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WordPress Coding Standards 1.2.1 has been…

Dan Knauss

December 28, 2018

WordPress Coding Standards 1.2.1 has been released as a maintenance update for use with WordPress 5.0. If you're not familiar with it, WordPressCS uses PHP_CodeSniffer to help developers enforce WordPress coding conventions.

Interview with Matt Mullenweg on Gutenberg, WordPress, and the future

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2018

BusinessDraft

I am joined by Matt Mullenweg to discuss decision making, Gutenberg, core WordPress processes, Automattic's business, and more.

Version 1.0.0 of the WordPress Coding…

Brian Krogsgard

July 28, 2018

Version 1.0.0 of the WordPress Coding Standards for PHP_CodeSniffer was recently released, containing important "breaking changes and tons of bug fixes."

Delicious Brains has decided to shut…

Brian Krogsgard

May 25, 2018

Business

Delicious Brains has decided to shut down Mergebot, after three years of working on it. It was an ambitious project from the start, but they decided that it didn't meet their standards. Mergebot is by far the most ambitious product…

Here’s a great article from Maya…

Brian Krogsgard

October 13, 2017

Here's a great article from Maya Benari that explains how 18F created a system that is helping agency teams improve government websites. Maya explains why things like colors, typography, and balanced spacing must be carefully considered. She also shares some important…

Adam Soucie has a nice start…

Brian Krogsgard

May 17, 2017

Design

Adam Soucie has a nice start to a series of articles on accessibility over at Flywheel's design blog, The Layout. He begins with perceivability as defined by WCAG standards because, "if a visually or hearing impaired user can't perceive a…

New Year’s resolutions for WordPress developers

Jack Lenox

January 12, 2017

DevelopmentPlanet

It's a new year, and a great time to set some New Year's resolutions as a WordPress developer. Here are some practical tips to up your game working with the WordPress code base.

Contributing to Twenty Seventeen

Sami Keijonen

January 7, 2017

BusinessDesign

Sami Keijonen shares his experience as a first time contributor to the WordPress default theme building process. He primarily worked within the realm of SVG icons for the Twenty Seventeen theme.

Ben Gillbanks shares lessons learned from…

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2016

Ben Gillbanks shares lessons learned from 20 theme releases on WordPress.com. Here's a few I particularly enjoyed: Automate everything: "Anything I can do that will save me some time and effort gets automated." Sleep on it: "Sleep on it when…

The content in WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

September 30, 2016

One of Pippin Williamson's repeated concerns during his review of page builders was over data loss. He praised the plugins that, when deactivated, maintained HTML markup and content in the_content() so the site owner could still use their content without the…

Since 2013 they’ve [existing web browser…

Brian Krogsgard

May 7, 2016

Since 2013 they’ve [existing web browser vendors and the World Wide Web Consortium], been working with Netflix, the cable industry, and the MPAA to create a standard to limit which browsers can display W3C-standardised data. It could mean goodbye to…

Matt Geri gives some insightful thoughts…

March 31, 2016

Matt Geri gives some insightful thoughts on why WordPress coding standards are important. He includes tips on how to implement automated checking with the WPCS project and the WP-Dev-Lib library, and even provides videos for both.

Accessibility draft standards are ready for review

Brian Krogsgard

January 26, 2016

Accessibility isn't the easiest subject to get mass audiences excited about. Sadly, I know from experience, because accessibility posts haven't performed as well as other types on Post Status. That, however, doesn't make accessibility less important -- not by any…

Codeable outsourcing service paid out $1 million over 90 day period

Brian Krogsgard

December 10, 2015

In their latest contractor newsletter, the Codeable team shared that they paid out over a million dollars in the previous 90 day period, which is a record for the outsourcing service that matches up clients seeking contractors. Contractors on Codeable…

Interview with Automattic CEO, Matt Mullenweg, on Calypso and more

Brian Krogsgard

November 25, 2015

DraftHosting

Matt Mullenweg is the co-founder of WordPress, and founder and CEO of Automattic. In this interview, we talk about their new WordPress.com editor, and more.

18F and the United States Digital Service…

Brian Krogsgard

September 30, 2015

Design

18F and the United States Digital Service (they are different, here's a description) are doing amazing things to advance government web properties. I think it's a pretty non-political statement to say their work could be a lasting legacy item for President…

WordPress Coding Standards 1.2.1 has been…

Interview with Matt Mullenweg on Gutenberg, WordPress, and the future

Version 1.0.0 of the WordPress Coding…

Delicious Brains has decided to shut…

Here’s a great article from Maya…

Adam Soucie has a nice start…

New Year’s resolutions for WordPress developers

Contributing to Twenty Seventeen

Ben Gillbanks shares lessons learned from…

The content in WordPress

Since 2013 they’ve [existing web browser…

Matt Geri gives some insightful thoughts…

Accessibility draft standards are ready for review

Codeable outsourcing service paid out $1 million over 90 day period

Interview with Automattic CEO, Matt Mullenweg, on Calypso and more

18F and the United States Digital Service…

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