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WordPress 5.1 “Betty” was released yesterday with…

Dan Knauss

February 22, 2019

WordPress 5.1 "Betty" was released yesterday with many new features and enhancements. First and foremost are WordPress’s first Site Health features, significant performance improvements (especially in the editor), and numerous developer features. Developers, make sure you check out the field guide. 📕…

If you have an interest in…

Dan Knauss

February 22, 2019

If you have an interest in mental health, then Matt Medeiros' interview with Dan Maby about WP&UP is recommended listening. Dan notes how difficult it is to support mental health in the WordPress community and addresses the organizational and financial challenges…

PublishPress announced they have acquired Press…

Dan Knauss

February 22, 2019

PublishPress announced they have acquired Press Permit. Both plugins are known for their focus on publishing, and their aim together is "to create a set of powerful publishing tools that are useful to larger organizations, magazines and newspapers." Newspack's ecosystem…

📝 Some noteworthy items from the latest…

Dan Knauss

February 15, 2019

📝 Some noteworthy items from the latest weekly WordPress developer meeting: WordPress 5.1 RC1 is already out with RC2 either "late this week or early next week." The final version is on target for 2/21. WordPress 5.1.1 will probably be released…

An improved Site Health Check plugin should…

Brian Krogsgard

January 18, 2019

An improved Site Health Check plugin should be ready for WordPress 5.2, and there is a need for designers to help out, especially with some UX questions. This useful plugin displays all the relevant technical information about a WordPress installation and…

A tentative release roadmap for WordPress…

Dan Knauss

September 13, 2018

A tentative release roadmap for WordPress 4.9.9. has been published. The planned focus areas are accessibility, internationalization, the Site Health Project (Servehappy), and Gutenberg preparation. Anthony Burchell notes: "We will aim to find as many bugs as we can and make any…

There’s a lot of talk these…

Dan Knauss

May 18, 2018

There's a lot of talk these days about mental health, and rightfully so, but physical health is a (sometimes related) concern for many developers too — especially those who work remotely. That's why I enjoyed this post from Tom McFarlin on…

John Jacoby writes his thoughts on…

Brian Krogsgard

May 5, 2017

John Jacoby writes his thoughts on the structure of wp_options, noting that its current approach was good approach 13+ years ago, what seems good now, and what problems might exist improving on it going forward. Also, recently the A Healthier…

WordPress TV is lighting up with talks…

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2016

WordPress TV is lighting up with talks from WordCamp US. I'm interested in several of them, since I didn't get to see any while I was there. Top on my list for now (though not in order): Ines van Essen talks…

Makers of WP Rocket are getting into WordPress security

Brian Krogsgard

August 23, 2016

BusinessSecurity

WP Media -- the team behind WP Rocket (a commercial caching product) -- are getting into the WordPress security sector. SecuPress hasn't yet launched, but they are starting early access trials for people that sign up through their home page.…

If you are managing a health…

April 14, 2016

If you are managing a health blog, if you are a health food enthusiast, or just want to see a cool example of a WordPress plugin, check out this Nutrition Facts Label plugin which I stumbled on recently. Watch the…

Bluehost open sources the script for updating WordPress sites

Brian Krogsgard

February 12, 2016

Bluehost wrote a script to automatically update and then do a health check on more than two million websites. They were able to make the changes with minimal customer service complaints, in effect drastically improving the health of the websites…

One year of the Post Status Club

Brian Krogsgard

January 22, 2016

Business

I'd like to share some details with you about the first full year of the Post Status Club. I like transparency, so I figured I'd lay out exactly what happened over the year, what went well, what didn't, and how…

Shawn Hooper posted a summary of…

Brian Krogsgard

September 30, 2015

Shawn Hooper posted a summary of the remote work and mental health panel from WordCamp Tampa.

Gravity Flow makes custom form administrative workflows simple

Brian Krogsgard

September 15, 2015

BusinessDesign

"RE: RE: RE: RE: Needs input." Gravity Flow helps organizations get rid of this nonsense, by extending Gravity Forms to make custom form-based workflows for administrative approval and user input processes.

Freelancers and the self-employed are ignored by the government

Brian Krogsgard

September 9, 2015

BusinessSecurity

Sara Horowitz -- who is the founder and executive director of the Freelancers Union -- makes a compelling argument for how important freelancers are to the American economy. She highlights just how big the freelancer economy is: For better or…

WordPress 5.1 “Betty” was released yesterday with…

If you have an interest in…

PublishPress announced they have acquired Press…

📝 Some noteworthy items from the latest…

An improved Site Health Check plugin should…

A tentative release roadmap for WordPress…

There’s a lot of talk these…

John Jacoby writes his thoughts on…

WordPress TV is lighting up with talks…

Makers of WP Rocket are getting into WordPress security

If you are managing a health…

Bluehost open sources the script for updating WordPress sites

Shawn Hooper posted a summary of…

Gravity Flow makes custom form administrative workflows simple

Freelancers and the self-employed are ignored by the government

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