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What’s the First Thing in WordPress That Made You Google to Learn It?

October 14, 2021 by Jeffro

Josepha Haden, Executive Director of the WordPress project tweeted out a fun and interesting question. Think back to your first #WordPress site. Do you remember which task first made you head to a search engine for learning? Mine was creating … Read More

Categories WordPress Tags google, history, learning, twitter

This Question Is for All of You Content Writers Out There

October 7, 2021 by Jeffro

In conversations with a few people and due to recent events, I’m interested to know what most company policies are on what they do with content published by an employee after that employee is no longer with the company. For … Read More

Categories WordPress Tags authorship, content writer, ownership, past

Being Honest to Readers Is Free

October 7, 2021 by Jeffro

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

Categories WordPress Tags best plugins, ftc, honesty, transparency

I’m Part of the Idealist WordPress Community

September 29, 2021 by Jeffro

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

Categories WordPress Tags communities, idealist, personal brand, user, worker

WPHunts – Providing Exposure to Small Fry WordPress Creators

September 28, 2021 by Jeffro

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

Categories WordPress Tags creators, exposure, product hunt, wphunts

File Structures, Generational Knowledge Gap, and the Media Library

September 27, 2021 by Jeffro

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

Categories WordPress Tags directory, generation, media library, search

I Dig the Automattic Developer Relations Team

September 10, 2021 by Jeffro

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

Categories WordPress Tags automattic, block editor, developer relations, gutenberg

WordPress 5.8.1 Released, Squashes 60 Bugs and Patches Three Security Vulnerabilities

September 9, 2021 by Jeffro

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

Categories WordPress Tags 5.8.1, bugs, releases, security

Tips for Collaboration in an Open Source World

September 8, 2021 by Jeffro

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

Categories WordPress Tags advice, criticism, feedback, open source

Sometimes, the Smallest Changes in WordPress Bring the Most Joy

August 30, 2021 by Jeffro

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

Categories WordPress Tags copy url, media library, thankful, wordpress 5.8

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https://wpmainline.com/podcast-player/6442/wp-mainline-episode-23-saving-the-internet-and-saving-open-source.mp3

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