Testing

WP-dev-lib (WordPress Development Library) from XWP…

Dan Knauss

January 31, 2019

WP-dev-lib (WordPress Development Library) from XWP has reached its v1.0.0 release. These are tools used "to facilitate the development and testing of WordPress themes and plugins," which XWP has made available to the public.

Kevin Ohashi at Review Signal did a…

Brian Krogsgard

December 17, 2018

Hosting

Kevin Ohashi at Review Signal did a deep analysis of its 2018 data that goes well beyond simple load testing at many WordPress hosts. The goal of this new analysis was to determine whether paying a higher price for hosting buys…

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.

Matt Mullenweg’s State of The Word, 2018

David Bisset

December 10, 2018

Make WordPressPlanet

Matt Mullenweg took the stage once again for his annual “State of the Word” talk at WordCamp US in a packed room of over 1,500 attendees.

WordCamp US will be happening next…

Brian Krogsgard

December 1, 2018

WordCamp US will be happening next week — officially December 7th, 8th, and 9th — for the second year in Nashville. If you are not attending, free livestream tickets are available. There's a certain feeling in the air that this year's…

Gutenberg 4.3 was released with many updates,…

Brian Krogsgard

November 16, 2018

Gutenberg 4.3 was released with many updates, including core custom field meta box toggling, an API for annotations, URL validation to link input in RichText, improved navigation and interactions around the Columns and Gallery blocks, and speech announcement support for block…

Carl Alexander has a new post on…

Dan Knauss

November 2, 2018

Carl Alexander has a new post on the subject of "acceptance testing," which is testing whether your code meets the needs and expectations of the end users who will use your software. Carl talks a bit about popular PHP acceptance testing…

Some significant recent news about Gutenberg…

Dan Knauss

October 4, 2018

Some significant recent news about Gutenberg and its release has come out this week. Matt Mullenweg announced an expansion of the release team and named some members of the WordPress community who will help lead "the critical focuses required for…

Gutenberg 3.4 was recently released with “a…

Dan Knauss

August 6, 2018

Gutenberg 3.4 was recently released with "a multitude of improvements when converting existing content to blocks," a REST API search controller, additional documentation, and more than a dozen bug fixes. Gary Pendergast also shared a sample plugin on Github that shows how…

The 3rd WPCampus conference, focused on…

Brian Krogsgard

July 20, 2018

The 3rd WPCampus conference, focused on higher education and WordPress, was held recently in St. Louis. For those unable to attend, there was a live stream, and session videos will be placed on the site within the next couple of…

I recently discovered this broad overview…

Brian Krogsgard

June 25, 2018

I recently discovered this broad overview from Matthew Setter on the state of testing in PHP today. It's not WordPress specific, but it's useful. Developers should be testing their PHP code now or making it a goal to do so.

WordPress 4.9.6 Release Candidate is out,…

Brian Krogsgard

May 11, 2018

WordPress 4.9.6 Release Candidate is out, so developers are encouraged to start final testing as soon as possible! There are a number of bug fixes and enhancements, but the most notable is the inclusion of the tools that help site…

Gutenberg 2.8 was released officially on May…

Brian Krogsgard

May 11, 2018

Gutenberg 2.8 was released officially on May 4. This was a "polish more" release, but it still included some new additions like a "Spacer" block to create empty areas and a server-side render component. There are some nice improvements to the color…

WordPress 4.9.6 Beta is now available,…

Dan Knauss

May 10, 2018

WordPress 4.9.6 Beta is now available, with 10 bug fixes and 34 enhancements and feature requests. Of particular interest are the additions and changes related to privacy, which were motivated by the GDPR deadline later this month. Developers should start…

There’s no shortage of tutorials about…

Dan Knauss

May 10, 2018

There's no shortage of tutorials about coding WordPress plugins, but this post from Matt Shaw is a bit different. Matt focuses on the research, reviewing, and testing side of plugin development — critical planning steps that should precede the actual code…