New Proposal Calls for Contributors to Stop Merging Experimental APIs from Gutenberg to WordPress Core
The practice of merging experimental APIs from Gutenberg into WordPress core may soon be coming to an end. A new proposal, published by Automattic-sponsored contributor Adam Zielinski, calls for contributors to ...
#38 – Paul Bearne on How Working With WordPress Allows for Different Lifestyles
On the podcast today we have Paul Bearne. Paul is a WordPress enthusiast who loves to come up with ways to make WordPress do things it doesn’t normally do. Having engaged ...
ServerPress Is Shutting Down
ServerPress, makers of DesktopServer, a WordPress local development tool, announced it is shutting down after 12 years in business. The company emailed its customers and posted a farewell message on its ...
WordCamp US 2022 Publishes Speaker Schedule, Livestream Will Be Available
WordCamp US (WCUS) kicks off one month from today in San Diego, CA, and organizers have published the full schedule for all sessions. The three-day event will feature three tracks with ...
Gutenberg 13.8 Introduces Fluid Typography Support and Revamped Quote Block
Gutenberg 13.8 was released last week with some major enhancements that should delight block theme authors and users alike. The long-awaited fluid typography support landed in this version. It provides smooth ...
#37 – Jonathan Wold on How Partnerships Might Help Your WordPress Business
On the podcast today we have Jonathan Wold. Jonathan joined the WordPress community seventeen years ago, and he’s been here ever since. He likes to think about WordPress as an operating ...
Gutenberg Contributors Experiment with Custom Labeling of Blocks in List View
It’s easy to get lost among a sea of Cover, Group, and Paragraph blocks while navigating the block editor’s List View. Clicking around wildly will generally surface the block you’re seeking, ...
WebP by Default Merged Into Core for WordPress 6.1
WebP, an image format developed by Google, which is intended to replace JPEG, PNG, and GIF file formats, will soon be generated by default for new JPEG image uploads in WordPress ...
WordPress Theme Authors Are Moving to Host Fonts Locally
The WordPress Themes team is poised to change its guidelines on remote hosting Google Fonts and is once again strongly urging theme authors to host their fonts locally. Yoast-sponsored contributor Ari ...
WordPress Contributors Consider Renaming Full-Site Editing
WordPress Executive Directory Josepha Haden Chomphosy is proposing contributors rename the terms “full-site editing” and “full-site editor” to something more user friendly. The terms came into use as WordPress moved into ...