For years, the WordPress admin has become increasingly overloaded with admin notices. Some of them are giant, branded notices with their own particular designs that obstruct users’ activities in the admin. The Theme Review Team is taking action to curb obtrusive notices that fall within its purview – those generated by themes hosted in the official directory. In the excitement …
How Cameo Survived a Public Relations Nightmare
By confronting the issue head-on, the startup regained its customers’ trust. View original post at Entrepreneur…
WordPress Theme Review Team Initiates New Long Term Plan to Make All WordPress.org Themes Accessible
The WordPress Theme Review Team (TRT) met today and agreed to put new accessibility requirements in place for themes hosted in the official directory. These include some of the items that are required for theme authors who want to add the accessibility-ready tag. A handful of these requirements will soon be added to the standard requirements for all themes. The …
Hustle 4.0: Better Pop-up Design, Analytics, and Privacy
Hustle 4.0 comes with an improved workflow, better design, more analytics, and a slick data privacy upgrade. If you’re looking to increase your following, grow your mailing list, or capture leads with WordPress, Hustle has you covered. Hustle is the WordPress marketers best friend with master level control over pop-ups, slide-ins, opt-ins, and social sharing. No coding required and seamless …
Anders Norén Release Free Chaplin Theme Designed for Block Editor, Theme Authors Discuss Better Ways to Promote Truly Free Themes
Anders Norén has released Chaplin, his 20th free WordPress theme, designed specifically for use with the block editor. Chaplin could be loosely described as an agency or business stye theme but the capabilities of the block editor enable users to create advanced page layouts that would suit many different types of websites. The layout for the front page shown in …
WPWeekly Episode 359 – Diversity Speaker Training With Jill Binder
In this episode, John James Jacoby and I are joined by Jill Binder, Founder, and Chief Consultant and Trainer at Diverse Speakers In Tech. We discussed how and why the Diverse Speaker Training group was created, how the training encourages underrepresented people to speak at WordCamps, and how the recent 50% sponsorship funds from Automattic will be used. We also …
Walking 718km to WCEU, an Interview With Marcel Bootsman
I have a hard time walking a mile or two let alone 718km, but that’s what Marcel Bootsman did on his journey to WordCamp EU to generate funds for DonateWC. In this interview, Bootsman explains how he prepared for the journey, what he experienced during his trip, and why he chose DonateWC as the charity to raise funds for. One …
Entrepreneur Insider Video of the Week: Use Instagram Stories to Build Your Brand
Watch this free Entrepreneur Insider session with digital marketing expert Jon Horowitz, who will teach you how to attract your ideal audience, boost your engagement and get more conversions via Instagram Stories. View original post at Entrepreneur…
CMS Backend Opener: A Firefox Extension to Quickly Locate the Login Page to Popular CMS Backends
If you use Firefox and manage multiple websites that use different Content Management Systems and have a hard time keeping track of the various URLs to their backends, consider using the CMS Backend Opener Firefox extension created by Andy R. Once installed, you can use either a keyboard shortcut (Alt + Y) or press a button within the browser and …
Free Online JavaScript for WordPress Conference to Feature “Headless WordPress” Track, July 12
The second edition of the JavaScript for WordPress conference will be streamed online July 11-13, 2019. Based on the success of the 2018 event, which had 1,200 attendees watching live, organizer Zac Gordon decided to expand the event to feature three free days of talks, workshops, and a contribution day focused on JavaScript and WordPress. The conference will run from …