Héctor Prieto confirms there is a…
Dan Knauss
Héctor Prieto confirms there is a majority agreement to move forward with dropping support for IE11 from WordPress core. It is still to be decided if this will happen in WordPress 5.8 or 5.9. 😌
An upcoming core editor improvement in…
Dan Knauss
An upcoming core editor improvement in WordPress will show block directory results even when installed blocks are found.
WordPress Slack was down for a…
Dan Knauss
WordPress Slack was down for a brief period of time on Tuesday morning. Here's the conversation that emerged about this in Post Status Slack, and a Trac ticket opened by Tor-Bjorn Fjellner. 🎫 What happened? Nothing too exciting — not…
Here’s a helpful tutorial from Beatriz…
Dan Knauss
Here's a helpful tutorial from Beatriz Fialho — how to make block patterns in the WordPress editor.
⛵ Larry Hudson demonstrates how to…
Dan Knauss
⛵ Larry Hudson demonstrates how to build simple static websites with WordPress, WPGraphQL, Eleventy, and Netlify. Mileage will vary depending on the host you use, but it's likely to be very efficient. Larry used AWS Lightsail: "[I]t only took a…
Jeff Starr thinks we need a…
Dan Knauss
Jeff Starr thinks we need a Favicon standard: "In the beginning, favicons were very simple... but it has gotten very complicated." 🤔 Instead of dozens of lines of code and images, having "a simple yet flexible standard" would allow favicons…
Liam Dempsey shares a collection of…
Dan Knauss
Liam Dempsey shares a collection of blocks that he learned about in a recent Twitter conversation. There might be a useful block in there you haven't seen yet.
📱Google’s AMP — Accelerate Mobile Pages…
Dan Knauss
📱Google's AMP — Accelerate Mobile Pages — has preoccupied web developers and their discussions for years. This controversial technology might be fading away now, ever so slightly. Search Engine Land noted that AMP won’t be required for articles to show…
10up has released a Convert to…
Dan Knauss
10up has released a Convert to Blocks plugin to support "safe migrations" to the block editor.👍 How it works: "The plugin works upon activation, with no configuration needed and does nothing until an editor needs to update or edit an…
Starting in version 90, Google Chrome’s…
Dan Knauss
Starting in version 90, Google Chrome’s address bar will use https:// by default. I typically don't like changes to how browsers have operated for years, but my gut says this should be fine as more sites go HTTPS.
Robert Jacobi reports that SiteLock has…
Dan Knauss
Robert Jacobi reports that SiteLock has been acquired by Sectigo. SiteLock was a well-known security company within the WordPress community, and I recall them having a regular presence at WordCamps and other events.
Unsplash has been acquired by Getty…
Dan Knauss
Unsplash has been acquired by Getty Images. 📷 My observations lead me to agree with Carl Hancock in Post Status Slack. Some people in the photography community are unsettled because Unsplash was popular for not being associated with Getty, and…
Frontity is an established framework that…
Dan Knauss
Frontity is an established framework that enables you to build a React-based front end for your WordPress site. You may recall we watched their early phase fundraising, their public beta, and we interviewed Reyes Martinez around that time. Will Morris…
Brian Jackson reviews Ulysses, a writing…
Dan Knauss
Brian Jackson reviews Ulysses, a writing app that recently added features for writing and editing content in WordPress. Brian compares Ulysses with Bear, another popular app. He also explains how to export your documents from Ulysses and publish them to…
Custom Post Type UI v1.9.0 from…
Dan Knauss
Custom Post Type UI v1.9.0 from WebDevStudios officially supports showing Custom Post Types and Taxonomies in WPGraphQL.
The WordPress Foundation offers five tips…
Dan Knauss
The WordPress Foundation offers five tips for organizing a successful online do_action charity hackathon. ✔️
