In this issue: FB retracts oEmbed, Twenty Twenty-One theme, Page Builder Summit 2020, Maciek Palmowski discusses Timber and more…
W3C is during a redesign and is considering which CMS to apply. It’s already clear that WordPress did not make the cut. Why? Mainly for lack of guaranteed support for Classic Editor and problems with Gutenberg accessibility.
There still are 2 solutions left on the battlefield: Statamic and Craft CMS.
W3C Drops WordPress from Consideration for Redesign, Narrows CMS Shortlist to Statamic and Craft
If You are using oEmbed to embed links from FB or Instagram, bear in mind that from October 24 they will stop working due to all Facebook changes to its API.
A new default theme, Twenty Twenty-One, will debut in WP 5.6. Here’s an opportunity to see how it looks like. To be honest – I won’t be a big fan.
LearnDash is taking cutting-edge e-learning methodology and infusing it into WordPress. Trusted to power the learning programs for major universities, small to mid-size companies, startups, entrepreneurs, and bloggers worldwide.
WPMU DEV decided to share how to test server speed.
Additionally, in the second part of the article they boast how well their hosting service performed.
A really interesting article on minimalism in design and how it is not always the best choice.
Page Builder Summit 2020 is set to take place in October (5-9). Judging from the presentations’ topics, it promises to be a most interesting conference. I’m particularly curious about Matt Medeirosa’s talk on builders’ future in the Gutenberg era and Elliot Condon’s on ACF Blocks.
When Page Builder Summit is all over, it’s worth circling October 13 in Your calendars. That is when AMP Fest starts and 3 of the presentations concern WP.
Carl Alexander, in an accessible way, shows how to add Your own commands in WP-CLI.
Mark Wilkinson hints on how to become a better developer.
Some time ago we mentioned a beta version of a plugin for creating Web Stories. From now on it’s available in the official repository and is no longer in beta.
Ease of use in mobile applications the main reason for proposed dual licensing for Gutenberg. With GPL license the whole application needs to be available on GPL.
Ben from LayerWP decided to create a newsletter with the best bargains for WordPress.
A very nice plugin that correctly divides into syllables & moves fragments of long words to the next line.
Do You use Query Monitor for websites debugging? If so, You might also want to have a look at DebugPress plugin. Its functionality is quite similar, but it might appeal more to some of You.