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Gutenberg 4.3 was released with many updates,…

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Brian Krogsgard

Gutenberg 4.3 was released with many updates, including core custom field meta box toggling, an API for annotations, URL validation to link input in RichText, improved navigation and interactions around the Columns and Gallery blocks, and speech announcement support for block…

Syed Balkhi has announced the companies included…

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Brian Krogsgard

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.

Freemius is launching a “We Got…

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Brian Krogsgard
Freemius is launching a "We Got Your Back" pilot program for WordPress product vendors. This program helps clients handle a few additional non-coding-related tasks (including design and branding), along with other features yet to be announced. To qualify, your business must…

If you are interested in CSS…

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Brian Krogsgard

If you are interested in CSS and performance, then this brain dump from Harry Roberts is well worth your time. Harry covers the "Critical CSS" pattern, in which you identify all of the styles needed for Start Render (commonly the styles…

Modern Tribe is asking for signups for…

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Brian Krogsgard

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.

If you use WooCommerce, your site…

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Brian Krogsgard

If you use WooCommerce, your site needs to be running WooCommerce 3.5.1 when you upgrade to WordPress 5.0 to avoid "breaking changes!" Woo has been sending out emails with information about the need to upgrade to its users.

Support for the Classic Editor plugin will end…

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Dan Knauss

Support for the Classic Editor plugin will end in about 3 years — December 31, 2021, to be exact. Gary Pendergast explains, "it will be guaranteed to work as expected in the most recent major release of WordPress, and the major release…

Mark Uraine has released a Gutenberg-ready theme…

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Dan Knauss

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.

Bill Erickson shows how to build a…

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Dan Knauss

Bill Erickson shows how to build a custom Gutenberg site with a Gutenberg-optimized theme. Bill offers a lot of code examples and some helpful advice based on the differences between pre- and post-Gutenberg site development.

More than a few people are…

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Dan Knauss

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…

WordPress 5.0 Beta 2 was officially released,…

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Dan Knauss

WordPress 5.0 Beta 2 was officially released, and it includes an updated version of the Twenty Nineteen theme as well as the latest version of the block editor for Gutenberg. The previous default themes were updated as well. Recently Gary Pendergast posted…

Nico Prat talks about ACF Blocks…

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Dan Knauss

Nico Prat talks about ACF Blocks with Gutenberg and Sage, a WordPress starter theme. The article is in French, but Chrome translated it quite well for me.

Automattic wants to hire a Product Designer…

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Dan Knauss

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…

Array Themes, as well as the…

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Dan Knauss

Array Themes, as well as the associated Atomic Blocks (a library of customizable blocks for Gutenberg), has been acquired by WP Engine. Array founder Mike McAlister and contributor John Parris will be joining WP Engine as part of the acquisition.…

David Artiss shares his feelings about…

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Dan Knauss

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…

The Genesis 2.7 beta is now…

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Dan Knauss

The Genesis 2.7 beta is now available. This update focuses on key architectural components and modernizing the codebase to prepare for some exciting future updates related to WordPress 5.0 and Gutenberg. PHP version 5.3 or greater is required.

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