Performance

2022 Web Almanac CMS Report

Dan Knauss

September 28, 2022

According to the CMS chapter of the just-released 2022 Web Almanac from the HTTP Archive, sites using a CMS — and WordPress — are still steadily increasing globally, and 34% of all the sites with an identifiable CMS were using…

WordPress 6.1 Beta 1 • Help Test • #WPTranslationDay • Video Courses #LearnWP

Courtney Robertson

September 21, 2022

DesignHosting

The 6.1 Beta 1 release was briefly delayed a day but is now available. You can get familiar with what's coming in 6.1 with the release by helping test the new features. Please give some consideration to Hugh Lashbrooke's proposal for faster course development on the Training Team with video-based courses.

What’s in a Name? HPOS for WooCommerce

Dan Knauss

September 20, 2022

DevelopmentNotes

Custom Order Tables in WooCommerce are now High Performance Order Storage (HPOS). It's a technical kind of rebranding that's a really good idea to express not only what custom database tables for orders are but what they do. According to…

Want WebP by Default Now? Get the Performance Lab Plugin

Dan Knauss

September 20, 2022

NotesPlanet

If your host doesn't already support WebP by default, you can get it with the Performance Lab plugin, thanks to the WordPress Performance Team.

One-on-One: Better Professional Development Conversations

James Giroux

September 14, 2022

BusinessCareers

If we take a step back as people leaders, we know that feedback is an incredibly powerful tool in helping our teams get better. Yet, one of the challenges many people leaders face is not knowing what to give their direct reports feedback on.

WP 6.1 walkthrough replay • WebP no go • Matt: Core needs to be more editorial • Survey: How do you learn WordPress?

Courtney Robertson

September 14, 2022

DesignHosting

WordPress 6.1 walkthrough replay • Matt: WebP no go • Matt: Core needs to be more editorial • Survey: How do you learn WordPress?

WordPress 6.1 Walkthrough, Dropping 3.7 – 4.0 Security Updates, WordPress Advanced Administration Handbook

Courtney Robertson

September 7, 2022

DesignHosting

Get ready for WordPress 6.1! There's a live walkthrough coming for it on September 13, and the feature freeze is September 20. Other important news: security updates will no longer be backported for WordPress 3.7-4.0, and there's a new Advanced WordPress Administration handbook.

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?

WordPress 6.0.2, Advanced Admin Handbook, Accessibility Tags for Block Themes, and Improving the Template Creation Experience

Courtney Robertson

August 31, 2022

DesignHosting

WordPress 6.0.2, Advanced Admin Handbook, Accessibility Tags for Block Themes, and Improving the Template Creation Experience

jQuery in the UK

Dan Knauss

August 30, 2022

DesignDevelopment

Getting rid of jQuery on gov.uk Andy Sellick, Senior frontend developer, GOV.UK: The main disadvantage of using jQuery is that it has to be included in the page assets, which can slow down how quickly a site loads. GOV.UK's pages…

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

We don’t need no stinkin’ standards!

Dan Knauss

August 24, 2022

DevelopmentNotes

I wonder how much WordPress is an outlier in even the PHP universe for tolerating the idea that it's "punishment" and "unfair" to be held to a standard with mandatory testing for code that's admitted to the WordPress.org repo for…

Adjust HTML Block Markup, FSE Back to Basics, WP 6.0.2 RC1, and Updating WP_MEMORY_LIMIT

Courtney Robertson

August 24, 2022

DesignHosting

WordPress 6.0.2 is coming soon! Join the next Call for Testing and give your feedback on HTML block markup and increasing the WP_MEMORY_LIMIT variable in wp-config.php.

Feedback and Testing: Fluid Typography, Pre-Publish Sidebar, Editor Configuration, Expired Session Autosave, and Contribute Style Variations to Twenty Twenty Three

Courtney Robertson

August 17, 2022

DesignHosting

Get your feedback in now about features coming in WordPress 6.1. Feature freeze is September 20.

Back Compat & Experimental APIs, Safely Handling SVG via “Insert URL”, WordPress 6.1 Bug Scrub Schedule, Database Performance Health Checks

Courtney Robertson

August 10, 2022

DesignMake WordPress

Is it safe to insert an SVG via URL? How healthy is your database? Performance Team Rep Nominations.

Post Status Picks for the Week of August 1

Dan Knauss

August 5, 2022

BusinessPlanet

Adam Silverstein on Performance in large plugins, GDPR and accessibility, World Wide Web Day in the global WordPress community, Jonathan Wold on partnerships, women in software, and Michelle Frechette on building communities.

2022 Web Almanac CMS Report

WordPress 6.1 Beta 1 • Help Test • #WPTranslationDay • Video Courses #LearnWP

What’s in a Name? HPOS for WooCommerce

Want WebP by Default Now? Get the Performance Lab Plugin

One-on-One: Better Professional Development Conversations

WP 6.1 walkthrough replay • WebP no go • Matt: Core needs to be more editorial • Survey: How do you learn WordPress?

WordPress 6.1 Walkthrough, Dropping 3.7 – 4.0 Security Updates, WordPress Advanced Administration Handbook

WordPress 6.0.2, Advanced Admin Handbook, Accessibility Tags for Block Themes, and Improving the Template Creation Experience

jQuery in the UK

Shiny New Releases

We don’t need no stinkin’ standards!

Adjust HTML Block Markup, FSE Back to Basics, WP 6.0.2 RC1, and Updating WP_MEMORY_LIMIT

Feedback and Testing: Fluid Typography, Pre-Publish Sidebar, Editor Configuration, Expired Session Autosave, and Contribute Style Variations to Twenty Twenty Three

Back Compat & Experimental APIs, Safely Handling SVG via “Insert URL”, WordPress 6.1 Bug Scrub Schedule, Database Performance Health Checks

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