Wade Hammes documents his process for getting performance under control for the TrackMaven website. He cites WordPress in his “performance bankruptcy” admission, but his fixes are largely non-WordPress related, other than using W3TC. It’s still a worthwhile read if you’re considering a performance budget and looking for some introductory help.
Aurooba Ahmed, Jason Cosper, Daniel Schutzsmith, Robert Jacobi, and Lesley Sim join David Bisset for three rounds of draft picks for the top WordPress stories of 2021.
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…
Morten Rand-Hendriksen recently announced WP Rig, a community project supported by LinkedIn Learning, Google, XWP, and other members of the WordPress community. It’s being described as a “modern build process and progressive starter theme bundled together.” The goal is to simplify theme development and performance optimization with modern technologies. Some features include: Automated code linting to…
According to the CMS chapter of the just-released 2022 Web Almanac from the HTTP Archive, sites using a CMS — and WordPress — are still steadily increasing globally, and 34% of all the sites with an identifiable CMS were using a page builder. WordPress comes in at the bottom of the pack, however, when it…
Every business needs a website. That much is obvious. But choosing what content management system to use isn’t always so clear. When it comes to WordPress vs. Squarespace, which option is the right choice for your website? Before we answer that question, we need to look at each platform’s benefits and limitations, as well as…
Each week we are highlighting the news from WordPress.org that you don’t want to miss. If you or your company create products or services that use WordPress, we’ve got the news you need to know. Be sure to share this resource with your product and project managers. News 5.9.2 Security and Maintenance Release Proposal to…
