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Rich Hickey posted a sharp and forceful…

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Brian Krogsgard

Rich Hickey posted a sharp and forceful opinion piece entitled "Open Source is Not About You." There's a bit of history associated with this post, which I believe was summarized accurately here on r/Clojure. Hickey's point revolves around the idea that just…

Bridget Willard explains how to create subtitles…

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Bridget Willard explains how to create subtitles for WordPress.tv. There's a real need for this — not only are subtitled videos more accessible, but they can function as the basis for translations and assist viewers whose reading comprehension of the speakers' language…

Scott Bolinger did a post-holiday (Black…

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Scott Bolinger did a post-holiday (Black Friday) analysis of smaller discounts for AppPresser. Scott is confident that "offering 25% off instead of 40% off will decrease refund requests, allow for more sales in December, and be easier on support." Speaking…

Yikes. Pam Aungst describes a deceiving…

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Brian Krogsgard

Yikes. Pam Aungst describes a deceiving "cloaking" tactic being used by web developers to fake perfect results on Google's PageSpeed Insights test. Pagespeed spoofing can result in a site being "demoted in, or even removed from, Google search results."

While working on the Delicious Brains…

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Brian Krogsgard

While working on the Delicious Brains website, Iain Poulson created a custom table to be managed via the Advanced Custom Fields' "repeater" field. He goes into detail about configuring the field and populating the data, along with the pros and cons of this approach.…

If you work with affiliate programs, this…

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Brian Krogsgard

If you work with affiliate programs, this brief post from Joe Casabona about his attempts to improve his own affiliate program is worthwhile reading.

BuddyPress 4.0.0 (“Pequod”) has been released,…

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Brian Krogsgard

BuddyPress 4.0.0 ("Pequod") has been released, and it comes with a suite of tools allowing users and site admins to manage member data and privacy. There's a new "Export Data" settings panel, and the entire plugin works better now with…

Alex Mills released a new version…

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Brian Krogsgard

Alex Mills released a new version of SyntaxHighlighter Evolved that allows you to easily post syntax-highlighted code to your site, now with Gutenberg support.

While WordPress isn’t the default choice…

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Brian Krogsgard

While WordPress isn't the default choice for all projects (nor should it be),  Rob Stinson points out there are some very compelling reasons why tech companies should invest in WordPress.

Gutenberg 4.5 was released a few…

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Brian Krogsgard

Gutenberg 4.5 was released a few days ago, and it "matches the first 5.0 RC feature set." Some notable additions include: (1) a minimal multi-selection block panel; (2) the “Disable Visual Editor” option can be set on a per-user basis; (3)…

Natasha Drewnicki goes into great depth…

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Brian Krogsgard

Natasha Drewnicki goes into great depth about multilingual WooCommerce, focusing on what you should consider before you start and what plugins you should consider using. Natasha also covers some WooCommerce-specific quirks to make sure international buyers have a smooth buying…

Iain Poulson has an introduction to…

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Brian Krogsgard

Iain Poulson has an introduction to WordPress penetration testing. (Pentesting is the practice of simulating an attack on a site or app.) Iain covers some recommended tools like WPScan, Kali, sqlmap, and PHPStan, a PHP static analysis tool.

WPCampus is having its annual online…

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Brian Krogsgard

WPCampus is having its annual online conference on January 31, 2019, and their call for speakers is now open. Usually, there are two "rooms" that online attendees can visit, but this year a third room is being added that will focus…

William Jackson has a nice article…

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Brian Krogsgard

William Jackson has a nice article written after WordCamp Orlando where he offers some thoughts about STEAM (Science, technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and why it needs to be in Kid's Camps at WordCamps. William reminds us the future of WordPress will…

Gutenberg, accessibility, and compromise

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Brian Krogsgard

I had a call with Matt Mullenweg to discuss some things regarding the upcoming Gutenberg release, the critiques around accessibility, and thoughts I've had around the way this release and other releases are scheduled. I'll keep this note to the…

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