WordPress News

Chris Wiegman has transferred his Better YOURLs plugin to…

Brian Krogsgard

December 17, 2018

Chris Wiegman has transferred his Better YOURLs plugin to Aaron Eaton. I know Aaron will do a great job maintaining and improving this useful plugin moving forward.

Justin Foell at WebDevStudios shows off…

Brian Krogsgard

December 17, 2018

Justin Foell at WebDevStudios shows off an interesting single sign-on (SSO) method the company uses internally. It's certainly quicker and more convenient than traditional methods.

I agree with Bill Erickson that…

Brian Krogsgard

December 17, 2018

I agree with Bill Erickson that using Block Templates with Gutenberg is pretty useful. Bill shares some examples and how he's using them with a few of his clients.

If you work with Advanced Custom…

Brian Krogsgard

December 17, 2018

If you work with Advanced Custom Fields, then the AwesomeACF site is essential to bookmark. I was reminded of this as I was checking out the new JSON field addition.

Birgit Pauli-Haack hosted a live Q&A…

Brian Krogsgard

December 17, 2018

Birgit Pauli-Haack

Solving the membership puzzle

Dan Knauss

December 17, 2018

WordPress News

What's the solution to the membership puzzle? Can independent, member-supported media and other projects thrive on subscriptions alone?

WordPress 5.0.1 and beyond

Brian Krogsgard

December 17, 2018

Security

WordPress 5.0.1 was released on December 13th. There were a few backwards compatibility breaks in this version, which raised a few eyebrows. 🤨 After those eyebrows rose in the Post Status main channel, Gary Pendergast commented: The timing of security releases…

At the time of this writing,…

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2018

At the time of this writing, WordPress 5.0 has officially surpassed 4.3 million downloads. It's always satisfying to watch this count.

To no one’s surprise, several Gutenberg…

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2018

To no one's surprise, several Gutenberg talks appeared throughout the WCUS conference schedule, especially on Friday. Miina Sikk from XWP spoke that afternoon about extending Gutenberg core blocks in the context of the AMP for WordPress plugin. (The official release…

During his WCUS talk on Saturday…

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2018

During his WCUS talk on Saturday morning, "Moving The Web Forward With Wordpress," Morten Rand-Hendriksen stressed that we must truly represent the people affected by WordPress — and because of its 32.5% market share, practically everyone using the web is affected. To…

John Blackbourn gave an excellent lightning…

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2018

John Blackbourn gave an excellent lightning talk on Git Bisect. (His slides are here.) Trust me — if you work with Git at all as a developer, the things John has to show you will blow your mind. John also…

For Matt Mullenweg’s take on Gutenberg,…

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2018

For Matt Mullenweg's take on Gutenberg, WordPress, and the Future — including decision making, core WordPress processes, and Automattic’s business —

Adding to the list of growing…

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2018

Adding to the list of growing Gutenberg blocks, these two are worth a look: Secure Blocks for Gutenberg from Matt Watson is a block plugin that secures content by user role, allowing display of alternative content to logged-out users and…

There is now a dedicated post…

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2018

There is now a dedicated post on Make WordPress written by Mel Choyce about Gutenberg Phase 2, which shows off some screenshots and provides additional details from Matt's State of the Word on Saturday. Gutenberg Phase 2 will be outside post_content,…

WordPress 5.0 adds many new bundled…

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2018

WordPress 5.0 adds many new bundled script handles, and Andrew Duthie shares some tips about them that will serve as a reference for developers. Andrew's post covers WordPress-specific JavaScript code, newly added vendor dependencies, and more.