[ad_1] WordPress 5.8 introduced an opt-in system for themes to configure block settings, styles, templates, and more. It is done through a new theme.json file that authors can put at the root of their theme folders. Anne McCarthy, the lead of the FSE Outreach Program, announced a survey earlier today to get feedback from developers […]
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Some Emoji-Accessibility Guidance • WPShout
[ad_1] I’m not an accessibility expert, but I am a big emoji fan (as frequent readers may be aware 🤪). So I took a pretty keen interest in a story from Ryan Kan purporting to make me better at accessibility with specific regard to emojis. A lot of this advice just feels right—emoji-only button labels […]
Continue readingPublishPress Adopts Organize Series Plugin – WP Tavern
[ad_1] PublishPress, makers of the PublishPress and PublishPress Blocks plugins, have adopted the Organize Series plugin from Darren Ethier. Organize Series is a 15-year-old plugin for organizing and displaying posts in a series, useful for novel writers, educators, magazine sites, and anyone breaking their longer content up into a series. image credit: PublishPress PublishPress is […]
Continue readingWordCamp US Online Set for October 1
[ad_1] Hey, WordPress fans. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, there has been some talk within the community about returning to in-person WordPress events in limited locations. Meanwhile, the WordCamp US Online schedule is released. The free one-day conference is set for October 1, 2021. Beyond that, the […]
Continue readingResources, Week of 25 July 2021
[ad_1] Most of the resources and articles I’m sharing this week are the usual type but there are a few, such as original Kindles no longer being able to access the web via 3G, that are an interesting read mainly because I remember when the device came out and that was a specifically killer feature […]
Continue readingA Curated List of RSS Feeds for Software Engineering Blogs – WP Tavern
[ad_1] In one of the most apropos uses of a .blog domain, Refined.blog is a new website that promotes personal blogging with a curated list of software engineering blogs. It’s a simple site with an index of blogs, their Hacker News scores, tags, and a link to each blog’s RSS feed. The search function is […]
Continue readingTeslaThemes Rebrands, Shifts Focus to Real Estate Market – WP Tavern
[ad_1] Earlier this month, TeslaThemes announced that it was rebranding to WPRealEstate. The company wanted to focus its efforts on a single niche in the theming market and cut back on the library of projects it was maintaining. In 2017, Imagely acquired TeslaThemes. The shop was created in 2013 and had grown its library to […]
Continue readingDebugging WordPress with Ray, Part 1
[ad_1] TL;DR: This post gives a high-level overview of what kind of app Ray is and how to set it up for use in WordPress. For as long as I’ve been involved with WordPress development, I’ve consistently seen developers – myself included – consistently use print_r and var_dump whenever they need to see what’s going […]
Continue readingOrganize WordPress Media Library With Folders
[ad_1] If you’ve ever found yourself frantically scrolling through months’ worth of media content to find that one picture you swear you uploaded a while back, WP Media Folder may be the perfect plugin for you. Long considered to be one of the best WordPress media library plugins available, this multi-functional media management tool has […]
Continue readingTheme Creation Will Be Easier, But We Are Not There Yet – WP Tavern
[ad_1] “The way that themes have evolved within WordPress has made creating them easier,” wrote Tammie Lister in the opening line of her article titled Theme creation is now easier. “That feels like a bold statement, but it’s true.” It is not a stretch to say that many would be asking for this secret-sauce recipe […]
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