Shiny New Releases
Dan Knauss
Gravity Forms 7.1 Beta 1 • the SpinupWP community • Dollie 2.0 • rtCamp's Easy Engine now with full custom Docker-Compose support • Metorik • Iconic • Do the Woo • Simple Ajax Chat Pro
Tech Roundup for the Week of August 22
Daniel Schutzsmith
DigitalOcean's acquisition of Cloudways • Stop saying "Gutenberg!" • Build Mode Live with Brian Gardner and Sam Munoz • One week left to submit a style variation for TT3 • Cool Tool of the Week: Munir Kamal's Editor Plus
We don’t need no stinkin’ standards!
Dan Knauss
I wonder how much WordPress is an outlier in even the PHP universe for tolerating the idea that it's "punishment" and "unfair" to be held to a standard with mandatory testing for code that's admitted to the WordPress.org repo for…
Tech Roundup for the Week of August 15, 2022
Daniel Schutzsmith
This week Daniel shares some resources for creating React Apps using Gutenberg Data, static WordPress sites with Eleventy, and a Figma to FSE workflow. Also a reminder to test and give feedback on fluid typography — and one cool tool: Programming Fonts.
A short history of WordPress APIs — and their future
Dan Knauss
Here's an older post about the history of WordPress APIs from Automattic's mobile apps development team that you may not have seen before. (New to me.) It explains the technical background of the current entanglements of .org, .com, and Jetpack:…
An Operating System for the Web
Dan Knauss
What if WordPress, growing as an operating system for the web, spawns distributions and spins, like Linux? What do nine years of Jetpack teach us about Automattic and WordPress — the project and the dot-com? Rethinking how we think about SaaS, hosting, and the WordPress ecosystem...
WooCommerce Function of the Week: woocommerce_wp_text_input
Rodolfo Melogli
Learn how to add custom fields to settings in WooCommerce meta boxes — and give back to WooCommerce when you find some code that can be improved.
WooCommerce Function of the Week: wc_current_user_has_role
Rodolfo Melogli
What if you want to show hidden information only to "administrators" or "shop managers?" What about displaying a custom "My Account" tab just for logged-in customers?
WooCommerce Function of the Week: add_fee
Rodolfo Melogli
Before we dive in this week's function, please note that it's usually against any payment provider's Terms of Service (like PayPal's) to add fees to a transaction based on the customer's chosen payment gateway, so please make sure to use…
WooCommerce Function of the Week: wc_get_product_category_list
Rodolfo Melogli
How to save time and get all the categories a WooCommerce product is in with a simple, single line of code!
WordPress Plugin License Renewals and the Challenge of Churn
Rob Howard
When you buy a WordPress plugin, what are you actually buying? Is it software? Access to support and updates? Something in between?
WooCommerce Function of the Week: get_ip_address
Rodolfo Melogli
The get_ip_address function is useful for tracking visitors who aren't logged in as they move through key pages in your store.
Cart and Inner Blocks for WooCommerce
Bob Dunn
Here's what's new in WooCommerce and Woo Blocks, plus some tips for increasing ROI and extending your network.
WooCommerce Function of the Week: get_variation_prices
Rodolfo Melogli
Read the code with Rodolfo Melogli! This week in WooCommerce functions we're looking at
get_variation_prices.
WooCommerce Function of the Week: wc_price
Rodolfo Melogli
The
wc_price function solves your WooCommerce price formatting problems. Using it means you can ignore the WooCommerce price settings.
Shoppable Pins, WooCommerce 6.4, and the Blockified Road Ahead
Bob Dunn
WooCommerce Partners with Pinterest 📌 WooCommerce 6.4 and Blocks Roadmap Released 🗺️ Blockify all the things! ✂️ DevLife Snippets
