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ByBrian Krogsgard

Automattic has released a pretty fancy PHP class called Prefork, that enables pre-loading capability to large PHP apps, such as WordPress. This makes it so that WordPress doesn’t have to completely reload itself every time you load the page. It’s got some pretty meaty requirements and the setup process isn’t for a beginner, but this…

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Themezilla acquired by Pixel Union

ByBrian Krogsgard

Pixel Union was originally a theme marketplace for Tumblr, that expanded to BigCommerce, Shopify, and WordPress. The founder of Pixel Union is Andrew Wilkinson, who also started Meta Lab and publishes Designer News. Meta Lab is well known for being the original design agency to work with Slack. It has been fairly well known for some…

The latest version of Gutenberg (2.1)…

ByBrian Krogsgard

The latest version of Gutenberg (2.1) is out with another healthy list of improvements and additions. As Matias Ventura reports, the update iterates further on aspects of the design and writing flow with enhancements like lighter up/down movers. It also brings many extensibility API improvements. As the final stages for features are approached, Matias notes…

BobWP’s Woo Snippet for the Week of March 27
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BobWP’s Woo Snippet for the Week of March 27

ByBob Dunn

WooCommerce 6.4 RC 1 📦 Blocks and Admin 🔌 Time to Retire ZeroClipboard ⚠️ Clients in a Candy Store 🍬 Sustainable Woo? 🪴 Zach Stepek, Carl Alexander, Till Krüss, and JJJ 🎙️

Salvatore Sanfilippo has a brief but…

ByDan Knauss

Salvatore Sanfilippo has a brief but insightful take on “the open source paradox,” which is “the proportionality between the money people give you for coding something, and the level of demand for the quality they can claim to have about your work.” On the one hand, “[t]he real right you have, and often don’t exploit,…

This Week at WordPress.org (January 17, 2022)
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This Week at WordPress.org (January 17, 2022)

ByCourtney Robertson

Each week we are highlighting the news from WordPress.org that you don’t want to miss. If you or your company create products or services that use WordPress, we’ve got the news you need to know. Be sure to share this resource with your product and project managers. News WordPress 5.9 RC3 Help Test WordPress 5.9…