How to Get a Job in WordPress
Courtney Robertson
In their debut conversation for Get Hired, Cory and Courtney discuss the kinds of jobs that are available in WordPress and where to find them.
Footnotes #456
Dan Knauss
Issue #456 “One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn’t as individuals.” — Jean Vanier, Community And Growth Howdy! Thinking about WordPress history lately in terms…
Kevin Powell refers to a lot…
Dan Knauss
Kevin Powell refers to a lot of helpful CSS resources and experts in this humble post. If you are looking to further expand your CSS knowledge, this is worth a read. 👑
It’s rare to see an experimental…
Dan Knauss
It’s rare to see an experimental WordPress theme used to explore new approaches to design, so I enjoyed Kjell Reigstad sharing how he used Blockbase (a parent theme for block themes) to create an intentionally "glitchy" theme. Warping text and…
CSS Hell is a blog that…
Dan Knauss
CSS Hell is a blog that holds a collection of common CSS mistakes and how to fix them. Love the title font. 😈
On the morning of April 19th…
Dan Knauss
On the morning of April 19th (Monday) Automattic released a new plugin called Jetpack Boost on the WordPress.org repo. The plugin is focused on performance and SEO issues users might have with their sites. 🚀 Boost has three "performance modules:"…
After discussing it with several contributors,…
Dan Knauss
After discussing it with several contributors, the decision has been made to officially remove IE11 support in WordPress 5.8. The removal will be done in two phases: WordPress 5.8 (among other changes) will effectively remove IE11 support in the block…
Ahmad Shadeed explains why CSS Container…
Dan Knauss
Ahmad Shadeed explains why CSS Container Queries are an improvement on Media Queries and what layouts are possible with them. Container Queries are currently available in Chrome Canary.
Stephanie Eckles shows off some modern…
Dan Knauss
Stephanie Eckles shows off some modern CSS upgrades that improve accessibility. She covers a range of topics, including Focus Visibility, Desktop Zoom and Reflow, and Sizing Interactive Targets. She also shares some accessibility learning resources.
Joy Shaheb explains every CSS background…
Dan Knauss
Joy Shaheb explains every CSS background property and illustrates them with code examples. This might be handy for front-end developers and anyone who works with CSS. 🎨
Silvestar Bistrović defines what it means…
Dan Knauss
Silvestar Bistrović defines what it means to "audit CSS." Then he digs deep into Chrome DevTools, which you can use to troubleshoot and monitor a variety of different things. Even if you are familiar with Dev Tools, this is worth…
Nikita Prokopov says “Font size is…
Dan Knauss
Nikita Prokopov says "Font size is useless" and needs to be fixed. If you're a front-end developer or a font geek, read this. Also mentioned in Nikita's blog post is an article from Vincent De Oliveira explaining exactly how fonts…
Milica Mihajlija takes on CSS performance…
Dan Knauss
Milica Mihajlija takes on CSS performance and says the most straightforward approach is to keep it small. Compressing files can significantly improve speed, but removing unused code can too. Other methods include using efficient CSS animations and avoiding invisible text…
Stephanie Eckles shared the release of…
Dan Knauss
Stephanie Eckles shared the release of the a11y-color-tokens package. It "generates accessible complementary text or UI colors as Sass variables and/or CSS custom properties from your base color tokens."
Josh Comeau wrote a tutorial about…
Dan Knauss
Josh Comeau wrote a tutorial about CSS transitions — and how to use them to create polished animations.
WooCommerce 5.0 has been released 📦…
Dan Knauss
WooCommerce 5.0 has been released 📦 with a lot of bug fixes and improvements to the Admin. The product review count is fixed, legacy reports are deprecated, and prefixed CSS variables are added to the stylesheet. The biggest change might…
