Plugins

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 Tech Roundup for the Week of September 26, 2022

Dan Knauss

September 28, 2022

DesignDevelopment

Big Changes in WP_Query and the Nav Block • Accessibility-Ready Themes • Design Systems and Agency-Client Co-Creation • W3.CSS • WP Plugin Compare • Is Self-Hosted Email Impossible? • Cool Tool: WordPress WebAssembly • Also: Remix Icons, PDFgrep, The only 58 bytes of CSS you need to go to parties, plus an amazing Block Editor trick.

Fake Discount Pricing

Dan Knauss

September 22, 2022

BusinessNotes

Rob Howard took a look at the prevalence of fictitious "discount" pricing on WordPress plugins in light of US federal and some state laws that may regard this as a deceptive trade practice. Rob will have more to say about…

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.

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?

Post Status Picks for the Week of August 29

Dan Knauss

September 2, 2022

PlanetThe Week in Review

Building an empire on free code: Matt talks WordPress outside the bubble. James Kemp, Anh Tran, and Phil Webster on WooCommerce options for licensing. Adam Silver on testimonials that help you grow. Anne Bovelett on accessibility and page builders. Jamie Marsland wonders if people building third-party plugins for the block editor have been too preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn’t stop to ask if they should. Are they heading in the wrong direction?

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

LearnDash: Plugin or SaaS?

Dan Knauss

August 30, 2022

BusinessNotes

I don't think I've ever seen a WordPress plugin priced and marketed this well as both product and service.

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

WordPress.com has changed a lot

Dan Knauss

August 25, 2022

BusinessHosting

This is managed WordPress hosting — and has been all along I've been delinquent with posting on my .blog blog on WordPress.com for about a year, so when I bought into the Pro plan after the first recent price change…

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.

Languages of Contribution and Creation

Dan Knauss

August 19, 2022

BusinessFeatures

The Creator Economy owes a lot to WordPress, but that doesn't mean WordPress is valued or even understood by Creators as an open source project and community. Are the stories we tell and the words we use compelling to newcomers and the younger generations we need to succeed us? Is the story and language that got WordPress where it is adequate to take it where it wants to go?