WordPress News

Cloudflare has implemented an Automatic Platform…

Dan Knauss

October 9, 2020

Cloudflare has implemented an Automatic Platform Optimization for WordPress. It includes improvements in speed for sites that might be slowed down a bit by plugins or hosting limitations effectively creating a "zero-config edge HTML caching solution." Garrett Galow explains: "Our…

iThemes has announced its acquisition of…

Dan Knauss

October 9, 2020

iThemes has announced its acquisition of WPComplete, an easy-to-use, interactive course completion plugin for WordPress. 👏

Bob Dunn has announced the launch…

Dan Knauss

October 9, 2020

Bob Dunn has announced the launch of DotheWoo.io, a website to connect the WooCommerce builder community: "I believe that there is a need for a central location to help connect those who build WooCommerce sites, products and services. These people…

Helen Hou-Sandi revisits “starter content” which…

Dan Knauss

October 9, 2020

Helen Hou-Sandi revisits "starter content" which had its beginnings in WordPress 4.7: "We will want to strike a balance between showing users what they can do and adding too many individual pieces of content that have to be tracked down…

A long-standing goal of the WordPress…

Dan Knauss

October 9, 2020

A long-standing goal of the WordPress project is to be compatible with new versions of PHP on release day. There's a call right now for both manual and automated testing to ensure the core codebase is ready for PHP 8.0.…

Chris Coyier has a new and…

Dan Knauss

October 9, 2020

Chris Coyier has a new and lengthy but highly consumable essay on the subject of "The Widening Responsibility for Front-End Developers." Chris touches on the increasing burdens of the role as well as its joys: "Being a front-end developer puts…

Ali Spittel acknowledges writing blog posts…

Dan Knauss

October 9, 2020

Ali Spittel acknowledges writing blog posts can be "pretty tricky" and has shared what I think is some great advice for writing posts. Ali covers everything from finding a topic, writing a first draft, revisions, visuals, and publishing. ✍️ Ali…

Timi Wahalahti has created a plugin…

Dan Knauss

October 9, 2020

Timi Wahalahti has created a plugin that lets back end users choose a post from any site in a WordPress Multisite network through an ACF field. 🔌

Sami Keijonen shows how to use…

Dan Knauss

October 9, 2020

Sami Keijonen shows how to use WordPress and Eleventy together with the block editor "as usual" on the back end but with the front end served by Eleventy. 💡 The main reasons for doing this, according to Sami, are "Security.…

Jean-Baptiste Audras released a small WordPress…

Dan Knauss

October 9, 2020

Jean-Baptiste Audras released a small WordPress plugin called Image Licensing Schema that allows WordPress site administrators to enjoy the benefits of a new Google Images feature. The plugin gives "you an easy way to manage your structured data for Google…

GitHub is changing the default branch…

Dan Knauss

October 9, 2020

GitHub is changing the default branch name on all new repositories from master to main. Mike McBride shows how to update some (or all) of your existing repositories to use "main" (or another term of your choice) as well.

Dōvy Paukstys’ Redux interface framework recently…

Dan Knauss

October 9, 2020

Dōvy Paukstys' Redux interface framework recently surpassed one million active installations. 👏 Redux is one of the first popular Gutenberg-related WordPress plugins that added a library of blocks and block templates to WordPress.

Joe Casabona’s WPYearInReview project has met…

Dan Knauss

October 9, 2020

Joe Casabona's WPYearInReview project has met its crowdfunding goal. 🥳 This content project will feature a video tutorial series, an interview series with WordCamp speakers, and an eBook that goes over how WordPress and its ecosystem has changed in the…

Application Passwords are scheduled to be…

Dan Knauss

October 9, 2020

Application Passwords are scheduled to be shipped along with WordPress 5.6, and if you have any input to offer, now's the time to add your two cents. Application Passwords make it easy to revoke any individual application password or completely…