Year: 2016

  • BuddyPress 2.5 Will Add Customizable Emails via a New BP Email API

    BuddyPress 2.5 Will Add Customizable Emails via a New BP Email API

    BuddyPress 2.5 beta 1 was released this week with a list of new features and improvements to test, including a brand new BP Email API. The new API allows users to easily customize any email that BuddyPress sends, without having to leave the admin or write any code. The ticket to overhaul BuddyPress emails was…

  • Learn How to Test WordPress Core Patches with VVV on Mac OS

    Learn How to Test WordPress Core Patches with VVV on Mac OS

    Testing patches is one way that both developers and non-developers can contribute to WordPress without writing any code. It’s a valuable service that keeps things moving along in tickets and helps patches make their way into core. The most challenging part of testing patches is getting your testing environment set up properly. The WordPress core…

  • Automattic Launches Components with 5 New Starter Themes Based on Underscores

    Automattic Launches Components with 5 New Starter Themes Based on Underscores

    Automattic’s team of theme developers announced the release of Components today along with a suite of themes that extend the popular Underscores starter theme for specific use cases. These include a classic blog, modern blog, portfolio, magazine, and business theme. The new Components website lets theme authors download a theme that includes reusable components tailored…

  • WordPress Theme Review Team Recommends Authors Start Keeping a Change Log

    WordPress Theme Review Team Recommends Authors Start Keeping a Change Log

    Last April, WordPress Theme Review Team member Jose Castaneda proposed that the team adopt a standard change log format. Theme authors are not yet required to keep a change log but the general consensus is that it’s a good practice that benefits users. Castaneda revived the topic of change logs during the team’s most recent…

  • WordPress Contributors Look for a Path Forward for the WP REST API

    WordPress Contributors Look for a Path Forward for the WP REST API

    Over the weekend, discussion continued surrounding the direction of the WP REST API, as both Matt Mullenweg and Ryan McCue took to their WordPress blogs to clarify statements from last week’s status meeting. Differences of opinion are driving a heated debate about what constitutes a goalpost for the API’s readiness for core. In a post…

  • WordPress.org Has Fewer Than 20 Plugins Using the WP REST API in Core

    WordPress.org Has Fewer Than 20 Plugins Using the WP REST API in Core

    During yesterday’s pivotal WP REST API meeting, WordPress contributors discussed adoption of the API. A cursory search of the WordPress.org plugin directory shows that fewer than two dozen plugins are currently using the API scaffolding included in WordPress 4.4. For reference, here are the 20 plugins identified by Mika Epstein during the meeting, along with…

  • WP REST API Delayed, Contributors Facing Gridlock

    WP REST API Delayed, Contributors Facing Gridlock

    The WP REST API team met yesterday in the #core-restapi Slack channel to discuss the status of the existing post, term, user, and comment endpoints. There are a few outstanding issues with these four core objects, which the team wants to tackle via a feature plugin approach instead of holding the API back from merge.…

  • Pantheon Launches Community Resource for Scaling WordPress

    Pantheon Launches Community Resource for Scaling WordPress

    When people ask the question, “Can WordPress scale?” they are often pointed to some of the largest websites running on WordPress, such as Time Magazine, TechCrunch, NBC Sports, Playstation, the New York Observer, and others. But how do you get there and what does it take to deliver WordPress at scale to millions of visitors?…

  • Shiny Updates Version 2 Adds Functionality for Themes and Bulk Plugin Updates

    Shiny Updates Version 2 Adds Functionality for Themes and Bulk Plugin Updates

    With all of the design improvements to the plugin and theme screens in recent WordPress releases, the experience of updating extensions started to feel clunky and disjointed. The Shiny Updates feature plugin was created to hide what project contributors refer to as the “The Bleak Screen of Sadness.” WordPress users received a small taste of…

  • A Day of REST Conference Successful, 81% Would Attend Again

    A Day of REST Conference Successful, 81% Would Attend Again

    Last weekend more than 200 developers gathered in London for a niche conference devoted to the WordPress REST API. A Day of REST featured speakers from around the world who are building applications with the REST API at companies like WIRED, The New York Times, Fusion, Automattic, and Bocoup. “The conference was a fantastic proof…

  • In Case You Missed It – Issue 2

    In Case You Missed It – Issue 2

    There’s a lot of great WordPress content published in the community but not all of it is featured on the Tavern. This post is part of a new series where I share an assortment of items related to WordPress that caught my eye but didn’t make it into a full post. Taking Care of Each…

  • WPWeekly Episode 223 – Celebrating 8 Years of iThemes With Cory Miller

    WPWeekly Episode 223 – Celebrating 8 Years of iThemes With Cory Miller

    In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Cory Miller, Founder of iThemes. Miller tells us what it’s been like to run the company for eight years. We discuss what’s changed in the WordPress ecosystem since the company’s founding in 2008. Near the end of the interview, Miller tells us…

  • Thank a WordPress Plugin and Theme Author Day 2016

    Thank a WordPress Plugin and Theme Author Day 2016

    Today is normally Thank a Plugin Author Day which motivates users to thank plugin authors but based on discussions from last year’s event, I’ve decided to add theme authors to the mix. The purpose of the day is simple, give thanks and express gratitude to WordPress plugin and theme developers. There are several ways to…

  • Mark Root-Wiley Publishes Free Guide for Nonprofits That Use WordPress

    Mark Root-Wiley Publishes Free Guide for Nonprofits That Use WordPress

    One of WordPress’ greatest strengths is that it’s free to download and use. This makes it an excellent choice for nonprofit organizations that have a small budget. Nonprofits that can’t afford a developer to maintain their sites may opt to run it on their own. Managing a WordPress site requires a basic understanding of how…

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