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Ashley Rich has written a nice…

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2018

Ashley Rich has written a nice article detailing PHP Encryption Methods for passwords and sensitive data. Each encryption method has multiple algorithms or ciphers to choose from, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Ashley focuses on implementing hashing and…

Siobhan McKeown, Director of People Operations…

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2018

Siobhan McKeown, Director of People Operations at Human Made, discusses work-life balance on a recent Power To Live More podcast. Siobhan explains how she finds balance while working remotely, how she manages her time to ensure she completes her daily tasks,…

Congrats to Weston Ruter (formerly at…

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2018

Congrats to Weston Ruter (formerly at XWP) who is joining the Developer Relations team at Google to contribute to WordPress and work on technologies such as AMP and progressive web apps.

An Interview with the MLA’s Humanities Commons Team

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2018

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The MLA's Humanities Commons team maintains several WordPress projects to support Digital Humanities at colleges and universities.

Gutenberg 3.8 is out. Included in…

Dan Knauss

September 13, 2018

Gutenberg 3.8 is out. Included in this release: a full screen mode, a new UI for bulk managing reusable blocks, a more sophisticated mechanism for editor styles, and a number of bugfixes and tweaks to existing features.

A tentative release roadmap for WordPress…

Dan Knauss

September 13, 2018

A tentative release roadmap for WordPress 4.9.9. has been published. The planned focus areas are accessibility, internationalization, the Site Health Project (Servehappy), and Gutenberg preparation. Anthony Burchell notes: "We will aim to find as many bugs as we can and make any…

David Aguilera, Chief Product Officer at…

Dan Knauss

September 13, 2018

Business

David Aguilera, Chief Product Officer at Nelio, shared some insights about WordPress plugins and the plugin market in an interview with Kobe Ben Itamar at Freemius. My favorite takeaway: "I’ve seen a lot of examples of companies failing because their founders spent…

I enjoyed this post from Curtis…

Dan Knauss

September 13, 2018

I enjoyed this post from Curtis McHale on why blogging isn't dead, it just isn't valued by many people who are capable of being quality bloggers. It comes down to priorities, motivations, and deciding to value the act of writing…

WP Migrate DB Pro is adding…

Dan Knauss

September 13, 2018

WP Migrate DB Pro is adding the ability to migrate theme and plugin files in what will surely be a very well received update.

Here’s another beginner’s guide to React…

Dan Knauss

September 13, 2018

Here's another beginner's guide to React (this time from Ali Spittel) that I found useful. It has a nice bonus cheatsheet at the end.

ValetPress uses Laravel Valet and WP-CLI…

Dan Knauss

September 13, 2018

ValetPress uses Laravel Valet and WP-CLI to quickly install and configure WordPress sites for local development and testing.

Josh Pollock shows how to create…

Dan Knauss

September 13, 2018

Josh Pollock shows how to create a WordPress site with Lando. Lando is a free, open source, cross-platform, local development environment and DevOps tool built on Docker.

WordPress and Blockchain

Brian Krogsgard

September 12, 2018

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It's time to discuss blockchain technology from the perspective of the WordPress ecosystem, to discuss threats, opportunities, and generally discover how this emerging sector could impact WordPress.

Distributor is a free WordPress plugin…

Dan Knauss

September 7, 2018

Distributor is a free WordPress plugin that makes it easy to syndicate and reuse content across websites (including multisite installations) or across the web with the REST API. 10up has brought the plugin out of beta, and it is now…

If you’re not using a dedicated…

Dan Knauss

September 7, 2018

If you're not using a dedicated email service but deliverability matters to you, or if you'd like to know why Amazon SES and Mailgun work so well, Matt Shaw has written an informative article explaining how server-level spam filtering works.

Developers aren’t known for talking about…

Dan Knauss

September 7, 2018

Developers aren't known for talking about mistakes they've made, which is why I appreciate this story from Dale Markowitz about a "small change" that brought down OKCupid. Key takeaway: "a successful developer today needs to be as good at writing…