WordPress News

SEJ notes that Google Chrome 86…

Dan Knauss

August 28, 2020

SEJ notes that Google Chrome 86 will show two warnings to users submitting insecure forms over the HTTPS protocol. ⚠️ Users who ignore an initial warning and then try to submit the form will receive a final warning that blocks…

Justin Ahinon has a proposal for…

Dan Knauss

August 28, 2020

Justin Ahinon has a proposal for a new approach to Gutenberg developer documentation. Justin recently volunteered to be the Gutenberg developer documentation team representative. In his proposal, he asks for feedback in the comments. I have heard from several developers…

Timi Wahalahti reviewed some of the…

Dan Knauss

August 28, 2020

Timi Wahalahti reviewed some of the changes and improvements that have been happening at WordCamp.org over the past half-year. 🏕️

Ellen Bauer, a front-end developer at…

Dan Knauss

August 28, 2020

Ellen Bauer, a front-end developer at Elmastudio, announced the release of Aino Blocks. This plugin brings you a collection of page building blocks for the Gutenberg editor that can optionally work with a free Aino theme. Ellen is looking for…

📅 Conference and Event Updates WordSesh…

Dan Knauss

August 28, 2020

Business

📅 Conference and Event Updates WordSesh is back and happening on September 2nd. Registration is free! Take a close look at the schedule — it might start very early if you live in North America. This time around there will…

WordPress 5.5 Release WordPress 5.5 “Eckstine”…

Dan Knauss

August 12, 2020

WordPress 5.5 Release WordPress 5.5 "Eckstine" was released this week, and so far it has been getting good reviews and feedback. The top three areas of focus were speed, search — with a new sitemap addition to core — and…

Ad Astra Per Aspera Last week,…

Dan Knauss

August 12, 2020

Ad Astra Per Aspera Last week, the popular Astra theme was suspended from the theme directory for five weeks because it was "violating prohibitions on affiliate links.” Search Engine Journal talked to the theme review team and Brainstorm Force (the…

Mozilla vs. The Bottom Line Sad…

Dan Knauss

August 12, 2020

Mozilla vs. The Bottom Line Sad news from Mozilla — the company has laid off 250 people. If that wasn't bad enough, it appears that certain features in Firefox that many developers treasure may be vastly reduced or simply eliminated…

Mozilla is also going to stop…

Dan Knauss

August 12, 2020

Mozilla is also going to stop trusting SSL certificates issued for more than a year. This applies to new certificates issued on or after 1 September 2020. If you have an existing two-year certificate, you can continue to use it…

🧪 A proposal from Francesca Marano…

Dan Knauss

August 12, 2020

🧪 A proposal from Francesca Marano aims at bringing E2E (End-to-End) testing to WordPress core: "E2E testing tests the higher-level functionality of an application that the user sees, typically including the interface and the inputs and controls that the user…

After WordCamp US was cancelled, Joe…

Dan Knauss

August 12, 2020

After WordCamp US was cancelled, Joe Casabona shared some thoughts on virtual event fatigue. He says he starting noticing it during his webinar series. 😫 Joe proposes a way to solve virtual event fatigue — make the events asynchronous and…

Joe Howard explains at Torque how…

Dan Knauss

August 12, 2020

Security

Joe Howard explains at Torque how to begin developing headless WordPress sites. The main advantages are flexibility and control, easier multi-channel content publishing, and better security and speed. 👤🪓 Joe names three tools to help you get started: GraphQL API,…

Troy Hunt is open-sourcing the “Have…

Dan Knauss

August 12, 2020

Troy Hunt is open-sourcing the "Have I Been Pwned" codebase. He explains his reasoning and what it will take for this massive project to continue. 🔒

Iain Poulson recently launched Plugin Rank,…

Dan Knauss

August 12, 2020

Iain Poulson recently launched Plugin Rank, an SEO tool for developers who want to monitor their rankings and performance relative to competitors. 👀 A similar freemium plugin exists in the WordPress repo from Rank Math.

Laws of UX is a collection…

Dan Knauss

August 12, 2020

Laws of UX is a collection of established maxims and principles from Jon Yablonski that designers should take to heart when building user interfaces. ⚖️