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The draft guidelines for plugins submitted…

Dan Knauss

December 6, 2019

The draft guidelines for plugins submitted to the Block Directory are available for discussion according to a recent post on the Plugins Team site. Currently, blocks can be submitted to the directory using the regular plugin submission form. However, you…

Matt Mullenweg noted that with the…

Dan Knauss

December 6, 2019

Matt Mullenweg noted that with the recent acquisition of Tumblr, the total number of Automatic employees is now at 1,146. 📈

Scott Bolinger posted a proof of…

Dan Knauss

December 6, 2019

Scott Bolinger posted a proof of concept for fetching new WordPress posts dynamically on a static Gatsby site "using Apollo and a dateQuery."

Jean-Baptiste Audras shared his new Contextual…

Dan Knauss

December 6, 2019

Jean-Baptiste Audras shared his new Contextual Adminbar Color plugin which helpfully differentiates your WordPress instances (e.g., production versus staging) with color schemes and even favicons. 🍭

Jeffrey Carandang updated his guide for…

Dan Knauss

December 6, 2019

Jeffrey Carandang updated his guide for choosing the perfect Gutenberg plugins and themes. In addition to being the author of the EditorsKit plugin, Jeffrey also shares Gutenberg tips and tricks on Twitter. 🐦

PHP 7.4 was officially released on…

Dan Knauss

December 6, 2019

PHP 7.4 was officially released on Thanksgiving Day (US). As Joe Watkins notes on Twitter, PHP 7.1 is no longer supported, and the branch is closed for modification. If you are on 7.1, consider upgrading.

If you use WordPress on mobile,…

Dan Knauss

December 6, 2019

If you use WordPress on mobile, there is a call for testing WordPress for iOS 13.8 and another call for the Android version. If you can help out, their teams will appreciate it.

Aaron Parecki shares an extensive list…

Dan Knauss

December 6, 2019

Aaron Parecki shares an extensive list of home automation tools with the goal of having "everything running locally, without relying on cloud services." 🤖

Josh Comeau has a three-part series…

Dan Knauss

December 6, 2019

Josh Comeau has a three-part series about his experience as a remote worker and finding his first remote job. If you are thinking about going remote or if you want to improve how you work remotely, then Josh has some…

“Writing open source software and staying…

Dan Knauss

December 6, 2019

"Writing open source software and staying sane while at it" is sage advice from Sebastian De Deyne. 🤪 Some highlights: Write your library's docs as soon as possible, spy on others in the same ecosystem, and tag stable versions early.…

Gijo Varghese shares how he made…

Dan Knauss

December 6, 2019

Gijo Varghese shares how he made WordPress faster with 1KB of JavaScript. His method involves using a preloader script called Flying Pages when the browser is idle. 🛫

Here is a great reminder from…

Dan Knauss

December 6, 2019

Here is a great reminder from Lucy Greco that adding people with disabilities to your team improves that team's perspectives and decision-making processes: "Just thinking about someone you know can improve the product." 🤔 If disability is just a concept…

Mary Fernandez at OptinMonster shares some…

Dan Knauss

December 6, 2019

Mary Fernandez at OptinMonster shares some HubSpot data related to the question, "Should blog comments be allowed?" 🗯️ Bear in mind this is data for over 100,000 blog posts. Mary concludes, "the data shows that blog comments are not correlated…

BackendlessConf is a free-to-attend online conference…

Dan Knauss

December 6, 2019

BackendlessConf is a free-to-attend online conference dedicated to the frontend. It's happening on December 14 and has a great list of speakers. 📅

Black Friday / Cyber Monday WordPress Deals 2019

Post Status Support Staff

November 28, 2019

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Get one of these great deals on WordPress products and services for 2019 Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.

A tentative schedule for major WordPress…

Dan Knauss

November 26, 2019

A tentative schedule for major WordPress releases in 2020 and 2021 has been posted by Francesca Marano. 📅 Tentative is the key term here, as "the exact dates will be confirmed only when the release cycle kicks off." At the…