WordPress Performance Team Proposes Adding Persistent Object Cache and Full Page Cache to Site Health Checks
In the near future, WordPress may be able to provide better caching recommendations for site owners. Performance team contributors are proposing two new Site Health checks for Persistent Object Cache and ...
Axton: A Free Block-based Portfolio Theme with Full-Site Editing Support
Axton is a beautiful new addition to the WordPress Themes Directory from the team at Catch Themes. Those who have been waiting for more full-site editing-enabled themes that go beyond a ...
#34 – Felix Arntz on WordPress and Performance
On the podcast today we have Felix Arntz. Felix is a Developer Relations Engineer at Google and a WordPress core committer. He is the lead engineer for the Site Kit plugin ...
WordPress Themes Team Contributors Get Pushback on Proposal to Improve Block Themes’ Visibility in the Directory
Seven weeks ago, WordPress Theme Team contributors proposed several ideas for improving block themes’ visibility on WordPress.org. These included the possibility of changing the popular themes algorithm to more prominently feature ...
WordPress Executive Director Says 5% in Five for the Future Program Is Aspirational and Not Required
In the latest episode of the WP Briefing, titled “Five for the Future’s True Intentions,” WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy responded to recent public criticism the program has attracted. She ...
New Free Plugin Offers Beautiful Block Patterns for Food Bloggers
Last month WPZOOM released a free plugin called Block Patterns for Food Bloggers that I finally got the chance to test. Food blogs commonly have a strong focus on category and ...
Gutenberg 13.6 Adds Pattern Modal Support for Custom Post Types, Expands Creation of Template Types
Gutenberg 13.6 was released this week with an expansion of full-site editing features and 26 bug fixes. One of the highlights includes the addition of the pattern modal for users when ...
Gutenberg Times to Showcase the Pew Research Center’s “Block First Approach” in a Live Q&A on July 22, 2022
The Gutenberg Times will be hosting representatives from the Pew Research Center in its Live Q&A session on July 22, 2022, with co-hosts Birgit Pauli-Haack and Anne McCarthy. After an eight-month ...
5 Tips to Write the Most Clickable WordPress Headlines
The idea of sitting down and completing several headline writing exercises to find the “one” may seem extra. Still, it’s really not when you consider that your headlines are the number ...
Anders Norén Remakes Davis Theme as Davis Blocks with Full-Site Editing Support
WordPress theme author Anders Norén has remade his popular Davis theme to support full-site editing. The new theme, Davis Blocks, is sporting the same clean design as its predecessor, and can ...