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MonsterContracts offers contracts designed for WordPress…

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Dan Knauss

MonsterContracts offers contracts designed for WordPress freelancers, solopreneurs, teams and agencies who work with clients. I've seen a lot of polished contracts shared over the years, but this is the first I've seen it turned into a niche commercial legal…

Chris Lema nails it again: how…

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Dan Knauss

Chris Lema nails it again: how to respond to the question "Is that your BEST price?" from potential customers to your proposal. Chris reminds us that someone out there will always present a cheaper price, so don't race to the…

Video and podcast picks

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Brian Krogsgard
📹 Here's my video pick of the week: There's an interesting discussion at the Gutenberg Times between Enrique Piqueras and Birgit Pauli-Haack about the highlights of a full-site editing experience and how block-based themes could work. Francesca Marano has two…

Dev Notes

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Brian Krogsgard

Francesca Marano wrote a refresher on what…

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Brian Krogsgard

Francesca Marano wrote a refresher on what it means to be a component maintainer and who qualifies. (Being a maintainer and a committer are two separate things.) Francesca says "a passion for your component" is "the most important thing" — and…

For those who wanted a full…

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Brian Krogsgard

For those who wanted a full list of private functions and classes in WordPress core, Jonny Harris has provided one. He notes: "I created the list to add it to the WP coding standards, to highlight to developers that they…

Carl Alexander explains why raising the…

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Brian Krogsgard

Carl Alexander explains why raising the minimum PHP version in WordPress doesn't make it a "modern PHP project." The also lists the steps that could be taken now to close that gap. In a follow-up tweet, Carl added, "I think…

Claire Brotherton analyzed the accessibility of…

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Brian Krogsgard

Claire Brotherton analyzed the accessibility of two WordPress page builders side by side: Beaver Builder and Elementor. Claire's tests are extensive; they include widgets and UI. Results appear to be a mixed bag, with both plugins still having more work…

If you ever wanted to develop…

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Brian Krogsgard

If you ever wanted to develop expertise in browsers, Eric Law has put together an impressive list, from books to tools. 📚

🏕️ WordCamp websites now have more…

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Brian Krogsgard

🏕️ WordCamp websites now have more "app-like" PWA ("Progressive Web App") features. This means cached pages and assets are available offline, so if someone visits the schedule page and loses their internet connection they’ll still be able to load the…

Zac Gordon announced the new GatsbyWPThemes.com…

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Brian Krogsgard

Zac Gordon announced the new GatsbyWPThemes.com site, which is devoted to Gatsby themes for use with WordPress. You can preview some of the themes and plugins now, and there will be more to come.

Sarah Drasner over at Smashing Magazine…

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Brian Krogsgard

Sarah Drasner over at Smashing Magazine documents how to create a headless WordPress Site "on the JAMstack." She sets up a Vue application with Nuxt and pulls posts via the WordPress API. A demo with source code is provided. 🗣️

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