WordCamp Europe 2020 Is Moving Online This Summer
On Monday, the WordCamp Europe team announced it would hold its annual event online from [...]
Jetpack Re-launches Search Feature as Standalone Service
The Jetpack team announced today that its search service is now available as a separate [...]
Proposal to Move WordPress Theme Review Process to GitHub
Denis Žoljom, the automation representative for the WordPress theme review team, proposed moving much of [...]
Proposal to Add a Consent API to WordPress, Feature Plugin Available
On Wednesday, Garret Hyder announced a feature proposal for a WordPress Consent API. The proposal [...]
Create Custom Patterns with the Block Pattern Builder Plugin
Have I mentioned how excited I am about the potential of block patterns? For regular [...]
BuddyPress 6.0 Beta Introduces Group and Member Blocks
The team behind BuddyPress dropped the first version 6.0 beta release of the plugin yesterday. [...]
WordPress 5.4 “Adderley” Released, Includes Improved Editor, New Blocks, and Developer APIs
WordPress 5.4 “Adderley”, named in honor American jazz musician Nat Adderley, was released today and [...]
Proposal to Update the WordPress Coding Standards for Modern PHP
WordPress is a dinosaur. If you are a PHP programmer and have had the opportunity [...]
Font Awesome Releases New COVID-19 Awareness Icons
COVID-19 awareness icons added to Font Awesome.On Monday, the Font Awesome team launched a new [...]
Gutenberg 7.8 Adds Patterns API and Continues Interface Cleanup
Version 7.8 of the Gutenberg plugin landed yesterday. The team continues to improve the editor [...]
Finding Balance in These Uncertain Times: Remote Work and Sharing Our Struggles
There is a popular saying, which has been used in several memes, among my developer [...]
Yoast Publishes Free Online Training Course for the Block Editor
Yoast, the company behind the popular Yoast SEO plugin, launched its free block editor training [...]
Block Patterns Will Change Everything
Book sales section from a custom theme. It was about a year ago. I was [...]
Still No Wood Grain: WP Tavern Design Update
WP Tavern homepage design. It has been a bit of a slow news week in [...]
Block-Based Themes and the Problem with Dynamic Data in HTML Templates
The Gutenberg project and its eventual full-site editing feature is coming upon a major issue [...]
Build Custom Templates with the MB Views Add-On for Meta Box
Meta Box released its MB Views add-on plugin last week. The new extension allows developers [...]
GitHub Acquires npm, Plans to Improve Infrastructure and Experience
GitHub announced yesterday that it had acquired the popular JavaScript package service npm for an [...]
Gutenberg 7.7 Ships Refreshed UI and First Iteration of Block Patterns
Last week, version 7.7 of the Gutenberg plugin shipped to users. In what is one [...]
Women in Tech Salary Transparency Project: Addressing the Gender Pay Gap
Lizzie Kardon, Head of Content and Engagement at Pagely, was featured in a nationwide segment [...]
The Wacky World of Sorta Brilliant’s Sorta Fun Block Plugins
You could say that I am a bit of a fanboy of the late 1990s [...]
