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  • #206 – Jonathan Desrosiers on WordPress Sustainability, Community Engagement, and Release Strategies

    #206 – Jonathan Desrosiers on WordPress Sustainability, Community Engagement, and Release Strategies

    In this episode, Nathan Wrigley speaks with Jonathan Desrosiers about tying WordPress releases to flagship community events like WordCamps. They discuss the logistical challenges, especially around scheduling, international holidays, and global contributor coverage. The conversation explores the evolving WordPress community, impacts of COVID, renewed excitement for building, and initiatives to involve younger contributors. They touch…

    Nathan Wrigley

  • WordPress 5.0 Beta 5 Adds Permalink Editing to the Document Sidebar

    WordPress 5.0 Beta 5 Adds Permalink Editing to the Document Sidebar

    WordPress 5.0 Beta 5 is available for testing and includes all of the block editor changes that are in Gutenberg 4.4. One of the major changes in this release is the addition of a Permalink panel that is in the Document sidebar. The panel was added based on user feedback that the UI for editing…

    Jeff Chandler

  • WordPress Coding Standards 1.1.0 Released

    WordPress Coding Standards 1.1.0 Released

    The WordPress Coding Standards version 1.1.0 has been released on GitHub. This release includes more stringent function call formatting checks which are explained in the handbook. There’s also stricter checks for overrides of WordPress global variables. To see a full list of what was changed, fixed, and added, check out the changelog.

    Jeff Chandler

  • Gutenberg 3.5.0 Released

    Gutenberg 3.5.0 Released

    Gutenberg 3.5.0 is available for download and polishes existing features. This release adds an edit button to embed blocks that allows users to edit the source URL. The contrast has been increased for input fields and check boxes have visually more distinct states as the following video shows. One notable change is the addition of…

    Jeff Chandler

  • WordPress 4.9.8 Released

    WordPress 4.9.8 Released

    WordPress 4.9.8 is available for download and is a maintenance release. Headlining this version is the “Try Gutenberg” callout. Note that not everyone will see the callout. Its visibility is determined based on certain criteria. WordPress 4.9.8 continues to improve the foundation set forth by the privacy improvements that went into core earlier this year.…

    Jeff Chandler

  • WordPress Coding Standards 1.0.0 Released

    WordPress Coding Standards 1.0.0 Released

    After nine years since the project began, version 1.0.0 of the WordPress Coding Standards is available for download. The WordPress Coding Standards is a collection of PHP_CodeSniffer rules or sniffs to validate code developed for WordPress. It ensures code quality and adherence to coding conventions, including the official WordPress Coding Standards. In addition to being…

    Jeff Chandler

  • WordPress 4.9.6 RC1 Released

    WordPress 4.9.6 RC1 Released

    WordPress 4.9.6 Release Candidate 1 is available for download and addresses some of the issues that have been reported in beta 1. Since the beta’s release, there have been 30 bugs fixed. Many of the fixes in this release are focused on the new privacy tools that help with GDPR compliance. The verbiage has been…

    Jeff Chandler

  • The Wow Factor in Major WordPress Releases Is Getting Few and Far Between

    The Wow Factor in Major WordPress Releases Is Getting Few and Far Between

    WordPress 4.6 is scheduled for release on August 16th. This release streamlines the installation, activation, and update process for plugins, uses native system fonts for the WordPress backend, and improves the post editor. It also includes a number of enhancements under the hood. Outside of the improvements to the plugin and theme management process, there’s not…

    Jeff Chandler

  • bbPress 2.5 Released – Forum Subscriptions, Importers, and Theme Compatibility

    bbPress 2.5 is now available! This is a great release filled with a number of improvements. The most notable addition in bbPress 2.5 are forum subscriptions. Forum subscriptions allow users to subscribe to new topics created in specific forums. Other items that contain a new car smell are: A number of new importers BuddyPress Notifications…

    Jeff Chandler

  • Wait Is Over – 3.6 Now Available For Download

    After a long, frustrating, development cycle, WordPress 3.6 Oscar is now available to the public. This release doesn’t have the Post Formats UI but it does contain a number of great features such as built-in video and audio support, a completely revamped UI for Post Revisions, 2013 Theme that utilizes Post Formats, Post Locking and…

    Jeff Chandler

  • BuddyPress 1.5.5 Released

    It was announced earlier today that that BuddyPress 1.5.5 is now available for download. This is considered a maintenance release which addresses 14 issues, some of which are security related. Congrats to the team and I hope you had a blast at WordCamp Netherlands Paul Gibbs.

    Jeff Chandler

  • Shopp Releases Version 1.2 Of Their E-Commerce Plugin

    Ingenesis has announced the release of version 1.2 of their commercial e-commerce plugin. 1.2 is being considered a major upgrade as the release contains around 1,000 revisions with 300 bug tickets being squashed. Because of the amount of changes involved between 1.1 and 1.2, they are advising that you take all the precautions necessary before…

    Jeff Chandler

  • WordPress 3.3.1 Fixes Security Exploit

    WordPress 3.3.1 was released last night and it addresses an important security issue discovered in WordPress 3.3. Along with the security fix, the release also fixes 15 issues that are outlined here. After I upgraded the Tavern website, I was a bit confused to see a number of things that were listed under the What’s…

    Jeff Chandler

  • Merry Christmas: WordPress 3.3. Released

    The time has finally arrived. WordPress 3.3. was released early this morning to the masses. Codenamed ‘Sonny’ which at a glance looks like sorry, 3.3 has a couple of great user oriented features with a ton of polish. While my WordPress upgrade experience went smoothly, I was immediately impressed with the welcome screen which in…

    Jeff Chandler

  • Software Releases And The Kitchen Sink

    Matt Mullenweg who every now and then publishes a long essay did so today on his personal site Ma.tt, talking about version 1.0 of software and how it’s the loneliest number. In the post, he mentions how Apple is not afraid to release a first gen product that contained flaws because waiting in the wings…

    Jeff Chandler