Back in September, Mark Zahra published a Tweet mentioning that he had been contacted by someone in the WordPress community who was working on a post that would list some of the best plugins to use. What set this email … Read More
Chris Wiegman has a great post on his site where he outlines and defines four types of communities in WordPress. The four communities are Idealists, Personal Brands, Workers, and Users. These communities overlap and form the Global Community. Upon reading … Read More
If you’ve created something with WordPress, you’ve probably wanted to let the world know about it. But in the WordPress scene, it’s tough to gain exposure and coverage. Many of the big companies are routinely covered and if a media … Read More
Helen Hou-Sandi shared an interesting article on Twitter that looks at the generational knowledge gap between students who grew up using Google Drive versus professors who use directory structures for storing and accessing files. Apparently, saving files to folders and … Read More
Have you published any posts about the block editor recently highlighting issues you’re encountering or bugs you’re experiencing and then check your inbox to see a message from someone who works at Automattic as a Developer Relations Wrangler? I have, … Read More
WordPress 5.8.1 is now available for download. This release contains 60 bug fixes and patches three security vulnerabilities and because of those patches, it is recommended that you update your site or sites as soon as possible. These security fixes … Read More
In open-source projects, it’s inevitable that you’re going to work with others, perhaps many others, and how you collaborate is key to getting things done. Andrea Middleton published some advice that she routinely gives to others on collaborating in open … Read More
It’s pretty easy to write about the things I dislike about WordPress or the issues I run into with the editor on a routine basis but today, I’m doing something a bit different. I’m writing about a small change that … Read More
In a post published on the WordPress.org news blog, Josepha Haden, Executive Director of the WordPress project, announced that support for the Classic Editor plugin will continue until 2022, “After discussing this with Matt, it’s clear that continuing to support … Read More
Earlier this month, I wondered why I couldn’t transform a couple of paragraph and list blocks into a quote block and I referenced how easy this task was in the Classic Editor. Well, I received an email from Anne McCarthy, … Read More