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Josepha Haden hopes to see “a…

Dan Knauss

March 13, 2020

Josepha Haden hopes to see "a release squad comprised entirely of people who identify as women" by the end of 2020: "We’ll be able to increase the number women who have that experience and (hopefully) become returning contributors to Core…

Updates Update WordPress 5.4 Beta 2…

Dan Knauss

February 20, 2020

Updates Update WordPress 5.4 Beta 2 is now available for testing. WordPress 5.4 is slated for release on March 31 and contains a number of user and developer enhancements, including updated block editor keyboard shortcuts, favicon handling, and some bugfixes.…

Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word, 2019

Brian Krogsgard

November 2, 2019

PlanetSecurity

Matt Mullenweg just completed the 2019 State of the Word, where he offered a comprehensive overview of the last year of all things WordPress.

The latest accessibility meeting notes here…

Dan Knauss

September 30, 2019

The latest accessibility meeting notes here are important reading, but not for things that have to do with accessibility. Joe Dolson notes a more in-depth conversation is taking place about the difficulty they and other teams have had in making…

WordPress profiles now include some additional…

Dan Knauss

July 15, 2019

WordPress profiles now include some additional fields that contributors can use to share how much time they dedicate to the WordPress project.

Prisma and other contributors created howtographql.com,…

Dan Knauss

June 20, 2019

Prisma and other contributors created howtographql.com, a free and open-source tutorial for learning GraphQL "from zero to production." I found it in a newsletter for women and non-binary coders from Veni Kunche that's worth a look as well.

WordPress 5.2 was released as scheduled…

Dan Knauss

May 13, 2019

Security

WordPress 5.2 was released as scheduled on Tuesday. Thanks to Site Health, PHP Error Protection, and the minimum PHP version bump (to 5.6.20), this has been one of the best-received updates that I can remember. 🤗 There were over 327…

An Interview with Reyes Martínez of Frontity — a new WordPress framework

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2019

BusinessHosting

Reyes Martínez directs Digital Marketing and Communications at Frontity. She gave us some background and answered a few of our questions about the company and the project.

Dave Loodts started an interesting discussion…

Dan Knauss

January 5, 2019

Dave Loodts started an interesting discussion on paid freelance contributors to WordPress, partly in response to the rise in contributors who are employees of WordPress companies. Dave contends that freelance volunteers bring an "honest and neutral" voice to WordPress, and their participation can…

Interview with Matt Mullenweg on Gutenberg, WordPress, and the future

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2018

BusinessDraft

I am joined by Matt Mullenweg to discuss decision making, Gutenberg, core WordPress processes, Automattic's business, and more.

WordPress 5.0 marks a new era for the world’s most popular CMS

Brian Krogsgard

December 6, 2018

Make WordPressPlanet

Gutenberg has been an ambitious undertaking, but the new WordPress editor marks an important step for WordPress. The platform must continue to be both easier to use and more powerful to extend, and Gutenberg is a step in the right direction on both fronts.

If you are interested in adding…

Dan Knauss

August 17, 2018

If you are interested in adding WP-CLI support to your WordPress plugin, this recent post at wpreset.com explains how. Speaking of WP-CLI, version 2.0 was recently released. It's a big release: 67 contributors and 364 pull requests with numerous new features…

WordPress 4.9.8 was officially released on August…

Dan Knauss

August 6, 2018

WordPress 4.9.8 was officially released on August 2nd. It included "18 Privacy fixes focused on ensuring consistency and flexibility in the new personal data tools that were added in 4.9.6." Also with this version, developers should note the register_meta() function supports registration of…

BuddyPress is 10 years old! Congrats…

Brian Krogsgard

April 3, 2018

BuddyPress is 10 years old! Congrats to the contributors and those who have supported this project over the past decade. I remember using BuddyPress right around the time when it was first committed. I've personally seen it grow from its…

Proposal for onboarding new contributors

Brian Krogsgard

February 23, 2018

Daniel James posted on the Make Community blog about a proposal for onboarding new contributors, including a mentorship program. Now, whilst the community team does a great job at the community side of things such as WordCamps and meetup events…

The age of Gutenberg

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2017

Gutenberg was the talk of town at WordCamp US, as you may expect. Most people have their own thoughts on the product itself, the necessity of its existence, the process in creating it, or a variety of other things. I…

Josepha Haden hopes to see “a…

Updates Update WordPress 5.4 Beta 2…

Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word, 2019

The latest accessibility meeting notes here…

WordPress profiles now include some additional…

Prisma and other contributors created howtographql.com,…

WordPress 5.2 was released as scheduled…

An Interview with Reyes Martínez of Frontity — a new WordPress framework

Dave Loodts started an interesting discussion…

Interview with Matt Mullenweg on Gutenberg, WordPress, and the future

WordPress 5.0 marks a new era for the world’s most popular CMS

If you are interested in adding…

WordPress 4.9.8 was officially released on August…

BuddyPress is 10 years old! Congrats…

Proposal for onboarding new contributors

The age of Gutenberg

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