Keeping Higher Education Website Managers’ Dream Alive While Sunsetting Edupack
Blake Bertuccelli
Every University IT department dreams of a self-service system in which they do not have to deal with outside vendors.
Evolving Edupack: A One-Size Fits All Plugin Leads to an Accessibility Platform and Enhanced Agency Services
Blake Bertuccelli
I now believe that a one size fits all website publishing product is not possible. Each university has its own set of requirements. The requirements vary from the placement of buttons to the type of accessibility a university mandates. In the end, universities shouldn’t sacrifice individual requirements for ease of use.
WordPress 6.1.1 • FSE → Site Editor • Twenty Twenty Three
Courtney Robertson
Get a look at the latest default theme, Twenty Twenty-Three! 🎨 Full Site Editing has a new name: "Site Editor." 📝 And WordPress 6.1.1 will be released on November 15. 📅
WordPress 6.1 • Raghavendra Satish Peri
Courtney Robertson
#WordPress 6.1 was released on November 1. ✨ Check out all the updated and revised support articles. 📖 Learn about #accessibility and contributor Raghavendra Satish Peri from the WordPress India community. 🇮🇳
WordPress 6.1 RC5 • WP-CLI 2.7.1 • Help Test Plugin Dependencies Feature Plugin
Courtney Robertson
WordPress 6.1 rolls out on November 1. Help test 6.1 Release Candidate 3 — and the Rollback feature plugin. Be sure to look over the 6.1 DevNotes, Field Guides, and Team Updates.
What AI and Automation Are — and Aren’t — Good For
Michelle Frechette
Thoughts on how AI and automation can be enabling to individuals and help us all be part of our communities where human-to-human interaction is the best and most vital part. • We love our community on Twitter, but maybe that's not where our community will be in the future. • Nev Harris is in our Member Spotlight. • Our Black Friday deals are live — and you can still add yours. WordPress Accessibility Day, WordFest, and WP Wealthbuilder Summit are coming right up, and so are WordCamps! We'd love to see you at one of our EU/US weekly Huddles.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 72) — Can We Get to “Yes” on Better UX?
Dan 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?
New Venue Accessibility Checklist in the WordCamp Organizer Handbook
Michelle Frechette
Big steps for accessibility at WordCamps. Miriam Schwab is in our Member Spotlight! Some upcoming events. Don't miss being listed in our BF/CM deals!
WordPress 6.1 RC2 • 6.1 Sneak Peek with Nick Diego • WP-CLI 2.7.1 • Help Test Plugin Dependencies Feature Plugin
Courtney Robertson
Get a sneak peek at WordPress 6.1 with Nick Diego. Help test 6.1 Release Candidate 2 — and the Plugin Dependencies feature plugin. Be sure to browse the 6.1 DevNotes, Field Guides, and Team Updates. WP-CLI 2.7.1 is available now.
November: Register to speak at WordFest Live — and come to WordPress Accessibility Day
Dan Knauss
Coming up on November 18, WordFest Live will once again “support and promote positive well-being and mental health within remote working communities.” REGISTER →And don't forget WordPress Accessibility Day on November 2-3! REGISTER →Then on November 21, it's Alicia St.…
A Definitive Guide to WP-Config, the WordPress 6.1 Field Guide, and Twenty Twenty-Three
Daniel Schutzsmith
Here’s a glimpse of what’s going on in the world of design and development in the WordPress space this past week: A delicious developer's advanced guide to WP-Config, the WordPress 6.1 Field Guide, and Twenty Twenty-Three looks amazing! Brian Gardner released a new FSE theme, Powder. Cool Tool of the Week: Lorem Picsum by David Marby and Nijiko Yonskai.
WordPress 6.1 RC1 • DevNotes • Field Guides • New LearnWP Course
Courtney Robertson
WordPress 6.1 RC 1 has shipped with a release date of November 1. It's time to start testing! Check out the Developer Notes, Field Guide, and related team updates.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 70) — Trust and Distrust: Microaggressions, Active Install Growth Data for Plugins, and Open Source Security
Dan Knauss
In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Dan and Ny take on three issues in the WordPress community that can threaten or impair trust while also revealing how foundational trust and healthy communication are: 1) racism and microaggressions, 2) the sudden removal and uncertain fate of the active install growth chart in the WordPress.org plugin repository, and 3) open source and security. Briefly discussed: emerging US federal policy that aims to secure open-source software. Zero-trust architecture might work well for networked machines, but human relationships and communities need trust.
WordPress Tech Roundup for the Week of September 26, 2022
Dan Knauss
Big Changes in WP_Query and the Nav Block • Accessibility-Ready Themes • Design Systems and Agency-Client Co-Creation • W3.CSS • WP Plugin Compare • Is Self-Hosted Email Impossible? • Cool Tool: WordPress WebAssembly • Also: Remix Icons, PDFgrep, The only 58 bytes of CSS you need to go to parties, plus an amazing Block Editor trick.
WordPress Community News Roundup for the Week of September 19, 2022
Michelle Frechette
The Post Status Member Spotlight turns onto Tom Greenwood this week. The WordPress community conversation about accessibility at WordCamps continues on Twitter, WP Builds, Post Status Draft, and Post Status Excerpt. Let's have WordPress Accessibility for All!
Post Status Excerpt (No. 69) — WCUS Afterthoughts, Accessibility, and Pay Transparency
Dan Knauss
WordCamp US, accessibility, disability, Ny's "blood feud" with Uber, and salary transparency are the topics Dan Knauss and Nyasha Green take on this week for The Excerpt.
