Doc’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. At DrupalEurope, one of the largest Drupal conferences in the world, Per André Rønsen and Marco Fernandes announced a new Gutenberg module in the works. When finished, this module will allow Drupal users to use a similar block based content editor as the upcoming on planned for WordPress 5.0. But that’s not all, the team also announced GutenbergCloud, which is an online repository for developers to share their custom Gutenberg blocks […]
Doc Pop News Drop: Morten Rand-Hendriksen talks about the future of Gutenberg
Doc’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 talked with Morten Rand-Hendriksen, a WordPress expert at LinkedIn Learning, about the future of WordPress post 5.0. This video is full of interesting ideas and topics including the potential “ClassicPress” fork of WP 4.9 and the leadership structure behind important WordPress core decisions. I highly recommend checking this episode out.
Doc Pop News Drop: Should Developers Block Gutenberg From Client Sites?
Doc’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. A recent thread on Reddit.com/r/WordPress sparked some good conversation about how website developers should handle the upcoming Gutenberg editor changes coming to WordPress. Many developers were concerned about needing to fix clients sites pro bono if the client clicked the Try Gutenberg button. In this week’s News Drop, we cover how to talk to your clients about using the new Gutenberg editor and what tools you may use if you do […]
Doc Pop News Drop: How To “Try Gutenberg” in WordPress 4.9.8
Doc’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. You may have noticed that WordPress 4.9.8 includes a “Try Gutenberg” button. In this week’s video, which was shot at WordCamp for Publishers, we talk to Janna Hilfterty to learn how best to try the Gutenberg feature on your WordPress site.
Doc Pop News Drop: The CCPA vs GDPR
Doc’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 the California Consumer Protection Act of 2018 and how it might affect WordPress users. We also talk about how the CCPA compares to the GDPR. Love WordPress News, but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. We’ve heard a ton about the GDPR, the General Data Protection Regulation that went into affect a few months ago, but […]
Doc Pop News Drop: WP&UP Promotes Mental Health in the WordPress Community
Doc’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 video, we chat with Dan Maby from WPandUP.org about his mission to help WordPressers who suffer from depression.
Doc Pop News Drop: WordPress 4.9.8 and the upcoming “Try Gutenberg” button
Doc’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. We now know the schedule for the next WordPress release, version 4.9.8, which features a big push for users to help beta-test Gutenberg. In this week’s video, Doc talks about what to expect from 4.9.8 and when to expect it. Love WordPress news, but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. We now know the schedule of WordPress version 4.9.8, which includes a massive release […]
Doc Pop News Drop: Automattic Acquires The Atavist
Doc’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. Are subscription based services the future for online publications? Automattic seems to think so, in fact they recently acquired Atavist, makers of a subscription based CMS software. In this week’s News Drop video we talk about that acquisition and what it means for The Atavist Magazine. We also talk about some WordPress plugin alternatives that offer membership levels. Love WordPress News but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is […]
Doc Pop News Drop: Michael Clayton Discusses Accessibility
Doc’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. While Doc is still traveling through Serbia after WordCamp Europe, we thought it would be great to show this short interview with Michael Clayton, who works as an L2 Support Technician at WP Engine. Michael talks about his experience with various accessibility features in browsers on and on his Mac and how developers can better create sites for visually impaired users. You can follow Michael here https://twitter.com/bassthumpa And follow us too! […]
Doc Pop’s News Drop: Live Recap from WordCamp Europe 2018
Doc’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. After months of talking about it, it was great to finally be at WordCamp Europe in Belgrade, Serbia. We had an amazing time and will be posting a bunch of video interviews here throughout the week. If you would like to know more about Matt’s announcements, check out Emily Schiola’s recap here. Thanks to all of the WordCamp Europe organizers for putting together this fantastic event.
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