WCEU 2019 in Review

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David Bisset
WordCamp Europe 2019 hosted a record 3,200+ people, according to ticket sales. WCEU started with a contributor day on Thursday, June 20, followed by the two main conference days on Friday and Saturday.

WordCamp Europe continues this weekend. You…

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Brian Krogsgard

WordCamp Europe continues this weekend. You can watch the livestream and take in any track at WCEU's YouTube channel. The Tavern (and David's twitter feed) have some excellent coverage of the highlights so far. 🌍

Jonny Harris, a WordPress core contributor,…

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Dan Knauss

Jonny Harris, a WordPress core contributor, is looking for feedback on a feature plugin that gives REST endpoints to menus. This feature would be great for Gutenberg and headless WordPress sites. 🔌

📺 I only found one video…

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Dan Knauss

📺 I only found one video worth watching this past week, but it's a big one: "The Economics of Open Source"

The WordPress theme review team is…

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Dan Knauss

The WordPress theme review team is adopting a new policy: Trusted Authors "will need to review [one] ticket a month to be able to have their themes set live." 🎫 Some folks have chimed in on this policy, including Justin…

WordPress Developer

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Content Pilot

We are seeking a WordPress Developer responsible for front-end and backend development focused on building bespoke websites for industry leading law firms. This is a full-time, on-site position located in Dallas, Texas.

Advanced Custom Fields version 5.8.0 is…

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Dan Knauss

Advanced Custom Fields version 5.8.0 is available now. This release contains the long-awaited PHP-based framework for developing Gutenberg custom block types. Many people are already publishing some demos on Twitter using the new PHP method, which seems sure to open…

WPCampus released the results of the…

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Dan Knauss

WPCampus released the results of the much-awaited Gutenberg accessibility audit. Tenon LLC conducted the tests and produced the report at the cost of $31,200. On top of donations raised by WPCampus, Automattic covered about two-thirds of that total. The testing…

WordPress Junior Developer

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Content Pilot

We are seeking a WordPress Junior Developer responsible for front-end development. This is a full-time, on-site position located in Dallas, Texas.

WordPress 5.2 is still (at the…

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Dan Knauss

WordPress 5.2 is still (at the time of this writing) slated to arrive next Tuesday (May 7th). In the meantime, the second release candidate is out. We covered a lot of developer information for 5.2 in last week's notes, but…

WPCampus released the accessibility audit of…

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Dan Knauss

WPCampus released the accessibility audit of Gutenberg that was conducted by Tenon, starting in late 2018. You can read the 34-page Executive Summary. 💦 WPCampus explains, "This report is best understood as a snapshot of the state of the editor in…

After the WordPress 5.2 release was…

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Dan Knauss

After the WordPress 5.2 release was pushed back to early May and the first release candidate became available for testing, some detailed posts surfaced about 5.2 with some new and more in-depth analysis. William Earnhardt addressed the accessibility changes developers…
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