Tech Roundup for the Week of October 17
Daniel Schutzsmith
Move Over CSS, Here’s JSON • A New Generator Goes Turbo • The Hidden World of Javascript in WordPress • Cool Tool: URL Params
WordPress 6.1 RC2 • 6.1 Sneak Peek with Nick Diego • WP-CLI 2.7.1 • Help Test Plugin Dependencies Feature Plugin
Courtney Robertson
Get a sneak peek at WordPress 6.1 with Nick Diego. Help test 6.1 Release Candidate 2 — and the Plugin Dependencies feature plugin. Be sure to browse the 6.1 DevNotes, Field Guides, and Team Updates. WP-CLI 2.7.1 is available now.
WordPress 6.1 RC1 • DevNotes • Field Guides • New LearnWP Course
Courtney Robertson
WordPress 6.1 RC 1 has shipped with a release date of November 1. It's time to start testing! Check out the Developer Notes, Field Guide, and related team updates.
Shiny New Releases
Dan Knauss
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
Tech Roundup for the Week of August 15, 2022
Daniel Schutzsmith
This week Daniel shares some resources for creating React Apps using Gutenberg Data, static WordPress sites with Eleventy, and a Figma to FSE workflow. Also a reminder to test and give feedback on fluid typography — and one cool tool: Programming Fonts.
9 Things I Learned from WordCamp Europe 2022
David Bisset
A lot of interesting things surfaced in the open conversations with Matt and Josepha at WCEU. I also learned a lot from Pablo Postigo, Feliz Arntz, Shane Pearlman, Jonathan Wold, Nora Ferrerio, Milana Cap.
Post Status Notes #499
David Bisset
Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship returns to WCUS › Think like a platform again! › Leo Gopal on support for mental health in the community › WP Accessibility Day › Performance Lab 1.1.0 › The WordPress Way › Dropping jQuery for speed › More to WP than Headless and FSE for devs › and more...
Post Status Notes #498
David Bisset
Are we up or down? What should happen when a license expires? Is the block protocol worth it? Driesnote 2022. WP Engine expands. Becoming a better writer. Best backup solutions. Define your role. Reaktiv wins a spot in Inc's Best Workplaces. Open Source JobHub. Our passwordless future.
Who is Post Status?
Dan Knauss
Here's what we've learned about Post Status members and our broader audience.
WordCamp US 2021 Summary
David Bisset
Some highlights and an overview of WCUS 2021 from David Bisset. Catch up on anything you missed and learn how you can get more involved in WordPress.
Alex Barashkov explains on Twitter that…
Dan Knauss
Alex Barashkov explains on Twitter that you can connect your Gutenberg blocks to React components with Gatsby and “get crazy flexibility in terms of content editing driven by CMS.”
Ryan Mccue open-sourced (and lightly updated…
Dan Knauss
Ryan Mccue open-sourced (and lightly updated for 2021) his WordPress Media Library in React proof of concept. It's humorously codenamed "Obscura," and it might be useful for some people.
WP Migrate DB Pro 2.0 has…
Dan Knauss
WP Migrate DB Pro 2.0 has been released with a nice-looking UI update, profile improvements, CLI add-on improvements, and an all-new Media Files add-on. ✨ Explaining why it took two and a half years to get this update out, Iain…
Mike Jolley explains how he created…
Dan Knauss
Mike Jolley explains how he created a login system for a ReactJS app using WordPress and WP GraphQL. Mike described his work as: "a GraphQL mutation which accepts login credentials and logs users in using a custom cookie, and we’ve…
Michelle Gienow writes on the Gatsby…
Dan Knauss
Michelle Gienow writes on the Gatsby blog about Diem.com, "a Facebook-led global payment system website" choosing Gatsby and WordPress for building the site. Dfuzr Technologies CEO Jason Williams described inheriting this setup when tasked with building a new site for…
As the WordPress 5.5 release date…
Dan Knauss
As the WordPress 5.5 release date (August 11) approaches, more news about it has emerged. Justin Ahinon lists nineteen miscellaneous developer-focused changes to themes, taxonomy, comments, and more. Some of these changes may have escaped your attention, like the way…
