WordPress News

Matt Mullenweg blogged about some of…

Dan Knauss

August 20, 2019

Matt Mullenweg blogged about some of the reactions to the news that Automattic is acquiring Tumblr. Many commentators focused on the purchase price (now estimated to be about $3 million) and the $1.1 billion Verizon paid for it a few…

Matt Whiteley shows how to synchronize…

Dan Knauss

August 20, 2019

Matt Whiteley shows how to synchronize your Advanced Custom Fields color palette with your Gutenberg color palette. 🎨

It’s been eight months since Gutenberg’s…

Dan Knauss

August 20, 2019

It's been eight months since Gutenberg's public launch. According to Leonardo Losoviz at Smashing Magazine, "it’s only a matter of time until its most outstanding issues have been dealt with, and the user experience becomes truly pleasant." In this article,…

Timi Wahalahti started a conversation about…

Dan Knauss

August 20, 2019

Timi Wahalahti started a conversation about handling conflicts of interest in the WordPress community. ⚔️

WebKit recently released its tracking prevention…

Dan Knauss

August 20, 2019

WebKit recently released its tracking prevention policy, which defines covert tracking as a type of malware it will "do its best to prevent." 👏 It will be interesting to see how adtech companies and those who rely on covert tracking…

August 19th was the 28th anniversary…

Dan Knauss

August 20, 2019

August 19th was the 28th anniversary of Tim Berners-Lee's release of the World Wide Web's codebase in 1991. He is currently the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium. In July, Vanity Fair published an in-depth, retrospective essay about Berner-Lee…

The initial meeting for the “WP Notify”…

Dan Knauss

August 20, 2019

The initial meeting for the "WP Notify" project will take place on Monday, August 26th. WP Notify aims to create "a fundamental mechanism" in WordPress core for "sending notifications to users to give them feedback about state changes in the system."

📣 Following the news of Automattic’s…

Dan Knauss

August 16, 2019

📣 Following the news of Automattic's purchase of Tumblr on Monday, here are some of the best reactions to it in and outside the WordPress community: The Vergecast (a podcast produced by The Verge) interviewed Matt Mullenweg. With a few…

Tumblr wasn’t the only acquisition this…

Dan Knauss

August 16, 2019

Tumblr wasn't the only acquisition this week! Zero BS Marketing, a company of two people, announced they were joining Automattic. 🚫🐂💩 This means Zero BS CRM will be getting better through deeper integrations with WordPress and help and support across…

Gutenberg 6.3 has been released with…

Dan Knauss

August 16, 2019

Gutenberg 6.3 has been released with several new accessibility features, including "Navigation Mode" which is loaded by default. Navigation mode "allows you to move from block to block" with the Tab key, and the arrow keys let you navigate between…

Chrome now has native lazy-loading for…

Dan Knauss

August 16, 2019

Chrome now has native lazy-loading for images and IFrames. There are already several good explanations of how this works and how to adjust your markup. An initial Trac ticket for lazy loading in WordPress core exists, and it was mentioned…

If you’ve seen but avoided the…

Dan Knauss

August 16, 2019

If you've seen but avoided the current, heated CSS-in-JS discussions, then this balanced roundup from Chris Coyier might be just the thing for you.

WooCommerce Assistant is a WooCommerce extension…

Dan Knauss

August 16, 2019

WooCommerce Assistant is a WooCommerce extension that reduces "manual work by automating several routine tasks." By setting up some simple rules, you can schedule sales, tweak prices, and run clearance events – all completely unattended. 🛒 I learned about this…

Vincent Courson from the Google Search…

Dan Knauss

August 16, 2019

Vincent Courson from the Google Search Outreach team, explains in detail how Google Search recovered from some significant indexing issues following a massive outage. In the end, even the biggest companies have big challenges. Google's apparent transparency here is refreshing. 🔍

Jeff Matson shows off his recreation…

Dan Knauss

August 16, 2019

Jeff Matson shows off his recreation of the Twenty Nineteen WordPress theme, this time done in Gatsby (complete with working comments). He says: "It serves as an example of how you can use Gatsby for a frontend with a headless…

Andrea Middleton covers how WordCamp organizers…

Dan Knauss

August 16, 2019

Andrea Middleton covers how WordCamp organizers can address the panic and anxiety of "the event is right around the corner!" period. Stay calm, analyze risks, gather data, and identify your options. 😰