Monthly Archives: September 2019

Anders Norén to Design Twenty Twenty Default Theme, Shipping in WordPress 5.3

September 15, 2019design tips

WordPress 5.3’s release lead coordinators announced a new batch of focus leads during yesterday’s core dev chat. Anders Norén, one of the most well-respected theme authors in the community and an early adopter of Gutenberg, will be leading the design of the upcoming Twenty Twenty default theme. He is working (more…)

WordPress Governance Project Looks for New Leadership

September 12, 2019design tips

The WordPress Governance project is looking for new leadership after its current leaders, Rachel Cherry and Morten Rand-Hendriksen, announced that they will be stepping down. Weekly meetings have been canceled until the organization selects new leadership. After its introduction at WordCamp Europe 2018, the project went through what its leadership (more…)

WordPress 5.3 to Use Robots Meta Tag to Better Discourage Search Engines from Listing Sites

September 12, 2019design tips

WordPress is changing the method it uses to prevent search engines from indexing sites. Previously, if a user checked the “Discourage search engines from indexing this site” option in a site’s Settings > Reading screen, WordPress would add Disallow: / to the robots.txt file. This would prevent crawling but did (more…)

WPHindi Plugin Instantly Converts Text from English to Hindi Live in the Block Editor

September 11, 2019design tips

Hindi is one of the world’s top languages, with more than 520 million native and non-native speakers, and is the fastest growing language in India. In a region where English is also commonly spoken, many Hindi publishers have the unique requirement of being able to switch back and forth between (more…)

Toolbelt: A New Jetpack-Inspired Plugin with a Focus on Speed and Privacy

September 11, 2019design tips

WordPress theme and plugin developer Ben Gillbanks is building a Jetpack alternative with an emphasis on speed, simplicity, and privacy. Toolbelt is a new, lightweight plugin that offers a collection of functionality that is commonly-used on WordPress sites. Currently available modules include features like breadcrumbs, browser native lazy loading, a (more…)

Three New WordPress.com Color Schemes

September 11, 2019WPDev News

We’ve launched three new color schemes to customize your WordPress.com dashboard!

NetNewsWire 5.0 RSS Reader Rebuilt from Scratch, Now Free and Open Source

September 10, 2019design tips

NetNewsWire 5.0 was released this week as a completely rebuilt, free and open source Mac app. Back in its earlier days, the 17-year old RSS reader was widely regarded as the best available. Since its creation, the app has changed hands multiple times through two acquisitions, finally landing back home (more…)

StandardJS Ends Controversial Funding Experiment

September 10, 2019design tips

Feross Aboukhadijeh, maintainer of StandardJS, has formally ended the funding experiment he started lasted week, which inserted ads in the terminal whenever Standard 14 is installed. Although the experiment met widespread aversion, it successfully captured public attention and put a spotlight on the critical need for a viable model of (more…)

WordPress.com’s Parent Company Announces Happy Tools, a New Suite of Products for the Future of Work

September 10, 2019WPDev News

Happy Schedule, our first offering, will help distributed teams manage employee schedules and customer support.

Gutenberg 6.4 Adds New Typewriter Experience, Cover Block Resizing, and Block Inserter Help Panel

September 9, 2019design tips

Gutenberg 6.4 arrived this week with two more improvements to the Cover block. The background can now be set to a solid color (in addition to images and videos). Users can also easily resize the block, making it far more useful for those who are designing their own pages. One (more…)

Monthly Archives: September 2019

Anders Norén to Design Twenty Twenty Default Theme, Shipping in WordPress 5.3

WordPress Governance Project Looks for New Leadership

WordPress 5.3 to Use Robots Meta Tag to Better Discourage Search Engines from Listing Sites

WPHindi Plugin Instantly Converts Text from English to Hindi Live in the Block Editor

Toolbelt: A New Jetpack-Inspired Plugin with a Focus on Speed and Privacy

Three New WordPress.com Color Schemes

NetNewsWire 5.0 RSS Reader Rebuilt from Scratch, Now Free and Open Source

StandardJS Ends Controversial Funding Experiment

WordPress.com’s Parent Company Announces Happy Tools, a New Suite of Products for the Future of Work

Gutenberg 6.4 Adds New Typewriter Experience, Cover Block Resizing, and Block Inserter Help Panel

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