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Anne McCarty, a member of the…

Dan Knauss

March 21, 2021

Anne McCarty, a member of the Developer Relations team at Automattic, explains how performance is measured and prioritized in each Gutenberg plugin release: “With each release… a performance benchmark is run against the last few releases that compares different response…

Caldera Forms, a WordPress form plugin,…

Dan Knauss

March 21, 2021

Caldera Forms, a WordPress form plugin, will be sunset at the end of 2021. Caldera's customers will be transitioned gradually to Ninja Forms. 🌆 Josh Pollock was the founder of CalderaWP and was the lead developer of Caldera Forms.

The WordPress Youth Events Working Group…

Dan Knauss

March 21, 2021

The WordPress Youth Events Working Group is reconvening and looking for volunteers to help build and grow. 🙋 Sandy Edwards generally leads the group and its meetings, but anyone can join — and if you can't attend, you can comment.…

There is a proposal from sarayourfriend…

Dan Knauss

March 21, 2021

There is a proposal from sarayourfriend for native TypeScript support in Gutenberg. TypeScript extends JavaScript by adding types. It's hoped this move might "encourage new contributions by community members in this space by lowering the learning curve and leveraging existing…

Matt Mullenweg noticed the Ulysses App…

Dan Knauss

March 21, 2021

Matt Mullenweg noticed the Ulysses App now has better support for WordPress. From the Ulysses blog: The feature is pretty straightforward. You publish to WordPress... [A]fter your blog automatically notifies your subscribers, and the first reactions come in, you notice…

Igor Benic offers some great tips…

Dan Knauss

March 21, 2021

Igor Benic offers some great tips for getting better as a WordPress developer. Excellent points about code reviews and just reading the available handbooks. Taking time to learn from others and building extensions for existing plugins are good ideas too.…

Bridget Willard has published a book…

Dan Knauss

March 21, 2021

Bridget Willard has published a book — How To Market Your Plugin. It gives developers a framework for marketing their WordPress plugins, with input from Chris Badgett, Anil Gupta, Devin Walker, Marc Benezekein, Adrian Tobey, and Veto Peleg. 📕

The results of WebAIM’s 3rd Survey…

Dan Knauss

March 21, 2021

The results of WebAIM’s 3rd Survey of Web Accessibility Practitioners are available with some interesting highlights including: 57% of respondents were male, 40% of respondents were female (5 times higher than the broader design/development field), and 3% non-binary, genderqueer, or…

Speaking of accessibility, Channing Ritter adds…

Dan Knauss

March 21, 2021

Design

Speaking of accessibility, Channing Ritter adds a new perspective to the design team at Automattic on the accessibility features available in the block editor. Channing is also a new core contributor, and her post provides some context for how these…

Troy Dean shows off his studio…

Dan Knauss

March 21, 2021

Troy Dean shows off his studio and the equipment he uses for live streaming and recording. This is particularly interesting if you are doing the same thing or looking to increase the quality of your recordings or calls. 🎙️

I use and trust Backblaze so…

Dan Knauss

March 21, 2021

I use and trust Backblaze so I was surprised to learn Ben Cox discovered Facebook tracking the names and sizes of his files when moving them to Backblaze's B2 bucket. 😦 The tracking pixel has since been removed, and even…

Joe Casabona asks where you draw…

Dan Knauss

March 21, 2021

Joe Casabona asks where you draw the line between owning your platform and paying for a service: "It took two kids and a pandemic to get me to actually pull the trigger and hire more people to do things I…

The State of California is banning…

Dan Knauss

March 21, 2021

Design

The State of California is banning companies from using "dark patterns." This might be the start of a larger movement to prevent sneaky and just plain bad design or UI decisions — like trying to cancel a subscription online only…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 2) — Headless WordPress & Learning JavaScript

David Bisset

March 19, 2021

DesignPlanet

David and Cory discuss WordPress 5.7, the latest news in WordPress, WPEngine's new headless WordPress service, and learning JavaScript today.

Chris Hardie on WP Lookout, WordPress updates and information flows

Dan Knauss

March 17, 2021

BusinessDesign

Chris Hardie talks with Brian about winding down a consulting business, working at Automattic, running for local office, working in journalism, and launching WP Lookout.