WordPress

As I debugged issues with the new block gap feature added in Gutenberg 11.4 last week, I found the ticket … Continue reading Theme Authors Should Be Able To Opt Out of Any Design Feature →

WordPress 5.9 is starting to take shape as Josepha Haden Chomphosy published a planning roundup at the end of last … Continue reading WordPress 5.9 Proposed Scope: Major Push Towards Full-Site Editing, Plus a New Default Theme →

The block-based Navigation editor screen got a status check last week as part of a Hallway Hangout meeting aimed at identifying what needs … Continue reading Gutenberg Contributors Get Organized to Move Block-Based Navigation Forward →

In December 2020, WordPress launched its new “Learn” platform with free courses, workshops, and lesson plans. Since then, the Training … Continue reading Proposal for Adding Badges and Other ‘Learner Achievements’ to WordPress Profiles →

Last week, I reached out to several members of the core WordPress committers to see if we could get an … Continue reading WordPress Classic Editor Support Extended for at Least Another Year →

If there was a question that ever made me start feeling old, it might be this one. Last week, Marcel … Continue reading Why Did You Start Using WordPress? →

Last week, a GitHub pull request I had been watching since October 2020 on the Gutenberg repository was finally merged … Continue reading Gallery Block Refactor Expected To Land in WordPress 5.9 →

Last week, I published an opinion piece on the barrier to entry in the modern WordPress era. The article followed … Continue reading A Discussion With Gutenberg Project Lead Matías Ventura on the Barrier to Entry →

Gutenberg project lead Matías Ventura announced the Preliminary Road to 5.9 on the Make Core blog earlier today. He covered … Continue reading Early WordPress 5.9 Look: The Road Toward Deeper Responsive Block Design →

Oh, how easily we forget the WordPress of 10, 15 years ago. We are spoiled. We are spoiled by the … Continue reading Is WordPress Development Really All That Hard To Get Into Today? →

Yesterday, the WordPress pattern directory went live to the world as the development team behind it put the finishing touches … Continue reading The WordPress.org Block Pattern Directory Is Now Live →

WordPress 5.8 “Tatum,” named in honor of jazz pianist Art Tatum, landed earlier today. It is the second major release … Continue reading WordPress 5.8 “Tatum” Introduces Block Widgets, Duotone Media Filters, New Emoji Support, and More →