Month: June 2018

  • Watch WordCamp EU for Free via Livestream

    Watch WordCamp EU for Free via Livestream

    WordCamp EU 2018 is scheduled to take place this weekend in Belgrade, Serbia. Although the event is sold out, you can watch the event for free via livestream. Simply visit the WCEU tickets page and register a livestream ticket. Sessions begin on Friday, June 15th. To see a list of sessions and speakers, check out…

  • Plugin Detective Wins WordCamp Orange County’s 2018 Plugin-a-Palooza

    Plugin Detective Wins WordCamp Orange County’s 2018 Plugin-a-Palooza

    WordCamp Orange County, CA, took place this past weekend and the winners of the Plugin-a-Palooza have been crowned. Nathan Tyler and Natalie MacLees took the first place prize of $3,000 with their submission, Plugin Detective. When it comes to troubleshooting WordPress, disabling and re-enabling plugins is one of the first steps in the process. This…

  • WordCamp Europe Introduces Official Mobile App, New Tech for On-site Badge Printing

    WordCamp Europe Introduces Official Mobile App, New Tech for On-site Badge Printing

    WordCamp Europe debuted its new official mobile app today, providing attendees with a quick way to access the event’s schedule, maps, and announcements. Several unofficial apps have popped up over the years, but this is the first one produced and supported by WCEU organizers. The team opted for creating a PWA (Progressive Web App), which…

  • WPWeekly Episode 319 – The Gutenberg Plugin Turns 30

    WPWeekly Episode 319 – The Gutenberg Plugin Turns 30

    In this episode, John James Jacoby and I are joined by Gary Pendergast, a WordPress core contributor, to discuss what’s new with Gutenberg. We find out what happened with WordPress 4.9.6, and discuss WordPress’ future. We also discuss Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub and when WordPress core development might transition to GitHub. Last but not least, we…

  • Simple:Press Forum Plugin Is Up for Adoption

    Simple:Press Forum Plugin Is Up for Adoption

    Simple:Press, a forum plugin for WordPress that has been around for more than a dozen years, is available for adoption. Developers Andy Staines and Steve Klasen announced their plans to shutdown operations last August on their customer support forum and have had little luck finding a suitable replacement. Staines and Klasen will retire on August…

  • WordCamp for iOS Renamed to WP Camps, More Events Added

    WordCamp for iOS Renamed to WP Camps, More Events Added

    When Marcel Schmitz released his WordCamp for iOS app, there was concern that it violated the WordCamp Trademark policy. Schmitz has changed the name of the app to WP Camps, describes it as a companion app for WordCamps, and has added a number of upcoming events. In addition to these changes, Schmitz has also redesigned the…

  • Sustainability + WordPress = SustyWP

    Sustainability + WordPress = SustyWP

    Jack Lenox, a Software Engineer at Automattic, has launched a new site called SustyWP that focuses on web sustainability using WordPress. By removing the parts of Underscores he didn’t need, using one inline SVG image, no sidebars, limited CSS, and no webfonts, Lenox was able to launch a WordPress site that only has 7 Kilobytes…

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