This week: Contribution to the WordPress, Yoast holiday calendar, Full Site Editing, Newsletter Glue, and more.
Did you know what Yoast and Whodunit have in common? Next to Automattic, they are companies with the most WordPress contributors. This article presents just that and more on contributions.
Yoast and Whodunit on why they contribute to WordPress core—and the features they’re pursuing
Munir Kamal describes the changes we will see in the WP once we start using Full Site Editing. Though I’m still a bit cautious, I find global styles appealing.
Hugh Lashbrooke has shared his reflections on community building when things get back to normal. Hugh observed that due to COVID, we no longer have to be somewhere physically to learn something new. On the other hand, offline meetings are still valuable for building relations. All that will probably lead to building hybrid communities.
LearnDash is taking cutting-edge e-learning methodology and infusing it into WordPress. Trusted to power the learning programs for major universities, small to mid-size companies, startups, entrepreneurs, and bloggers worldwide.
The previous week we mentioned Kinsta launching a tool for detecting any existing problems or why our website is slow to respond. Now they published a few real-world examples on how to use APM with WooCommerce.
WordFest announced the second round of speakers. With so many interesting names on the list already, it looks like taking a day off and brewing few pots of coffee will be required to watch everything.
WordPress itself is free of charge, but the maintenance is not. WP Buffs precisely describe what such service should include, what we should be charged for, and how to do it yourself.
Namecheap boldly theorizes that WP will soon power 50% of all websites. Their main reasons are the drive to own the data (and not to hand it over to social media platforms) and e-commerce (namely Woo).
Yoast published their holiday calendar, but instead of chocolates, we got a daily surprise. By now, we already know about Elementor integration and a free course on structured data.
Yoast SEO 15.4 has finally brought integration with Elementor.
I have always said that programming and cooking have much in common. Denis, it seems, assumes the same (though he’s more of a baker). So it all comes down to reading the recipe (documentation), following it step by step, improvising and experimenting when things go awry.
XWP shared a compelling case study concerning the Pantheon website. When it comes to WebOps, Pantheon is the global forerunner, yet their website left much to be desired.
Kjell Reigstad presents how to create a simple landing page with Full Site Editing. Additionally, he showed a few exciting features of FSE, e.g., how to use json file with theme properties.
This plugin tracks problems generated by other plugins. It allows for investigations and interrogations of subsequent suspect plugins. The UX is absolutely compelling.
We have already mentioned Newsletter Glue, and now it’s time for the PRO version. The user can expect a few new blocks and premium support compared to the free version.
A handy article on Unit Testing in WordPress by Josh Pollock.
If you encountered problems with shortcodes when using Frontity, this article should help.
Upcoming Events
If you are interested in using WordPress together with Buddy CI/CD, mark 15th December in your calendars.
The Making of Open-Source Story by Yoast with Blocks
Dec 10 at 2:30 pm EST (19:30 UTC)
FSE version of Bosco Theme has just appeared on the WP themes official repository.