Gutenberg 7.3 has rolled with lots…
Dan Knauss
Gutenberg 7.3 has rolled with lots of bugfixes, enhancements, and performance gains. The most notable new features are the text and background color selectors. 🎨
StudioPress announced recently a new theme…
Dan Knauss
StudioPress announced recently a new theme using their Genesis framework, Navigation Pro. They described it as their "first theme to make building pages even easier, by delivering theme-specific Sections and Layouts via Atomic Blocks." ⚛️ Originally developed for Array themes,…
As Rich Tabor announced on Twitter…
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As Rich Tabor announced on Twitter recently, the GoDaddy "Go" Gutenberg-first WordPress theme is available on the WordPress theme directory.
Tim Nash shares how one might…
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Tim Nash shares how one might go about finding all the Gutenberg Blocks used on a site. It's more complicated than you think. Tim also shares five languages he thinks WordPress Developers should learn in 2020: PHP 7, Javascript and…
PublishPress has some unusual listicles that…
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PublishPress has some unusual listicles that might warrant some attention: federal websites that use WordPress, and state governments that have WordPress websites. It would be interesting to see similar lists for countries other than the United States. 🌏
Cristina Holt from WebDevStudios shares some…
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Cristina Holt from WebDevStudios shares some tips for leading a remote work team: 👩‍💻 Require a direct communication tool for all employees. Ensure your company has solid process documentation in place. Trust your employees and avoid micromanagement by setting clear…
Two members of the WordPress leadership…
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Two members of the WordPress leadership team need the public's votes to win in the first-ever Community Industry Awards. Andrea Middleton was nominated for Executive Leader of a Community Team. Josepha Haden Chomphosy was nominated for Community Professional of the…
If you’ve heard the term “JAMstack”…
Dan Knauss
If you've heard the term "JAMstack" in developer circles but aren't sure what it includes, you will appreciate this post from Lee Warrick.
Cathi Bosco explains why she finds…
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Cathi Bosco explains why she finds it important to contribute to the WordPress governance project: "WordPress cannot expect to be leading the way to democratize publishing without basic governance in place."
After a one-year hiatus, CMB2 —…
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After a one-year hiatus, CMB2 — a "developer's toolkit" for building metaboxes, custom fields, and forms for WordPress — has released a new version. Justin Sternberg breaks down some of the enhancements and features, including text, textarea, and WYSIWYG character counter…
10up released Autoshare, a plugin that…
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10up released Autoshare, a plugin that automatically tweets your posts as soon as they’re published. Autoshare integrates nicely with the Gutenberg publishing flow. Once you click the publish button, the plugin sends your post's title, featured image, and link to…
Jeff Ong at ThemeShaper shares how…
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Jeff Ong at ThemeShaper shares how to create a block-based theme using block templates that can be fully edited with Gutenberg — including headers, footers, and sidebars. As of Gutenberg 7.2.0, block templates are an experimental feature on the path…
Tiny helpers is a website that…
Dan Knauss
Tiny helpers is a website that curates a list of "free single-purpose online tools" for web developers. Worth checking out. 🛠️
Sand Dollars Pippin Williamson has written…
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Sand Dollars Pippin Williamson has written another year-end review post about Sandhills Development — what they achieved and the struggles they encountered. This post is very detailed and lengthy as we have come to expect. Pippin notes his company has…
Jason Bahl notes that if you’re…
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Jason Bahl notes that if you're following the WPGraphQL project, this upcoming release "might be one of the more exciting ones yet." 🥳
If you are looking for CSS…
Dan Knauss
If you are looking for CSS animation libraries, here is a recent "top ten" list that goes into great detail. It's published on DEV, which I'm reading more and more these days compared to Medium, which I'm reading less and…
