WordPress News

Kinsta Replay Brian Jackson reflects on…

Dan Knauss

January 2, 2020

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…

Conflict of Public Interest Jay Hoffmann…

Dan Knauss

January 2, 2020

Conflict of Public Interest Jay Hoffmann explains why the past decade was not great for the web. "If we want a better web, we’re going to have to fight for it," he warns. While Jay notes that "communities are splintering,"…

“We might think there’s no place…

Dan Knauss

January 2, 2020

"We might think there’s no place for old tricks like negative margins, but I recently discovered otherwise," writes Eric Meyer. This great te.chnique for flexible captioned slanted images tickled the front-end and CSS part of my developer's brain too. 🧠

Privacy Practice We don’t often share…

Dan Knauss

January 2, 2020

Privacy Practice We don't often share legal items here in our notes, but Rian Kinney tweeted this really interesting post about the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) risks we may be facing in 2020. ⚖️ Rian's post serves as a general…

After many years without one, the…

Dan Knauss

January 2, 2020

After many years without one, the internet now has an official Far Side website to help keep things weird.

WordPress 5.3.2 dropped right before Christmas…

Dan Knauss

December 27, 2019

WordPress 5.3.2 dropped right before Christmas with five bugfixes and enhancements. 🎅 It follows so quickly on the heels of 5.3.1 because it was a short-cycle maintenance release. (The next planned release will be 5.4.) WordPress 5.3.1 rolled out with…

Matt Mullenweg shared a fascinating story…

Dan Knauss

December 27, 2019

Matt Mullenweg shared a fascinating story about how a comment on a blog led to a mathematical breakthrough. 👩‍🏫 Matt commented, "I’ve always said that comments are the best part of blogging, but this is a particularly cool example." 💬

Speaking of Matt, Ella van Durpe,…

Dan Knauss

December 27, 2019

Speaking of Matt, Ella van Durpe, Tammie Lister, and a few others who were involved shared the story of how Gutenberg was used to make Matt's slides for the WordCamp US 2019 State of the Word presentation. This nifty use…

Mel Choyce over at 24ways explores…

Dan Knauss

December 27, 2019

Mel Choyce over at 24ways explores how the block editor can be used to create art-directed posts. 🎨 Mel's post shows how to use a number of blocks to build a site, and she also shows how similar results could…

Michelle Frechette explains that WordPress, as…

Dan Knauss

December 27, 2019

Michelle Frechette explains that WordPress, as an open-source project, goes well beyond coding. "It's about meetups, WordCamps, Contributor Days, and other events that bring WordPress users together." 👩‍👩‍👦👨‍💻👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Alex Denning takes on the topic…

Dan Knauss

December 27, 2019

Alex Denning takes on the topic of "Risk and reward at Black Friday with WordPress products" by drawing on this year’s round of holiday sales to "pull out some key insights for the future." 🛍️

Cédric Fabianski covers ways to make…

Dan Knauss

December 27, 2019

Cédric Fabianski covers ways to make remote work a success — like good communication and making everyone feel connected. Juan Pablo Buriticá and Katie Womersley offer a guide for distributed teams with a focus on communication, coordination, collaboration, organization, operations,…

Addy Osmani explains one approach to…

Dan Knauss

December 27, 2019

Addy Osmani explains one approach to loading web pages quickly on a $20 feature phone: "Building a fast, core foundation for your site gives everyone a good experience, whether they're on a low-cost feature phone or the latest high-end smartphone."📵💨

What can be done to block…

Dan Knauss

December 27, 2019

What can be done to block a specific customer from an eCommerce site? 🙅 I'm not sure if that problem has been solved by the time of this writing, but there is some help here — thanks to Mika Epstein.…

WordPress 5.3.1 has been released with…

Dan Knauss

December 13, 2019

WordPress 5.3.1 has been released with 46 bug fixes 🐛 and enhancements ✨ that touch the block editor, the Twenty Twenty bundled theme, accessibility, and the backend interface CSS.