This week: WordPress 5.7, GraphQL, 10up’s 10th birthday, Elementor ad causes dispute, unit testing in WordPress, and much more.
Guest editor:
Lesley is the co-founder of Newsletter Glue, a lightweight newsletter builder that connects to multiple email service providers, letting you send newsletters without leaving WordPress. In past lives, she ran a digital marketing agency, worked in advertising, taught freediving professionally, was a partner in a craft beer brewery and spent too many years working in the government.
This week, I want to talk about basic internet security, password managers and 2FA.
People often put off learning about this stuff because it’s intimidating, boring or both. To counter this, I’ve curated a list of the most interesting security stories I know, coupled with simple password tools and checklists. Get your bearings on online security and be entertained at the same time.
In this podcast interview, criminal-turned-consultant, Frank Abagnale shares some of his stories and insights into criminal minds. He explains how the systems we use daily are vulnerable not through complex hacks but via simple workarounds like a hacker making a phone call to get your personal information.
I read Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale as a teenager and loved it. It’s hard to believe Frank Abagnale (played by Tom Hanks in the movie version) got away with the things he did!
Learn the problem with weak passwords, the case for using different passwords across all your accounts, and why you should use a password manager.
When he’s not writing about the basics of online security, Troy Hunt runs Have I Been Pwned?, an extensive database allowing you to check if your account details have been captured by hackers. I first started using a password manager and implemented SSL on all my sites because of him.
A very long, but very hilarious story about a regular guy who found the former Australian Prime Minister’s passport details online and actually managed to get in touch with the Prime Minister to tell him!
You’d never think a story about boarding pass QR codes would have you laughing out loud, but I guarantee this one will.
If you’re ready to level up your online security, this checklist is for you. It includes a list of password managers, 2FA tools and privacy-first browsers to choose from.
Kinsta compiled all the information related to the upcoming WordPress 5.7. It’s worth reading what changes and novelties await us.
What’s New in WordPress 5.7 (Lazy-Loading, HTTPS, UI Updates, New APIs, and Much More)
Matt Medeiros spoke to Jason Bahl about GraphQL, who explained what GraphQL exactly is, who can use it, and if we can expect it in WP core.
All the recordings from the DE {CODE} 2021 conference are available to watch now. They cover a lot of exciting topics, headless among them.
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.
Leonardo Losoviz lists the potential benefits of including GraphQL in the WP core.
10up is celebrating its 10th birthday. In those ten years, they achieved a great lot (White House website, for instance). We wish you another ten successful years.
Over the course of one weekend, Jason Bahl released five versions of WPGraphQL – all due to fixing bugs. In the following entry, he provides details and describes how he dealt with them step by step.
Elementor used the phrase “WordPress full site editing” for its paid advertising on Google, which unleashed a storm in certain circles. Some find using the phrase that recently promoted Gutenberg misleading.
Occasionally we run projects with a tight deadline. Christine Dixon provides some tips on how to carry them out.
In the 3rd episode of WP Briefing, Josepha Haden Chomphosy described her typical day at work.
I have always found Human Made a unique company, mainly due to their transparency (read their Handbook to see what I mean).
Siobhan McKeown details the set of values the company fosters.
Justin Tadlock presented what Gutenberg makes possible. He created “Music Artist,” a remarkable theme, using blocks only.
Recently, there has been some WP-related tension. First Bluehost and now Elementor added its two cents. Robert Jacobi presented his point of view.
Max Denysenko has written an excellent introduction to unit testing in the WordPress world.
Krzysiek Dyszczyk shows an interesting case of an multi-thread related error.
Helen Hou-Sandí shows how to adapt a rather old plugin for Gutenberg compatibility.
Iain Poulson has just created a new newsletter – WPTrends. Once a month, he will brief on business trends related to WP.
Marcus Burk explains how Inpsyde, the agency he works for, creates solutions based on WordPress.
Chris Coyier wrote a compelling article on the benefits of using specialized hosting.
Upcoming events:
On March 9, Git Tower and Buddy are organizing another webinar – “How to Automate Git like a Master Developer.”
March 11 – Benefits of connecting Gatsby with WordPress – a webinar.
March 31, Czech WordPress community is doing WP Beer online #2 – main topics are static sites and podcasts.
April 16-18 – WordCamp Greece 2021 Online. A call for speakers and sponsors has been issued.