Matt Mullenweg’s State of The Word, 2018
Matt Mullenweg took the stage once again for his annual “State of the Word” talk at WordCamp US in a packed room of over 1,500 attendees.
CMS Backend Opener: A Firefox Extension to Quickly Locate the Login Page to Popular CMS Backends
If you use Firefox and manage multiple websites that use different Content Management Systems and have a hard time keeping track of the various URLs to their backends, consider using the CMS Backend Opener Firefox extension created by Andy R. Once installed, you can use either a keyboard shortcut (Alt (more…)
Lessons from the GraphQL Documentary: Never Underestimate the Power of Open Source Communities
Honeypot, a tech-focused job platform based in Europe, has produced a documentary that offers a fascinating look at the origins of GraphQL. The 28-minute video explores how quickly the project began to have an impact on the wider tech industry after Facebook publicly released it as an open source project. (more…)
Free Online JavaScript for WordPress Conference to Feature “Headless WordPress” Track, July 12
The second edition of the JavaScript for WordPress conference will be streamed online July 11-13, 2019. Based on the success of the 2018 event, which had 1,200 attendees watching live, organizer Zac Gordon decided to expand the event to feature three free days of talks, workshops, and a contribution day (more…)
In Case You Missed It – Issue 27
There’s a lot of great WordPress content published in the community but not all of it is featured on the Tavern. This post is an assortment of items related to WordPress that caught my eye but didn’t make it into a full post. Carol Gann Awarded the 2019 Kim Parsell (more…)
BuddyPress 5.0 to Introduce BP REST API, First Beta Due Mid-August
BuddyPress 5.0 is on track to introduce a new BP REST API, which has been in development as a feature plugin on GitHub since 2016. Contributors plan to merge the API with 14 endpoints for popular components like activity updates, groups, members, private messages, and extended profile fields. Another eight (more…)
WordPress for iOS 12.6.1 Revamps Stats, Acknowledges Third-Party Libraries
WordPress for iOS 12.6.1 is now available in the iTunes App Store. The User Interface as well as the backend that powers stats has been revamped and more closely resembles what you see on the Jetpack Stats module. There are now date selectors and individual stats contain more detail. More (more…)
EditorsKit 1.6 and 1.7 Add Tools for Writers, Drag and Drop Block Export/Import
Recent EditorsKit releases have introduced a set of new tools that some writers may have found missing from Gutenberg. The plugin’s creator, Jeffrey Carandang, said version 1.6 was targeted at improving the writing flow for writers, bloggers, and content creators. Gutenberg has decent support for copying and pasting Markdown. It (more…)
WPWeekly Episode 358 – Interview with Dan Maby, Founder of WP&UP
In this episode, Malcolm Peralty and I are joined by Dan Maby, Founder of WP&UP. WP&UP is a non-profit charity based in England that supports and promotes positive mental health in the WordPress Community. Dan explains why he started the charity, what he’s learned and how he manages his own (more…)
The Theme Review Team Releases Two Feature Packages, an Autoloader and a Customize Section Button
Two weeks ago, Justin Tadlock published a proposal on behalf of the Theme Review Team to create a set of standardized packages that theme authors can drop-into their themes. This week, the team has released two feature packages that illustrate what the project is trying to accomplish. The first is (more…)
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