According to recent discussions about the…
Dan Knauss
According to recent discussions about the release date for WordPress 4.9.9, it is going to happen on November 5th, although this is subject to change.
Pascal Birchler addresses a common misunderstanding…
Dan Knauss
Pascal Birchler addresses a common misunderstanding about the role of the text domain when internationalizing WordPress plugins and themes. This post gave me a deeper understanding of the topic. If you do plugin or theme development I recommend giving it…
WP Offload S3 has been rebranded…
Dan Knauss
WP Offload S3 has been rebranded as WP Offload Media, and its most recent update adds support for DigitalOcean Spaces in addition to the already supported Amazon S3.
If you’re looking for some quality…
Dan Knauss
If you're looking for some quality podcasts, this episode of Elementor Talks with Elliot Condon might be worth a listen. Elliot is the lead developer for the Advanced Custom Fields plugin. ACF has been in the news recently for is updates related…
If you are a developer who…
Dan Knauss
If you are a developer who dabbles in Laravel, you might be interested in Corcel. It's a package that allows WordPress to be used as your backend with Laravel, Zend, or pure PHP on the frontend.
Alex Russell shared his thoughts on…
Dan Knauss
Alex Russell shared his thoughts on the current state of JavaScript and warned about the substitution of "developer value" (things developers like) over "user value" because "JavaScript is the web’s CO2." In other words, we need some Javascript, "but too…
Cloudflare recently introduced the Bandwidth Alliance,…
Dan Knauss
Cloudflare recently introduced the Bandwidth Alliance, a group of cloud and networking companies that (among its other goals) aims to offer discounted bandwidth fees or eliminate them entirely. If you're hosted with a member of the Bandwidth Alliance, your data…
Suzanne Scacca reviews some “dark patterns”…
Dan Knauss
Suzanne Scacca reviews some "dark patterns" in mobile by looking at some well-known examples and then explaining why they’re always a bad idea. While some companies see short-term gains from dark patterns, they "can easily be outweighed by losses from…
Matt Mullenweg reported on Thursday (September…
Dan Knauss
Matt Mullenweg reported on Thursday (September 20) that Gutenberg has over 420,000 active installations, and 213,000 posts written with Gutenberg have been tracked. Note that this is only for Jetpack and WordPress.com sites. The total number would be higher if…
Sallie Goetsch has built a plugin…
Dan Knauss
Sallie Goetsch has built a plugin that generates a portfolio Custom Post Type whose entries are pre-populated with core Gutenberg blocks. When you create a new portfolio item, the blocks are pre-arranged in a template to make it easier to…
Version 5.0 of Advanced Custom Fields…
Dan Knauss
Version 5.0 of Advanced Custom Fields has been released, and it's considered a major milestone for the free version. Updates include a revised UI, a revamped import/export tool, long-awaited Gutenberg support, and several new fields.
In some cases, less is more.…
Dan Knauss
In some cases, less is more. This is especially important during natural disasters when many people might be attempting to access information on slow or unreliable connections. Max Böck shows how news platforms like CNN and NPR are helping by providing text-only versions…
Writing readable code is a constant…
Dan Knauss
Writing readable code is a constant challenge for developers, especially those who have worked alone for an extended time or are new to development in general. I appreciated this lengthy but worthwhile advice from Artur Śmiarowski highlighting 23 tips that…
The Plugin Economy interviewed Nathan Singh,…
Dan Knauss
The Plugin Economy interviewed Nathan Singh, who at the start of 2018 acquired Envira Gallery and Soliloquy Slider from Thomas Griffin and Syed Balkhi. Nathan, a relative newcomer to the WordPress space and community, goes on to relate his thoughts…
WPForms has acquired Pirate Forms, a…
Dan Knauss
WPForms has acquired Pirate Forms, a plugin built by ThemeIsle in 2015 as a simple contact form solution. The acquisition appears to be aimed at the Pirate Forms user base, as the plugin itself will be discounted. Pirate Forms Pro…
AppCommunity allows AppPresser customers to create…
Dan Knauss
AppCommunity allows AppPresser customers to create a social mobile app for their WordPress website. AppCommunity users can post activity updates, photos, create friendships, send private messages, join groups, etc. It works with BuddyPress using the WP-API to sync your website…
