WordPress News

The Google Podcasts Manager was released…

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2020

The Google Podcasts Manager was released last week — a new tool to help podcasters gain insights into the evolving habits of podcast listeners "so they can better understand their audiences and reach them across Google products." I am not…

DAVID’S PICKS 📬 Podcast Picks 🎙️…

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2020

Business

DAVID'S PICKS 📬 Podcast Picks 🎙️ Here are some podcasts I've listened to recently that I enjoyed: Women in WP: I really enjoy this podcast, and the latest episode features Sheree Chambers on her transition from building sites with Joomla…

CORY’S TAKE 💥 Through my new…

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2020

CORY'S TAKE 💥 Through my new physical goods venture (TheVidaBars) I dug into sales tax with Avalara. Talking with my rep this morning, I asked about trends in eCommerce. He shared this post on COVID's sales impact as they are…

WordPress Strong is so great. Just…

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2020

WordPress Strong is so great. Just go and watch it. And thanks to Zack from GravityView for making it happen. 💪

WordPress 5.4.1 dropped this week. It’s…

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2020

Security

WordPress 5.4.1 dropped this week. It's a short-cycle security and maintenance release focused on seven security issues that affected WordPress 5.4 and earlier versions. If you haven’t yet updated to 5.4, all WordPress versions since 3.7 have also been updated.…

The latest version of the Gutenberg…

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2020

The latest version of the Gutenberg plugin (8.0) has some interesting enhancements and useful bug fixes: To allow users to browse and insert block patterns, a new tab-panel interface has been added to the Block Inserter. There is now a…

For a quick overview of the…

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2020

For a quick overview of the current contributor efforts, Josepha Haden has assembled a great summary of the projects at wordpress.org within the first quarter of 2020. 🙏

🛒 Two big developments in the eCommerce…

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2020

🛒 Two big developments in the eCommerce space are worth your attention: FedEx and BigCommerce have formed a partnership that (among other things) will give BigCommerce merchants enhanced shipping capabilities. Shopify released a new mobile shopping app that allows users to…

I really like the site redesign…

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2020

Design

I really like the site redesign at WPBuffs. Joe Howard explains why it was needed and what went into it in terms of time and costs. 👷‍♀️ Joe says 90% of the redesign came together in about two months using…

🏫 Cory and partner Jeff Meziere just…

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2020

Business

🏫 Cory and partner Jeff Meziere just soft-launched the Business Value Academy to help entrepreneurs focus on building profitable, healthy and valuable businesses. They have a free webinar coming up on Thursday (May 7) where they'll be sharing their Business Value Mindset. CORY'S…

Carl Alexander tells the story of…

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2020

Carl Alexander tells the story of how he and Adam Wathan wrote a book in markdown. Carl built a markdown-to-PDF app for this project. 📗

The BuddyPress 6.0 release candidate is…

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2020

The BuddyPress 6.0 release candidate is out. BuddyPress 6.0.0 is slated for release on Thursday, May 14. 📅

🤔 Tom Fanelli shares what he thinks…

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2020

Hosting

🤔 Tom Fanelli shares what he thinks are the most significant challenges facing WordPress: Unreliable hosting that doesn't scale efficiently. A disconnect between hosting capacity and actual demand at the level of people visiting a site. Tom predicts "Hosting companies that…

Tess Gadd shares a UI cheat…

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2020

Tess Gadd shares a UI cheat sheet for form dropdowns for front-end developers, including different states, what the placeholder should say, when and when not to use a dropdown, accessibility checklists — and more. This is great information to know…

Carl Tashian shares some helpful SSH…

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2020

Carl Tashian shares some helpful SSH tips and tricks — including five different ways to add a second factor to your SSH connections and how to share a remote terminal session with a friend without using Zoom. 😲

Tony Perez is concerned the open…

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2020

Tony Perez is concerned the open web is dying, and the pandemic is "the perfect event to push the pendulum out of balance" when it comes to privacy, autonomy, and openness. 😨 I am a bit more optimistic about Apple…