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

Dan Knauss

October 27, 2022

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?

A Definitive Guide to WP-Config, the WordPress 6.1 Field Guide, and Twenty Twenty-Three

Daniel Schutzsmith

October 14, 2022

PlanetTech

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 Tech Roundup for the Week of September 26, 2022

Dan Knauss

September 28, 2022

DesignDevelopment

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 6.1 Beta 1 • Help Test • #WPTranslationDay • Video Courses #LearnWP

Courtney Robertson

September 21, 2022

DesignHosting

The 6.1 Beta 1 release was briefly delayed a day but is now available. You can get familiar with what's coming in 6.1 with the release by helping test the new features. Please give some consideration to Hugh Lashbrooke's proposal for faster course development on the Training Team with video-based courses.

WP 6.1 walkthrough replay • WebP no go • Matt: Core needs to be more editorial • Survey: How do you learn WordPress?

Courtney Robertson

September 14, 2022

DesignHosting

WordPress 6.1 walkthrough replay • Matt: WebP no go • Matt: Core needs to be more editorial • Survey: How do you learn WordPress?

WordPress 6.1 Walkthrough, Dropping 3.7 – 4.0 Security Updates, WordPress Advanced Administration Handbook

Courtney Robertson

September 7, 2022

DesignHosting

Get ready for WordPress 6.1! There's a live walkthrough coming for it on September 13, and the feature freeze is September 20. Other important news: security updates will no longer be backported for WordPress 3.7-4.0, and there's a new Advanced WordPress Administration handbook.

127 Full Site Editing Block Themes

Dan Knauss

September 5, 2022

DesignNotes

It's not meteoric growth by any means, but it's good to see over 127 block themes listed in the WordPress.org theme directory. Highlighting block themes in the navigation was a good idea and an odd one to oppose, but I…

WordPress 6.0.2, Advanced Admin Handbook, Accessibility Tags for Block Themes, and Improving the Template Creation Experience

Courtney Robertson

August 31, 2022

DesignHosting

WordPress 6.0.2, Advanced Admin Handbook, Accessibility Tags for Block Themes, and Improving the Template Creation Experience

Adjust HTML Block Markup, FSE Back to Basics, WP 6.0.2 RC1, and Updating WP_MEMORY_LIMIT

Courtney Robertson

August 24, 2022

DesignHosting

WordPress 6.0.2 is coming soon! Join the next Call for Testing and give your feedback on HTML block markup and increasing the WP_MEMORY_LIMIT variable in wp-config.php.

Tech Roundup for the Week of August 15, 2022

Daniel Schutzsmith

August 18, 2022

DesignDevelopment

This week Daniel shares some resources for creating React Apps using Gutenberg Data, static WordPress sites with Eleventy, and a Figma to FSE workflow. Also a reminder to test and give feedback on fluid typography — and one cool tool: Programming Fonts.

Feedback and Testing: Fluid Typography, Pre-Publish Sidebar, Editor Configuration, Expired Session Autosave, and Contribute Style Variations to Twenty Twenty Three

Courtney Robertson

August 17, 2022

DesignHosting

Get your feedback in now about features coming in WordPress 6.1. Feature freeze is September 20.

Back Compat & Experimental APIs, Safely Handling SVG via “Insert URL”, WordPress 6.1 Bug Scrub Schedule, Database Performance Health Checks

Courtney Robertson

August 10, 2022

DesignMake WordPress

Is it safe to insert an SVG via URL? How healthy is your database? Performance Team Rep Nominations.

TEST – block theme builder plugin

Dan Knauss

August 3, 2022

WordPress News

This sounds great. I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but I'd love to hear from you if you have. This tool basically saves your current settings and layouts to wrap them up as a theme or child…

How to Create a Basic Child Theme for Block Themes

Dan Knauss

August 1, 2022

Notes

Here's a nice tutorial at learn.wordpress.org for learning how to get started with child block theme development and a good model for tutorials you can contribute! If you have any questions about being a tutorial presenter please join the #training…

FSE Themes on the Rise

Dan Knauss

July 22, 2022

Notes

Hendrik Luehrsen shares stats and notes about 100 FSE themes in the WordPress repo by 53 different contributors. He notes that, excluding the Twenty Twenty-Two theme, “all remaining 99 FSE themes combined have about 30,000 active installs, rising fast!” Hendrik…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 55) — A New Era of WordPress Themes

David Bisset

April 20, 2022

DesignPlanet

Rich Tabor says the arrival of the Full Site Editing experience in WordPress 5.9 is the biggest innovation since themes first emerged. Why?

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

A Definitive Guide to WP-Config, the WordPress 6.1 Field Guide, and Twenty Twenty-Three

WordPress Tech Roundup for the Week of September 26, 2022

WordPress 6.1 Beta 1 • Help Test • #WPTranslationDay • Video Courses #LearnWP

WP 6.1 walkthrough replay • WebP no go • Matt: Core needs to be more editorial • Survey: How do you learn WordPress?

WordPress 6.1 Walkthrough, Dropping 3.7 – 4.0 Security Updates, WordPress Advanced Administration Handbook

127 Full Site Editing Block Themes

WordPress 6.0.2, Advanced Admin Handbook, Accessibility Tags for Block Themes, and Improving the Template Creation Experience

Adjust HTML Block Markup, FSE Back to Basics, WP 6.0.2 RC1, and Updating WP_MEMORY_LIMIT

Tech Roundup for the Week of August 15, 2022

Feedback and Testing: Fluid Typography, Pre-Publish Sidebar, Editor Configuration, Expired Session Autosave, and Contribute Style Variations to Twenty Twenty Three

Back Compat & Experimental APIs, Safely Handling SVG via “Insert URL”, WordPress 6.1 Bug Scrub Schedule, Database Performance Health Checks

TEST – block theme builder plugin

How to Create a Basic Child Theme for Block Themes

FSE Themes on the Rise

Post Status Excerpt (No. 55) — A New Era of WordPress Themes

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