WordPress News

Congrats to Patrick Rauland for his…

Dan Knauss

February 4, 2020

Congrats to Patrick Rauland for his new position as Product Marketing Manager for WooCommerce at Nexcess, which is now a Liquid Web brand. Patrick explains the job and his enthusiasm for it on his blog. 🙌 CORY'S TAKE 💥 Patrick's…

Mike Schroder explains how the media…

Dan Knauss

February 4, 2020

Mike Schroder explains how the media upload request worked before WordPress 5.3 and how it works now. This is a great resource for WordPress developers. 📷🎵

Here’s an interesting case of someone…

Dan Knauss

February 4, 2020

Here's an interesting case of someone monetizing a browser extension (one that scans CSS in a browser) and reaching $70k over 18 months. 🤑 If you also haven't heard of Indie Hackers but want more monetization stories like this one,…

Tim Nash explains and evaluates several…

Dan Knauss

February 4, 2020

Tim Nash explains and evaluates several strategies for updating WordPress core, plugins, and themes. He also talks about error monitoring, acceptance testing, and visual regression testing. It's a good reminder of how updates aren't automatic for some sites, but for…

This looks like a very handy…

Dan Knauss

February 4, 2020

This looks like a very handy developer's guide to designing and building fully accessible websites. 📗 Created by Zugang für Alle (Access for all), the guide is based strictly on the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1).

Felix Arntz has a possible solution…

Dan Knauss

February 4, 2020

Felix Arntz has a possible solution for lazy loading images in WordPress core and is calling for testing it in a feature plugin (WP Lazy). 💤 "With WordPress enabling native lazy-loading by default, it would significantly impact performance and user…

If you do JavaScript development, then…

Dan Knauss

February 4, 2020

If you do JavaScript development, then you might enjoy this piece from Joe Eames on why the import statement is so confusing. 😕

Rafal Tomal posted a review of…

Dan Knauss

February 4, 2020

Design

Rafal Tomal posted a review of 2019, which he describes as a time of personal rediscovery. Rafal formed a design studio called Authentik (now rebranded as Good People Digital) and left it at the end of the year to go…

Bruce Lawson shows why you should…

Dan Knauss

February 4, 2020

Bruce Lawson shows why you should choose HTML5 article over section elements in this nifty article at Smashing Magazine. Article elements aren't just for blog posts — they're for any self-contained item. Bruce also explains the HTML tags that are…

For those who write blogs or…

Dan Knauss

February 4, 2020

For those who write blogs or manage content for their company site, Igor Benić suggests using Trello as a blog planner. Igor shows you how Trello can be used, not how it must be used. Naturally, "you are free to…

Lucas Bustamante says writing good code…

Dan Knauss

February 4, 2020

Lucas Bustamante says writing good code is completely feasible "if you care for your craft, keep pursuing your own improvement and aim high." 🚀 For developers, Lucas has some specific suggestions for self-improvement: "use PSR-4" (maybe it will land in…

Working on multiple things, and working with partners

Brian Krogsgard

February 3, 2020

BusinessDraft

In this episode of Post Status Draft, Brian and Cory talk about balancing multiple projects, and working with partners.

What is a blog?

Brian Krogsgard

February 1, 2020

WordPress News

WordPress.com got a mention on a recent episode of Jeopardy, and a few people noticed. 📺

WP Fusion Drive

Brian Krogsgard

January 27, 2020

Business

I always enjoy annual reflections from business owners in the WordPress space, but this one went above and beyond. Going into this level of detail is a rare and valuable source of insight.

If you want to start reading…

Dan Knauss

January 25, 2020

If you want to start reading ahead for PHP 8, follow this post from Brent Roose as it evolves. There is quite a bit of information to read already. I'm particularly interested in the JIT ("just in time") compiler that…

In development since November, WooCommerce 3.9…

Dan Knauss

January 25, 2020

In development since November, WooCommerce 3.9 is out with 600 commits from 18 contributors. This is a minor release, but it ships with WooCommerce Blocks 2.5.11, MaxMind Geolocation Integration, and it raises the minimum WordPress and PHP version requirements to…