This Week at WordPress.org (August 9, 2022) Is it safe to insert an SVG via URL? How healthy is your database? Performance Team Rep Nominations Backwards Compatibility and Experimental Gutenberg APIs Give your feedback on this proposal.Today, experimental APIs are merged to Core and sometimes removed later. See the WP 6.0 Experimental APIs. As the WordPress… Continue reading Back Compat & Experimental APIs, Safely Handling SVG via “Insert URL”, WordPress 6.1 Bug Scrub Schedule, Database Performance Health Checks
Category: Post Status News and Insights
The Importance of Space
Space. It’s altogether easy to understand, and an enigma in so many ways. In order to be productive, happy, and healthy, we often define our lives in terms of space: physical space, emotional space, and time. Space is important. Physical Space We spend a lot of time at work. Usually 40+ hours a week, which… Continue reading The Importance of Space
Nice weather they’re having
Apparently unaffected by downward trends elsewhere, GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) posted some bullish numbers for their second quarter with revenue up 9% year-over-year, and net Income up 93% year-over-year. See the presentation slides and other prepared remarks from CEO Aman Bhutani and CFO Mark McCaffrey for more details. Some of the business highlights touching WooCommerce… Continue reading Nice weather they’re having
Free Rider Problem, JSON Core Block Styling, Redesigned Home & Download Pages
This Week at WordPress.org (August 2, 2022) Have you seen the new home page demo? Is there a problem with Free Riders? Do you want block styling standardized? Resigning the Home and Download Pages Development work is already underway on a block-based theme implementing a new design. A recent copy of the theme is running on a temporary… Continue reading Free Rider Problem, JSON Core Block Styling, Redesigned Home & Download Pages
Free Rider Problem, JSON Core Block Styling, Redesigned Home & Download Pages
This Week at WordPress.org August 2, 2022) Have you seen the new home page demo? Is there a problem with Free Riders? Do you want block styling standardized? News WP Briefing: Episode 37: The World of WordPress on World Wide Web Day People of WordPress: Carla Doria Project Update: WordPress.org Homepage and Download page mockups… Continue reading Free Rider Problem, JSON Core Block Styling, Redesigned Home & Download Pages
Barriers to Contributing
Small teams face frustrating barriers trying to make their contributions count TL;DR: Small teams have common barriers to contributing to Five for the Future. Making efficient use of their time and team members is hard when tooling and communication can soak up the hours. Learning how to contribute — and keeping up with WordPress core… Continue reading Barriers to Contributing
What does Five for the Future mean to you? (Part 2)
Have you been thinking about that question? I hope so. Everyone should, as long as we have a 5ftF program. Some low-hanging fruit — recognition of non-code contributors — has already been picked. I like that WordPress.org profiles are now showing these new contributor activity types: Translating and reviewing strings on translate.wordpress.org Publishing lesson plans,… Continue reading What does Five for the Future mean to you? (Part 2)
Partnerships in WordPress and WooCommerce
Bob Dunn breaks down the main types of partnerships he sees working (in different contexts) in the Woo/WP space: Affiliates and income-generating partnerships The Real Business Partnership The Sponsorship Partnership The Soft Partnership Read/listen to the whole thing for good insights and advice on these options to gain value from relationships with others.
Partnerships in WordPress and WooCommerce
Bob Dunn breaks down the main types of partnerships he sees working (in different contexts) in the Woo/WP space: Affiliates and income-generating partnerships The Real Business Partnership The Sponsorship Partnership The Soft Partnership Read/listen to the whole thing for good insights and advice on these options to gain value from relationships with others.
Member Spotlight: Anne McCarthy
Anne McCarthy is a minimalistic, optimistic, and athletic nomad who enjoys photography, deep conversations, and thought-provoking questions. They stumbled into WordPress as a freshman in college in 2011 and never looked back. What do you enjoy most about working in WordPress? The doors it opens up for others to share their voice, find their people,…