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Morten Rand-Hendrikson introduced a new scaffolding…

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Morten Rand-Hendrikson introduced a new scaffolding project called WP Rig, in partnership with his employer, LinkedIn, Google, XWP, and other members of the WordPress community, including Rachel Cherry. It looks really slick and I'm looking forward to taking it for…

If you go by the metrics…

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If you go by the metrics from W3Techs, WordPress recently hit 31% of the web and almost 60% of CMS market share. According to the same chart, Squarespace and Shopify have also seen small gains.

WordPress 4.9.6 allows you to export…

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WordPress 4.9.6 allows you to export user data, but not the ability to export or erase data from third party services like Stripe, MailChimp, ConvertKit, and Insightly CRM. That's where a new plugin from Scott DeLuzio comes in. The recently announced…

FacetWP 3.2 was released with a…

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Brian Krogsgard

FacetWP 3.2 was released with a lot of new features, like a layout builder, and a significantly improved query builder.

Jonathan Christopher, the creator of SearchWP,…

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Jonathan Christopher, the creator of SearchWP, has documented how to use Parcel to bundle your own Vue powered WordPress plugin. Parcel is a "zero configuration" web application bundler, and Jonathan explains how you can get it up and running. Even…

Matt Brown, a developer at Vimeo,…

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Matt Brown, a developer at Vimeo, recently wrote a piece about improving WordPress with static analysis. Matt reminds us that most developers would agree that WordPress has been very conservative about the PHP versions it supports, but "there’s no reason…

Fred Meyer writes that although WordPress…

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Fred Meyer writes that although WordPress is a great tool "most small business website owners are not having wonderful experiences with it." This is due to a wide range of problems, like a lack of developer ethics, unclear communication, slow…

Don’t miss this great post from JosĂ©…

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Don't miss this great post from José M. Pérez about the ways you can cultivate a "web performance culture" in your company. José offers useful tips that apply to teams and solo developers. All developers need this reminder in particular: your development…

WP Business Reviews is a WordPress…

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Brian Krogsgard

WP Business Reviews is a WordPress plugin from the team at WordImpress that showcases the best reviews from Google, Facebook, Yelp, and YP Reviews. It's currently in beta, and you can sign up to request access.

Mark Jaquith has blogged about React…

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Brian Krogsgard

Mark Jaquith has blogged about React and how he used it with his latest plugin, ScoutDocs. If you are just starting to pick up React, you'll appreciate how Mark shares his approaches, missteps, and successes.

Gutenberg hit the 3.0 milestone recently.…

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Brian Krogsgard

Gutenberg hit the 3.0 milestone recently. Matias Ventura wrote about what's new in Gutenberg on Make Core. The block library and inserting interface underwent an overhaul that I believe is a nice enhancement. Rich Tabor writes about how to add…

The call for speakers for WordCamp…

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The call for speakers for WordCamp US 2018 is open. WordCamp US 2018 is December 7-9 this year, again in Nashville. In the meantime, WordCamp Europe 2018 is coming up fast: June 14-16 in Belgrade, Serbia. If you can't attend,…

May 27 was the 15th anniversary…

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May 27 was the 15th anniversary of the first WordPress release. The celebration was a global event, and you can still see what was posted on Twitter at the official anniversary site. Some members of the community — such as…

This is something I missed when…

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This is something I missed when it came out — the WordPress Foundation published its 2017 Annual Report with data about its new programs as well as meetups and WordCamps. There were 554 meetup groups with over 231,870 members who attended…

Aleksander Kuczek recently tackled the question…

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Aleksander Kuczek recently tackled the question of how many WordPress websites actually exist. After explaining a few different approaches to the problem, each unique and with its own limitations, Aleksander comes up with 297 Million as a reasonable estimate.

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