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.
Doc Pop’s News Drop: #HeadToWCEU
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 week’s episode of News Drop we talk with Carole Olinger from WPandUp.org about mental health, WordPress, and #HeadToWCEU
Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordPress 5.2.3 Security Release
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 week’s News Drop we talk with Mikey Veenstra, a threat analyst at Wordfence, about cross site scripting attacks and the release of WordPress version 5.2.3. For more details about threats discussed on this episode, check out Wordfence’s full breakdown.
Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordCamp US, Asia, and Central America
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 week’s News Drop, we talk about a few of the workshops at WordCamp US plus details of the first ever KidsCamp at WCUS. Love WordPress News but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. There’s only a couple of months before WordCamp US happens this year in St. Louis. This year will be the first year that WCUS adds Workshops to their […]
Doc Pop’s News Drop: Can AI Make Commenters More Compassionate?
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. Ian Dunn has created a new WordPress plugin that uses neural networks to help identify “toxic” comments. If a comment scores poorly, a message will pop-up suggesting that the comment’s author consider changing their wording to be less toxic. You can download and install the Compassionate Comments plugin from the repository here.
Doc Pop’s News Drop: The Gutenberg Accessibility Audit
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 week’s News Drop video we talk with Rachel Cherry, the director of WPCampus, about the results of the Gutenberg Accessibility audit. Registration is open for WPCampus 2019 on July 25-27 in Portland.
Doc Pop’s News Drop: 5 Ways You Are Breaking Accessibility On Your Site
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 video, we talk about 5 ways you may accidentally be breaking your site for some users. Love WordPress news, but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. The web is a great resource for billions of users all around the world. It provides access to information, connects communities, and empowers people like me to feel a little more comfortable when […]
New Accessibility Guidelines Mean A More Inclusive WordPress
The WordPress Accessibility Team announced this week that all new and updated code in core and bundled themes must adhere to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (or WCAG) version 2 standards at the AA level of accessibility. Created by the World Wide Web Consortium, WCAG aims to ensure that the Internet remains accessible to users with disabilities. Until now, WordPress was on Level A, the most basic standard. AA is used as the legal standard worldwide. Accessibility has been a conversation in the community for awhile. WordCamp US 2015 was fully accessible for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. The conference provided captions on all presentations, […]
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