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Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordCamp US Call For Speakers
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 Europe is only a few weeks away, but we are already thinking about WordCamp US in Nashville. In this week’s video we talk about the latest news with WCEU and WCUS. WordCamp US call for speakers WordCamp Europe site Amazon Translate Love WordPress news but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. WordCamp Europe is only a couple of weeks away? Have you started […]
Doc Pop’s News Drop: Hijacked Jetpack Plugins via WordPress.com
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 we talk about hijacked WordPress.com accounts, WordPress’s 15th birthday, and more WordCamp Europe news. WordPress Milestones WordPress Jetpack infection (Wordfence.com) WordCamp Europe 2018 Love WordPress News but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. This week we’ll talk about WordPress’s 15th birthday and WordCamp Europe, but first: Did you know that even if you are self hosting your own WordPress website, it can […]
Doc Pop’s News Drop: Mass Deletion of Unused WordPress Plugins
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. There are over 9,000 plugins that have been approved, but the developers never uploaded the code. It’s believed that many of these developers submitted their plugins just for free security review or just to squat on a plugin name. So the WordPress Plugin Review Team have announced they will start deleting these “unused” plugins from the repository. This week we’ll talk about a few of those unused plugins plus we’ll have […]
Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordPress Plugins For The Gutenberg Editor
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. The Gutenberg editor isn’t officially part of WordPress core, but there are already several plugins to help add to it. This week we talk about some of those plugins and check in with our friends at WordCamp Europe for the latest news. Love WordPress News but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop! The Gutenberg editor is a new block based editor for WordPress. Though […]
Doc Pop’s News Drop: Plugin Madness 2018 Recap
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. Congrats to Smush Image Compression for winning Torque’s 2018 Plugin Madness competition! Thanks to everyone who nominated and voted this year, it was a huge success. You can read more about the results here. You can also learn more about WordCamp Europe here. Love WordPress news but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop! We’ll talk about how events like WordCamp Europe can afford to […]
Doc Pop’s News Drop: Flipping the Script on Hackers with the Coin Auth Plugin
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. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to flip the script on hackers and run cryptomining software on their computers? In this week’s video we talk about an app called Coin Auth which does just that. We also talk about WordPress version 4.9.5 and we hear some great news about WordCamp Europe. Love WordPress news, but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. This week […]
Doc Pop’s News Drop: Are Developers Responsible When a Plugin Breaks a 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. There’s a great conversation on r/Wordpress (lowercasing is their theirs) about what happens when a plugin update breaks a clients site. Is it the developers job to fix it for free or should they include a monthly maintenance fee in their contract? We also share some news on the semi-semi-final round of Plugin Madness and hear some great news about WordCamp Europe. Love WordPress news but hate reading? My name is […]
The Plugin Repository Refresh Is Live
The new Plugin Repository went live earlier this week. After several iterations, the team released the finished product earlier this week. In general, the entire repo looks cleaner, and provides more intuitive user experience. The homepage has a big search box right at the top, making it much easier to navigate. The new site features new navigation that draws attention to “Featured Plugins” and “Popular Plugins.” It even includes a new “Beta Plugins” section, where developers can test out their new product and get feedback. The plugin profiles also changed. Now, instead of toggling between tabs to see developers and reviews, just scroll down […]
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