Transcript Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case using the new plugin from Pinegrow to create complex WordPress websites. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do that by searching for WP Tavern in… Continue reading #51 – Adam Lowe on Building Websites With Pinegrow’s New WordPress Plugin
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How to Easily Disable the Default WordPress Sitemap
Do you want to disable the default WordPress sitemap on your website? The default sitemap feature was introduced in WordPress 5.5, and it enables WordPress to publish XML sitemaps for your website automatically. The challenge is that this feature is lacking advanced WordPress SEO features that you need to rank higher. In this article, we… Continue reading How to Easily Disable the Default WordPress Sitemap
Meetup.com Raises Concerns with New Accessibility Overlay
Meetup.com raised some concerns with the WordPress community (and the broader community of accessibility professionals) this week after it added an accessibility overlay to its website. The overlay, powered by EqualWeb, displays a list of settings that can be toggled, ostensibly to address various accessibility needs. I’m super disappointed @Meetup added an #a11y overlay. Time… Continue reading Meetup.com Raises Concerns with New Accessibility Overlay
WordPress in Substack’s History
I wish this was a WordPress story. It should’ve been and could still be — a simple publishing platform built around freemium newsletters — and writers. In a way, it is a WordPress story. Ben Thompson’s Stratechery was a Substack inspiration and has always run on WordPress, I believe. There’s also this: Our plan was… Continue reading WordPress in Substack’s History
WordPress.com Adds Support for New Pocket Casts Block
WordPress.com has expanded its library of blocks to include a new Pocket Casts block that makes it easy to embed any show or episode in the WordPress editor. The block is branded for Pocket Casts and will display a podcast player and a selection of episodes when the show URL is selected. Alternatively, users can… Continue reading WordPress.com Adds Support for New Pocket Casts Block
Security News Roundup
There’s a Slashdot discussion of ZDnet‘s reporting on a critical security vulnerability in OpenSSL: OpenSSL Warns of Critical Security Vulnerability With Upcoming Patch. Australia is increasing fines for massive data breaches. Apple has admitted they will only commit to patching their latest OS versions. Ars Technica‘s Andrew Cunningham: This confirms something that independent security researchers… Continue reading Security News Roundup
How to Optimize Images for Web Performance without Losing Quality
Did you know that optimizing your images before uploading to WordPress can have a huge impact on your website speed? When starting a new blog, many beginners simply upload images without optimizing them for the web. These large image files make your website slower. You can fix this by using image optimization best practices as… Continue reading How to Optimize Images for Web Performance without Losing Quality
Keeping Higher Education Website Managers’ Dream Alive While Sunsetting Edupack
Every University IT department dreams of a self-service system in which they do not have to deal with outside vendors. The dream includes a simple form that its users can fill out to generate websites from a library of templates. With Nathan Monk and Matt Lees, I cofounded a project called Edupack to realize the… Continue reading Keeping Higher Education Website Managers’ Dream Alive While Sunsetting Edupack
How to Do a Twitch Giveaway in WordPress (Step-by-Step)
Do you want to do a Twitch giveaway in WordPress? Giveaways can help you get more followers on your Twitch channel. They’re also a great way to engage with the people who already watch you on Twitch. In this article, we’ll show you how to run a Twitch giveaway in WordPress. Why Do a Twitch… Continue reading How to Do a Twitch Giveaway in WordPress (Step-by-Step)
WordPress to Explore Using GitHub Codespaces for Improving Contributor Experience
WordPress lead developer Helen Hou-Sandí has proposed using GitHub Codespaces to improve the contributor experience. GitHub recently announced the availability of GitHub Codespaces, its quick launch cloud-based developer environment, for all users, with 60 hours free per month for Free users and 90 hours for Pro users. Codespaces makes it possible to launch any GitHub… Continue reading WordPress to Explore Using GitHub Codespaces for Improving Contributor Experience