Justin Tadlock

  • WooCommerce 4.3 Beta Available for Testing

    WooCommerce 4.3 Beta Available for Testing

    The first beta for WooCommerce 4.3 was released yesterday. The team behind the popular eCommerce plugin added a new homepage screen, updated the product grid blocks, and is pushing users to update their version of PHP. Users who want to test the latest beta version can do so by grabbing the ZIP file from WordPress.org…

  • Yoast Acquires Duplicate Post, Brings on Creator Enrico Battocchi as a Senior Developer

    Yoast Acquires Duplicate Post, Brings on Creator Enrico Battocchi as a Senior Developer

    Yoast, the company behind the popular Yoast SEO plugin, announced it had acquired the Duplicate Post plugin earlier today. Along with the acquisition of the project, the company brought on its creator, Enrico Battocchi, as a senior developer. He will continue in a lead role with the future development of the plugin. Duplicate Post currently…

  • Build Forms via the Block Editor With Gutenberg Forms

    Build Forms via the Block Editor With Gutenberg Forms

    The quest for the perfect form plugin is nearly as old as WordPress. Projects have come and gone. There are some great form plugins out there, but far too often the choices are between massive builders that do things their own way and solutions so simple that they do not quite live up to expectations.…

  • WP Café to Host Live Discussion on Gutenberg Theme Development

    WP Café to Host Live Discussion on Gutenberg Theme Development

    Highrise Digital is set to host the first of a new video series under the banner of WP Café. The first episode will begin at 11 am BST (10 am UTC) on June 11, which will be a discussion on building WordPress themes in the new era of the block editor. Highrise Digital is a…

  • Begin Prepping for Full-Site Editing With New Course on Block-Based Themes

    Begin Prepping for Full-Site Editing With New Course on Block-Based Themes

    Full-site editing is a mere half a year away from becoming a reality. The feature is expected to land in WordPress 5.6, scheduled for release in December. To prepare theme authors for this upcoming change, Carolina Nymark has created a new website and training course, aptly titled Full Site Editing. Nymark has been a long-time…

  • Build Versatile Layouts with the GenerateBlocks WordPress Plugin

    Build Versatile Layouts with the GenerateBlocks WordPress Plugin

    Over the past few weeks, I have had the GenerateBlocks plugin sitting in my test environment. I have built a few layouts with it, tinkering with the plugin between other projects. The one thing I kept thinking was that it had huge potential. Aside from a couple of issues, I began enjoying the plugin more…

  • On Politics and WordPress

    On Politics and WordPress

    I wish we lived in a world in which we could discuss code each day, not allowing political1 opinions to seep into the discourse. We could talk about the next exciting project around the corner. We could chat about a small startup getting its first big break or new investments into WordPress companies. However, I…

  • Blockify the WordPress Dashboard with the Mission Ctrl Plugin

    Blockify the WordPress Dashboard with the Mission Ctrl Plugin

    Nick Hamze makes it no secret that he loves the WordPress block system. He has spearheaded several unique blocks on the fun side of things as well as made more practical blocks through his Sorta Brilliant brand. It is his website for funding ideas for the block editor. For his most recent project, he has…

  • Automattic Launches Malware and Vulnerability Scanning Service for Jetpack

    Automattic Launches Malware and Vulnerability Scanning Service for Jetpack

    On Tuesday, Automattic launched Jetpack Scan, an automated malware and vulnerability scanning service. It is a premium service offered to sites connected to a WordPress.com account and the third major add-on launched on top of the plugin in recent months. Jetpack Scan is available for $7 per month or $70 for an annual subscription. Both…

  • The Show Must Be Paused

    The Show Must Be Paused

    The #BlackoutTuesday and #TheShowMustBePaused hashtags have flooded the internet today…

  • Ajay D’Souza Releases Popular Authors Add-On for Top 10 Plugin

    Ajay D’Souza Releases Popular Authors Add-On for Top 10 Plugin

    Ajay D’Souza released the Popular Authors plugin last week, which is designed to display authors by the number of post views they have reached. It is an add-on for his Top 10 plugin and uses the underlying data to build the popular authors list. Websites with multiple authors could use it to provide further insight…

  • GretaThemes Releases Lightweight, Block-Ready eStar WordPress Theme

    GretaThemes Releases Lightweight, Block-Ready eStar WordPress Theme

    GretaThemes launched its eStar theme yesterday. The team’s goal was to build a lightweight theme that focused on the block editor. However, it works alongside other page builders such as Elementor, Beaver Builder, and more. GretaThemes is a project of eLightUp, which is the same company behind the popular Meta Box framework, WP Auto Listings,…

  • Happy 17th, WordPress

    Happy 17th, WordPress

    Seventeen. It is almost a lost year between sweet 16 and the adulthood that comes along with 18. For many, 17 is a rebellious age when they feel like they have already reached grown-up status but still have some hard lessons to learn, some growing to do. The past year of WordPress’s life has felt…