For all of the issues, etc, they are doing something right. Every time I see a big site using WP, they are also using Yoast.

Yoast SEO Plugin Passes 1 Billion Downloads
stats @ wordpress.orgyoas • 11 hours ago

stats @ wordpress.orgyoas • 11 hours ago
For all of the issues, etc, they are doing something right. Every time I see a big site using WP, they are also using Yoast.

Henrique Iamarino @ make.wordpress.org • 16 hours ago
Core is moving away from naming themes by year. This one is supposed to be a minimalistic blog theme that is easily customizable.

Ned Andonov @ toolset.com • 16 hours ago
The post seems to indicate that they will be doing so monthly from now on.

Kevin Powell @ youtube.com • 2 days ago
This nice video by Kevin Powell looks at two newly baseline CSS functions, sibling-count() and sibling-index(). Although it is baseline, still only 83% adoption.

Robert Abela @ melapress.com • 2 days ago
Some things that jumped out at me were that a large number of site owners don’t have a response plan and 17% discover a security problem because a notice on a search engine.

Jordy Meow @ meowapps.com • 3 days ago
What Jordy Meow has been doing with AI is way cool. His AI Engine plugin is very advanced. I’ve been trying the AI chat plugins that developers put on their sites for support. His, Nyao, is very thorough and gave me information way beyond what’s in the docs. Now he has added free Android and iOS apps to use the AI features from your phone.

Remkus de Vries @ remkusdevries.comwp-query-opti • 3 days ago
This is a great article about performance optimization, caching options, queries, and related details.

Nick Roach @ youtube.com • 5 days ago
This is a good step for Divi. Nick does an intro to the features in this video.

David McCan @ webtng.com • 6 days ago
This article takes a deep dive into the new Oxygen Builder version 6 to understand what it is and how to use it. People often think that the New Oxygen is just a refresh of Classic Oxygen, a modernization. However, I think that is incorrect. Understanding what the New Oxygen actually is, and what it brings to the table, is the best way to make good use of it, and to figure out how to accelerate your site-building workflow with it.