This week WordPress’ Documentation team announced a ban on links to commercial websites in a revision to its external linking policy: During discussion about external linking policy, we came to conclusion that we won’t allow, at least in the beginning and for the time being, any commercial blogs. So before you start arguing that some popular plugin’s blogs have valuable information, …
Open Source Initiative to Host Virtual State of the Source Summit, September 9-10
OSI (Open Source Initiative) is hosting a new 24-hour, virtual conference called State of the Source Summit, September 9-10. The non-profit organization plays an important role in the open source ecosystem as stewards of the Open Source Definition (OSD). OSI is responsible for reviewing and approving licenses as OSD-conformant, which indirectly helps mediate community conflicts. As part of the organization’s overall mission …
More Than Changing Racist Names, Brands Must Create New Social Footprints
The five things brands with troublesome logos and history must do to change. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Finding WordPress Work with Your Developer Skills
You have amazing talent. You’re specialized in WordPress. You want to share your skills with the world and make a few bucks in the process — whether that be full-time, part-time, or just as additional income. But how do you market yourself and your services to businesses that have no idea how to make a WordPress site? I’ll be showing …
Jetpack 8.7 Adds New Tweetstorm Unroll Feature, Improves Search Customization
Jetpack 8.7 was released this week with an exciting new feature that allows users to “unroll” a tweetstorm and publish it in a post. The feature works inside the Tweet block. After a user embeds a tweet, it will automatically detect a tweetstorm and display a prompt to fetch the rest of the tweets. It functions in a similar way …
Why Hiring an Expert Is Smart When Undertaking a Rebrand
Bringing in external help may seem overwhelming, but a branding expert can provide a lot of insight that you may not be able to provide from an internal perspective. View original post at Entrepreneur…
How to Remove Menus From the WordPress Dashboard
The WordPress codex is full of fun things that you can experiment with. Have you ever wanted to remove a menu page from the WordPress dashboard to prevent clients getting confused by the settings menu? Blow the dust off of your handy codex and check out the function references for removing menu pages. Here’s what you’re looking for: Replace the …
New Gatsby Source WordPress Plugin Now in Beta
Gatsby announced its new source plugin (v4) for WordPress is now in beta. The plugin has been completely revamped to improve headless WordPress setups where Gatsby powers the frontend. It also integrates with Gatsby Cloud to provide real-time previews and incremental builds. The Gatsby team has had a long journey towards creating an integration for WordPress sites that would satisfy more complex …
3 Tools to Help You Build a Strong Website and Brand
It’s easier than ever to build your own digital presence. We tested and reviewed some of the latest offerings. View original post at Entrepreneur…
WordCamp Attendance Badges Could Be a Good Thing, but That’s the Wrong Discussion
WordPress profile badges. On July 3, Timi Wahalahti opened a discussion on the Community WordPress blog on whether WordCamp volunteers, WordCamp attendees, or Meetup attendees should be awarded a WordPress.org profile badge. The discussion stemmed from a nearly two-year-old Meta ticket that was recently resurfaced. The general consensus from the comments on the post seems to be that volunteers should …