WordCamp organizers will find this post…
Brian Krogsgard
WordCamp organizers will find this post from Jenny Beaumont helpful, regarding email templates for food allergies and accessibility needs.
GoDaddy (via Andy McIlwain) recently published…
Brian Krogsgard
GoDaddy (via Andy McIlwain) recently published their top takeaways from WordCamp US as well.
David Bisset would like to thank…
Brian Krogsgard
David Bisset would like to thank BlogVault and Ron Rennick (recently hired by Prospress to be possibly the only non-Automattic full-time paid contributor to WooCommerce) for their donations for the Happiness Bars given out at WordCamp US. It is truly…
Interview with Matt Mullenweg on Gutenberg, WordPress, and the future
Brian Krogsgard
I am joined by Matt Mullenweg to discuss decision making, Gutenberg, core WordPress processes, Automattic's business, and more.
WordPress 5.0 marks a new era for the world’s most popular CMS
Brian Krogsgard
Gutenberg has been an ambitious undertaking, but the new WordPress editor marks an important step for WordPress. The platform must continue to be both easier to use and more powerful to extend, and Gutenberg is a step in the right direction on both fronts.
WordCamp US will be happening next…
Brian Krogsgard
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 4.6 is out with a…
Brian Krogsgard
Gutenberg 4.6 is out with a relatively shorter changelog than in the past. Mostly browser related fixes (for IE11, Edge, drag-and-drop functionality), an improvement for block preview styling, and various other tweaks and fixes. This "what's new" update has been…
William Jackson has a nice article…
Brian Krogsgard
William Jackson has a nice article written after WordCamp Orlando where he offers some thoughts about STEAM (Science, technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and why it needs to be in Kid's Camps at WordCamps. William reminds us the future of WordPress will…
Gutenberg 4.0 is out, and this…
Brian Krogsgard
Gutenberg 4.0 is out, and this release covers a number of items from a long "pending items" list. Other than bug fixes, some new additions include colors for cover image overlays, a new font size picker, better pullquote features, post locking, a…
Matt Mullenweg reported on Thursday (September…
Dan Knauss
Matt Mullenweg reported on Thursday (September 20) that Gutenberg has over 420,000 active installations, and 213,000 posts written with Gutenberg have been tracked. Note that this is only for Jetpack and WordPress.com sites. The total number would be higher if…
If you were unable to attend…
Dan Knauss
If you were unable to attend the recent WordCamp For Publishers that happened a few weeks ago in Chicago, you can still watch the recorded live stream. Videos of the presentations should be posted soon.
An Interview with Jamie Schmid, Community Evangelist for SiteLock
Dan Knauss
What's it like to be a product evangelist in the WordPress space? And how do you get to be one? Find out from Jamie Schmid.
The locations for the WordCamp Incubator…
Brian Krogsgard
The locations for the WordCamp Incubator Program for 2018 have been announced, and the Montevideo (Uruguay) and Kinabalu (Malaysia) communities were selected. Each will start a regular monthly WordPress meetup group, and then they will work on finding a venue,…
An insightful post from Vasilis Baimas…
Brian Krogsgard
An insightful post from Vasilis Baimas on his experiences contributing at WordCamp Europe 2018, particularly working on features for the Yoast plugin. "WordPress relies on people like you to come those ideas true.... every enhancement and each improvement depends on…
Notes from WordCamp Europe, 2018
David Bisset
Another successful WordCamp Europe 2018 just wrapped up a few days ago. The event had 54 organizers, 170 volunteers, 65 speakers (from 17 countries), and 37 sponsors (with 44 micro-sponsors). Out of 2,368 tickets sold, 2,085 attendees (from 76 countries)…
Matt on Gutenberg at WordCamp Europe
David Bisset
The sixth WordCamp Europe is happening now on June 15-16 (it was preceded by Contributor Day on the 14th) in Belgrade, Serbia. As you would expect from a large WordCamp, the lineup is full of great talks given by a diverse group of…
