Using the color picker in the customizer. The WordPress Theme Review Team announced its color picker control today. The project is a single package that allows theme authors to include an advanced color control in the customizer. The control allows users to select a hex color with an optional alpha channel to handle transparency. The color control is the fourth …
Why Personal Branding Is a Secret Weapon
Personal branding builds trust with customers and employees. View original post at Entrepreneur…
What Should an Author Bio Block Look Like?
Two author bio block mock-ups compared. Joshua Wold, co-representative for the WordPress design team, shared an early exploration of an author card block. Community members explored several ideas at the design table during the contributor day at WordCamp US 2019. In the post, Wold followed up on the original sketches from that melding of design minds. The original idea for …
How Two Designers Created A Weed Brand With Whimsy
Cross a design mind with a very hippie childhood, and you get a very groovy vibe. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Rank Math SEO Plugin Adds WordPress Block Editor Support
The team behind the Rank Math SEO plugin released an update that includes full support for the block editor on December 18. The update includes around two dozen features, improvements, and fixes. The biggest feature update was the inclusion of a new plugin sidebar for the block editor. Some of the new features include a filter for unlimited focus keywords, …
Version 1 Prototype of the WordPress Admin Block Directory Announced
Mel Choyce-Dwan shared the first version of the WordPress admin block directory prototype the design team has been working on. The goal is to bring the block directory to the admin in WordPress 5.5, which is currently set for August 2020 on the roadmap. The post also outlines reusable components that can be used in other areas of the admin …
WordPress 5.3.2 Addresses a Handful of Bugs
On December 18, less than a week since WordPress 5.3.1 security update shipped to the masses, the core team dropped a version 5.3.2 maintenance release. No security issues were named in this update. Instead, 5.3.2 addresses a couple of high-priority bugs along with a few other issues. Users with automatic updates enabled should already be updated to the latest version …
3 Marketing Lessons From 'Frozen'
Your brand story will begin to resonate as soon as you realize that it’s not always about you. View original post at Entrepreneur…
One-Time vs. Recurring Payments for WordPress Products
Jeff Starr posed the question at Digging into WordPress: Which Pricing Model Do You Prefer: One-Time or Recurring? It is not the first time the question has been asked in the WordPress community and will not be the last. It is important that we keep coming back to it from time to time. In the early days of the commercial …
How Do You Build a Wine Brand That Achieves Cult Status? Quietly.
Twomey CEO David Duncan talks about letting your brand grow and flourish under the radar. View original post at Entrepreneur…