WPMRR is gearing up for its second annual WPMRR Virtual Summit after the success of last year’s event. This year’s online-only conference will run from September 21 – 23. WPMRR and WP Buffs founder Joe Howard is hosting the event alongside guest host Brian Richards, the organizer behind WordSesh and WooSesh. The event is free […]
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Gutenberg 11.3 Introduces Dimensions Panel, Adds Button Padding Support, and Speeds Up the Inserter – WP Tavern
Earlier today, Gutenberg 11.3 landed in the WordPress plugin directory. The latest update introduces a new dimensions panel for toggling spacing-related block options. The Button block now supports the padding control, and the Post Featured Image block has new width and height settings. One of the release’s highlights was a speed improvement for both opening […]
Continue readingWirecutter’s Website Builder for 2021: Wix • WPShout
This is an interesting little tidbit for “the web industry” generally, and where it interfaces with real people with non-internet-focused lives and careers. The Wirecutter—the de facto site for time-starved yuppies to quickly find an acceptable-to-great version of a product category (aka, how I buy almost everything)—recommends Wix for those looking to make a website. […]
Continue readingWordPress.org Experiments with Rejecting Plugin Submissions with the “WP” Prefix to Mitigate Potential Trademark Abuse – WP Tavern
Many in the WordPress developer community were surprised to learn that WordPress.org is rejecting plugins with the “WP” prefix in the name after Joe Youngblood tweeted the rejection note he received. Although that restriction was put into place approximately seven months ago, there was no official communication on the change. WordPress is now claiming that […]
Continue readingFix Spotify Play/Pause Buttons on macOS
If you’re using Chrome and Spotify on macOS and the Play/Pause buttons on your keyboard are not working when using Spotify, there’s a simple fix for this. Spotify Play/Pause Buttons on macOS First, navigate to chrome://flags/#hardware-media-key-handling in Chrome. Next, set the option for Hardware Media Key Handling as Disabled. Lastly, when prompted to restart Chrome, […]
Continue readingDoes It Really Make Your Site Faster?
WP Engine is one of the very first companies to start offering tailor-made hosting for WordPress websites. They’re also one of the most popular such services online today. In this WP Engine review, we tell you if their product is actually any good! Here’s what we’re going to cover: What WP Engine is and how […]
Continue readingReal Test Data + The Best Settings in 2021
Considering using WP Rocket to speed up your WordPress site? When it comes to WordPress performance plugins, WP Rocket is one of the best-known options. And that’s for a good reason – it’s a really great tool for speeding up your site. We ran a test for this review and we found that it cut […]
Continue readingA Discussion With Gutenberg Project Lead Matías Ventura on the Barrier to Entry – WP Tavern
Last week, I published an opinion piece on the barrier to entry in the modern WordPress era. The article followed a tweet and post by Chris Wiegman that stated the current learning curve was extremely high, regardless of past experience. Members of the community responded with a flurry of articles, podcasts, and videos. Because modern […]
Continue readingNew Boilerplate Speeds Up Building “Nearly Headless” WordPress Themes – WP Tavern
Alex Standiford, a WordPress developer at AffiliateWP, has released a boilerplate for what he is calling a “nearly headless” WordPress theme. It uses Underpin ,Nicholas, and AlpineJS to provide an app-like experience for a website while providing the flexibility for rendering specific pages using PHP instead of Javascript. In a post titled “Headless WordPress is Overrated: A Case […]
Continue readingA Second Look at ElmaStudio’s Aino Theme and Companion Block Plugin – WP Tavern
I am about a month away from my second anniversary writing for WP Tavern. There has been one project that I have followed since the beginning of this journey. In some ways, we are learning the ropes and growing in this block-based WordPress era together. In 2019, just before taking on this role, one of […]
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