WordPress News

Steven Henty, a developer at Rocketgenius…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2017

Steven Henty, a developer at Rocketgenius and maintainer of Gravity Flow, writes about creating and running acceptance tests for WordPress plugins. Steven stresses how the end user's trust is at stake and tries to make the testing process more understandable…

If you’re looking for items to…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2017

If you're looking for items to add to your podcast playlists, don't miss ReThink.fm's interview of Morten Rand-Hendriksen. They get into Morten's blog post on "The Case For WordPress Telemetry" and how data should shape decisions made in WordPress core.

Rachel Andrew and Jen Simmons went…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2017

Rachel Andrew and Jen Simmons went on the Shop Talk Show to talk about CSS Grid, and it's a really in-depth, valuable conversation. You can start using it now, and they really helped clarify a lot of Grid questions I…

In other upgrade news, WP Rocket…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2017

In other upgrade news, WP Rocket announced version 2.10 with new features such as a revamped settings dashboard and improved static file caching. Now you can minify CSS and JavaScript assets without any concatenation.

Donncha Ó Caoimh shows off the…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2017

Donncha Ó Caoimh shows off the work being done on his WP Super Cache plugin: "Supercache" files are being used to make things faster for logged in users. A REST API has been added, along with more secure debug logs and some…

Charlie Owen shares her experiences visiting some…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2017

Charlie Owen shares her experiences visiting some popular websites without JavaScript. As you could probably imagine, the more complex the site the more issues she ran into. Her observations will make you think about how your sites would work (or if…

If you’re looking for a BuddyPress…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2017

If you're looking for a BuddyPress theme, WeFoster has a guide for the best premium options currently available. The BuddyPress theme market has its challenges, and there are areas that need improvement. However, if you aren't going to build a BuddyPress…

Here’s a nice read from Jules…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2017

Design

Here's a nice read from Jules Forrest on the CSS Tricks blog: how she built the backend of the Women Who Design website. Tools including using the Twitter API, Autolinker (a new one or me), Node, Firebase, and JavaScript. I also encourage you…

WordPress.com has yet more commercials out…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2017

WordPress.com has yet more commercials out — in 30 second and 15 second formats — titled, "Share what you love at WordPress.com." This time they are related to hobbies and people standing on baskets. I guess they are meant to…

Thinking about blockchain

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2017

My thoughts aren't fully formed on the matter yet, but I've been thinking a lot about blockchain technology recently. Yes, my interest was piqued due to the massive price rise in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other digital currencies' values; but I…

WordPress 4.8, “Evans”, is out

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2017

WordPress 4.8, "Evans," has been released. It's a bit of a stop-gap release, as I covered before. The most visible feature is the addition of several media widgets -- for images, audio, video, and an enhanced text widget. These new…

WordCamp Europe kicking off

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2017

WordCamp Europe is kicking off, and I know many Post Status members are in Paris now. I hope everyone has a wonderful time! The first official events are actually already over, with the conclusion of a two-day Community Summit. Attendance…

Teaching what you learn with Joe Casabona — Draft Podcast

Katie Richards

June 7, 2017

DraftPlanet

In this episode, Brian and Joe Casabona discuss learning WordPress, as well as teaching it, including the things they find most important to learn.

In addition to the WooCommerce third…

Brian Krogsgard

June 6, 2017

In addition to the WooCommerce third party developer rate increase, I discovered something else that isn't particularly consequential, but is interesting nonetheless. It turns out that WooCommerce has made a slight mistake in its payouts to extension developers for a…

WP Forms has acquired the WP…

Brian Krogsgard

June 6, 2017

WP Forms has acquired the WP Mail SMTP plugin -- which has 600,000+ active installs -- in order to bolster their mail sending reliability, without having to recommend tools they don't control. Awesome Motive (the team that makes WP Forms)…