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. š
Here's Nick Hamze on building Gutenberg blocks for the next generation: "Give blocks a chance and maybe ask your kids what theyād like their WordPress to look like." This is a good read, and it takes on a subject Iā¦
WP Landing Kit has launched. Built by Phil Kurth and Jason Schuller, it maps domains to posts, pages, WooCommerce products, or any other custom post type item without the need for WordPress Multisite. š¬
New books š of note: Building Web Apps with WordPress: WordPress as an Application Framework by Brian Messenlehner and Jason ColemanĀ is available in print and digital forms from O'Reilly. Justin Tadlock, Brad Williams, and John James Jacoby will be publishingā¦
Michael Beckwith has shared an impressive list of IndieWeb plugins for WordPress and the terminology and concepts that go with them. If you're curious (or confused) about this community and movement, this is a must-read. Michael covers IndieWeb Core, Webmentions,ā¦
Brad Touesnard did a review of 2019 for his company, Delicious Brains. After launching two products and working toward a major release of WP Migrate DB Pro, Brad notes that they're doing very well and plan to "step up [their]ā¦
Aaron Jorbin shares his thoughts on keynotes at WordCamps. "Not every WordCamp needs a keynote. Itās far from a requirement... Keynotes should leave the audience asking questions of themselves, and this should be for just about everyone in the audience."
Scott Kingsley Clark is asking for donations to support the Pods Framework this year. Automattic has withdrawn its sponsorship of the project, which has provided 90% of the Pods team's total funding. Understandably, Automattic "want[s] to focus their funding onā¦
As part of a "month in WordPress" review, Angela Jin mentioned that the WordPress meetup program crossed the 800-group mark this month! More than 100 countries are represented. š
I agree with Nile Flores that WordCamps need more workshops and talks for beginners: WordCamp US and WordCamp Europe donāt cater to the beginner user... If youāre going to talk about being inclusive and wanting to encourage newbies to embraceā¦
Party Block Admin Mel Choyce-Dwan posted an update to the "block directory" project. As Mel explains, building the directory in the WordPress admin interface presents some "opportunities to redesign certain existing patterns" there. š§ Check out Mel's post to seeā¦
Ultra Prominent Speak Aaron Jorbin shared some "random thoughts" on his block about WordCamps and travel: Itās important for people who can be considered 'Names' to make space for the next group of contributors, and this includes not speaking allā¦
During WordCamp US Contributor Day 2019, the Design Team explored a number of ideas for an author card block. Joshua Wold has shared some of the mockups, along with the thinking that has gone into the process so far. š¤
Verge Engine Optimization Max Rice, co-founder and CEO of SkyVerge ā a prominent seller of plugins for WooCommerce ā shares how his team started this $350k/month business. š Max walks the reader the process of designing, prototyping, and manufacturing theirā¦
OOP Therapy Tyler Smith discusses how WordPress's functions.php can be simplified with OOP. What if we had a theme object that we could perform these actions on with a simple, object-oriented API?