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Unless you were living under a…

Dan Knauss

January 28, 2021

Unless you were living under a rock this week, you probably know there was a significant event involving hedge funds, Reddit, and Gamestop. 🤯 It's an ongoing story, and I won't even begin to try to explain it, but Ian…

Upcoming Events 📆 There is a…

Dan Knauss

January 28, 2021

Design

Upcoming Events 📆 There is a free webinar today (January 29th) on the subject of WordPress's Full Site Editor and themes. It will be hosted by Carolina Nymark, Ari Stathopoulos, Anne McCarthy, and Birgit Pauli-Haack. WordCamp India 2021 will take…

Executive Code When President Joe Biden…

Dan Knauss

January 22, 2021

Executive Code When President Joe Biden took office this week, the official White House website was completely replaced — and it's still using WordPress. Of course, this sparked a public conversation (and also some private ones) about the theme and…

WooCommerce core and “related ecosystem plugins”…

Dan Knauss

January 22, 2021

WooCommerce core and "related ecosystem plugins" appear to be transitioning away from semantic versioning and adopting WordPress versioning. 5️⃣.0️⃣ According to Allen Smith, this transition will begin with WooCommerce 5.0, which will be a non-breaking change.

Mika Epstein explains why the plugin…

Dan Knauss

January 22, 2021

Mika Epstein explains why the plugin emails sent to developers (who have plugins in the WordPress.org repo) are anonymous. The bottom line: plugin reviewers were finding themselves targeted in rather terrifying ways, including death threats and credible threats against their…

🏆 Chris Lema shares why Liquid…

Dan Knauss

January 22, 2021

🏆 Chris Lema shares why Liquid Web "built him a better review plugin" for WooCommerce: "We built a WooCommerce extension that would help store visitors evaluate the reviewer and understand the context. And that's what makes the plugin better than…

Leonardo Losoviz thoughtfully explores the question…

Dan Knauss

January 22, 2021

Leonardo Losoviz thoughtfully explores the question of whether the GraphQL API for WordPress plugin establishes a bridge between the two paradigms: Can the WordPress philosophy that depends on server-side architecture co-exist with a JavaScript-based query language that passes data via…

Lewis Warren explains what SVG files…

Dan Knauss

January 22, 2021

Lewis Warren explains what SVG files are, what they're used for, and why developers should be using them: "SVGs are easier to manage, will improve the load speed of your web pages, and won’t require an update every time a…

🛒 If you build WooCommerce sites…

Dan Knauss

January 22, 2021

🛒 If you build WooCommerce sites or have products and services for WooCommerce, please spend a few minutes filling out this survey from Do The Woo to let them know how 2020 played out for you.

Nice to see Jetpack listens to…

Dan Knauss

January 22, 2021

Nice to see Jetpack listens to feedback — and criticism. 🙂

GiveWP has over 100,000 users now,…

Dan Knauss

January 22, 2021

GiveWP has over 100,000 users now, and on February 5th at noon Pacific Time they are holding an "online gathering" of music and giveaways. 🎵

Drew DeVault believes that “open source…

Dan Knauss

January 22, 2021

Drew DeVault believes that "open source means surrendering your monopoly over commercial exploitation." 💡

With all the talk about Full-Site…

Dan Knauss

January 22, 2021

With all the talk about Full-Site Editing (FSE) coming to WordPress, you may want to read Fränk Klein's post on what he learned from building a full-site editing theme. 🎨 Fränk believes "The introduction of Full-Site Editing in WordPress will…

For those following accessibility news, WCAG…

Dan Knauss

January 22, 2021

For those following accessibility news, WCAG 3 is in the works. Shawn Lawton Henry and Jeanne Spellman explain what to expect from it. They discuss the new approach WCAG 3 represents and the ways it differs from WCAG 2. Wilco…

Malte Ubl, an engineer at Google,…

Dan Knauss

January 22, 2021

Malte Ubl, an engineer at Google, has some tips for optimizing image loading in 2021. He demonstrates eight techniques in the form of annotated HTML "to make it easy for folks to reproduce the results." 💨

🔒 Restrict Content Pro has acquired…

Dan Knauss

January 22, 2021

🔒 Restrict Content Pro has acquired Skillful Plugins, a company that has been building Restrict Content Pro plugins for some time, including the Restrict Content Pro – Avatax plugin and the View Limit plugin. Started by Tanner Moushey, Skillful Plugins…