This week: WordPress and Astro, WordCamp Europe 2022, Gutenberg… again, Find It WP, and much more…
Alex Standiford, on CSS Tricks, described what the nearly headless approach is and how it differs from the traditional or fully headless one.
Chris Bongers described how to connect WordPress with Astro. I am very pleased with this guide because Astro is a really interesting static site generator.
WooCommerce introduced a new in person payment method. This means that our Woo-based store can become our command center.
Cons? It’s only available in the United States so far.
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.
Mark Jaquith created the Encute library, which helps manage the queue of styles and scripts in WordPress.
I just want to add that it looks amazing and I wish this library had been created sooner.
WordCamp Europe 2022 is looking for organizers. I hope that this time the epidemiological situation won’t get in our way and WordCamp will take place normally.
Justin Ferriman gathered his thoughts on Gutenberg, or as he put it nicely, Matt’s Page Builder. It’s worth reading because Justin pointed out some of Gutenberg’s problems quite accurately.
Mendel Kurland’s article on how to connect Git with WordPress has appeared on the GitKraken blog. If for some reason, git is still unfamiliar to you, this article should help get started.
On the WP Campus website, you can watch the recordings from the last edition.
WordPress and WooCommerce are always seen as solutions that do not scale. Is it so?
Apart from the article, it is worth reading the comments.
Eric Karkovack points out that for many casual WordPress users, information about new features is not easy to find.
Most often we can read about migrations from WP to a headless solution.
Aaron Jorbin did this already, now it’s time to go back to WordPress. In the article, he explains why.
XWP is just celebrating the hiring of its 100th employee. Congratulations.
Huge congratulations to the team responsible for Pods. Despite many problems, they finally managed to release version 2.8.
I recently had the pleasure to talk with Joe Casabona on how to create a multilingual newsletter like WP Owls.
HeroPress Network has launched the Find It WP website, cataloging all WordPress-related websites in one place.
Antonio Villegas, based on recent events in the WP world, wonders if more and more people associated with WordPress aren’t losing the passion and enthusiasm with which they started.
A highly accurate 4-part Automattic analysis has arrived on TechCrunch. Everything is described, their impact on Open Source and work culture.
Ryan Welcher has updated Gutenberg’s block sample collection.
Mark Maunder published a really interesting article on WordFence explaining how hacker attacks are treated in the United States. I didn’t know many of these things.
WPMUDEV published a quite controversial post about why developing sites on localhost isn’t a good idea. While I do not agree with the article, I must admit that in the comments section we can find many interesting observations.
The Atomic Smash agency has become another WordPress VIP partner.
Upcoming Events:
On October 28, WebDevStudios and Post Status are organizing a webinar, “The Legend of the Headless Website.”
WP Engine Summit/2021 will take place on November 4.
Maciek Palmowski and Andy Fragen will talk about making plugins upgradable thanks to Git Updater.
WordCamp Taiwan is set to take place on December 11-12.