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WPWeekly Episode 348 – RIP Alex, Facebook Moderators, and Shorter Release Cycles

March 18, 2019design tips

In this episode, John James Jacoby and I review feedback from last week’s show, share a few more memories of Alex Mills, and discuss an article that describes what it’s like to be a content moderator for Facebook. We also share our opinions on the idea of WordPress having shorter (more…)

Watch WordCamp Nordic Sessions for Free via Livestream March 8

March 18, 2019design tips

The inaugural WordCamp Nordic will be live streamed for free on March 8, from the Paasitorni Congress Center in Helsinki. The conference starts at 9 AM. Those watching remotely can tune into both tracks via the following links: Track 1 https://2019.nordic.wordcamp.org/live-congress-hall/ Track 2 https://2019.nordic.wordcamp.org/live-sirkus/ The WordCamp’s organizers published the direct (more…)

Global WordPress Translation Day Set for May 11, 2019

March 17, 2019design tips

One of the the most important factors in WordPress’ growth is the software’s availability in 186 languages. Its vibrant community of translation volunteers, known as the Polyglots team, continually update the translations to ensure access for millions of non-English speakers around the world. In 2016, the team began hosting their (more…)

Freemius Patches Severe Vulnerability in Library Used by Popular WordPress Plugins

March 14, 2019design tips

Freemius, a monetization, analytics, and marketing library for WordPress plugin and theme developers, patched an authenticated option update vulnerability in its wordpress-sdk four days ago. The library is included with many popular plugins, such as NextGEN Gallery (1,000,000+ installs), 404 – 301 (100,000+ installs), WP Security Audit Log (80,000+ installs), (more…)

WordPress Designers Seek Feedback on Navigation Menu Block Prototype

March 14, 2019design tips

Creating a block for navigation menus is one of the nine projects Matt Mullenweg identified as a priority for 2019, and the future of WordPress menus is starting to take shape. Designers working on the new Navigation Menu block have published a prototype this week with detailed notes on how (more…)

WPWeekly Episode 347 – Chair Buying, Pressing Issues, and Block Management

March 14, 2019design tips

In this episode, John James Jacoby and I start off by discussing the office chair purchasing process. I recently needed to buy a new chair and was surprised by some of the features that were highlighted. We talked about block managers and some of the pitfalls that will need to (more…)

WordPress Contributors Propose Shorter, Time-based Release Cycles

March 13, 2019design tips

WordPress release cycles may soon take a more predictable cadence, as contributors are considering moving to a time-based approach. The discussion began during a recent core dev chat in mid-February when Gutenberg phase 2 lead Riad Benguella proposed the project move to shorter, automated release cycles. The Gutenberg team has (more…)

Gatsby WordPress Themes Project Partners with Theme Shops to Port Popular Themes to Gatsby

March 13, 2019design tips

Gatsby WordPress Themes is a new collaborative project led by Zac Gordon with help from Jason Bahl, Rich Tabor, Muhammad Muhsin, and Alexandra Spalato. The group is working together to port popular themes for use with Gatsby, the React-based static site generator that uses GraphQL for its data layer. Known (more…)

Block Editor Now in Beta for WordPress Mobile Apps

March 12, 2019design tips

The new Gutenberg block editor that arrived in WordPress 5.0 is now in beta testing on the mobile apps. The editor will be available in version 11.9, which is planned to be released to the public on March 11. “For this first version, our main focus was to build a (more…)

Gumroad Plugin for WordPress Adds Gutenberg Block for Embedding Products

March 11, 2019design tips

Gumroad has updated its WordPress plugin to include a Gutenberg block for embedding a product in any page or post. The online platform enables creators, artists, educators, writers, and anyone else to sell their products without having to manage their own e-commerce setup. Gumroad’s WordPress plugin has been available for (more…)

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WPWeekly Episode 348 – RIP Alex, Facebook Moderators, and Shorter Release Cycles

Watch WordCamp Nordic Sessions for Free via Livestream March 8

Global WordPress Translation Day Set for May 11, 2019

Freemius Patches Severe Vulnerability in Library Used by Popular WordPress Plugins

WordPress Designers Seek Feedback on Navigation Menu Block Prototype

WPWeekly Episode 347 – Chair Buying, Pressing Issues, and Block Management

WordPress Contributors Propose Shorter, Time-based Release Cycles

Gatsby WordPress Themes Project Partners with Theme Shops to Port Popular Themes to Gatsby

Block Editor Now in Beta for WordPress Mobile Apps

Gumroad Plugin for WordPress Adds Gutenberg Block for Embedding Products

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