Gutenberg 11.5 landed earlier today. It is a hefty release that includes extensive changes to the Navigation block, a new way for grouping widgets, and more block gap feature integration. I have had mixed reactions to the features that made it into the latest release. At some points, I thought to myself, finally, this made […]
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Gravity Forms Launches INPUT YouTube Channel and Podcast – WP Tavern
Gravity Forms has launched a new YouTube channel and podcast called INPUT, which will focus on sharing the stories and experiences of people inside and outside the WordPress ecosystem. James Giroux, a Rocketgenius employee who joined the company in 2020, is the host of the show and will be interviewing guests from various industries and […]
Continue readingHow to Preview WordPress Sites on Mobile Devices
Whether you’re designing sites for clients or managing your own WordPress website, it’s important to know how it looks and works on a mobile device before you make any changes public. You probably have a mobile phone you can check your site with. But if you’re working on your laptop or desktop, it’s inconvenient to […]
Continue readingWP Engine Launches Faust.js, a New Headless WordPress Framework – WP Tavern
WP Engine has launched Faust.js, a new headless framework that is open source and designed to work in any Node hosting environment. The framework is built on Next.js, which can handle both static site generation and server side rendering. It uses GraphQL for data fetching and is the only framework that allows developers to query […]
Continue readingNewsletter Glue Pro, My First Foray Into Journalism, and New Ideas – WP Tavern
As a teen, I would visit my Uncle David’s house every other week or so. He was the only family member with a computer. It was an old, bulky monstrosity that ran whatever the latest version of Windows that existed at the time. It was one of my first introductions to dial-up, but my primary […]
Continue readingWordPress and Me: Am I Going Against All Odds? – WordPress dan Saya: Apakah saya dapat melewati semua rintangan yang menghadang?
Esai ini juga tersedia dalam bahasa Indonesia. It is not that hard to fall for WordPress if you have a chance to experience WordPress. For me, it took a WordCamp. To make it fancy, in 2016, I was volunteering impromptu at WordCamp Denpasar in Bali, the island of Gods. To note, Bali is a tiny […]
Continue readingKonstantin Kovshenin Launches Sail, a CLI Tool for Deploying to Digital Ocean – WP Tavern
Last week, Konstantin Kovshenin launched Sail, a CLI tool for deploying WordPress applications to the DigitalOcean cloud. The project is free to use and open source. However, he has plans for an upgraded premium experience down the road. Kovshenin cited speed and efficiency as the two primary reasons developers should give his new tool a […]
Continue readingWordPress Opens Applications for In-Person WordCamps – WP Tavern
photo credit: Huasonic – cc WordPress is restarting its in-person WordCamp program after more than six weeks of discussion on a proposal for how the WordPress community can return to hosting events. Applications are now open for in-person WordCamps, provided they meet the Community Team’s updated guidelines for organizing WordCamps during the pandemic. Local communities […]
Continue readingUploading via ZIP Files Preferred, SVN Access Forthcoming – WP Tavern
Earlier today, Dion Hulse announced the results of a six-week survey on the WordPress.org theme upload process. The goal was to figure out if uploading a ZIP file was a “pain point” and see what other methods theme authors prefer. Then, move forward based on the feedback. In total, 256 people responded to the survey. […]
Continue readingHow to Update PHP in WordPress (Kinsta, DreamHost, & cPanel)
There is a lot of advice on keeping your WordPress themes, plugins, and core files up to date. This helps keep your site in working order. Though, it’s not the only element to focus on. You’ll also want to update PHP in WordPress, to keep the server-side running smooth. Every site has a front end […]
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