WordPress News

🚫 Mika Epstein reminds WordPress plugin…

Dan Knauss

January 28, 2021

🚫 Mika Epstein reminds WordPress plugin developers they must not interfere with or change the defaults of WordPress's update settings: "You may offer a feature to auto-update, but it has to honor the core settings. This means if someone has…

🛒 Commerce Journey Check out our…

Dan Knauss

January 28, 2021

🛒 Commerce Journey Check out our latest Webinar Replay featuring Patrick Rauland: Tips for Building Cost-Effective Ecommerce Sites with WooCommerce. And if you missed it, here's the video with Ana Nunez explaining How Vida Bars Hit 6 Figures in 9…

Terence Eden tells a story that…

Dan Knauss

January 28, 2021

Terence Eden tells a story that shows how simple HTML can be quite effective. If you want to connect people to vital information even if the technology they're using is terrible, less is definitely more. 🤔

Eric Karkovack asks if high-quality and…

Dan Knauss

January 28, 2021

Eric Karkovack asks if high-quality and free WordPress themes are a thing of the past: "Right now, the WordPress theme landscape is so filled with bloat and obnoxious sales pitches that it’s hard to see how anyone benefits... Free themes…

Twitter has acquired Revue, a small…

Dan Knauss

January 28, 2021

Twitter has acquired Revue, a small company whose service lets you build newsletters from your social media, RSS feeds, and other sources. Matt Mullenweg noted that Automattic was the largest investor in Revue. 🗞️

Isobel Weston revisits the accomplishments of…

Dan Knauss

January 28, 2021

Hosting

Isobel Weston revisits the accomplishments of EasyWP, Namecheap's managed WordPress hosting service that launched in 2017. It's great to see how they're giving back to the community. EasyWP is active as a sponsor of WordCamps all over the world. 🏕️

Leonardo Losoviz describes how to implement…

Dan Knauss

January 28, 2021

Design

Leonardo Losoviz describes how to implement a GraphQL server with components in PHP. He starts by defining components, and then he describes "the architectural design of the GraphQL server in PHP GraphQL by PoP, which uses components as a data…

I’ve always enjoyed a developer’s take…

Dan Knauss

January 28, 2021

I've always enjoyed a developer's take on key subjects, and Tom McFarlin is an old pro at dispensing this type of wisdom. Tom recently compiled a rundown of material regarding privacy he has covered in both 2019 and 2020 that…

🇺🇸 Peter Slutsky over at WordPress…

Dan Knauss

January 28, 2021

🇺🇸 Peter Slutsky over at WordPress VIP tells the story of their involvement in the Biden-Harris transition website and who they worked with: "In the weeks leading up to the election, WordPress VIP joined forces with Wide Eye Creative and…

🛠️ Kat Shaw has compiled a…

Dan Knauss

January 28, 2021

🛠️ Kat Shaw has compiled a super list of accessibility tools: "They are not replacements for manual a11y reviews, though some will guide you through a manual a11y audit." It's an impressive list and worth bookmarking. 📑

🔈 Elisa Edelberg reminds us that…

Dan Knauss

January 28, 2021

🔈 Elisa Edelberg reminds us that audio descriptions are required by law in certain industries, like higher education in the United States: "Private and public colleges that receive federal funding must comply with the Rehabilitation Act. Colleges that receive state…

Google claims they have found a…

Dan Knauss

January 28, 2021

Google claims they have found a privacy-friendly substitute for cookies, although there is reason to doubt it will ever be implemented. 🍪

Wordfence has published its 2020 WordPress…

Dan Knauss

January 28, 2021

Wordfence has published its 2020 WordPress Threat Report. 😨 Last year Wordfence blocked "90 billion malicious login attempts from over 57 million unique IP addresses" and "4.3 billion attempts to exploit vulnerabilities from over 9.7 million unique IP addresses." 🛡️

Jamie Indigo has written a technical…

Dan Knauss

January 28, 2021

Jamie Indigo has written a technical SEO guide to Lighthouse performance metrics. Jamie offers some instructions for testing your performance and understanding the metrics behind Lighthouse's Performance score.