Michelle Gienow writes on the Gatsby…
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Michelle Gienow writes on the Gatsby blog about Diem.com, "a Facebook-led global payment system website" choosing Gatsby and WordPress for building the site. Dfuzr Technologies CEO Jason Williams described inheriting this setup when tasked with building a new site for…
Bob Dunn is about to celebrate…
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Bob Dunn is about to celebrate the 100th episode of the "Do The Woo" podcast! He is asking for anyone who has a question or a shoutout to record something brief to be played back during the recording of the…
If you ever wondered what “long-term…
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If you ever wondered what "long-term support" really means for the Ubuntu LTS distros — and when to choose it over alternatives — then this post at SpinupWP will tell you exactly that. 💿
Here’s a fascinating look at how…
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Here's a fascinating look at how Yoast employees have been working through the pandemic. Everyone moved from offices to homes and used daily vlogs "to keep their spirits up." ☀️ On a similar note, Andy Budd shared two articles outlining…
📈 Based on search volume data…
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📈 Based on search volume data from 2020, Alex Denning found some significant growth indicators in the WordPress space: WordPress keywords increased by 14.0% Plugin keywords increased 17.8% WooCommerce keywords increased 44.3% Theme keywords increased 8.7% While it was a…
The WordPress Community Team has new…
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The WordPress Community Team has new handbook pages that give guidance to meetup organizers who want to host in-person meetups in 2021. In the announcement about this update, Angela Jin writes: "As more people get vaccinated and regions are able…
Leonardo Losoviz says GraphQL can “rejuvenate”…
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Leonardo Losoviz says GraphQL can "rejuvenate" the WordPress data model. ⚡
Josh Comeau wrote a tutorial about…
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Josh Comeau wrote a tutorial about CSS transitions — and how to use them to create polished animations.
If your host supports SSH, it…
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If your host supports SSH, it supports rsync. Justin Foell explains why it might be better than (S)FTP — and how it works: "Only transferring what has changed makes rsync deploys an order of magnitude faster than traditional SFTP deploys."…
Let’s Green The Web was a…
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Let’s Green The Web was a five-day Twitter campaign starting this week (Monday the 15th) to encourage and support the measurement of the carbon costs of websites. 🏭
Jason Bahl documents how to set…
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Jason Bahl documents how to set up a new development environment to contribute to WPGraphQL. If you develop on a Mac, you might be interested in this. 👨💻
Asko Nõmm shares frustrations with front-end…
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Asko Nõmm shares frustrations with front-end development and is calling it quits. I do agree the field has gotten complicated and some developers are beginning to feel the stress. 😫
Justin Ferriman asks the question (and…
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Justin Ferriman asks the question (and answers with his opinion) — should you use "WP" in your business brand? "There is no hard-set rule. It comes down to your primary industry and customer — which requires that you do ample…
A quick heads up if you…
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A quick heads up if you use LastPass. It appears they are locking down the free version to one type of device (smartphone or computer) starting March 16th. 🔒
Current Releases WordPress 5.7 Beta 2…
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Current Releases WordPress 5.7 Beta 2 is now available for testing. 🧪 The current target for the final 5.7 release is still March 9, 2021. 📅 There are two new Post Parent related functions in WordPress 5.7: get_parent_post() is a…
