If you’re developing a complex WordPress site for clients, need to deal with content policies and flows, want to make the user interface easier to work with, or add custom content without writing code, you may well need a CMS plugin. CMS plugins give WordPress additional Content Management System functionality and appearance. The way in which they do this varies …
Guteblock Joins the Block Collection Plugin Arena With an Initial 12 Custom Blocks
Last week, London-based digital marketing agency Sweans Technologies released Guteblock, its new block collection plugin. Currently, the plugin boasts 12 custom blocks. The company plans to add more and has big plans for the plugin’s future. While the team earns no points for originality in plugin naming, they are nevertheless throwing their hat into the ring of ever-growing block collection …
Ahmad Awais Launches Script to Automatically Deploy WordPress Plugin Updates
Today, Ahmad Awais launched WP Continuous Deployment, a continuous deployment pipeline for updating plugins hosted on WordPress.org via GitHub actions. It is a Node.js-based CLI script that simplifies the process of keeping plugins updated. Developers only need to type out a single line in their terminal or command prompt. Other than setting up a couple of secret keys on GitHub, …
How to Create an Online Course with WordPress and LMS Plugins
Creating online courses in WordPress is easier than ever with the help of some amazing LMS (Learning Management Systems) plugins. It’s a great business model, considering the low startup costs, profits, ability to share your knowledge, and flexibility. What’s that? I think I hear the school bell ringing. So, let’s get to it… Here’s a bit of what I’ll be …
Don't Lose Your Brand's Mojo
This CEO and president talks about how his dislike for playing by the rules helped him embrace his entrepreneurial spirit. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Join the Future of WordPress Themes Conversation: Theme Review Team to Hold Biweekly Discussions
In collaboration with the core design and editor teams, the WordPress theme review team will begin hosting biweekly (fortnightly) meetings on the future of themes. The meetings will be held every other Wednesday on the #themereview WordPress Slack channel at 16:00 UTC. The first meeting is on February 5. Phase 2 of the Gutenberg project is about tackling site customization. …
How to Create Community Among Your Customers
If you want to inspire brand love that lasts, commit to fostering something bigger. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Native Lazy Loading Support Coming to WordPress
It seems to be the week for dropping news of WordPress feature plugins. Felix Arntz, WordPress core committer and developer programs engineer at Google, announced a plan to push a lazy loading feature to the platform. If testing goes well, this feature could land in WordPress 5.4 in March. The concept of lazy loading allows a webpage to render without …
Customizing WordPress User Roles With Branda
Human beings may be created equal, but admin users–not so much. Some admins know their roles and stick to them, while others behave like over-stimulated children in a toy store, touching everything in sight until something breaks. In this post, we’ll show you how to use Branda, WPMU DEV’s ultimate white label branding plugin, to customize the default WordPress user …
XML Sitemaps Feature Plugin Open for Testing and Feedback
Thierry Muller, a Developer Relations Program Manager at Google, and several contributors posted an update on the XML sitemaps feature that may land in WordPress this year. After seven months of development, the team has made the XML Sitemaps feature plugin available on GitHub. It is currently open for testing and feedback. The plugin should also be available in the …