ByDan Knauss
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Since many people in the WordPress community use Github, it was interesting to note Github’s announcement that they plan to add support for a Dependency Graph for Composer-based PHP projects. 📊
In the podcast Joe and I just recorded, one of our topics was WordPress PHP version support. In WordPress 5.3, namespaces were introduced, and WordPress core doesn’t use them; but WordPress developers use them often in custom work or for distributed plugins. WP Shout has an excellent overview of namespaces that really nicely puts namespaces…
Cal Evans explains the basics of Docker and Lando — as well as the advantages of using them. Docker is an open platform for developing, shipping, and running applications.
Elementor acquires Strattic • WP Engine acquires Delicious Brains‘ plugins 🧠 • When the Cathedrals own the Bazaars and Shopping Centers and you’re in a strip mall with a fruit stand… • Jetpack decouples • InstaWP gets seed funding from Automattic 🌱 • Automattic hire #2000 • World-class FSE, how? 🌐 • WCEU by the numbers • Weglot gives back • RoleUp rolls out • Tadlock exits WP Tavern 🍺 • Why ‘why’ matters most • The Big 2-0 next year • All there is to know about core WordPress email notifications, documented ✉️ • System font stack check • Do not follow by default • Museum of Block Art opens 🎨 • Meet Yvonne Doll • Mostly modest WordPress wishlists • WooCommerce Experts to go global • How to do well in a downturn 📉 • Some things we don’t — but ought to — talk about. 🐘 Silent no longer about Sustainability.
Mark Gavalda at Kinsta released some numbers from their in-depth performance benchmarks to see how different versions of PHP stack up against each other while running WordPress, Drupal, etc. There’s a lot to unpack here, but something curious for most readers may be Kinsta’s discovery that in some instances WordPress 4.9.8 ran faster than WordPress…
For a long time, I’ve debated with myself about what makes some consulting companies get a lot more attention in the open source software world versus others. The key factor, I think, is community engagement — and I mean engagement from the top down, not the bottom up. In the WordPress space, you hear about…
Gary Jones and Weston Ruter have recently updated the PHP_CodeSniffer rules that enforce WordPress coding conventions. PHP_CodeSniffer is a set of two PHP scripts: one “tokenizes PHP, JavaScript and CSS files and detects violations of a defined set of coding standards,” and the second automatically corrects those violations. It’s quite a useful tool.
