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
Marcel Bootsman asked a question on Twitter that takes me back to the day I chose WordPress. He asks, “Why did you start to use WordPress?” Back in the day, I was a faithful user of Mambo and then Joomla. … Read More
Justin Tadlock published his thoughts on whether WordPress is more difficult to get involved with as a developer these days. It’s a good read as it comes from a longtime developer who has written hundreds of WordPress tutorials over the … Read More
Sometimes, I run into a problem in the block editor that makes me scratch my head because I’m not sure why something so simple doesn’t work. In this latest example, I have two paragraph blocks with an ordered list block … Read More
In recent weeks, there has been a considerable amount of discussion around the barriers to entry for new and existing WordPress developers. Chris Wiegman kicked things off with the following Tweet. Wiegman appeared on the WP Mainline podcast and expanded … Read More
When WordPress 5.8 shipped, it replaced widgets with blocks and provided a new interface to manage them. This means that blocks that are used in the content editor can now be used as widgets in the sidebars of themes. However, … Read More
Today, I shared an idea on Twitter I’ve been thinking about where I would create a new podcast called The Junction. I’d bring people on the show to do one-on-one interviews or have general conversations. This would allow me to … Read More
I am exhausted. I spent so many hours trying to get a custom role with the right capabilities correct in bbPress and then set up Paid Membership Pro to assign that role to new subscribers. I feel like I’m using … Read More
At the end of Chapter 2, I decided to whip up a new WordPress installation on Convesio so that I could try out a new WordPress site on the same hosting platform as WP Mainline to determine if it was … Read More