10up has released a Convert to Blocks plugin to support “safe migrations” to the block editor.👍 How it works: “The plugin works upon activation, with no configuration needed and does nothing until an editor needs to update or edit an existing piece of content. If a page or post is not already formatted using blocks…
I really like the site redesign at WPBuffs. Joe Howard explains why it was needed and what went into it in terms of time and costs. 👷♀️ Joe says 90% of the redesign came together in about two months using Elementor, and the entire cost came in at around $20k (USD) for “new branding (logo,…
I am joined by Matt Mullenweg to discuss decision making, Gutenberg, core WordPress processes, Automattic’s business, and more.
Jason Cohen, founder and CTO of WPEngine, gave an interview on a recent OSTraining podcast about Gartner‘s Magic Quadrants. Jason explains why his company deserves to be listed alongside Adobe and Oracle — and why you should stop using the phrase “Managed WordPress” for WPEngine.
Although not directed related to WordPress, the acquisition of Magento Commerce by Adobe for $1.68 Billion (USD) — significantly less than Adobe’s Q1 2018 net revenues — is big news in the eCommerce community. Magento Commerce is the cloud version of Magento which shares about a quarter of its code with the open source Magento Community Edition…
A study jointly commissioned by WP Engine and Manifesto surveyed over 300 enterprise-level IT and marketing decision makers in the US. and UK. A few key points stood out: Adobe Experience Manager won the popularity contest, but it was followed closely by WordPress, which is highly favored as a “secondary CMS.” Keep in mind this…
Adobe has launched Typekit Marketplace – a place to find and purchase fonts. Once purchased, the fonts are added to your personal library on Typekit and are synced to your applications through Adobe’s Creative Cloud. One of the feature highlights is the licensing – all Typekit fonts are offered under a license that both web…
Recently, I talked about NextGEN and the route they are taking with a hosted product, via their new Imagely brand. In a recent blog post by Syed Balkhi, you can see that they are working on similar photography-specific functionality with Envira Gallery, but are sticking with a self-hosted only option: In the past months, we…
PHPStorm got a ton of backlash recently for announcing a switch to an Adobe Creative Cloud style subscription. Now, they’ve backtracked and put some really good policies in place, I think: We are moving forward with subscriptions with important adjustments. You will receive a perpetual fallback license once you pay for a year up front…
It might surprise you that WordPress is not the most used CMS amongst traditional news outlets in the United States. Barrett Golding, of the Reynolds Journalism Institute, surveyed over 1,500 news outlets in the US, and attempted to identify their primary content management systems. WordPress came in second — by a wide margin– amongst daily…
Chris Pearson and Matt Mullenweg have hardly communicated with one another in the last five years, but they are ideological enemies. They have very strong personalities and unshakable beliefs on business and software. This is a story of their dispute, their idealism, and the implications it will have on the WordPress project.
At the very least, it’s probably time to give Brackets a serious look for your WordPress theme building.
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