Tammie Lister has started a lexicon…
Dan Knauss
Tammie Lister has started a lexicon to help “define and collate links” related to “themes and the new functionality in WordPress as full site editing happens.”🔖
BuddyPress 9.0 “Mico” was released a…
Dan Knauss
BuddyPress 9.0 “Mico” was released a day before WordPress 5.8 with 10 new blocks. It was a short time frame development cycle, so kudos to the team for pulling it off. 🙌 I’m excited to see the block editor used…
Carolina Nymark is looking for feedback…
Dan Knauss
Carolina Nymark is looking for feedback — especially from WordPress theme authors — to help improve the theme directory requirements. She asks, “What would make it easier for you to submit themes? What requirement would you like to change or…
Francesca Marano describes some proof-of-concept work…
Dan Knauss
Francesca Marano describes some proof-of-concept work being done with WordPress updates, and she’s asking for feedback. A proof of concept has been created that can be found in a draft PR. 💬
With the release of WordPress 5.8,…
Dan Knauss
With the release of WordPress 5.8, block templates have been on the minds of some developers. Rich Tabor has a great guide to building your first block template, and it explains how to leverage template parts within block templates. 🦮…
Marcus Kazmierczak continues to dive deep…
Dan Knauss
Marcus Kazmierczak continues to dive deep into how WordPress 5.8 introduces a new and easier way to load block assets only when needed. He shares a test-block example. 👍
Version 0.8 of the GraphQL API…
Dan Knauss
Version 0.8 of the GraphQL API for WordPress is now available. This is a big release with potential for “breaking changes,” so be careful if you are updating. In 0.8, the codebase was refactored to enable extensions, further satisfy the…
🤝 WordPress Jobs: The Post Status…
Dan Knauss
🤝 WordPress Jobs: The Post Status Job Board 💼 There are currently 22 Active Job Listings on the Board. We don't have space for them all here, so be sure to check online too. ☀️ Employers: Get your job opening…
LionSher Technologies has announced the acquisition…
Dan Knauss
LionSher Technologies has announced the acquisition of the following plugins from Lever Technology: PDF Embedder, Google Apps Login, Google Drive Embedder, Google Apps Directory, Google Profile Avatars, and All-In-One Intranet. 🔌 LionSher has flown under the radar for a while…
Elementor celebrated its fifth birthday last…
Dan Knauss
Elementor celebrated its fifth birthday last month and published a blog post of milestones they’ve reached. They claim that “5% Of All Websites Are Built With Elementor” with 8 million “active installs.” 🎂 If that’s accurate it would mean Elementor…
Congrats To InstaWP for hitting 1,000…
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Congrats To InstaWP for hitting 1,000 websites in fewer than 15 days after launching. InstaWP lets you spin up a WordPress test site very quickly. Founder Vikas Singhal promises more features (like reserving sites and mapping domain names) in the…
After Automattic announced it was buying…
Dan Knauss
After Automattic announced it was buying Pocket Casts last week, Joe Casabona explained why he thinks this is a great move. 🎙️ Personally, I think it’s nice to see Automattic taking ownership, and I don’t think this particular move will…
Some Tumblr news this week: Ilya…
Dan Knauss
Some Tumblr news this week: Ilya Kaminsky has been brought on board with Automattic to work on Tumblr as Director of Engineering, Ads. Automattic credits a new partnership with Hunt Club for the hire, no doubt one of several sources…
Nick Adams, former COO of WP…
Dan Knauss
Nick Adams, former COO of WP Buffs, has transitioned into the role of CEO there. Joe Howard is staying on as CIO (Chief Innovation Officer) and will be handling WPMRR (the virtual summit, community, and podcast) and advancing the acquisition…
Nandini Diagarajan explores the things you…
Dan Knauss
Nandini Diagarajan explores the things you should know before taking over an online community. This advice could apply to communities formed around products, plugins, and even events in the WordPress space. This is recommended reading for anyone taking over as…
Ollie Rozdarz gets into detail about…
Dan Knauss
Ollie Rozdarz gets into detail about experiments performed last year with the WordPress.com onboarding flow. 🧪
