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Here’s Nick Hamze on building Gutenberg…

Dan Knauss

January 9, 2020

Here's Nick Hamze on building Gutenberg blocks for the next generation: "Give blocks a chance and maybe ask your kids what they’d like their WordPress to look like." This is a good read, and it takes on a subject I…

WP Landing Kit has launched. Built…

Dan Knauss

January 9, 2020

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. 🛬

New books 📚 of note: Building…

Dan Knauss

January 9, 2020

New books 📚 of note: Building Web Apps with WordPress: WordPress as an Application Framework by Brian Messenlehner and Jason Coleman is available in print and digital forms from O'Reilly. Justin Tadlock, Brad Williams, and John James Jacoby will be publishing…

Michael Beckwith has shared an impressive…

Dan Knauss

January 9, 2020

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,…

Brad Touesnard did a review of…

Dan Knauss

January 9, 2020

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]…

Aaron Jorbin shares his thoughts on…

Dan Knauss

January 9, 2020

Aaron Jorbin shares his thoughts on keynotes at WordCamps. "Not every WordCamp needs a keynote. It’s 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…

Dan Knauss

January 9, 2020

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 Automattic has withdrawn its sponsorship of the project, which has provided 90% of the Pods team's total funding.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 on…

As part of a “month in…

Dan Knauss

January 9, 2020

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. 🌏

I agree with Nile Flores that…

Dan Knauss

January 9, 2020

I agree with Nile Flores that WordCamps need more workshops and talks for beginners: WordCamp US and WordCamp Europe don’t cater to the beginner user... If you’re going to talk about being inclusive and wanting to encourage newbies to embrace…

Party Block Admin Mel Choyce-Dwan posted…

Dan Knauss

January 2, 2020

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. 🚧 Check out Mel's post to see…

Ultra Prominent Speak Aaron Jorbin shared…

Dan Knauss

January 2, 2020

Ultra Prominent Speak Aaron Jorbin shared some "random thoughts" on his block about WordCamps and travel: It’s important for people who can be considered 'Names' to make space for the next group of contributors, and this includes not speaking all…

During WordCamp US Contributor Day 2019,…

Dan Knauss

January 2, 2020

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. 👤

Verge Engine Optimization Max Rice, co-founder…

Dan Knauss

January 2, 2020

Verge Engine Optimization Max Rice, co-founder and CEO of SkyVerge — a prominent seller of plugins for WooCommerce — shares how his team started this $350k/month business. 🙌 Max walks the reader the process of designing, prototyping, and manufacturing their…

OOP Therapy Tyler Smith discusses how…

Dan Knauss

January 2, 2020

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?

Noriko Yamamoto comments on the PHP…

Dan Knauss

January 2, 2020

Noriko Yamamoto comments on the PHP community and suggests how it can expand beyond linguistic and geographic barriers. 🗺️

Kinsta Replay Brian Jackson reflects on…

Dan Knauss

January 2, 2020

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Kinsta Replay Brian Jackson reflects on the past year with Kinsta as it scaled to become a global WordPress hosting platform. Brian has some previews on what to expect in 2020 too. 🌏 12.7+ billion HTTP requests and 519+ terabytes…