Cwicly has been out for more than two years, but I find that I am still in evaluation mode. My sense is that I’m not the only one. Cwicly has so many great features, so why aren’t more people using it? I take a look at one set of possible reasons in this article.

Creating and managing block patterns is pretty straightforward. Here is a tutorial on the process.

The 8G Firewall has been beta tested for more than a year and now is ready for use on production sites. 8G is a lightweight (only 17KB) strong firewall that provides site security and peace of mind. Plus, 8G is open source and 100% free for everyone.

Here is a tutorial showing how to install WP-CLI and perform a number of common WordPress tasks using it.

Pods 3.1 was released with a focus on hardening security. The release notes include documentation on access rights and Pods settings.

This is an interesting interview with Syed Balkhi, founder of Awesome Motive. The interview is on an investment show for entrepreneurs, so it is not all about WordPress, but they do talk about WordPress and the open source model, so some might find it interesting.

Native support for AVIF is coming in WordPress 6.5. AVIF images can be up to 50% smaller than a JPG image with the same or better image quality. Can I use says there is about 89% browser support.

Here is a short reflection by Joost on the difference between creating a WordPress plugin back in 2006 and creating one today.

Here is a fun video from Kevin Power playing with CSS currentColor and color-mix. It might be useful for people trying to create light and dark mode color palettes.