News WordPress 5.9 – Joséphine was released this week. There is a lot of good stuff to check out on blocks and themes. If you would like an understanding of how this major release with Full Site Editing (FSE) will impact you as a freelancer, you should read Eric Karkovack’s article right here on the…
The release of WordPress 5.9 marks the dawn of a new era. One that will change the way websites are designed, built, and maintained. We’re talking about Full Site Editing (FSE). When coupled with a compatible theme, this new feature will allow virtually every aspect of a website to be tweaked within the block editor….
In the News WordPress 5.9 (RC3) is here. 5.9 is slated for next week and you still have time to help with testing. Go over to make.wordpress.org to see how you can still help with this important release. WooCommerce The WooCommerce development team announced that they have started working on an implementation of custom tables…
In the News The release of WordPress 5.9 is coming this month. There are many performance enhancements that will be part of this release. In addition to editor and front-end performance enhancements, lazy loading images changed, resulting in a 30% faster page load – in some cases. Go over to make.wordpress.org to check out the…
In The News The first Release Candidate (RC1) for WordPress 5.9 is now available! Your feedback helps the community check that nothing is missed. Given the tens of thousands of plugins, themes and differences in how millions of people use the software, now is a good time to test. To really understand the year in…
WordPress 5.9 Beta 4 was released this week. Sara Gooding over at the Tavern wrote that there are a few important changes to note in this release regarding how the WordPress admin will direct users who are exploring block themes. There is an incompatibility message for redirection depending on whether the theme is using blocks…
WordCamps are back – and the community is split about attending. The first US-based in-person WordCamp on the schedule is WordCamp Y’All (Birmingham, Alabama). As I write this there are only 86 tickets left to claim. This tells me that there are plenty of us ready to go back to in-person events…but still, that’s not…
With no major acquisitions, events, or feature releases this week, we can all take an exhale of relief. Today’s theme is: Reflection. WP Minute Contributor Joe Casabona reflects on the State of the Word hosted by Matt Mullenweg. He shares strong opinions on how you might give back to WordPress by taking care of yourself,…
In the News State of the Word 2021 happened this week. If you would like to hear the complete audio or read through the transcript from the live event check out the link over on the WPMinute. There is even a mega-thread of our favorite clips over on Twitter. GoDaddy covered the event as well including…
State of the Word 2021 just concluded in NYC. Just over 2 hours of updates around the community, the software, and the vision of Matt Mullenweg. This episode is an entire recording of the livestream broadcast over YouTube including audience + listener questions. If you enjoy content like this, please consider giving back to WordPress…
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