WordPress.org is not an official marketplace for plugins and themes. Except for some plugins that are strictly SaaS products, all extensions to the platform are publicly available for the low cost of $0. Despite not directly selling through WordPress.org, the plugin directory is a huge source of income for many individual developers and companies via product and service upsells. Plugins …
Upcoming Tailwind CSS 1.2.0 Includes Grid Support and New Utilities
Adam Wathan, creator of the Tailwind CSS, published the early release notes for the upcoming version 1.2.0 update to the framework. The new version will include the much-anticipated support for CSS grids and several other useful features for app and website designers. There are no planned breaking changes with the update. Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that is …
Gutenberg 7.2 Adds Long-Awaited Multi-Button Block and Gallery Image Size Option
The Gutenberg team released version 7.2 of the plugin yesterday after a four-week release hiatus for the holidays. This update includes at least 180 pull requests to the project’s repository by 56 contributors. The largest user-facing features include a new “buttons” block that allows users to add multiple buttons in a row and the ability to define the size of …
BobWP.com Shifts Focus to WooCommerce, Rebrands as ‘Do the Woo’
BobWP.com announced yesterday that the site and its podcast would be rebranded to “Do the Woo.” After a decade of more generalized WordPress topics and news, it will now focus specifically on the WooCommerce plugin and its community. The podcast will also be aired weekly, notching up their previous twice-monthly episodes. For Bob Dunn, founder and co-host, this was move …
Lessons Learned by Stepping Outside WordPress Comfort Zone
It was late summer in 2018. I was an aging developer who wasn’t quite sure where I fit into the WordPress world anymore. I had spent over a decade learning the ins and outs of the platform that launched my career and also served as a hobby for other pet projects I wanted to tackle. In part, I was bored. …
Pods Framework Loses Primary Sponsorship, Seeks Donors To Fund Project
Scott Kingsley Clark, lead developer of the Pods Framework, announced the project was seeking new donors on Thursday. Automattic, the primary sponsor, dropped out after funding the project since 2012. This has put the team in a position to seek help for maintaining and supporting the project. Automattic was previously covering around 90% of the costs. The Pods Framework is …
Building the Community We Deserve
One of our internal discussions about the future of WP Tavern has stuck with me since it wrapped up. The discussion was centered on pushing comment threads in the right direction. We often receive comments that border on conspiracy-theory territory (and those that cross over head first). We also get comments that make statements of fact without backing up those …
Reflecting on 2019: The Year in Review
Another year is in the bag. With a project as large and far-reaching as WordPress, there was no shortage of news and controversy. We covered a lot of stories in 2019 and are gearing up for another exciting year. I always like to take a moment at the end of the year to look over everything that happened. Despite how …
WordPress Theme Review Team Announces Alpha Color Picker for the Customizer
Using the color picker in the customizer. The WordPress Theme Review Team announced its color picker control today. The project is a single package that allows theme authors to include an advanced color control in the customizer. The control allows users to select a hex color with an optional alpha channel to handle transparency. The color control is the fourth …
What Should an Author Bio Block Look Like?
Two author bio block mock-ups compared. Joshua Wold, co-representative for the WordPress design team, shared an early exploration of an author card block. Community members explored several ideas at the design table during the contributor day at WordCamp US 2019. In the post, Wold followed up on the original sketches from that melding of design minds. The original idea for …