WordPress News

Jon Quach, a designer at Automattic,…

Dan Knauss

October 10, 2019

Jon Quach, a designer at Automattic, has written a proposal for creating new WordPress Style Guide resources. Jon suggests, "It might be helpful to improve the guide by building resources in a new open documentation site, one with features like…

Felix Arntz has a detailed post…

Dan Knauss

October 10, 2019

Felix Arntz has a detailed post on CSS Custom Properties and how to use them to improve UX for both website visitors and content creators. Felix is "looking forward to seeing this feature being leveraged by WordPress themes more" as…

Morten Rand-Hendriksen has a list of…

Dan Knauss

October 10, 2019

Morten Rand-Hendriksen has a list of 10 trends he sees in the web community and where we are headed shortly. 🔮

Multidots has released the Beta version…

Dan Knauss

October 10, 2019

Multidots has released the Beta version of a script for converting HTML markup created in WordPress content with the "Classic" editor to Gutenberg Blocks. They are planning to add support for more HTML tags by improving the script, so "bug…

Kjell Reigstad wrote a post for…

Dan Knauss

October 10, 2019

Kjell Reigstad wrote a post for the Automattic Design blog about some of the challenges and benefits that come from working with WordPress. On the upside, Kjell reflects, "Designing in open source has been a refreshing return to that collaborative…

Finally, bring some humor to your…

Dan Knauss

October 10, 2019

Finally, bring some humor to your weekend with a little JavaScript and honking. 🦆

Fear and uncertainty for WordPress, with Matt Medeiros

Brian Krogsgard

September 30, 2019

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Matt Medeiros talks to me about fear and uncertainty for WordPress. It's a wide ranging and casual conversation about various concerns present to many in the WordPress economy.

WordPress 5.3 Beta 1 is out,…

Dan Knauss

September 30, 2019

WordPress 5.3 Beta 1 is out, with the final release still slated for November 12, 2019. The announcement of the beta came with other news and details of interest to developers and users. For starters, WordPress 5.3 has introduced a…

The latest accessibility meeting notes here…

Dan Knauss

September 30, 2019

The latest accessibility meeting notes here are important reading, but not for things that have to do with accessibility. Joe Dolson notes a more in-depth conversation is taking place about the difficulty they and other teams have had in making…

Andrey “Rarst” Savchenko details an exciting…

Dan Knauss

September 30, 2019

Andrey "Rarst" Savchenko details an exciting and long-awaited improvement to the Date/Time component in WordPress 5.3, which was made possible by raising the required PHP version for WordPress core to 5.6. ⌛ Andrey explains the Date/Time component previously relied on…

Speaking of bugs, Jason Grigsby estimates…

Dan Knauss

September 30, 2019

Speaking of bugs, Jason Grigsby estimates that a bug in auto-complete on Chipotle's online order form could be costing the company $4.4 million annually. 💸

Congratulations to WP Engine for ranking…

Dan Knauss

September 30, 2019

Congratulations to WP Engine for ranking #22 on the "Great Place to Work" Best Workplaces for Women. 👏

A new Theme Review Team structure…

Dan Knauss

September 30, 2019

A new Theme Review Team structure has been announced. The team no longer has leads but instead has "representatives." They will be adopting a flat team structure with loosely defined roles and responsibilities where individuals can contribute in the ways…

Thomas Park of Codepip explains how…

Dan Knauss

September 30, 2019

Thomas Park of Codepip explains how to query nearby locations in WordPress using geo coordinates. 📍 He shares some things he learned as he was developing Campus Arrival, a WordPress site that provides school-specific packing lists and now a feature…

I was reminded recently of this…

Dan Knauss

September 30, 2019

I was reminded recently of this WebPageTest tool that helps compare two mobile sites in a frame-by-frame manner to determine what is being loaded and how quickly (or slowly). The cool part is that you can create a video from…

The second release candidate for BuddyPress…

Dan Knauss

September 30, 2019

The second release candidate for BuddyPress 5.0.0 is now available for testing. Recent improvements include the way BP REST API Controllers are loaded inside BuddyPress component classes.