features of…