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.
Genesis is one of the most popular WordPress frameworks. However, it previously lacked certain features that were important to developers, such as a way to edit footer credits and demo content with one click. Now, Genesis 3.1 is here. With it comes a handful of useful updates and features to enhance the WordPress site-building experience for its users. From one-click starter packs to a Block Editor sidebar, the latest version of Genesis was designed to meet the needs of today’s developers. In this article, we’ll take a look at the latest updates to and features of the Genesis 3.1 framework. […]
Automattic just closed a Series D funding round of $3 million from one investor, Salesforce Ventures. According to Automattic founder, Matt Mullenweg, this investment will allow the company to stay the course and honor the current roadmap. For Automattic, the funding will allow us to accelerate our roadmap (perhaps by double) and scale up our existing products—including WordPress.com, WordPress VIP, WooCommerce, Jetpack, and (in a few days when it closes) Tumblr. It will also allow us to increase investing our time and energy into the future of the open source WordPress and Gutenberg. More than anything, the funding is a huge endorsement of open source and the WordPress […]
The rollout of WordPress 5.0 and the Block Editor introduced a new way to build content. However, this editor is very streamlined, and may not offer all the features you need. Fortunately, plenty of helpful block plugins have already been created to expand the new editor’s capabilities. These extensions provide additional options for creating and designing content in a more versatile way. In this post, we’ll explore eight of the best block extension plugins for WordPress. Let’s get started! Why You Might Need a Block Extension Plugin The Gutenberg Editor offers many advantages over its predecessor, the Classic Editor. For […]
There’s something exciting about new WordPress releases. The updates help to keep your site’s security in check, they come with cool new features and some of them promise to not only improve the back end of your site but your visitors’ experiences as well. Just click on the “update” button and wait for the magic to happen. That’s how it’s supposed to go, right? Well, that’s not always the case. If you’ve had the horror of watching your site taken out by an update, you might still be traumatized from the whole ordeal. And if you haven’t, then count yourself […]
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