The Clone Page Tree plugin adds…
Dan Knauss
The Clone Page Tree plugin adds an action to the page row actions for duplicating the entire hierarchy of parent and child pages. 🌳
Wordfence has launched Fast or Slow,…
Dan Knauss
Wordfence has launched Fast or Slow, which was born from the idea "to develop a way to measure real-world performance from around the world, and an easy way to read and interpret the results." 💨 This free online service provides…
Drupal’s founder and project lead, Dries…
Dan Knauss
Drupal's founder and project lead, Dries Buytaert, asks, "Is open source is recession-proof?" Looking back over the past, Dries think open source "will continue to grow and win." He is "optimistic" it "will continue to grow and expand, and that…
Ben Pines of Elementor suggests four…
Dan Knauss
Ben Pines of Elementor suggests four ways to prepare for the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on your business: Keep expenses to a minimum. Sort and prioritize your portfolio. Learn new skills. Find alternate ways to connect with clients.
Taking care of your mental health in uncertain times, with Dr. Sherry Walling
Brian Krogsgard
In this episode of Post Status Draft, Cory Miller does a live Q&A webinar with Dr. Sherry Walling on mental health in uncertain times.
Dealing with Fear, Worry, Uncertainty
Cory Miller
I'm hosting a live conversation and anonymous Q&A with Dr. Sherry Walling of ZenFounder Wednesday, March 18 at 2 p.m. Central to talk about managing our mental health in this time of uncertainty. Signup here and share broadly If…
WordCamp Updates WordCamp Europe is the…
Dan Knauss
WordCamp Updates WordCamp Europe is the latest (and the largest) WordCamp to be canceled due to COVID-19. 🦠 Angela Jin has posted a list of WordCamps that have been canceled or postponed. As WordCamp organizers make further announcements, this list…
My Default The second release candidate…
Dan Knauss
My Default The second release candidate for WordPress 5.4 is available now. The release is still targeted for March 31st. Riad Benguella announced that fullscreen mode will be activated by default in the visual editor starting with this release: "Note…
An Admin After My Own Cart…
Dan Knauss
An Admin After My Own Cart WooCommerce 4.0 was released this week with over 740 commits from 21 contributors. This includes the new version of the Admin interface, which is a "first step towards a more modern JavaScript-driven experience." 🛍️…
Block Test Patterns Rich Tabor explains…
Dan Knauss
Block Test Patterns Rich Tabor explains why block patterns are the future of page building in WordPress. He also describes what a Block Patterns API may look like. 🏗️ Right now you can copy whole templated sections of block patterns…
Beta Quarantine Shopify is giving its…
Dan Knauss
Beta Quarantine Shopify is giving its employees a nice stipend for office equipment while they work from home. 🏘️ The Canadian company already has over a thousand remote employees, but starting March 16, the whole company (~5,000 people) will be…
Jeff Matson examines the benefits and…
Dan Knauss
Jeff Matson examines the benefits and drawbacks of WordPress' open source ecosystem, including the dangers of a "nulled" copy of a theme or plugin whose licensing has been stripped. ⚖️
If you are interested in how…
Dan Knauss
If you are interested in how the Just In Time (JIT) compiler works in the upcoming release of PHP 8, read this very accessible post from Níckolas Da Silva. ⏰
Matt Shaw explains why delivering WordPress…
Dan Knauss
Matt Shaw explains why delivering WordPress media directly from S3 is a bad idea. Try using WP Offload Media to deliver assets via Amazon CloudFront instead. ☁️ Due to recent changes in certain browsers, Barry Pollard advises "setting width and…
Josepha Haden hopes to see “a…
Dan Knauss
Josepha Haden hopes to see "a release squad comprised entirely of people who identify as women" by the end of 2020: "We’ll be able to increase the number women who have that experience and (hopefully) become returning contributors to Core…
The rubber band recession
Brian Krogsgard
I am not a professional analyst of the economy. But even for the professionals, there are significant uncertainties. I don’t mean to strike fear with this post. I mean to encourage preparedness — or at least as much as we…
