Summer School š« Jen McFarlandĀ andĀ Brian DeConinck…
Dan Knauss
Summer School š« Jen McFarlandĀ andĀ Brian DeConinck put together a
Here are two useful posts from…
Dan Knauss
Here are two useful posts from Brent Roose about PHP topics. The first article coversĀ the upcoming enhancements in PHP 7.4, and the second article reflects on how far PHP and PHP frameworks have come: PHP isn't just WordPress anymore... WordPressā¦
WordPress 5.2 was released as scheduled…
Dan Knauss
WordPress 5.2 was released as scheduled on Tuesday. Thanks to Site Health, PHP Error Protection, and the minimum PHP version bump (to 5.6.20), this has been one of the best-received updates that I can remember. š¤ There were over 327ā¦
Advanced Custom Fields version 5.8.0 is…
Dan Knauss
Advanced Custom Fields version 5.8.0 is available now. This release contains the long-awaited PHP-based framework for developing Gutenberg custom block types. Many people are already publishing some demos on Twitter using the new PHP method, which seems sure to openā¦
An Interview with Reyes MartĆnez of Frontity — a new WordPress framework
Dan Knauss
Reyes MartĆnez 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.
If you follow PHP development, you…
Dan Knauss
If you follow PHP development, you might be interested to know that a JIT ("just in time") engine is coming to PHP 8. This change will present some challenges, but overall the benefit will be increased performance. ā±ļø There isn'tā¦
Dumitru Brinzan wrote a PHP script…
Dan Knauss
Dumitru Brinzan wrote a PHP script that gathered and parsed public data in the WordPress plugin repo to take a closer look at trends in the 18,087 plugins added to the directory over the past three years. š If youā¦
Gutenberg 5.5 and WordPress 5.2 RC…
Brian Krogsgard
Gutenberg 5.5 and WordPress 5.2 RC are still scheduledĀ forĀ release on April 17. The release will introduce new short circuit filters to WP_Site_Query and WP_Network_Query. š¤ WordPress 5.2 is ready to be translated on translate.wordpress.org. š£Ā WordPress 5.2 will increase the minimumā¦
A new version of the WordPress…
Brian Krogsgard
A new version of the WordPress Coding Standards (2.1.0) is out. All code sniffs are tested against PHP 7.4 (unstable) now. š
Since PHP 5.6 or higher will…
Brian Krogsgard
Since PHP 5.6 or higher will be required as of WordPress 5.2, Gary Pendergast reviewed some of the relevant WordPress Coding Standards and proposed a few changes to them, including anonymous functions and namespaces.
The PHP minimum version bump is…
Brian Krogsgard
The PHP minimum version bump is happening! As noted in this Trac ticket, WordPress's support for PHP 5.2 - 5.5 officially ends now, and the minimum required PHP version is 5.6. As Scott Arciszewski explains, the impending release of WordPressā¦
For those who may not be…
Brian Krogsgard
For those who may not be aware of its existence, Theme Sniffer is a plugin that uses custom sniffs for PHP_CodeSniffer to statically analyze themes. It will verify if a theme adheres to WordPress coding conventions and check theme codeā¦
WordPress 5.1.1 is out as a…
Brian Krogsgard
WordPress 5.1.1 is out as a security and maintenance release. š The vulnerability fixed in the 5.1.1Ā is detailed by Simon Scannell ofĀ RipsTech, who discovered it. 5.1.1 also includes a new button that hosts can enable to encourage site owners toā¦
The Theme Sniffer plugin adds “custom…
Brian Krogsgard
The Theme Sniffer plugin adds "custom sniffs" to PHP CodeSniffer to analyze themes for PHP version compatibility and report whether they follow WordPress coding conventions. Released by the WordPress theme review team, Theme Sniffer should come in handy to youā¦
Leonardo Losoviz wrote a great postĀ about…
Dan Knauss
Leonardo Losoviz wrote a great postĀ about integrating WordPress with Composer, Packagist, and WPackagist to produce better code. Leonardo is the creator of PoP, a framework for building modular websites based on PHP and Handlebars. I've enjoyed his blog lately.Ā š
WP-CLI’s PHP Requirements Strategy, for the…
Dan Knauss
WP-CLI's PHP Requirements Strategy, for the time being, will be to maintain backward compatibility for at least a year "whenever WordPress Core raises the PHP minimum version requirement past WP-CLI."
