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Doc Pop’s News Drop: Yoast’s €25,000 Diversity Fund

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March 20, 2018

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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 Yoast SEO’s €25,000 Diversity Fund to help underrepresented speakers attend WordCamps, plus we recap some highlights from this week’s Plugin Madness competition, and check in with Jenny Beaumont for some behind the scenes info about WordCamp Europe. Love WordPress news but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop: Willing to put their money where their mouth is, […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: 4.9.3 Breaks Auto-Updates, Browsealoud Breaks Government Websites, and WCEU Call For Volunteers

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February 14, 2018

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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. This week Doc talks about how WordPress version 4.9.3 breaks the auto-update feature and how 4.9.4 fixes it. Doc also covers the recent Browsealoud plugin hack, which used a supply chain attack to take advantage of site visitor traffic for cryptomining purposes. WordCamp Europe is looking for volunteers. Don’t forget to nominate your favorite plugins for our Plugin Madness competition. Love WordPress News, but hate reading? My name is Doc and […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: Google Dives Into WordPress, 4.9.4 Update, and Plugin Madness!

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February 7, 2018

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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. On this week’s News Drop, Doc talks about Google’s move into open source CMSs, the WordPress 4.9.4 (and 4.9.3) update and… something else.. I can’t remember… PLUGIN MADNESS!!! Love WordPress News, but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. March is a month away, which means it’s almost time for Plugin Madness. Plugin Madness is our bracket style competition where we pit 64 WordPress plugins […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: Gutenberg 2.0, WordCamp Miami, and the 4.9.2 Security Update

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January 29, 2018

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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. This week’s video talks about the features in the new beta of Gutenberg (Gutenberg 2.0) plus lots of discussion about WordCamp Miami 2018. Update your WordPress! Always. Love WordPress news but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. First off, WordPress version 4.9.2 has recently been released and it’s a security update featuring a fix for an XSS vulnerability and 21 other bug fixes. Now […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: Is Google’s AMP bad for WordPress?

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January 17, 2018

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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, Doc talks about the AMP Letter, an easy accusing Google of anti-competitive practices. While Google AMP speeds up loading times on articles found via Google mobile searches, some developers are worried that Google is creating a walled garden. Either “opt in” to AMP or take a hit in mobile search results. What do you think? Love WordPress news but hate reading? My name is Doc and […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordPress Predictions for 2018

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January 8, 2018

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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, Doc breaks down some of the big things we can expect to see in WordPress in 2018 as well as his predictions. Love WordPress but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop! Happy New Year! 2017 was a great year for WordPress, with a few BIG Core releases and an even larger market share of sites that use it a […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: Storify Shuts Down and More

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December 18, 2017

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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. This week’s episode covers a bunch of great topics, including: Pippin’s Plugins Ends Memberships WordCamp US Videos on WordPress.TV Storify Is Shutting Down FCC Repeals Net Neutrality Love WordPress News, but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. We have a ton of news to cover this week, so let’s start with Pippin’s Plugins. For the past 6 years, Pippin Williamson has been using a […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordPress the Card Game

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December 11, 2017

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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. This week Doc talks to Jimmy Rosén, from Angry Creative, about WordPress The Card Game. The project is live now on Kickstarter and can be found here.

Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordCamp US Recap

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December 3, 2017

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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. WordCamp US has just wrapped up and it was a great event this year. We’ve been meeting so many new WordPressers and sharing our video interviews here throughout the weekend. In this week’s News Drop, Doc walks us through some of the big highlights from Matt Mullenweg’s State Of The Word Address. Love WordPress news, but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop.WordCamp US has […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: What to Expect at WordCamp US

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November 28, 2017

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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. WordCamp US is coming up soon, so this week Doc talks about the WCUS livestream, Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word address, and some of the sessions he’s excited to see. Love WordPress News but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. WordCamp US is upon us. The multi day conference is happening in my hometown, Nashville TN from December 1st to the 2nd with […]

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