Monthly Archives: September 2019

Gutenberg 6.5 Adds Experimental Block Directory Search to Inserter and New Social Links Block

September 24, 2019design tips

Gutenberg 6.5 was released today with a rough prototype that adds one-click search and installation of blocks from the block directory to the inserter. Selected blocks are automatically installed as a plugin in the background and inserted into the editor with one click. The pull request for the experiment indicates (more…)

EditorsKit Adds Nofollow Options for Links, Fixes Bug with Gutenberg Metaboxes Overlapping in Chrome

September 24, 2019design tips

EditorsKit is becoming somewhat of a “hotfix” plugin for Gutenberg, especially with the additions to the 1.14 release this week. Developer Jeffrey Carandang added new link formats for nofollow rel attribute options, along with a fix for an annoying bug in Chrome that causes Gutenberg metaboxes to overlap. He has (more…)

Behind New Packages Project Lead, Theme Review Team Launches Admin Notices Solution

September 24, 2019design tips

As part of the WordPress Theme Review Team’s plan to curb obtrusive admin notices, the team pushed version 1.0 of its Admin Notices package to the public. The new package provides a standard API for theme authors to display admin notices. Ari Stathopoulos took over as the packages project lead (more…)

GPL Author Richard Stallman Resigns from Free Software Foundation

September 23, 2019design tips

Richard Stallman, free software movement activist and originator of the “copyleft” concept, has resigned from his position as director of the board and president of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), which he established in 1985. This resignation comes on the heels of his resignation from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial (more…)

Yoast to Reward Contributors with the Yoast Care Fund

September 23, 2019design tips

Yoast, a company primarily known for its popular Yoast SEO plugin, announced a new program earlier this month called Yoast Care. The project aims to reward volunteers in the WordPress community. “Care” stands for “Community Appreciation REwards.” Thousands of people contribute to WordPress. Some choose to contribute code. Others answer (more…)

New Attock WordPress Meetup Empowers Pakistani Women Freelancers and Business Owners

September 23, 2019design tips

WordCamp Lahore is getting rebooted on November 30 – December 1, at the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences. The first edition of the event was planned for 2016 but was derailed by local disagreements and ultimately canceled. For the past three years organizers have worked to strengthen their (more…)

WordPress 5.2.1 Maintenance Release

September 22, 2019WPDev News

WordPress 5.2.1 is now available! This maintenance release fixes 33 bugs, including improvements to the block editor, accessibility, internationalization, and the Site Health feature introduced in 5.2. You can browse the full list of changes on Trac. WordPress 5.2.1 is a short-cycle maintenance release. Version 5.2.2 is expected to follow in approximately two weeks. You can download […]

Justin Tadlock Joins WP Tavern

September 22, 2019design tips

The kid scampered ahead of his classmates. He wanted to be one of the first to set foot in the building, but he stopped as he got to the first step. He looked up to count the floors. One, two, three…it wasn’t The Times. He was awestruck all the same. (more…)

Adam Jacob Advocates for Building Healthy OSS Communities in “The War for the Soul of Open Source”

September 22, 2019design tips

Chef co-founder and former CTO Adam Jacob gave a short presentation at O’Reilly Open Source Software Conference (OSCON) 2019 titled “The War for the Soul of Open Source.” In his search for meaning in open source software today, Jacob confronts the notion of open source business models. “We often talk (more…)

Local Lightning Now in Public Beta with Major Performance Improvements

September 19, 2019design tips

Flywheel put its new Local Lightning app into public beta this week. The app is an improved version of the company’s local WordPress development tool, formerly known as Pressmatic before Flywheel acquired it from Clay Griffiths and renamed it to “Local by Flywheel.” Since its acquisition in 2016, Local has (more…)

Monthly Archives: September 2019

Gutenberg 6.5 Adds Experimental Block Directory Search to Inserter and New Social Links Block

EditorsKit Adds Nofollow Options for Links, Fixes Bug with Gutenberg Metaboxes Overlapping in Chrome

Behind New Packages Project Lead, Theme Review Team Launches Admin Notices Solution

GPL Author Richard Stallman Resigns from Free Software Foundation

Yoast to Reward Contributors with the Yoast Care Fund

New Attock WordPress Meetup Empowers Pakistani Women Freelancers and Business Owners

WordPress 5.2.1 Maintenance Release

Justin Tadlock Joins WP Tavern

Adam Jacob Advocates for Building Healthy OSS Communities in “The War for the Soul of Open Source”

Local Lightning Now in Public Beta with Major Performance Improvements

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