WordPress News

It appears Google has stopped displaying…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

It appears Google has stopped displaying the AMP label for AMP pages listed in the Google mobile search results. It’s not clear if this will “influence searchers” as Barry Schwartz thinks it will, but it’s an interesting move considering Google’s…

Firefox 90 will no longer support…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

Firefox 90 will no longer support the FTP protocol. I know this will make things more secure, but the old-timer in me misses when I could visit FTP sites in a browser! 👴

Vitaly Friedman explains in Smashing Magazine…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

Vitaly Friedman explains in Smashing Magazine how to use filters properly — and why it’s important: “[N]ever freeze the UI on a single input, provide text input fallback and never auto-scroll users on a single input.”

Greg Hunt shared in Post Status…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

Greg Hunt shared in Post Status Slack that he’s released a small utility plugin that adds your defined sidebar widget areas as standard WordPress menu items which would be “mostly useful for creating mega menu style dropdown menus.” 🔌

Wordfence reports that the official SendGrid…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

Wordfence reports that the official SendGrid for WordPress plugin is vulnerable to authorization bypass if run in multisite. The plugin is no longer maintained and no longer downloadable from the plugin repo, but it is reported to have 100,000+ active…

Kevin Powell refers to a lot…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

Kevin Powell refers to a lot of helpful CSS resources and experts in this humble post. If you are looking to further expand your CSS knowledge, this is worth a read. 👑

Justin Ferriman notes the “importance of…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

Justin Ferriman notes the “importance of taking care of your mental health as an entrepreneur isn’t discussed enough” as he shares how he relieves stress. 🥊 “The body and mind are connected… most of the time my mind is taking…

Marieke van de Rakt via HeroPress…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

Marieke van de Rakt via HeroPress writes about finding her place at Yoast. At one point, she writes, she felt she wouldn’t be taken seriously: “People outside of Yoast often assumed that I was Joost’s assistant or his secretary.” 🙋‍♀️…

Timi Wahalahti believes that the WordPress…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

WordPress Community

Timi Wahalahti believes that the WordPress community does not talk about the climate emergency enough, which we completely agree with. Timi lists some suggestions “to start the conversation.” 🚨 Even if you don’t completely agree with these ideas, it’s worth…

Meanwhile, over in Post Status Slack,…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

Meanwhile, over in Post Status Slack, Steve Burge pointed out that for PublishPress‘s YouTube channel he “found and interviewed several WordPress people [who] are really focused on environmental issues: Tim Frick, Tom Greenwood, Hannah Smith, Phil Sturgeon, Yanir Seroussi, and…

Video Picks 📺 Here are my…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

Video Picks 📺 Here are my video picks: 5 Plugins to Make Your WordPress Site More Efficient 🔥: Scott Wyden Kivowitz from Imagely shows

Podcast Picks 🎙️ Here are my…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

BusinessHosting

Podcast Picks 🎙️ Here are my podcast picks: Open Sourcery: Jonathan Bossenger had a discussion with Mika Epstein about the horrific experience she had when a member of the open-source community harassed her. This leads to a good talk about…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 17) — Acquisition Tracker, WordPress 5.8 and #ClickPublish

David Bisset

July 22, 2021

PlanetPost Status Podcasts

As Post Status tracks acquisitions, we're seeing WordPress history from a business perspective. Cory and David discuss its significance and the 5.8 release.

Is The Growth Of Active Installs of WordPress Plugins Declining in 2021?

David Bisset

July 22, 2021

BusinessPlanet

Many plugins in the WordPress.org repository have shown a significant drop in active install growth this year.

How to Read Like a Vampire and Improve Your Skills as a WordPress Professional

Cory Miller

July 21, 2021

BusinessDesign

How to read a lot without giving up your personal time — and three books worth reading on business and life.

📆 Upcoming Events Headless webinar: What…

Dan Knauss

July 16, 2021

📆 Upcoming Events Headless webinar: What is headless and why does everyone seem to want it?: On July 20th, Joost de Valk (founder of Yoast) and Miriam Schwab (CEO and co-founder of Strattic) will be holding a free webinar focused…