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David Bisset asked for unpopular opinions…

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David Bisset asked for unpopular opinions about WordPress on Twitter and got some interesting responses that are, by turns, entertaining, insightful, challenging, and even deep. 🐦

πŸ‘ Check out the new California…

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πŸ‘ Check out the new California DMV Virtual Office website from 10up, which got high praise from Sallie Goetsch: "My BFF, who is 70 and technically challenged, just used it and said "After 3 bewildering attempts to renew my REAL…

πŸ‘©β€πŸŽ“ WPCampus has announced a new…

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πŸ‘©β€πŸŽ“ WPCampus has announced a new planning blog. Director and founder Rachel Cherry writes: "After five years of the same overall planning process, things have changed. And our planning methods became less effective. It’s time to try something new in…

🎯 Eric Karkovack explains why focusing…

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🎯 Eric Karkovack explains why focusing on long-term goals is so difficult: "Running a business often means dividing your focus... The irony is that long-term goals are what ensures that your design business will still be around years from now.…

πŸŽ„ Joshua Strebel shares how Pagely…

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πŸŽ„ Joshua Strebel shares how Pagely takes two weeks of company-wide downtime for Christmas and New Years' β€” without causing any disruption for customers: "We start communicating with our customer base in October about our upcoming holiday hours and offer…

Cosima Mielke shards some useful tools…

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Cosima Mielke shards some useful tools and resources for remote workers. This list deserves a look β€” there are some unique things on it that I haven't seen before. For example, Big Timer is a "bold yet minimalist" timer that…

Two good posts this week dig…

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Two good posts this week dig into the challenges of "developer relations" and how this role can be improved. πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» These tips from Nader Dabit include how to build bridges and not be married to a specific technology: "Learn to…

πŸ”  Simon Hearne shows how you…

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πŸ”  Simon Hearne shows how you can avoid layout shifts caused by web fonts: "...we need to prevent the layout shift by letting the browser render in a fallback system font if it doesn’t get the web font in time,…

A good post making the rounds…

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A good post making the rounds this week argues for the benefits of RSS and why people might still prefer it. Although "RSS may appear to some to have fallen by the wayside as content is increasingly siloed into only…

Here are some tips on best…

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Here are some tips on best practices from WPML for translating your plugin or theme and reaching a much wider audience through the WordPress.org repository. πŸ’―

Congrats to Envira Gallery Lite (a…

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Congrats to Envira Gallery Lite (a photo gallery plugin for WordPress with a pro version) for crossing 3 million downloads in the WordPress.org repo. πŸ™Œ

Altis DXP had its first birthday…

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Altis DXP had its first birthday in 2020. In its first year of existence, it has powered 27 billion page requests and welcomed 18 partners. πŸŽ‚

If you are a HomeBrew user,…

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If you are a HomeBrew user, version 3.0 has been released. The most significant changes since 2.7.0 are official Apple Silicon support and a new bottle format in formulae. 🍾

Josepha Haden Chomphosy shares the big…

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Josepha Haden Chomphosy shares the big picture goals for the year, which include Full Site Editing in Core. Referring to the overall roadmap for Gutenberg, Josepha noted "Much of that roadmap is on a multi-year timeline, and it can be…

The WP Buffs has made its…

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The WP Buffs has made its first acquisition: WP EZI. πŸ‘ Allie Nimmons explains how this came about and what's next: "...WP Buffs purchased WP EZI for 5-figures. This included 65 active subscriptions and 343 total customers... WP Buffs won’t…

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