Rob Howard rocked the boat last week in calling for the deprecation of WordPress multisite in the latest MasterWP newsletter. He argued that “the brave and noble add-on is no longer necessary or valuable to developers.” The responses via Twitter were swift and in disagreement. Before WordPress 3.0, multisite was an entirely separate system called WPMU (WordPress MultiUser). It was …
FSE Outreach Round #12: Building a Site Header With Blocks
On Wednesday, Anne McCarthy announced Round #12 of the FSE Outreach Program. As always, everyone is free to join by testing features and providing direct feedback on problem areas with the design tools in WordPress. Anyone interested should respond by March 16. For this round, volunteers are tasked with testing some oldies but goodies. Early in the program’s history, anyone …
Recreating Onia: Building Brushstroke Backgrounds With WordPress Blocks
As I was looking over the latest releases from the WordPress theme directory this week, I came across one that caught my eye. Onia was clean and minimal while reserving its flourishes to bring attention to just a few elements across the page. Could this be one of those diamonds in the rough I am always looking for in the …
WordPress MU-Plugins: What They Are + Useful Must-Use Plugins For WP Web Developers
Do you need features to activate automatically and remain enabled on your website? Then consider adding these to WordPress as an mu-plugin…even create your own! In this tutorial, we’ll explore: What Are MU-Plugins? A Brief History of MU-Plugins MU-Plugin Features How to Change the Default Must-Use Plugins Directory When Not to Use MU-Plugins How to Create and Install MU-Plugins in …
WordFest Live to Host Free 24-Hour Festival of WordPress March 4, 2022
The third edition of WordFest Live is coming up on March 4, 2022. The online event will feature more than 60 sessions over the course of 24 hours, as well as workshops, socials, and celebrations. Sessions will be focused on WordPress, remote working, and mental wellbeing. Topics include leadership, freelancing, website performance, podcasting, WooCommerce, dealing with mental disorders in tech, …
What Is Your Brand Saying About You?
Growing a brand is a journey. Do it right, and you’ll be rewarded. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Use a Form’s Style Everywhere (for Free!) with Forminator’s Global Appearance Presets
Maintaining the same form styles and appearance across all of your forms has never been easier with Forminator’s Global Appearance Presets. The look and style of a form you create with our free plugin, Forminator, can be replicated and used for all of your forms. Even change existing forms to your new style and appearance with a click of a …
The Case for a Shared CSS Toolkit in WordPress
Earlier today, Mark Root-Wiley published an in-depth proposal around standardized design tokens and CSS for WordPress. The goal is to create a consistent, customizable, and interoperable system around the design tools in core. Essentially, he is proposing a standardized design framework or, as he refers to it, a “shared CSS toolkit” that WordPress, themes, and plugins can rely on. The …
Behind the Scenes of a Company Rebrand
Through the rebranding process, I learned the importance of concepts like company UX. View original post at Entrepreneur…
The Best Methods for Preventing Spam Registrations in WordPress
Spammers are getting sneakier all the time, making it easy for your site to be quickly overcome with fake comments and bogus sign-ups. Trying to outmaneuver this never-ending influx can feel like a futile effort. Leaving it makes your site look messy, and clutters your database. Deleting it takes chunks of your valuable time, on a repeated basis. The best …