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WordPress Poised to Begin Implementing Proposal to Auto-Update Older Sites to 4.7

September 3, 2019design tips

WordPress contributors from around the world joined in a lively meeting yesterday to continue the discussion regarding the proposal to auto-update old sites to version 4.7 in a controlled rollout. The idea is that sites would gradually update from one major version to the next (not all at once). The (more…)

University of Helsinki Publishes Free Intro Course on Modern JavaScript-based Web Development

September 2, 2019design tips

The University of Helsinki is offering its “Deep Dive Into Modern Web Development” course online for free. It provides an introduction to JavaScript-based web development with React, Redux, Node.js, MongoDB, and GraphQL. Participants will learn the basics of building single page applications with ReactJS. This course is the same as (more…)

WordPress 5.2 RC2

September 1, 2019WPDev News

The second release candidate for WordPress 5.2 is now available! WordPress 5.2 will be released on Tuesday, May 7, but we need your help to get there—if you haven’t tried 5.2 yet, now is the time! There are two ways to test the WordPress 5.2 release candidate: try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (you’ll want […]

A Nofollow Option for Links Is Coming to Gutenberg

August 30, 2019design tips

Gutenberg users are requesting an easy way to add a nofollow attribute to links in the block editor. Users can currently toggle a setting to designate a link to open in a new tab, but a similarly user-friendly option for adding a nofollow attribute is not yet available. Requests have (more…)

Fabrica Dashboard Plugin Brings a CMS Overview to Multi-User Editorial Sites

August 29, 2019design tips

Fabrica Dashboard is a relatively new plugin released earlier this year by the team at Yes We Work, after a long beta and extensive internal use on their own projects. The plugin revamps WordPress’ default Dashboard screen to display information that is useful for multi-user editorial sites, highlighting content, activity, (more…)

WordCamp London 2020 Organizing Team Eyes September Dates Due to Brexit Uncertainty

August 28, 2019design tips

The Joomla World Conference in London, planned for November 2019, has been cancelled. Joomla’s Board of Directors announced the cancellation at the end of July, citing the updated October 31, 2019, Brexit deadline as the primary reason: Last week the new UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has been elected with (more…)

Attend the Great WP Virtual Summit for Free: August 19-23

August 27, 2019design tips

For five days next week, from August 19-23, the inaugural event of The Great WP Virtual Summit will be taking place. Conceived by South African based WordPress developer Anchen le Roux, the summit aims to bring together experts from various fields within the WordPress ecosystem to share their knowledge over (more…)

Electric Literature Moves to WordPress — Here’s How an Indie Publisher Thrives on the Open Web

August 27, 2019WPDev News

Lessons from 10 years of publishing essays and fiction.

Automattic Acquires Zero BS CRM, Considers Rebranding it as Jetpack CRM

August 26, 2019design tips

Automattic has acquired Zero BS CRM, a free plugin with more than 30 commercial extensions that provide deeper integrations with third-party services. Zero BS was co-founded by a two-person team that includes Mike Stott and Woody Hayday. The team marketed the plugin as a “no-nonsense CRM” and have been operating (more…)

Gutenberg 6.3 Improves Accessibility with New Navigation and Edit Modes

August 26, 2019design tips

Major accessibility improvements are the headline feature of this week’s Gutenberg plugin release. Version 6.3 introduces new Navigation and Editor modes to address long-standing problems navigating the block UI with a screen reader. The editor is now loaded in Navigation mode by default. Riad Benguella described it as “an important (more…)

Latest News

WordPress Poised to Begin Implementing Proposal to Auto-Update Older Sites to 4.7

University of Helsinki Publishes Free Intro Course on Modern JavaScript-based Web Development

WordPress 5.2 RC2

A Nofollow Option for Links Is Coming to Gutenberg

Fabrica Dashboard Plugin Brings a CMS Overview to Multi-User Editorial Sites

WordCamp London 2020 Organizing Team Eyes September Dates Due to Brexit Uncertainty

Attend the Great WP Virtual Summit for Free: August 19-23

Electric Literature Moves to WordPress — Here’s How an Indie Publisher Thrives on the Open Web

Automattic Acquires Zero BS CRM, Considers Rebranding it as Jetpack CRM

Gutenberg 6.3 Improves Accessibility with New Navigation and Edit Modes

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