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Matt Mullenweg Launches New Blog and Podcast on Distributed Work

May 22, 2019design tips

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg has launched a new blog and podcast at Distributed.blog where he will be sharing what he has learned over the past 15 years of managing a distributed workforce. In 2019, Automattic now employs more than 900 people from 68 countries who have all worked in a (more…)

WordPress and Blockchain

May 22, 2019design tips

It’s time to discuss blockchain technology from the perspective of the WordPress ecosystem, to discuss threats, opportunities, and generally discover how this emerging sector could impact WordPress.

Gutenberg 5.7 Adds New Block Appender for Group and Columns Blocks

May 21, 2019design tips

Today’s release of Gutenberg brings a major improvement to the usability of the Group block. In previous versions of the editor, it wasn’t easy to see if a block had been inserted as a child block, especially since the default behavior was to insert an empty paragraph block. Gutenberg 5.7 (more…)

Site Health Tool Manager Provides A Convenient Way to Disable Unnecessary Site Health Check Tests

May 21, 2019design tips

WordPress 5.2, released last week, added two new pages to the WordPress backend to help users diagnose common configuration issues. The Site Health Check page runs a series of tests and categorizes the results as critical, recommended, and good. This helps users prioritize which issues require immediate attention. WordPress 5.2 (more…)

Pressing Topics – Episode 2

May 20, 2019design tips

Pressing Topics is a daily podcast hosted by Malcolm Peralty and myself. We discuss the news that’s making headlines in the WordPress ecosystem as well as related topics that catch our eyes. Generally speaking, if you listen to this show on a daily basis, you should have a good idea (more…)

WordPress 5.2 Beta 1

May 20, 2019WPDev News

WordPress 5.2 Beta 1 is now available! This software is still in development, so we don’t recommend you run it on a production site. Consider setting up a test site to play with the new version. You can test the WordPress 5.2 Beta two ways: Try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (choose the “bleeding edge […]

Reakit Version 1.0 Released: A New Toolkit for Building Accessible Web Apps with React

May 20, 2019design tips

Reakit is a new toolkit for building accessible web apps with React. Brazilian developer Diego Haz launched his MIT-licensed open source project this week with a stable version 1.0 now available to the public. The toolkit offers offers composable, themeable, and accessible UI components that strictly follow WAI-ARIA 1.1 standards. (more…)

WPWeekly Episode 352 – Capital P Dangit and My Future Plans

May 19, 2019design tips

*Update* The previous mp3 attached to this post inadvertently ended around the 31 minute mark. I’ve reuploaded the episode and corrected the problem. The full episode is attached below. In this episode, John James Jacoby and I share what’s new in WordPress 5.2, discuss why not capitalizing one letter can (more…)

Bear App Adds WordPress Publishing Integration for iOS

May 19, 2019design tips

For several years, Bear App users have eagerly requested the ability to publish their notes to WordPress. Bear features a zen writing experience blended seamlessly with note-taking capabilities, a combination that landed the app an Apple Design Award in 2017. People use Bear for everything from taking notes to writing (more…)

The Most Common WordPress Theme Development Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)

May 17, 2019design tips

Submitting a theme to the WordPress.org theme directory is a great way to share your work and contribute to the WordPress community. Currently, there are over 7000 themes in the directory, the most popular of which exceeds 300,000 active installations. (Not including Twenty____ Themes which are packaged with WordPress and (more…)

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Matt Mullenweg Launches New Blog and Podcast on Distributed Work

WordPress and Blockchain

Gutenberg 5.7 Adds New Block Appender for Group and Columns Blocks

Site Health Tool Manager Provides A Convenient Way to Disable Unnecessary Site Health Check Tests

Pressing Topics – Episode 2

WordPress 5.2 Beta 1

Reakit Version 1.0 Released: A New Toolkit for Building Accessible Web Apps with React

WPWeekly Episode 352 – Capital P Dangit and My Future Plans

Bear App Adds WordPress Publishing Integration for iOS

The Most Common WordPress Theme Development Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)

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