WordPress News

The 2020 Web Almanac’s Markup chapter…

Dan Knauss

November 16, 2020

The 2020 Web Almanac’s Markup chapter is available now with some interesting statistics based on the analysis of over 7 million web pages. Find out what HTML elements and markup are being used the most, and which aren't. 📊 You…

Google has provided a target date…

Dan Knauss

November 16, 2020

Google has provided a target date in May 2021 for when "Core Web Vitals" will be an official ranking factor in Google search results. 🎯 They recommend doing a sitewide audit of your pages. Identify where there is room for…

10up has announced some updates to…

Dan Knauss

November 16, 2020

10up has announced some updates to its ClassifAI plugin, which augments WordPress sites with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technology. 🧠🤖 The new release adds automated text scanning of uploaded images, including screenshots, using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. By…

I’ve received a lot of pings…

Dan Knauss

November 16, 2020

I've received a lot of pings on Post Status Slack about the Biden-Harris Transition Website. It uses WordPress and is hosted by Automattic. WPTavern noticed as well. 🙌

🧡 There is a call for…

Dan Knauss

November 16, 2020

🧡 There is a call for speakers for WordFest Live 2021 which happens online on January 22, 2021. 📅

Scott Bolinger explains the difference between…

Dan Knauss

November 16, 2020

Scott Bolinger explains the difference between WordPress options and transients, which is useful to understand if you are a WordPress developer: "Transients expire, options don’t. Use transients for a single value you only need temporarily, use options for persistent values…

📣 If you’d like your discount…

Dan Knauss

November 6, 2020

📣 If you'd like your discount sale promotion to be included in our Black Friday and Cyber Monday WordPress Deals for 2020, please submit the details here by Nov. 11, 2020. 🎁

WordPress 5.6 Beta 3 is available…

Dan Knauss

November 6, 2020

WordPress 5.6 Beta 3 is available for testing. It includes newly added block patterns for the Twenty Twenty and Twenty Nineteen themes. WordPress 5.6 is still slated for release on December 8. 📅 Speaking of core updates, something unusual happened…

bbPress 2.6.6 is a minor release…

Dan Knauss

November 6, 2020

bbPress 2.6.6 is a minor release that's available now. It fixes some PHP warnings and notices, "some output formatting bugs and improves a few different moderator experiences," according to John James Jacoby. 🐛

The WordCamp.org URL migration is complete…

Dan Knauss

November 6, 2020

The WordCamp.org URL migration is complete and should help address some "significant SEO problems." 🔧 The structure has changed from year.city.wordcamp.org to city.wordcamp.org/year.

Some very good news from Maarten…

Dan Knauss

November 6, 2020

Some very good news from Maarten Botterman, ICANN's Board Chair: ICANN has voted to reject the sale of the .ORG registry to private equity firm Ethos Capital. This is a major victory for the millions of nonprofits, civil society organizations,…

Uncanny Owl, the Toronto-based parent company…

Dan Knauss

November 6, 2020

Uncanny Owl, the Toronto-based parent company for the Uncanny Automator plugin, has joined the WPBeginner Growth Fund. 🤝 Syed Balkhi details how the plugin works — "Zapier for WordPress" — and explains why he felt it was wise to take…

What is the most effective way…

Dan Knauss

November 6, 2020

What is the most effective way to reuse code within a single or multi-block plugin? Leonardo Losoviz has the answer. 👨‍💻

Spearhead is a beautiful “blank canvas”…

Dan Knauss

November 6, 2020

Spearhead is a beautiful "blank canvas" WordPress theme that was originally developed for the Spearhead podcast. Designed by Cece Yu and others, it is the first theme on WordPress.com to support dark mode. 🕶️ The theme should be coming soon…

Suzanne Scacca offers suggestions for designers…

Dan Knauss

November 6, 2020

Suzanne Scacca offers suggestions for designers to get some value out of designs "that didn't make the cut." Suzanne's advice: Try putting them aside in "a dedicated folder" to use for another project. You could even "templatize your unused designs...…

WordPress 5.6 Beta 2 is available…

Dan Knauss

October 29, 2020

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WordPress 5.6 Beta 2 is available for testing. WordPress 5.6 is still slated for release on December 8. 📅 In the meantime, you will want to upgrade to WordPress 5.5.2, which was released on Thursday. It features 14 bug fixes…