WordPress News

Automattic acquires Atavist

Brian Krogsgard

June 25, 2018

Automattic has acquired Atavist, a "publishing and story-telling platform" for an undisclosed amount. The Wall Street Journal mentioned in its coverage that Atavist has 200,000 users, but reportedly only a small percentage pay for premium features. Atavist employees will join…

Gutenberg 3.1 is out, with…

Brian Krogsgard

June 25, 2018

Gutenberg 3.1 is out, with (among many other things) tips interface for new users, ability to transform paragraph blocks into single quote blocks, improvements to the mobile block toolbar, better accessibility in a number of areas, and a long…

Morten Rand-Hendriksen recently announced WP Rig,…

Brian Krogsgard

June 25, 2018

Morten Rand-Hendriksen recently announced WP Rig, a community project supported by LinkedIn Learning, Google, XWP, and other members of the WordPress community. It's being described as a "modern build process and progressive starter theme bundled together." The goal is to simplify…

On June 21st the US Supreme…

Brian Krogsgard

June 25, 2018

Business

On June 21st the US Supreme Court has ruled that online sellers must collect state sales taxes on consumer purchases, which will effect every business that sells on the web in the United States. This will likely impact small businesses…

I enjoyed Marc Benzakein talk about…

Brian Krogsgard

June 25, 2018

I enjoyed Marc Benzakein talk about the challenges SeverPress has faced with PHP 7 and operating system updates that affected the functionality of DesktopServer. If you run a small agency or software company, it's worth a read to see how…

An insightful post from Vasilis Baimas…

Brian Krogsgard

June 25, 2018

An insightful post from Vasilis Baimas on his experiences contributing at WordCamp Europe 2018, particularly working on features for the Yoast plugin. "WordPress relies on people like you to come those ideas true.... every enhancement and each improvement depends on…

Andrey Savchenko has started an initiative…

Brian Krogsgard

June 25, 2018

Andrey Savchenko has started an initiative to "fix up and improve" the Date/Time component of WordPress core.

Nick Croft from Reaktiv Studios has written…

Brian Krogsgard

June 25, 2018

Nick Croft from Reaktiv Studios has written a great explanation of how to use WP-CLI scaffolding in WordPress projects. Scaffolding can definitely "jump start" development of a plugin and Nick shows you how to do that, plus extend the scaffold for your own needs.

I recently discovered this broad overview…

Brian Krogsgard

June 25, 2018

I recently discovered this broad overview from Matthew Setter on the state of testing in PHP today. It's not WordPress specific, but it's useful. Developers should be testing their PHP code now or making it a goal to do so.

GitLab recently released its first iteration…

Brian Krogsgard

June 25, 2018

GitLab recently released its first iteration of their Web IDE with a historical explanation of how it developed from proof of concept to core feature.

Front-end developers who wish to brush…

Brian Krogsgard

June 25, 2018

Front-end developers who wish to brush up on their CSS selector skills (or perhaps discover some they didn't know about) may be interested in this "level up" guide from David Gwyer.

If you use the placeholder attribute…

Brian Krogsgard

June 25, 2018

If you use the placeholder attribute when building HMTL forms, then you might want to see these reasons from Eric Bailey why you probably shouldn't.

Adam Silverstein, an employee at 10up,…

Brian Krogsgard

June 25, 2018

Adam Silverstein, an employee at 10up, recently shared his experience on contributing to Google's AMP Project. Adam was recently recognized through the Google Open Source Peer Bonus Program.

Notes from WordCamp Europe, 2018

David Bisset

June 25, 2018

Design

Another successful WordCamp Europe 2018 just wrapped up a few days ago. The event had 54 organizers, 170 volunteers, 65 speakers (from 17 countries), and 37 sponsors (with 44 micro-sponsors). Out of 2,368 tickets sold, 2,085 attendees (from 76 countries)…

Matt on Gutenberg at WordCamp Europe

David Bisset

June 15, 2018

SecurityWordPress News

The sixth WordCamp Europe is happening now on June 15-16 (it was preceded by Contributor Day on the 14th) in Belgrade, Serbia. As you would expect from a large WordCamp, the lineup is full of great talks given by a diverse group of…

Productizing your service business, with Brian Casel

Brian Krogsgard

June 15, 2018

BusinessDraft

In this episode, I interview Brian Casel, the owner of Audience Ops, a productized content service he's built to employ 30 people. He also runs a podcast and course on helping others productize their services.