March 2019

The organizers of WordCamp Asia, a brand new regional WordCamp, have published a proposal for making Bangkok, Thailand, the host … Continue reading WordCamp Asia Proposed for 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand →

The Gutenberg team merged a pull request three days ago that adds a local “playground” development environment for testing outside … Continue reading New Gutenberg Playground Offers a Standalone Version of the Editor for Testing Outside the WordPress Admin →

WordPress 5.2 beta 1 was released this evening with an exciting lineup of new user-facing features that are ready for … Continue reading WordPress 5.2 Beta 1 Released: Help Test New Blocks, Block Manager, and Improved Fatal Error Protection →

rtCamp, a 60+ person agency and WordPress.com VIP service partner, has released three new GitHub Actions that handle automated code … Continue reading rtCamp Releases GitHub Actions for Automated Code Review, Deploying WordPress, and Slack Notifications →

During the 2018 State of the Word address, Matt Mullenweg announced that Phase 4 of the Gutenberg project would be … Continue reading How Will Gutenberg Phase 4 Impact Multilingual Solutions for WordPress? →

Codecademy introduced a new free course today called Learn PHP. The company, which offers free coding courses, is rebuilding its … Continue reading Codecademy Launches New Free PHP Course →

Frontkom‘s presentation at WordCamp Nordic introduced the audience to the Gutenberg Cloud project, which allows developers to share JS-only blocks … Continue reading Gutenberg Cloud Team Advocates for Making WordPress.org’s New Block Directory a CMS-Agnostic Library →

In this episode, John James Jacoby and I are joined by Sandy Edwards. Sandy gave us a behind the scenes … Continue reading WPWeekly Episode 349 – Sandy Edwards and the Kids Event Working Group Initiative →

WordPress has officially ended support for PHP 5.2 – 5.5 and bumped its minimum required PHP version to 5.6. The … Continue reading WordPress Ends Support for PHP 5.2 – 5.5, Bumps Minimum Required PHP Version to 5.6 →

Gutenberg 5.3 was released today with basic block management, a feature that will be included in WordPress 5.2. It is … Continue reading Gutenberg 5.3 Introduces Block Management, Adds Nesting to the Cover Block →

The 11th edition of WordCamp Miami was held this past weekend, a three-day event that featured multiple learning workshops and … Continue reading WordCamp Miami Draws 100+ for Kid’s Camp, Plans to Host Standalone Kid’s WordPress Conference in Summer 2019 →