A personal reflection by Matt Mullenweg. This is what its really about.
Power of One
Matt Mullenweg @ ma.tt • 2 years ago
WordPress Turns 20
Sarah Gooding @ wptavern.com • 2 years ago
A lot happening for the 20th Anniversary of the first release of WordPress. Happy Birthday WordPress! Sarah Gooding has a nice review of the history and milestones of the project.
Automattic Releases A Local Development Environment
Sarah Gooding @ wptavern.com • 2 years ago
Automattic has released a local development environment that runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows. It is called “wp-now” and it can launch a new development site in seconds. It uses NodeJS, WebAssembly, and SQLite to run WordPress in the browser.
WordPress Offers Two Very Different Paths
Eric Karkovack @ speckyboy.com • 2 years ago
This post rambles a bit, but the author looks at the two ways of using WordPress, classic vs blocks, which seem to be becoming more pronounced and separate.
Five Trends for the Future of WordPress
Miriam Schwab @ youtube.com • 2 years ago
This is an interesting presentation given by Miriam Schwab at YoastCon about the Challenges and Opportunities for WordPress.
Summary Report from FSE Testing
annezazu @ make.wordpress.org • 2 years ago
This post on the Make blog summarizes user feedback and experience from Full Site Editor testing. The majority of the usability feedback and bug reports focused on the Navigation block and confusion about the separation of template creations and content creation.
Syntax.fm Fabian Kägy – Modern WordPress
Fabian Kagy @ syntax.fm • 2 years ago
A discussion for developers. Fabian Kagy of 10up talks with Wes Box and Scott Tolinski on Syntax.fm. Fabian maintains the site gutenberg.10up.com and is mainly focused on JavaScript and Block development. They catch up on WordPress, talk a bit about headless, and talk a lot about blocks. Something of a gear head discussion. I found it interesting to hear the different perspectives on WordPress and Gutenberg.
WordPress Wins Big at The Webby Awards
Riley Cullen @ wpengine.com • 2 years ago
WordPress Wins Big – The prestigious Webby Awards are awarded annually in recognition of excellence in web design and development. This year a number of the winning sites were built with WordPress.
Discussion on How Core Can Better Enable AI Innovation
Sarah Gooding @ wptavern.com • 2 years ago
The WPTavern reports on the discussion about AI and core WordPress. There is a feeling that WordPress doesn’t want to miss the boat and be less competitive if it ignores AI and should at least make sure there are no blockers to adding AI innovation. Some participants noted that projects like the upcoming phase 3 of Gutenberg will help WordPress to be competitive and that the use of AI is still new and evolving.