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Tech Roundup Week Ending February 17

Mike Demopoulos

February 17, 2023

https://wptavern.com/wordpress-6-2-beta-2-released-with-fixes-for-71-issues-and-important-performance-improvements-for-block-themes WordPress 6.2 Beta 2 has been officially released. The new update features improved code security, accessibility options, and even more user-friendly theme customization tools. With these changes, WordPress is making it easier for developers and non-technical users to create…

Launching a WordPress Product in Public: Session 1

Cory Miller

January 20, 2023

BusinessDraft

Corey Maass and Cory Miller go live to discuss the creation and launch of a WordPress product they have partnered to build. Crop.Express originated as a solution to a common problem Maass experienced. Miller loved the idea and wondered how to build this into a plugin to solve problems within the WordPress workflow. This is a candid conversation about the evolution of partnering to develop a WordPress product.

WordPress Origin Stories, Week 2

Cory Miller

January 20, 2023

Origin StoriesWordPress at 20

Read WordPress stories from PostStatus members as we take time to reflect and celebrate 20 years of WordPress.

WordPress Tech Roundup for the Week of November 14

Jonathan Bossenger

November 18, 2022

DesignDevelopment

Learn Accessibility • The Return of SmashingConf • PHP 8.2 Release Delayed • Deno for Decoupled Front-End Development • LogoIpsum, Post to Telegram, and WP .gitgnore • Substack, the WordPress Plugin • Cool Tool: Restrict With Stripe

The Four-Day WordPress Work Week

Dan Knauss

November 11, 2022

CareersThe Week in Review

Who's doing the four-day work week in WordPress? • What good sources for professional development have you found? • Getting your implementation intentions right.

Tech Roundup for the Week of October 17

Daniel Schutzsmith

October 21, 2022

PlanetTech

Move Over CSS, Here’s JSON • A New Generator Goes Turbo • The Hidden World of Javascript in WordPress • Cool Tool: URL Params

Till Krüss on Object Cache Pro, WordPress, Plugins, Testing, and Performance — Post Status Draft 126

Dan Knauss

October 14, 2022

DraftPlanet

Till Krüss explains how he found his way into WordPress and a successful business that's solving the hard problems of caching and performance optimization. His work and business model suggest several areas of opportunity for developers and founders working in the WordPress plugin market today.

Managing WordPress Dev Environments with WP-CLI and Robo

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2022

DevelopmentNotes

Delicious Brains has a new tutorial about Managing WordPress Dev Environments with WP-CLI and Robo that's worth a look. Robo is an open-source task runner like Gulp and Grunt using PHP instead of JavaScript. It's used by Drupal's Drush, that project's…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 67) — What Does Professionalism Mean in WordPress?

Dan Knauss

September 2, 2022

BusinessDesign

Dan and Eric discuss their top picks for WordPress news stories of the week and the topic of professionalism. What is it — what does it mean for us in the WordPress community, and how does it relate to a healthy open source project and business ecosystem?

Why I (still) love…

Dan Knauss

August 31, 2022

DesignDevelopment

What do you (still) love in tech that's old? (Tell us in the comments.)

Shiny New Releases

Dan Knauss

August 26, 2022

DevelopmentNotes

Gravity Forms 7.1 Beta 1 • the SpinupWP community • Dollie 2.0 • rtCamp's Easy Engine now with full custom Docker-Compose support • Metorik • Iconic • Do the Woo • Simple Ajax Chat Pro

Sites hacked with fake CloudFlare DDoS alerts infected with RATs

Dan Knauss

August 22, 2022

NotesSecurity

Remote Access Trojans (RATs) are new to me — apparently, you can get one on a Windows machine as a malware payload from fake CloudFlare DDoS alert pages on hacked WordPress sites. Ben Martin at Sucuri explains "a recent surge…

Pentesting as Contributing

Dan Knauss

August 8, 2022

NotesPlanet

Robert Rowley at Patchstack explains what I believe is the first-ever reported vulnerability in Gutenberg (the plugin, not in WordPress core) to make the National Vulnerability Database. Robert has opened an issue for discussion in the Gutenberg GitHub repo that…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 62) — The Open Web Universe with Matt Mullenweg

Olivia Bisset

July 6, 2022

BusinessDesign

David and Olivia Bisset sat down for a chat with Matt Mullenweg about open source, Tumblr, and how Matt deals with negativity. Matt has three roles today: CEO of Tumblr, CEO of Automattic, and project lead for the next release of WordPress. He shares what went wrong with post formats and what he would love to acquire next if he could. The answer may (or may not) surprise you! Recorded shortly before WordCamp Europe 2022.

WordPress Podcast and Video Picks for the Week of June 19

David Bisset

June 24, 2022

PlanetThe Week in Review

A chat with Matt at WCEU • Glam That Plugin • BlackPress Slack meetup • SSG vs. WordPress for landing pages • The Web Designer's Tech Stack • A Medeiros rant on the WordPress vibe

How Do We Get There From Here?

Dan Knauss

June 17, 2022

PlanetThe Week in Review

Our WordPress Podcast and Video Picks for the Week of June 13 🎙️ JavaScript development journeys • Questions coming out of WCEU • The WordPress toolkit for podcasters • How newcomers and outsiders view WordPress • Are WordPress developers "real developers?" • Gutenber changes • Dave Martin on WP.com • A Gutenberg roadmap for WordPress 6.1.

Tech Roundup Week Ending February 17

Launching a WordPress Product in Public: Session 1

WordPress Origin Stories, Week 2

WordPress Tech Roundup for the Week of November 14

The Four-Day WordPress Work Week

Tech Roundup for the Week of October 17

Till Krüss on Object Cache Pro, WordPress, Plugins, Testing, and Performance — Post Status Draft 126

Managing WordPress Dev Environments with WP-CLI and Robo

Why I (still) love…

Shiny New Releases

Sites hacked with fake CloudFlare DDoS alerts infected with RATs

Pentesting as Contributing

WordPress Podcast and Video Picks for the Week of June 19

How Do We Get There From Here?

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