WordPress News

Burn After Reading Here’s another impressive…

Dan Knauss

January 20, 2020

Burn After Reading Here's another impressive "what we are reading" list from the regulars at CSS Tricks. It will keep you busy for a good chunk of the year! Chris Coyier, Sarah Drasner, Geoff Graham, and Robin Rendle weigh in…

Cody Landefeld has put together a…

Dan Knauss

January 20, 2020

Security

Cody Landefeld has put together a handy SEO guide for WooCommerce users. Cody advises you to start with the Yoast WooCommerce SEO Plugin, but there are many tips about speed and security too. 🛒

Cookie Beatdown Thanks to the “SameSite”…

Dan Knauss

January 20, 2020

Cookie Beatdown Thanks to the "SameSite" policy that is coming soon in Chrome 80, some potentially "promiscuous" ways cookies can behave will go away. 🍪 Troy Hunt argues on his blog that this change "takes us towards a more 'secure…

Hello Dollie Dollie turns WordPress premium…

Dan Knauss

January 20, 2020

Hello Dollie Dollie turns WordPress premium themes and plugins into "click-to-launch pre-made websites for customers." Hat tip to Bowe Frankema who alerted me to this. It looks great, and I'm looking forward to digging into it soon. 🎩

Congrats to Andrea Middleton and Josepha…

Dan Knauss

January 20, 2020

Congrats to Andrea Middleton and Josepha Haden for being nominated for the first Community Industry Awards (CMX) for their work in the WordPress community. If you have a few minutes, they could use your vote. 🗳️

Microsoft’s new Chromium-based Edge browser is…

Dan Knauss

January 20, 2020

Microsoft's new Chromium-based Edge browser is now generally available. So far, it works just as fine with WordPress as you would expect.

HaPHPy Birthday Drupal has turned 19.…

Dan Knauss

January 20, 2020

HaPHPy Birthday Drupal has turned 19. Congrats to Dries Buytaert and the entire Drupal community for their wonderful achievement. 🎂

WordPress and Ajax 3rd Edition is…

Dan Knauss

January 20, 2020

WordPress and Ajax 3rd Edition is a book that is "being written in the open." You can leave feedback in the form of comments so Ronald Huereca and Vivien Anayian can shape the book towards the reader. ✍️

Luca Mezzalira shares some tips on…

Dan Knauss

January 20, 2020

Luca Mezzalira shares some tips on "micro-frontends" — an architectural style in frontend apps. There are four pillars in any micro-frontends project: definition, composition, route, and communication. 🏛️

How Am I Self-Hosted to Live…

Dan Knauss

January 20, 2020

Hosting

How Am I Self-Hosted to Live Without You? Barry Pollard examines when and how you should consider hosting your own Google fonts.

Zac Gordon outlines his plans at…

Dan Knauss

January 20, 2020

Zac Gordon outlines his plans at JavaScript for WordPress. More bootcamps and books are coming along with a platform for new teachers. Also mentioned: a focus on new speakers and MCs for conferences. 🎤

Brent Roose offers some benchmarks that…

Dan Knauss

January 20, 2020

Brent Roose offers some benchmarks that feature the new preloading feature in PHP 7.4. Brent says, "I think it's safe to say that preloading... will have a positive performance impact, also on real-life projects built upon a full-blown framework." 🚆

Dan Abramov recently published “Goodbye, Clean…

Dan Knauss

January 20, 2020

Dan Abramov recently published "Goodbye, Clean Code." Attempting to be clever and code cleanly didn't turn out the way Dan hoped. 🛁 He shares his mistakes and considers when developers should think deeply about the impact of their work on…

Introducing a new chapter, with Cory Miller as Post Status partner

Brian Krogsgard

January 16, 2020

BusinessDraft

Cory Miller is now a co-owner and Partner of Post Status. He's purchased half of the business and will help run and grow it moving forward.

Ella van Durpe notes “the first…

Dan Knauss

January 9, 2020

Design

Ella van Durpe notes "the first Gutenberg release of 2020 includes not less than 180 PRs 😍crafted by more than 56 contributors." Highlights include a new block for multiple buttons, accessibility improvements to the editing interface, and a refactoring of…

Haris Zulfiqar says he is “betting…

Dan Knauss

January 9, 2020

Haris Zulfiqar says he is "betting on Gutenberg" because it's addressing the needs that page builders currently fill, although Gutenberg will never (in Haris's opinion) replace them. 🃏