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Matt Mullenweg said the event had 3,200+…

Brian Krogsgard

June 23, 2019

Matt Mullenweg said the event had 3,200+ registrations and was the largest WordCamp to-date. The main hall looked massive. Kudos to everyone who helped plan and execute the event. Val Vesa had a cool wide-shot of the keynote to see the size. WordCamp Europe…

Josepha Haden posted some observations about WordPress contributor…

Brian Krogsgard

June 23, 2019

Josepha Haden posted some observations about WordPress contributor team structures, noting "that there are multiple paths to WordPress itself, and nearly as many paths to deciding how and when to get involved once you arrive." Josepha also mentions self-selection, self-service training and selection,…

Paul Redmond covers the art of…

Brian Krogsgard

June 23, 2019

Paul Redmond covers the art of debugging .gitignore and shares some tips, including the existence of a handy git command. "Although the check-ignore command is straightforward once you know about it, it’s a useful thing to learn to troubleshoot ignored…

Here’s a nice long (and updated)…

Brian Krogsgard

June 23, 2019

Here's a nice long (and updated) list of advanced JavaScript questions, compiled by Lydia Hallie. Test and refresh your knowledge or prepare for a coding interview.

Joe Lambert compares 6 MVC frameworks for working…

Brian Krogsgard

June 23, 2019

Joe Lambert compares 6 MVC frameworks for working with WordPress.

Last week when I was complaining on Twitter…

Brian Krogsgard

June 23, 2019

Last week when I was complaining on Twitter about WordPress's flows for editing already-published content, I was linked to Fabrica by Yes we work, tools built to help with that. It looks pretty slick. They initially built it for Jimmy Wales' WikiTribune.

Unapp is a handy directory of…

Brian Krogsgard

June 23, 2019

Unapp is a handy directory of "minimal and useful single-purpose apps." (Tip of the hat to Tom McFarlin.) 📱

WordPress 5.2.2 Release Candidate 2 (RC2)…

Dan Knauss

June 20, 2019

WordPress 5.2.2 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) is available for testing, with the final release scheduled for Tuesday, June 18 at 17:00 UTC. 🗓️

Automattic announced they would be adopting…

Dan Knauss

June 20, 2019

Automattic announced they would be adopting Alex Mills' plugins, including Regenerate Thumbnails. As many of you know, Alex (AKA Viper007Bond), passed away on February 27, 2019, after a two and a half year battle with leukemia. I think this will…

Jonny Harris, a WordPress core contributor,…

Dan Knauss

June 20, 2019

Jonny Harris, a WordPress core contributor, is looking for feedback on a feature plugin that gives REST endpoints to menus. This feature would be great for Gutenberg and headless WordPress sites. 🔌

Pascal Birchler has authored an extensive…

Dan Knauss

June 20, 2019

Pascal Birchler has authored an extensive guide to operating WordPress from the command line with WP-CLI. Pascal introduces you to some of the basics before diving deep into commands with common use cases and even some ways to extend WP-CLI.…

WP Engine has launched DevKit, a…

Dan Knauss

June 20, 2019

WP Engine has launched DevKit, a desktop application that "combines a local development environment, SSH Gateway access, Genesis-specific functionality, easy deployments, and other best-in-class WordPress developer tools." DevKit is free and available in beta for Mac and Linux — but…

Justin Tadlock sees an opportunity to…

Dan Knauss

June 20, 2019

Justin Tadlock sees an opportunity to improve the WordPress theme directory and decided to "strike while the iron is hot" — he has a proposal to create standardized packages for common theme features. These packages would be available from the official…

Thierry Muller has a proposal too…

Dan Knauss

June 20, 2019

Thierry Muller has a proposal too — for the XML Sitemaps Feature Project. It's "a collaboration between Yoast, Google" and other contributors. As Thierry describes it, "The goal of the proposal is to integrate basic XML Sitemaps in WordPress Core…

For a few hours on Tuesday,…

Dan Knauss

June 20, 2019

Hosting

For a few hours on Tuesday, June 11th, technical issues with WordPress VIP hosting resulted in some prominent and apparently "headless" sites showing the default WordPress Twenty Seventeen theme. 🧯

If you’ve been working with HTML…

Dan Knauss

June 20, 2019

If you've been working with HTML for very long, you probably know a lot of hex color codes, but do you know how to read them? Josh Kennedy created an animated guide that dissects hex codes to make them easier…