Ben Nadel shared his “opinionated” Git…
Brian Krogsgard
Ben Nadel shared his "opinionated" Git Cheat Sheet ā a nice reference post if you want to grow your "git mental model."
John Blackbourn updated his documentationĀ for wp_mail()…
Brian Krogsgard
John Blackbourn updated his documentationĀ for wp_mail() usage on Github. It now includes emails for personal data requests (4.9.6+) and the fatal error handling coming in 5.2.
Jeff Barr, Chief Evangelist for Amazon…
Brian Krogsgard
Jeff Barr, Chief Evangelist for Amazon Web Services, is looking for a WordPress Engineer.
If you’re a fan of Justin…
Brian Krogsgard
If you're a fan of Justin Tadlock's WordPress themes, like I am, then you might be interested in version 1.0 of Exhale. Justin says on his blog that Exhale is "a culmination of everything [he's] learned about designing and developingā¦
Rich Tabor shows how you can…
Brian Krogsgard
Rich Tabor shows how you can conditionally load front-end JavaScript for Gutenberg blocks. Rich walks you through some checks for specific blocks on a page using methods drawn from his own plugins.
You may recall that Newspack, a…
Brian Krogsgard
You may recall that Newspack, a "custom news vertical on WordPress.com dedicated to addressing the needs of digital news sites," was announced in February. This week they announced 12 initial publishers to help shape the new platform. š° After theā¦
Congrats to Tom McFarlin on joining…
Brian Krogsgard
Congrats to Tom McFarlin on joining WebDevStudios (WDS) as a Senior Backend Engineer. Tom notes that PressWare isn't going anywhere, and there won't be a change regarding his blogging or podcasting schedule.
Carly Ayres has some good advice…
Brian Krogsgard
Carly Ayres has some good advice about when and how to pull the plug on a creative project. Carly explains how to "recognize the warning signs" and act, but also how to "carve out time for yourself to contemplate everythingā¦
WordPress 5.2 Beta 1 has been…
Brian Krogsgard
WordPress 5.2 Beta 1 has been released. The highlights include: Significant performance improvements to the block editor. New blocks for RSS, search, calendar, tag cloud, and more. A new block management tool to switch blocks on and off. Phase oneā¦
There was a lot of chatter…
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There was a lot of chatter in Post Status Slack and on Twitter this week about the way Jetpack and WooCommerce are handling tracking and also feature nags within the WordPress dashboard. Mehul Gohil tweeted a screenshot for how Jetpackā¦
Since PHP 5.6 or higher will…
Brian Krogsgard
Since PHP 5.6 or higher will be required as of WordPress 5.2, Gary Pendergast reviewed some of the relevant WordPress Coding Standards and proposed a few changes to them, including anonymous functions and namespaces.
Here’s a sad but needed assessment…
Brian Krogsgard
Here's a sad but needed assessment from Max van der Schee: Why the adoption of Web Accessibility keeps failing. While many rules for accessibility are easy enough to adopt in your code, there's no hard stop if those rules areā¦
WordCamp for Publishers will be held…
Brian Krogsgard
WordCamp for Publishers will be held in Columbus, Ohio on August 7-9. ThisĀ is a community-organized event bringing together folks who use WordPress to manage publications. š Speaking of conferences, the call for proposals for WPCampus 2019 conference will be openingā¦
Topher DeRosia explains how to fix…
Brian Krogsgard
Topher DeRosia explains how to fix common errors and shares some general debugging tips for WordPress. These are fundamentals worth sharing with new WordPress site owners. Topher recommends a user activity logging plugin like WP Stream. š§¾
Ryan Sullivan reviewed the six most…
Brian Krogsgard
Ryan Sullivan reviewed the six most widely used WordPress form plugins. He identifies all the things you should expect from custom forms, and then he digs into the details of the top six. Unlike a lot of reviews, Ryan picksā¦
Genesis Explained, written by Nick Croft,…
Brian Krogsgard
Genesis Explained, written by Nick Croft, is now up-to-date for Genesis 2.9, which was released a few weeks ago. If you or your team needs to get a handle on Genesis quickly, start here.
