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WordPress minor update blocks future minor updates

Brian Krogsgard

February 9, 2018

WordPress 4.9.3 introduced a bug that causes a fatal error during automatic update attempts — effectively preventing future minor updates triggered by WordPress.org’s update system. The only way to fix it is to either manually upgrade or hosts to take…

The latest version of Gutenberg (2.1)…

Brian Krogsgard

January 30, 2018

Design

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…

Helen Hou-Sandi offers some interesting thoughts…

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2017

Helen Hou-Sandi offers some interesting thoughts about treating ads as a fully integrated part of the content and what that might mean for a Gutenberg advertising block. While ad blocks could be a game changer for certain publishers, she points…

Matt Mullenweg State of the Word, 2017

Brian Krogsgard

December 2, 2017

PlanetSecurity

Matt Mullenweg just completed the 2017 State of the Word, which highlights the accomplishments of the past year, and sets the direction for the year ahead for WordPress.

Interview with Matt Mullenweg on the WordPress ecosystem — Draft Podcast

Brian Krogsgard

November 14, 2017

BusinessDesign

In this episode, I talk to Matt Mullenweg -- co-founder of WordPress and the CEO of Automattic -- about what's happening in the world of WordPress, and his role in it all.

Chris Coyier explores how different Content…

Brian Krogsgard

October 5, 2017

Chris Coyier explores how different Content Management Systems handle blocks of content. Chris considers CraftCMS, Drupal, and WordPress with SiteOrigin's Page Builder as well as Gutenberg.

Gutenberg development continues to move at…

Brian Krogsgard

August 23, 2017

Gutenberg development continues to move at a fast clip. Here's the most recent changelog. Tammie Lister recently shared milestones that are "not set in stone" but roughly slate the merge proposal for the end of the year. That's optimistic, but I like…

Matias Ventura has provided an update…

Brian Krogsgard

May 17, 2017

Matias Ventura has provided an update about the redevelopment of the WordPress editor. The logic flow is diagrammed and broken down like this: inferring a block representation of the post content (parsing); describing the post as an ordered list of…

Why semantic versioning is good for complex plugins, and not WordPress core

Brian Krogsgard

March 15, 2017

WooCommerce has announced that they are skipping from version 2.7 to 3.0 and transitioning to SemVer, or semantic versioning. SemVer means that each decimal of a release means something. Whereas WordPress 3.9 and 4.0 were identical in importance, but in…

Editor blocks design is underway

Brian Krogsgard

January 26, 2017

Design

The editor blocks concept is being designed. An extremely healthy conversation is happening on Make Design around what the behavior should be, and how people may interact with a block-style editor. I'm really liking the general UI concepts, and most…

Core focus areas get leads, clarity

Brian Krogsgard

January 5, 2017

Design

The three focus areas for WordPress core for 2017 have been assigned leads. The focus areas are replacing the WordPress major release cycle, as described in the State of the Word, and expanded on in my interview with Matt Mullenweg.…

The content in WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

September 30, 2016

One of Pippin Williamson's repeated concerns during his review of page builders was over data loss. He praised the plugins that, when deactivated, maintained HTML markup and content in the_content() so the site owner could still use their content without the…

Twenty Seventeen is 🔥

Brian Krogsgard

September 9, 2016

BusinessDesign

I have not been stunned -- in a positive way -- about a default WordPress theme design preview since Twenty Twelve. I haven't had a major beef with any of the other default themes, but I haven't been really wowed. Twenty Ten…

WordPress needs bigger data

Brian Krogsgard

August 3, 2016

WordPress needs big data -- knowledge of how the product is used -- to make better decisions as to how to direct the future of the software. To make my point, allow me to drift off into the wonderful world…

The first WordPress REST API conference, in review

Brian Krogsgard

February 3, 2016

PlanetWordPress News

I had the privilege to attend and be the media partner at A Day of REST, the world's first conference devoted to the WordPress REST API. Here's my initial review, and some pictures, from the event.

WordPress minor update blocks future minor updates

The latest version of Gutenberg (2.1)…

Helen Hou-Sandi offers some interesting thoughts…

Matt Mullenweg State of the Word, 2017

Interview with Matt Mullenweg on the WordPress ecosystem — Draft Podcast

Chris Coyier explores how different Content…

Gutenberg development continues to move at…

Matias Ventura has provided an update…

Why semantic versioning is good for complex plugins, and not WordPress core

Editor blocks design is underway

Core focus areas get leads, clarity

The content in WordPress

Twenty Seventeen is 🔥

WordPress needs bigger data

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The first WordPress REST API conference, in review

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