If there was a question that ever made me start feeling old, it might be this one. Last week, Marcel Bootsman asked via Twitter, “Why did you start to use WordPress?” WordPress community members chimed in with all sorts of reasons for hopping aboard, and Jeff Chandler of WP Mainline shared his journey on his […]
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Building Backcast: Hit Pause | Tom McFarlin
On the whole, writing a post about other posts – aside being very meta – isn’t something I’m fond of doing. But here I am. At the beginning of this year, I started working on a podcast backup utility called Backcast and I’ve been documenting the project throughout the year in a series of posts. […]
Continue readingA Free User Registration, Form Builder, and Profile Plugin for WordPress
For the past few years, ProfilePress has carved out a reputation as one of the leading tools for creating WordPress membership sites by tackling a simple yet important problem: Building a fully functioning site that is easy to manage, gives you full control, and doesn’t look like every other membership site on the planet. This […]
Continue readingGallery Block Refactor Expected To Land in WordPress 5.9 – WP Tavern
Last week, a GitHub pull request I had been watching since October 2020 on the Gutenberg repository was finally merged into the codebase. It changes the structure of the WordPress Gallery block to be a container for nested Image blocks. The new format is expected to land in WordPress 5.9. For those who want to […]
Continue readingHow to Set Up an Email Address for Your Own Website Domain Name
Running a site often means branding it properly. The idea is to reach every nook and cranny with your site’s name, so that you’re visible to potential customers. You can inch towards this goal by setting up an email address for your own domain name. There are a surprising number of businesses that use third-party […]
Continue readingA Free User Registration, Form Builder, and Profile Plugin for WordPress
For the past few years, ProfilePress has carved out a reputation as one of the leading tools for creating WordPress membership sites by tackling a simple yet important problem: Building a fully functioning site that is easy to manage, gives you full control, and doesn’t look like every other membership site on the planet. This […]
Continue readingGet Your Free Tickets to WordCamp US Online 2021 – WP Tavern
WordCamp US 2021 will be held online this year on October 1. The free, one-day event will be packed with speaker sessions, workshops, and networking opportunities for attendees. Organizers opened the call for speaker nominees earlier this month to speak on topics within the scope identified for this year: Connection, Contribution, and Inspiration: We want […]
Continue readingWordPress Contributors Actually Do Listen to Feedback and Engage With the Community – WP Tavern
I am a writer. That gives me a license — not to be overused — to steer into hyperbole once in a while. I get to be critical, sometimes overly, because I can come back the next day and shower the WordPress project with praise. Perhaps, at times, I forget to be as fair or […]
Continue reading“It Has Become Clear to Me that AMP Remains a Google Product” – WP Tavern
Jeremy Keith, a web developer and contributor to the web standards movement, has resigned from the AMP Advisory Committee. Keith was selected for the committee last year, despite his well-documented criticisms of the AMP project. In his resignation email, he cites Google’s control of the project and its small percentage of open source parts as […]
Continue readingSecond Annual WPMRR Virtual Summit
Hey, WordPress fans. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, Gutenberg 11.3 landed in the WordPress plugin directory. This latest release introduces a new dimensions panel for toggling spacing-related block options. Beyond that, the second annual WPMRR virtual summit will run from September 21 to 23. WooCommerce 5.6 […]
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