Editor’s Note: This article was last updated February 14, 2024 with the most recent version of Gutenberg (17.7). When WordPress 5.0 was released in late 2018, it came with a brand-spankin’-new block editor known as Gutenberg. In contrast to the Classic Editor, which was far more reliant on manual code, the block editor offers a modular approach to page and post editing making each piece of content in the editor—from a paragraph to an image gallery to a headline— its own editing block. WordPress presents a larger barrier to entry for some, and the Gutenberg Editor was created to make […]
Press This: Real-time Collaboration in WordPress with Multicollab
Explore real-time collaborative editing in WordPress with the Multicollab plugin. In this episode of Press This, Doc Pop and Anil Gupta discuss the development of the Multicollab plugin, its challenges in mimicking a Google Docs-style editor, and its future in light of WordPress core’s phase 3 Gutenberg project. Delve into the plugin’s compatibility, its evolving roadmap, and its enduring potential as we discuss the exciting future of collaboration in the WordPress ecosystem.
Envisioning the Future of WordPress: State of the Word 2023
WordPress Co-Founder Matt Mullenweg delivered his 2023 State of the Word from Madrid, Spain on Monday, marking the first-ever international delivery of his annual keynote address. Streamed worldwide, the event offered a comprehensive view of WordPress’s 2023 milestones and accomplishments, as well as the exciting prospects awaiting WordPress users in 2024. Some of the biggest takeaways from this year’s presentation included significant progress with regard to collaborative editing features in upcoming versions of WordPress, performance enhancements for faster site-building experiences, and the announcement of Portland, Oregon as the host city for WordCamp US for the next two years. Check out […]
Press This: Word Around The Campfire December 2023
Welcome to a special “Word Around the Campfire” edition of the Press This podcast. This month we talk with Jeff Chandler, a Marketing Generalist at StellarWP, and Mike Davey, the Senior Editor of Delicious Brains. We talk about what is new in WordPress 6.4, the cURL issue that led to the 6.4.1 release, shake ups at Tumblr, and Sarah Gooding’s exit from WPTavern.
HTTP/3 and WordPress: Understanding and Using HTTP/3
Are you ready to learn more about the new Internet protocol HTTP/3 and WordPress? Good, because that is exactly what we will talk about in this article. The new standard HTTP protocol will bring some changes and innovations to how data is transmitted online. Therefore, its widespread adaption will have consequences for everything connected to the Internet, including websites built with WordPress. To prepare you for the coming of HTTP/3, we will talk about what exactly it is, how it come to be, what is new and different about it, and HTTP/3’s benefits and downsides. After that, we examine how […]
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