Earlier today, Dion Hulse announced the results of a six-week survey on the WordPress.org theme upload process. The goal was to figure out if uploading a ZIP file was a “pain point” and see what other methods theme authors prefer. Then, move forward based on the feedback. In total, 256 people responded to the survey. Of the weighted results, uploading …
Theme Authors Should Be Able To Opt Out of Any Design Feature
As I debugged issues with the new block gap feature added in Gutenberg 11.4 last week, I found the ticket introducing it. And, there was already a new ticket for one problem I had hit. However, there was some discussion over whether themes should be allowed to opt-out, rolling their own solution. There was no way to do it at …
Add a Little Pumpkin Spice to Your WordPress Admin This Autumn
Autumn is my favorite time of the year. On some weekends, I like to drive through my old hometown with the windows rolled down. I crawl through the school zone at 25 mph and breathe in the football field’s freshly cut grass. All those memories of blood, guts, and glory under the Friday night lights flood back. Nervous homecoming dances. …
Automattic Acquires Social Image Generator Plugin, Plans to Integrate with Jetpack
Automattic has acquired the Social Image Generator plugin, a commercial product that automatically creates social share images for WordPress content from a set of fully customizable templates. The plugin launched in February 2021, with a starting price of $39/year but is now closed to new sales. Daniel Post, the plugin’s creator, is joining Automattic to continue developing it as a …
Do You Need a Little Console Comic Relief? Introducing The DEV’s Pixels!
WPMU DEV now has DEV-related comics and cartoons that are free to use on your websites and social media. Plus, regular caption contests are coming soon (with great prizes, FYI). Introducing The DEV Pixels: A fully dedicated comic section for WordPress developers, designers, and tech-geeks in general. In a nutshell — comics made for you! And also designed to help …
#7 – Ajit Bohra on Gutenberg, Full Site Editing and React
About this episode. On the podcast today we have Ajit Bohra. Ajit is a keen advocate of WordPress, having used it and committed to it, for many years. He’s a full stack developer working at Lubus which is based in Mumbai, India. His team works with WordPress as well as offering solutions built with Laravel and React. He’s on the …
Termly Responds to Feedback, Updates Its Cookie Consent Banner Limits
In July, Termly announced its acquisition of the GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner plugin. The new direction was an overhaul of the WordPress extension, turning what was once a free offering into, essentially, a commercial SaaS product. Users could run the service for up to 100 visitors. After that, the cheapest tier would cost $180 per year. Despite multiple notices that …
Worldwide WordPress Virtual 5K Set for October 1-30, 2021
Automattic is organizing its 2nd annual Worldwide WordPress 5K during the month of October this year. Registration for the race is free and participants will have the opportunity to donate to a charity of their choice, with Automattic matching donations up to $50,000. Just like the first Worldwide WP 5K that was held in 2015, the race will be virtual. …
Extendify Patches Vulnerabilities in the Redux Framework Plugin
Wordfence has published two vulnerabilities that affect users of the Redux Framework plugin, which has more recently come to be know as the “Gutenberg Template Library & Redux Framework” on WordPress.org. Extendify purchased the plugin from its creator, Dōvy Paukstys, in November 2020, in a deal that was not highly publicized. It is currently active on more than 1 million …
WooCommerce Hosting: What Is It, Why You Need It, And When To Use It
What, when, why, Woo…we’ll bare and share it all with you! By the time, we are done and through, you will want WooCommerce Hosting too! Even though there are alternatives to using WooCommerce, when it comes to setting up an eCommerce store with WordPress, nothing comes even close to beating WooCommerce’s market share. The number of WordPress eCommerce sites using …