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Torque Social Hour: Felix Arntz talks Q&As

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June 15, 2023

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The Torque Social Hour is a weekly livestream of WordPress news and events. On this episode, we talk with Felix Arntz, a Developer Relations Engineer at Google and a WordPress core committer. Felix recently shared a tweet-thread about his experience with Q&As during WordCamp Europe, so we talked about how he’d like to see this format changed. We also talk about new projects that the Performance Team have been working on lately, including a proposal for enhancing LCP image performance with the fetchpriority attribute in WordPress core and enhancing the Scripts API with a loading strategy in WordPress 6.3. Join […]

How to Add Widget Areas to WordPress (Block & Classic Themes)

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June 15, 2023

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Widgets are a popular way to add extra functionality, features, and information to different locations of WordPress websites. They allow you to put anything from contact forms over calendars to lists of your latest blog posts on your web pages. However, in order to do so, you first need widget areas — at least in classic WordPress themes. These are special designated parts of WordPress themes where, if you add widgets to them in the back end, they will show up in the front end as well. Block themes using the WordPress Site Editor, on the other hand, no longer […]

Press This: The Frost Theme is Here

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June 14, 2023

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The WordPress Repository has always been a great place to find powerful and free tools to extend your WordPress site. You can find plugins, blocks and themes, and you can even sort by features such as block compatible. One of the newest of which is Frost and my guest today is Brian Gardner, a Principal Developer Advocate at WP Engine and the creator of Frost Theme.

The WordPress Polyglots Team: Who They Are and What They Do

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June 6, 2023

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As an open-source project, you are probably aware that the WordPress platform is built by a large, global network of volunteers. While the developers and designers often get the most attention, there’s a lot of effort going on in the background that’s just as essential — even if it doesn’t involve a code editor. In this post, we want to look at some of those unsung heroes: the WordPress Polyglots team. In today’s interconnected world, language plays a vital role in bringing people together and bridging communication gaps. That extends to WordPress. As one of the most popular content management […]

Torque Social Hour: WordCamp Europe 2023

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June 2, 2023

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The Torque Social Hour is a weekly livestream of WordPress news and events. On this episode we talk with Evangelia Pappa about this year’s WordCamp Europe, happening June 8th-10th in Athens, Greece. Evangelia is a Global Lead for WCEU overseeing budget, sponsors, community, and content. Join us next each Wednesday from 3-4pm PST for WordPress news and interviews.

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