The Age of Widgets
Dan Knauss
Widgets became a part of the WordPress lexicon when they entered core in 2005. Full Site Editing will eventually replace them with blocks.
WP-CLI 2.5 Release Pending
David Bisset
The long-awaited 2.5.0 release of WP-CLI is happening Wednesday, May 19th, 2021. Several obstacles converged to slow its progress in 2020.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 10) — GiveWP + LiquidWeb, Acquisitions Good For WordPress?
David Bisset
In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Cory Miller and David Bisset discuss the news aboutLiquidWeb acquiring GiveWP.
The Kolbe Index A and How It Can Help Your Team Thrive — with Kathy Kolbe
Karen Johnson
Kathy Kolbe has been called Abraham Maslow's successor because of her work on the mind and creative problem solving. Learn the science of team synergy in this important Post Status conversation.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 9) — Recommended Reading for WordPress Professionals and How We Update
David Bisset
Cory and David discuss three books WordPress professionals should read as well as the way they make updates to WordPress.
WebP support seems to be in…
Dan Knauss
WebP support seems to be in the cards for WordPress. Jonny Harris shared this Trac ticket on Twitter and added the following comment: "Worked really hard on this one and I am proud of it. Massive props to @roundearth for…
Jeffrey Paul asks what’s on developers’…
Dan Knauss
Jeffrey Paul asks what's on developers' to-do lists for WordPress 5.8. Although the question is aimed at core component maintainers and feature plugin authors, you can voice your opinion in the comments. đź’¬
Francesca Marano has an update on…
Dan Knauss
Francesca Marano has an update on the updating of the WordPress updaters! (Yep, you read that right.) Francesca outlines the desired outcomes for this featured project and provides some context: "The WordPress Core update has proven to be generally reliable,…
Ryan Mccue open-sourced (and lightly updated…
Dan Knauss
Ryan Mccue open-sourced (and lightly updated for 2021) his WordPress Media Library in React proof of concept. It's humorously codenamed "Obscura," and it might be useful for some people.
Greg Sullivan launched a theme generator…
Dan Knauss
Greg Sullivan launched a theme generator called _tw that uses the popular WordPress starter theme _s as its foundation. His generator creates a starter theme optimized for development with Tailwind. He is looking for feedback. đź‘Ť
Ben Gillbanks built a new plugin…
Dan Knauss
Ben Gillbanks built a new plugin called Translate Words — it's a simple and quick "change text/translate plugin" that works both on the WordPress front-end and admin area. I like the simple UI. It appears to be good for simple…
Automattic has posted an example of…
Dan Knauss
Automattic has posted an example of a plugin that uses Jetpack Connection as a dependency to establish a connection to WordPress.com. 🔌
Joe Watkins has an excellent (and…
Dan Knauss
Joe Watkins has an excellent (and potentially scary) read here on how some major aspects of the PHP project might depend on just a few people. He asks how many people does the PHP project depend on — and he…
Alert Post Status member Daniel Schutzsmith…
Dan Knauss
Alert Post Status member Daniel Schutzsmith noted something odd in the recently announced sale of Understrap — a WordPress theme framework based on the _s starter theme and Bootstrap 4 SASS grid framework. New information on this sale continues to…
Nile Flores asks that WordCamp organizers…
Dan Knauss
Nile Flores asks that WordCamp organizers — in particular ones that operate the regional events like WordCamp US and WordCamp Europe — remember "our roots." We should make sure to cater to people who are new or just starting with…
James Koster notes the existence of…
Dan Knauss
James Koster notes the existence of the WordPress Design Library (an archive of WordPress design assets) and talks specifically about some key features and fundamentals of the Figma tool.🎨 This is useful if you want to prototype or design elements…
