WordPress News

ReplyBox is a “simple, honest comment…

Dan Knauss

February 22, 2019

ReplyBox is a "simple, honest comment system" with no ads or tracking scripts that aims to become a faster alternative to Disqus. It has a WordPress plugin but can be added to any site with a simple HTML/JavaScript snippet.

If you have an interest in…

Dan Knauss

February 22, 2019

If you have an interest in mental health, then Matt Medeiros' interview with Dan Maby about WP&UP is recommended listening. Dan notes how difficult it is to support mental health in the WordPress community and addresses the organizational and financial challenges…

PublishPress announced they have acquired Press…

Dan Knauss

February 22, 2019

PublishPress announced they have acquired Press Permit. Both plugins are known for their focus on publishing, and their aim together is "to create a set of powerful publishing tools that are useful to larger organizations, magazines and newspapers." Newspack's ecosystem…

Marieke van de Rakt, the new…

Dan Knauss

February 22, 2019

Marieke van de Rakt, the new CEO of Yoast, wrote about the recent drama surrounding some old tweets from Yoast founder Joost de Valk. "Yoast has a female-friendly atmosphere," Marieke writes, describing her vision for events like YoastCon: "I am hopeful…

Congratulations to Gary Pendergast who recently…

Dan Knauss

February 22, 2019

Congratulations to Gary Pendergast who recently made his 1,000th commit to WordPress Core! 🙌 (Tip of the hat to Aaron Jorbin).

Chris Hardie has built an open source…

Dan Knauss

February 22, 2019

Chris Hardie has built an open source tool to migrate Flickr photo collections to WordPress. 📸

📝 Some noteworthy items from the latest…

Dan Knauss

February 15, 2019

📝 Some noteworthy items from the latest weekly WordPress developer meeting: WordPress 5.1 RC1 is already out with RC2 either "late this week or early next week." The final version is on target for 2/21. WordPress 5.1.1 will probably be released…

Want to use Express to build…

Dan Knauss

February 15, 2019

Want to use Express to build a Node.JS server to proxy the WordPress REST API? Josh Pollock shows how you how. Express is a JavaScript routing system that is very popular for server-side JavaScript applications. I learned a few things…

⚛️ In a recent update, Atomic…

Dan Knauss

February 15, 2019

⚛️ In a recent update, Atomic Blocks added a pricing table block that allows you to show your product lines in columns with images and separators.

Christie Lenneville and Patrick Deuley explain…

Dan Knauss

February 15, 2019

Design

Christie Lenneville and Patrick Deuley explain how white space "killed" an enterprise app, and how you can increase data density without diminishing design aesthetics. Here's a good thought: "Enterprise designers can take a lot of great cues from consumer design,…

🎙️ Podcast of the week: Jason…

Dan Knauss

February 15, 2019

🎙️ Podcast of the week: Jason Barnard interviews Joost de Valk. They talk about Google's investment in WordPress, among other things.

Katie Horne shares some advice from…

Dan Knauss

February 15, 2019

Katie Horne shares some advice from CEOs leading remote workforces. Katie covers the things they wish they’d known earlier, along with the pros and cons of remote team management. If you work on a remote team, this is a great post. Key…

Matt Shaw compares WordPress with Statamic, which…

Dan Knauss

February 15, 2019

Matt Shaw compares WordPress with Statamic, which has been around since 2012. Statamic has a strictly file-based architecture instead of a database. There are some excellent core features, and Statamic is easy to use, but the financial costs might be a barrier…

🤔 What should you take into consideration if…

Dan Knauss

February 15, 2019

🤔 What should you take into consideration if you are building a new WordPress theme in 2019? Jo Murgel's thoughts on this topic are a terrific place to start.

Query Monitor 3.3 is out with…

Dan Knauss

February 15, 2019

Query Monitor 3.3 is out with new features like a "related hooks" section for each panel, debugging of wp_die() calls, support for debugging JavaScript translation files, and the ability to move the panel to the side of your window.