Sam Williams shares some tips on…
Brian Krogsgard
Sam Williams shares some tips on how to make your ES6 Javascript code cleaner, shorter, and easier to read.
Pippin Williamson is looking to hand…
Brian Krogsgard
Pippin Williamson is looking to hand over his Full Screen Background Images Pro to a new caregiver. Taking over new plugins is a good way to be involved in the WordPress ecosystem, and help continue to grow and support a…
According to the official Google Chrome…
Brian Krogsgard
According to the official Google Chrome blog, Google will start rolling out it's ad blocker inside Chrome on February 15, 2018. Syed Balkhi explains how the ad block works and how his particular plugin OptinMonster fares under the changes.
This is a nice read from…
Brian Krogsgard
This is a nice read from Christine Peterson explaining how she coined the term "open source." It's hard to believe that February 3 was its 20th anniversary. Speaking of anniversaries, XML is 20 years old too, and it's been 25 years since…
Andrew Ozz posted a proposed roadmap…
Brian Krogsgard
Andrew Ozz posted a proposed roadmap for GDPR compliance within WordPress. This is a complicated project from a legal perspective -- and the roadmap includes not only items for core to address, but also ways to encourage plugins and themes…
Google getting serious about WordPress
Brian Krogsgard
If you were at WordCamp US last year, you might have noticed Google's presence in the sponsor area and the mention of Tide. Now Alberto Medina, Developer Advocate at Google, has stated that "Google is also actively engaged and looking…
An Interview with GeneratePress founder Tom Usborne
Dan Knauss
GeneratePress has earned a substantial user base, surpassing a million downloads last year. Here's what it's creator and founder has to say about the journey.
Proposal for onboarding new contributors
Brian Krogsgard
Daniel James posted on the Make Community blog about a proposal for onboarding new contributors, including a mentorship program. Now, whilst the community team does a great job at the community side of things such as WordCamps and meetup events…
How WebDevStudios is serving different market segments — Draft podcast
Katie Richards
In this episode, Lisa Sabin-Wilson shares about the entangled history of WebDevStudios and eWebscapes and how she and team are targeting every level of the market.
WP-CLI has a new version out.…
Brian Krogsgard
WP-CLI has a new version out. Version 1.5 lets you verify the integrity of your installed plugins and do pretty much anything you want with wp-config.php, to name just two of the new release highlights.
If you’re using Webpack then this “field…
Brian Krogsgard
If you're using Webpack then this "field guide" for better build performance by Rowan Oulton (an engineer at Slack) will be right up your alley. There's a lot of information in it. According to Rowan, they got their median build time…
A study jointly commissioned by WP…
Brian Krogsgard
A study jointly commissioned by WP Engine and Manifesto surveyed over 300 enterprise-level IT and marketing decision makers in the US. and UK. A few key points stood out: Adobe Experience Manager won the popularity contest, but it was followed…
Mark Jaquith has ditched Capistrano for…
Brian Krogsgard
Mark Jaquith has ditched Capistrano for deployments mainly because it was overkill for him. In this recent post he shows how he does deployment with Git.
Images frequently make up the bulk…
Brian Krogsgard
Images frequently make up the bulk of a site's page weight, so it's important to keep images optimized. Tang Rufus shows how you can use WP-CLI and some binaries to optimize on the command line — with just one command.…
James Laws interviewed Kevin Stover ( his…
Brian Krogsgard
James Laws interviewed Kevin Stover ( his cofounder at Ninja Forms) and Phil Derksen (founder of WP Simple Pay) on the Mastermind.fm podcast. If you want to learn more about business models and what it's like selling a business, add this episode…
Steve Burge of OSTraining has announced…
Brian Krogsgard
Steve Burge of OSTraining has announced the acquisition of Daniel Bachhuber's Bylines plugin for his relatively new and recently rebranded WordPress-focused business, PublishPress. PublishPress provides an extensible base of useful features for any multi-user editorial workflow. If it reminds you…
