WordPress News

Leonardo Losoviz explains how you might…

Dan Knauss

April 2, 2021

Leonardo Losoviz explains how you might be able to host all your PHP packages together in a "monorepo." "The monorepo allows us to version-control all our packages together, so that creating a new branch and submitting a pull request will…

Bernhard Kau explains some effective and…

Dan Knauss

April 2, 2021

Bernhard Kau explains some effective and straightforward ways to repair a corrupted WordPress database. 🗄️

This WP-Admin reference by Bracketspace is…

Dan Knauss

April 2, 2021

This WP-Admin reference by Bracketspace is a good place to quickly reference elements from wp-admin. Developers might find this useful for their plugins. 🔌

Michelle Frechette over at Big Orange…

Dan Knauss

April 2, 2021

Michelle Frechette over at Big Orange Heart shares a daily wellness checklist for being happy, healthy, and productive: "Consider yourself your biggest asset... so taking care of you needs to be a top priority." 🧡

Sara Soueidan shows that horizontal rules…

Dan Knauss

April 2, 2021

Sara Soueidan shows that horizontal rules in HTML don't have to be boring. In this post, Sara shows how she created some interesting visuals and how her horizontal rules can be improved "so that they adapt to various contexts while…

The official PHP Git server was…

Dan Knauss

April 2, 2021

Security

The official PHP Git server was attacked this past week. The attack is still under investigation, but actions were quickly taken to protect it, and there is no active security risk. To learn more, you can read Enrico Zimuel's explanation.…

Here’s an insane story of how…

Dan Knauss

April 2, 2021

Here's an insane story of how bad UI on Substack and 1Password cost Timmy O'Mahony $2,023. 🤯

Nikita Prokopov says “Font size is…

Dan Knauss

April 2, 2021

Nikita Prokopov says "Font size is useless" and needs to be fixed. If you're a front-end developer or a font geek, read this. Also mentioned in Nikita's blog post is an article from Vincent De Oliveira explaining exactly how fonts…

Fontshare is a free font service…

Dan Knauss

April 2, 2021

Fontshare is a free font service with professional-grade fonts that are 100% free for personal and commercial use. 🆓

YouTube is experimenting with hidden dislike…

Dan Knauss

April 2, 2021

Hosting

YouTube is experimenting with hidden dislike counts on videos. 📺 Kevin Ohashi at Review Signal has branched out from his annual benchmarks for general web hosts and WordPress hosts with a new set of tests for WooCommerce hosting. He talked…

Milica Mihajlija takes on CSS performance…

Dan Knauss

April 2, 2021

Milica Mihajlija takes on CSS performance and says the most straightforward approach is to keep it small. Compressing files can significantly improve speed, but removing unused code can too. Other methods include using efficient CSS animations and avoiding invisible text…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 4) – Our Job Board, Post Status Gigs, and WordPress Settings

David Bisset

April 2, 2021

PlanetPost Status Podcasts

David and Cory talk about the Post Status job board and #gigs Slack channel, as well as WordPress settings screens that make Brian scream. 😱

Post Status Excerpt (No. 3) — The Future of “Single” WordPress Plugin Devs, Thoughts on Jobs

David Bisset

March 26, 2021

BusinessPlanet

What's the future for solo WordPress plugin developer-entrepreneurs? How can young people start careers in WordPress?

Early information about the WordPress 5.7.1…

Dan Knauss

March 21, 2021

Early information about the WordPress 5.7.1 maintenance release schedule has been published. A Release Candidate is set to come out on Wednesday, April 7th, 2021 with a final release likely on April 14th. 🔧