The power of WordPress is undeniable. What started as a blogging platform is now used to create stunning, enterprise level websites. Using the hundreds of thousands of plugins and themes available, a site creator can make any vision come to life. WP Engine in collaboration with the Webby’s looked to highlight some of the most beautiful and well-made sites on WordPress in the second annual Crafted with Code. The project aims to look at the stories and people behind the websites. The New York Review of Books The New York Review of Books is an incredibly well renowned book review […]
Press This Podcast: April 2021 Word Around the Campfire
Welcome to Press This, the WordPress community podcast from WMR. Here host David Vogelpohl sits down with guests from around the community to talk about the biggest issues facing WordPress developers. The following is a transcription of the original recording. David Vogelpohl: Hello everyone and welcome to Press This the WordPress community podcasts on WMR. This is your host, David Vogelpohl, I support the WordPress community through my role at WP Engine, and I love to bring the best of the community to you hear every week on press this as a reminder, you can find me on Twitter @wpdavidv, […]
First Look: The Future Of WordPress Widgets
With all the talk about Phase 2 of the Gutenberg Project (aka Full Site Editing) there hasn’t been enough talk about widgets. For what seems like an eternity, the widget screen has not change one iota. It has a reliable drag and drop UI where a widget (basically micro content) can be placed into set areas on a web page. No doubt, you’re familiar with this. But all of that is about to change. The widget screen is about to become “Gutenized.” Out with the old widgets and in with Gutenblocks. It will look something like this: As of this […]
Press This Podcast: The Rise of Headless WordPress with Jason Bahl Creator of WPGraphQL
Welcome to Press This, the WordPress community podcast from WMR. Here host David Vogelpohl sits down with guests from around the community to talk about the biggest issues facing WordPress developers. The following is a transcription of the original recording. David Vogelpohl: Hello everyone and welcome to Press This the WordPress community podcasts on WMR. This is your host, David Vogelpohl, I support the WordPress community through my role at WP Engine, and I love to bring the best of the community to you hear every week on press this as a reminder, you can find me on Twitter @wpdavidv, […]
Headless WordPress Use Cases: Who Should Use It and for What?
Headless WordPress: If you haven’t heard of it yet, you will soon. The new and unique way of utilizing the ever-adaptive CMS is exploding in popularity, with a growing list of examples in the wild. You may be tempted to jump right on the bandwagon. However, the use cases for headless WordPress are not unlimited. So what is headless WordPress, and what about it has the WordPress community so interested? In short, WordPress is based on PHP and a bit of Javascript, which you were stuck with in the past. Its back end and front end are connected, and for […]

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