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Joe Howard explains at Torque how…

Dan Knauss

August 12, 2020

Joe Howard explains at Torque how to begin developing headless WordPress sites. The main advantages are flexibility and control, easier multi-channel content publishing, and better security and speed. 👤🪓 Joe names three tools to help you get started: GraphQL API,…

Big Step for BigCommerce BigCommerce has…

Dan Knauss

August 7, 2020

Big Step for BigCommerce BigCommerce has become a public company on Nasdaq. CEO Brent Bellm commented that "as a public company we’ll be able to provide all our stakeholders more transparency than ever into our size, momentum, and industry leadership."…

Gatsby has announced that its new…

Dan Knauss

July 10, 2020

Gatsby has announced that its new source plugin for WordPress has launched in beta. Hashim Warren explains it delivers improvements to their headless WordPress integration with Gatsby Cloud and promises "near-instant publishing and live content preview." 💨 There's also a…

Blessing Krofegha demonstrates how to build…

Dan Knauss

April 17, 2020

Blessing Krofegha demonstrates how to build a web app with a headless CMS and React. He doesn't mention WordPress, but it's applicable — and worth reading if the general concept interests you.

Sarah Drasner over at Smashing Magazine…

Brian Krogsgard

February 15, 2020

Sarah Drasner over at Smashing Magazine documents how to create a headless WordPress Site "on the JAMstack." She sets up a Vue application with Nuxt and pulls posts via the WordPress API. A demo with source code is provided. 🗣️

WPEngine hosted its DE{CODE} 2020 virtual…

Dan Knauss

February 4, 2020

WPEngine hosted its DE{CODE} 2020 virtual conference this week in a pre-recorded talks format but with speakers taking live questions. There's a nice selection of speakers — particularly Jason Cohen and Matt Landers on headless WordPress. There is video footage…

Jeff Matson shows off his recreation…

Dan Knauss

August 16, 2019

Jeff Matson shows off his recreation of the Twenty Nineteen WordPress theme, this time done in Gatsby (complete with working comments). He says: "It serves as an example of how you can use Gatsby for a frontend with a headless…

If you like trying out new…

Dan Knauss

July 26, 2019

If you like trying out new open-source CMS applications now and then, check out Django-based Wagtail, which Mozilla and Google are using. Wagtail is designed for headless deployments where the frontend pulls content from the CMS with GraphQL queries.

Video and Podcast Picks 📹 Here’s…

Dan Knauss

July 15, 2019

Video and Podcast Picks 📹 Here's my recommendation for video watching this week: The "Cost of JavaScript 2019" video (and blog post) from Addy Osmani at the PerfMatters Conference 2019 shows the main costs of processing JavaScript are download and…

Losing Your Head 🗣️ Dan Fries…

Dan Knauss

July 5, 2019

Losing Your Head 🗣️ Dan Fries thinks the future of websites is "headless CMS." He explains what counts as headless and the pros and cons of different headless solutions. Dan notes WordPress and other platforms "account for more than 60%…

Jonny Harris, a WordPress core contributor,…

Dan Knauss

June 20, 2019

Jonny Harris, a WordPress core contributor, is looking for feedback on a feature plugin that gives REST endpoints to menus. This feature would be great for Gutenberg and headless WordPress sites. 🔌

WPCampus released the results of the…

Dan Knauss

May 13, 2019

WPCampus released the results of the much-awaited Gutenberg accessibility audit. Tenon LLC conducted the tests and produced the report at the cost of $31,200. On top of donations raised by WPCampus, Automattic covered about two-thirds of that total. The testing…

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.

Zac Gordon recently announced the launch…

Dan Knauss

March 1, 2019

Zac Gordon recently announced the launch of Gatsby Themes, which is intended to be a home for "popular WordPress themes that have been ported to Gatsby." Twenty Nineteen is one of the first themes ready for use with Gatsby, a static…

Children say his superpower is love: an interview with Topher DeRosia

Dan Knauss

February 15, 2019

HostingPlanet

Topher DeRosia took some time to reflect on HeroPress and recount his own path to WordPress, the long and winding road of freelancing, and his role as a developer evangelist for BigCommerce.

A new version of Laps is…

Dan Knauss

January 5, 2019

A new version of Laps is available. Laps is a "light" WordPress profiler plugin from Andrey Savchenko. It reportedly features better core event coverage, more information with call backtraces and hooked callbacks, as well as headless AJAX and REST API profiling with…

Joe Howard explains at Torque how…

Big Step for BigCommerce BigCommerce has…

Gatsby has announced that its new…

Blessing Krofegha demonstrates how to build…

Sarah Drasner over at Smashing Magazine…

WPEngine hosted its DE{CODE} 2020 virtual…

Jeff Matson shows off his recreation…

If you like trying out new…

Video and Podcast Picks 📹 Here’s…

Losing Your Head 🗣️ Dan Fries…

Jonny Harris, a WordPress core contributor,…

WPCampus released the results of the…

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

Zac Gordon recently announced the launch…

Children say his superpower is love: an interview with Topher DeRosia

A new version of Laps is…

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