Syed Balkhi has announced the companies included in the first round of the WPBeginner Growth Accelerator, and he goes into some behind-the-scenes details as well. The companies participating are CaseProof (MemberPress and Pretty Links), Formidable Forms, and SeedProd.

Modern Tribe is asking for signups for the upcoming Promoter beta. Promoter could be considered the "SaaS version" of Modern Tribe's Event Calendar plugin.

Mark Uraine has released a Gutenberg-ready theme called Monostack that uses syntax highlighting much as a code editor would. A number of solid Gutenberg-supporting themes are starting to appear in the theme repo.

More than a few people are expressing concern about the rapid development cycle of Gutenberg. Despite his recognition that much hard work and progress is happening, Joost de Valk says the 5.0 release needs a new timeline to cope with accessibility issues and because…

Automattic wants to hire a Product Designer "with in-depth experience designing with accessibility needs and guidelines in mind." Creating this role is a great move that should put more emphasis on accessibility in WordPress. The timing of this job post, following public debate…

David Artiss shares his feelings about "toxic elements of the community" that emerge when it comes to providing feedback and contributing. There are some fine lines between incisive feedback and un-constructive criticism, but I don't think I've ever seen those…