The Torque Social Hour is a weekly livestream of WordPress news and events. In this episode I talk with Mike McAlister, a Product Designer + Principal Software Enginee at WP Engine. We’ll talk with Mike about why WordPressers should start building real sites with FSE. Join us next Wednesday, September 29th, when we talk about current trends in WordPress themes with Rich Taboor and Damon Cook.
Torque Social Hour: Using video to bring new life to your WordPress content
The Torque Social Hour is a weekly livestream of WordPress news and events. In this episode I talked with Joey Daoud, the founder of New Territory Media , about how to bring new life to content from your WordPress blog by converting it into video. We talk about how you can record your video, how to optimize video SEO, and how video can get your content seen by more users. Be sure to catch Joey’s talk at WordCamp US! Join us next Wednesday, September 7th, to hear our conversation with Cami Kaos about the basics of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and […]
Torque Social Hour: Tackling WordPress Performance At Scale
The Torque Social Hour is a weekly livestream of WordPress news and events. In this episode we talk with Felix Arntz, a lead dev on Google’s Site Kit plugin for WordPress and a founding member of the WordPress Performance Team. We talk about Felix’s upcoming WordCamp US talk and about what steps the Performance Team are taking to make WordPress faster and more responsive for all users. We also talk about some new features coming to Google’s Site Kit plugin, including integration with an upcoming product called Thanks With Google, which will allow content creators to easily accept donations from […]
Doc Pop’s News Drop: Is “the End of WordPress Themes” In Sight?
Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. In this episode of News Drop we talk with Ben Gillbanks, a WordPress theme designer, about how Gutenberg and content blocks could spell out the end of the WordPress themes business. Read Ben’s excellent article, “The End Of WordPress Themes Is In Site”, here.
Doc Pop’s News Drop: #HeadToWCEU
Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. In this week’s episode of News Drop we talk with Carole Olinger from WPandUp.org about mental health, WordPress, and #HeadToWCEU
Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordPress 5.2.3 Security Release
Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. In this week’s News Drop we talk with Mikey Veenstra, a threat analyst at Wordfence, about cross site scripting attacks and the release of WordPress version 5.2.3. For more details about threats discussed on this episode, check out Wordfence’s full breakdown.
Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordCamp US, Asia, and Central America
Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. In this week’s News Drop, we talk about a few of the workshops at WordCamp US plus details of the first ever KidsCamp at WCUS. Love WordPress News but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. There’s only a couple of months before WordCamp US happens this year in St. Louis. This year will be the first year that WCUS adds Workshops to their […]
Doc Pop’s News Drop: Can AI Make Commenters More Compassionate?
Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. Ian Dunn has created a new WordPress plugin that uses neural networks to help identify “toxic” comments. If a comment scores poorly, a message will pop-up suggesting that the comment’s author consider changing their wording to be less toxic. You can download and install the Compassionate Comments plugin from the repository here.
Doc Pop’s News Drop: The Gutenberg Accessibility Audit
Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. In this week’s News Drop video we talk with Rachel Cherry, the director of WPCampus, about the results of the Gutenberg Accessibility audit. Registration is open for WPCampus 2019 on July 25-27 in Portland.
Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordPress 5.2 is here
Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. WordPress 5.2 is here and full of new features. In this week’s News Drop we talk about Site Health, Fatal Error Recovery Mode, and support for cryptographically-signed updates. Love WordPress News but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. Site Health section of the admin panel, support for a modern cryptography library, and support for cryptographically-signed updates. WordPress 5.2 launches today, May 7th and […]
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