Draft guidelines for plugins submitted to the new and rapidly improving Block Directory are available for discussion; feedback and suggestions are welcome! 🔌

Megan Risdal reflects on building successful communities on Stack Overflow and what a product leader can do to be successful. Key takeaways: Always ask how changes impact users, value everyone as a part of the team, and "think holistically."

I enjoyed Laura Kalbag's blog post about "getting personal" and writing about reviving the "personal website" as a way to stay in control of the content we share and the data we leak. "Personal websites give us independence and agency."…

WPaudit.site is a website audit checklist for WordPress with a focus on formatting, WordPress specific optimization, accessibility, performance, and security. ☑️

Koko Analytics is an open-source analytics plugin for WordPress that doesn't use any external services. Some of its features include: No trackable personal information. No cookies required. Designated user roles can be excluded from tracking. They say it's fast!

A proposed 2020 Global Community Sponsorship program for WordCamps has been made public. Of note: "most package rates will decrease for 2020, to reflect the unexpectedly flat growth in [the] number of WordCamps in 2019." 🏕️

David A. Kennedy shows why going beyond the basics of accessibility isn’t as hard as you might think. David looks at how accessibility intersects with markup and context, and he deals with labels and interactive elements in his examples.