Michelle Frechette on Diversity and Inclusion of Underrepresented Groups in Tech
Dan Knauss
Underrepresented in Tech aims to "demystify diversity" and dispel the fears that get between employers and underrepresented groups in tech.
A Teenage Woman’s Perspective On The State of The Word
Olivia Bisset
Olivia Bisset reflects on WordCamp US and the State of the Word, from her perspective as a teenager and new member of the WordPress community.
Fast Company published a great feature on…
Brian Krogsgard
Fast Company published a great feature on John Maeda, who is head of inclusion and computational design at Automattic. John says "design is not that important," which probably will seem strange and slight controversial at first read, especially since the WordPress…
Today is International Women’s Day — a…
Dan Knauss
Today is International Women's Day — a good day for listening to stories by fantastic women. That's something you can always do at HeroPress where Amena Mabrouk is the latest contributor. Amena shares how the WordPress community helped her learn and…
An Interview with Ernst-Jan Pfauth of De Correspondent
Dan Knauss
Ernst-Jan Pfauth is co-founder and CEO of The Correspondent, which is launching this year as an English language spinoff of the Dutch news site De Correspondent.
WordPress 4.9.6 Release Candidate is out,…
Brian Krogsgard
WordPress 4.9.6 Release Candidate is out, so developers are encouraged to start final testing as soon as possible! There are a number of bug fixes and enhancements, but the most notable is the inclusion of the tools that help site…
First, some recent highlights from the…
Brian Krogsgard
First, some recent highlights from the ongoing effort to get ready for Gutenberg. Dev4Press has a summary of the current state of Gutenberg (version 2.4). Antonio Villegas shows how you can create your first Gutenberg block. He briefly covers the edit…
You may have already read Matt…
Brian Krogsgard
You may have already read Matt Mullenweg's blog post outlining the decision to take React off the table for inclusion with WordPress core and related large-scale projects like Gutenberg. This is one of the bigger decisions in our space for…
Speaking of Gutenberg, you can download the…
Brian Krogsgard
Speaking of Gutenberg, you can download the Gutenberg plugin from the plugin repo as well and try it out yourself. Some are already sharing their first impressions. Matt Cromwell notes it's flexible, but also mentions some weaknesses and concerns. Chris Lema…
JavaScript frameworks and bus factors
Brian Krogsgard
Iain Poulson from Delicious Brains explains the risks of relying on third party libraries and codebases that are maintained by a single person. In the current discussion about JavaScript frameworks for WordPress Core, this is a timely question to ask. Iain mentions Vue.js as an example. Vue.js…
Matt Mullenweg State of the Word, 2016
Brian Krogsgard
Matt Mullenweg just completed the 2016 State of the Word, which highlights the accomplishments of the past year, and sets the direction for the year ahead for WordPress.
Renewed push for WordPress REST API content endpoints
Brian Krogsgard
There's a renewed push going on right now to try and get what is being termed "content endpoints" into WordPress core with the 4.7 release -- which is being led by Helen Hou-Sandà of 10up. In the first core development…
The WordPress REST API endpoints aim for stable 2.0
Brian Krogsgard
Ryan McCue has posted an update on Make WordPress Core that aims to bring the WordPress REST API plugin to a stable 2.0 version, which would be an official sign of enforcing non-breaking changes from then on. The team has…
WordPress Questions & Answers — Draft podcast
Brian Krogsgard
In this episode, Joe and Brian answer listeners' WordPress questions, from topics like Multisite, to understanding taxonomies versus posts, the state of the WordPress importer, and more.
Complete coverage should not be a requirement for core inclusion of WordPress REST API endpoints
Brian Krogsgard
The WordPress REST API is at a bit of a crossroads. There is a proposal on the table by the core team of four contributors — Ryan McCue, Rachel Baker, Daniel Bachhuber, and Joe Hoyle — to ship endpoints to WordPress core iteratively. There is a pushback on this proposal by WordPress Project Lead and co-founder Matt Mullenweg.
WordPress REST API proposed for core inclusion in two stages
Brian Krogsgard
The much anticipated proposal for core inclusion of the WordPress REST API is here. Ryan McCue -- the project lead -- has proposed a draft for the inclusion process that recommends a two stage approach. He recommends that stage one…
