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Post Status Excerpt (No. 72) — Can We Get to “Yes” on Better UX?
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Post Status Excerpt (No. 72) — Can We Get to “Yes” on Better UX?

ByDan Knauss

This week in an article shared in Post Status Slack, Eric Karkovack suggested some ways to improve the WordPress user experience, especially for DIY users setting up a website for the first time. Some of the things Eric wants to see happen, like a standard interface for plugins and a curated view of the plugin ecosystem, are also commonly expressed by designers, developers, and people in other roles at WordPress agencies serving enterprise clients. Can we get everyone to “yes” on a better UX?

Brent Roose offers some benchmarks that…

ByDan Knauss

Brent Roose offers some benchmarks that feature the new preloading feature in PHP 7.4. Brent says, “I think it’s safe to say that preloading… will have a positive performance impact, also on real-life projects built upon a full-blown framework.” 🚆

Ashley Rich has written a nice…

ByDan Knauss

Ashley Rich has written a nice article detailing PHP Encryption Methods for passwords and sensitive data. Each encryption method has multiple algorithms or ciphers to choose from, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Ashley focuses on implementing hashing and secret key encryption.

Here is a nice update from…

ByBrian Krogsgard

Here is a nice update from the Tide group, which made progress during Contributor Day at WCUS. Tide is a series of automated tests run against every installed plugin and theme in the WP.org directory. It displays PHP compatibility, and it tests for errors or warnings. (Tide is sponsored by Google, Automattic, WPEngine, and XWP.)

John Jacoby writes how everything is…

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John Jacoby writes how everything is a variable, and although I won’t spoil all this points and his final conclusion I wanted to share this: Once plugins and themes can (and will) start flexing more PHP muscle, the WordPress world has the potential to become a very scary place to work inside of, and it’s…