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ValetPress uses Laravel Valet and WP-CLI to quickly install and configure WordPress sites for local development and testing.
ValetPress uses Laravel Valet and WP-CLI to quickly install and configure WordPress sites for local development and testing.
WordPress 6.2.1 RC1 is now available for testing, and planning is underway for the 6.3 AND 6.4 release squad members. Head over to the Core team website for more information.
Each year the WordPress community has an opportunity to participate in the annual survey. The results from 2022 are now available.
Contributors that are a self-identifying female, have a financial need and have never attended WordCamp US are encouraged to apply by June 12, 2023, 11:00 pm Eastern time
The first ever WP-CLI Hack Day is happening on Friday, July 20th. The goal is to finish the day with 20 pull requests that have been merged during the event. If WordPress and the command line are your passions, then this might be something worth your time.
It’s time to update your WordPress websites now. This week’s release breaks shortcodes used in Block Themes on Templates, but is related to a security issue.
Is WordPress, and the plugin and theme ecosystem around it, ready for PHP 8? Earlier versions of PHP, such as 7.4, are now considered End of Life, and hosts are eager to deploy supported versions. But first, Core compatibility needs additional testing to come out of beta compatibility.
Translating WordPress just got a little bit easier for contributors with the WP Translation Playground.
A Community team working group announces a pilot proposal for a Contributor Mentorship Program, helping all contributors onboard.
The second installment of the WordPress project book is now available. Be sure to read Building Blocks.
WordPress 6.3 is beginning planning and calling for volunteers. Women and Non-binary folks are encouraged to ride-along on 6.3 in preparation for the 6.4 release squads form.
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The creator of Laravel, Taylor Otwell, announced new ways to support Laravel using Patreon. Companies are now able to opt in to perks (assuming they pay at the right sponsorship levels) such as a priority Slack channel, “individual monthly video conferences,” and other things. It’s certainly an interesting way to support an open-source project. Laravel…
Ashley Rich over at Delicious Brains relates some lessons learned from building WP Scanner, a WordPress-centric web app. The app was built on Laravel with Spark, and there’s a WordPress plugin that is installed that communicates with WP Scanner’s servers. Ashley mentions some of the third-party services he used. His advice about optimizing too early is…