If you can believe it, WordPress is about to turn 15! Where has the time gone? I wish I could say it seems like only yesterday when people were building websites and blogs with the likes of GeoCities, Blogger, and, of course, b2/cafelog… but it doesn’t feel that way. A lot has changed since the […] View original post at …
A Gutenberg Migration Guide for Developers
In order to help developers learn how to migrate from the classic editor to Gutenberg, Daniel Bachhuber has launched a Gutenberg Migration Guide. Bachhuber is seeking the community’s help in identifying and filling a database to document all of the ways the classic editor can be customized. Take a look through the Gutenberg Migration Guide. For each action, filter, and …
WordPress for iOS and Gutenberg Don’t Get Along
When it comes to editing and crafting content on the go, the WordPress Mobile apps are a good choice. The question is, how does the editor in the iOS app interact with content written in Gutenberg? Let’s find out. Quick Edits Turn Into Lengthy, Frustrating Fixes For testing purposes, I used a simple scenario that many users may run into. I’ve …
A WordCamp for Organizers Is in the Planning Stages
Last year, Drew Jaynes and Carol Stambaugh proposed a new WordCamp event geared towards organizers to the WordPress Community Team. After fleshing out the details and discussing the idea over the course of seven months, the duo has announced that a WordCamp for Organizers is officially on the table. The goal of the event is to provide an opportunity for …
‘Try Gutenberg’ Prompt Pushed Back to A Later Release
Last week, we reported that WordPress 4.9.5 would ship with a call-out prompt that asks users if they want to try the new editor experience. Within the comments of the post, Gary Pendergast, who works for Automattic, is a WordPress core contributor, and a lead developer on the Gutenberg project, informed us that the prompt would not be in WordPress …
Noteworthy Changes Coming in WordPress 4.9.5
WordPress 4.9.5 Beta 1 is available for testing and brings with it 23 bug fixes and improvements. A release candidate is scheduled for release on March 20th and a final release on April 3rd. Here are some notable changes you can expect in the release. “Cheatin’ uh?” Error Message is Replaced The “Cheatin’ uh?” error message has existed in WordPress …
A Plea For Plugin Developers to Stop Supporting Legacy PHP Versions
Iain Poulson has published a thoughtful request on the Delicious Brains blog asking WordPress plugin developers to stop supporting legacy PHP versions. He covers some of the benefits of developing with newer versions of PHP, what Delicious Brains is doing with its plugins, and using the Requires Minimum PHP Version header in readme.txt. While we wait for the Trac discussion …
Let’s Encrypt Wildcard Certificates Are Now Available
In July of last year, Let’s Encrypt announced that it would begin issuing Wildcard certificates for free in January of 2018. Although a little late, the organization has announced that Wildcard certificate support is now live. In addition to these certificates, the organization has updated its ACME protocol to version 2.0. ACMEv2 is required for clients that want to use …
Yoast Launches Fund to Increase Speaker Diversity at Tech Conferences
In an effort to increase speaker diversity at conferences worldwide, the team at Yoast SEO has launched a diversity fund. The fund will pledge a minimum of €25,000 each year. Its purpose is to remove the financial burdens that can cause minorities or underrepresented groups to speak at conferences. “There are WordCamps throughout the world, these are conferences about, by …
4,500 Plugins Need Your Help in Determining Gutenberg Compatibility
One of the keys to a successful roll out of Gutenberg is plugin compatibility. Without it, users will experience unnecessary frustration and hamper enthusiasm of the new editor. In an effort to figure out what plugins are already compatible with Gutenberg, Daniel Bachhuber has created a Gutenberg Plugin Compatibility Database. Gutenberg Plugin Compatibility Database The database contains 5,000 plugins that …