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WordPress Updates

WordPress’ New Block Editor: How to Inform Your Clients

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April 8, 2019

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WordPress 5.0 is now live, which means the new block-based editor is now a fully-fledged part of WordPress’ core. As such, if you’ve not yet spoken with your clients about this update and its likely impact, you’re already late to the party. This means time is of the essence. Fortunately, there’s not too much information your clients will need to know. In fact, the process of getting them up to speed should be quite simple, especially if you take the time to help your clients test the new editor along with their plugins and themes, before updating their live sites. […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordCamp US Recap

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December 3, 2017

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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 US has just wrapped up and it was a great event this year. We’ve been meeting so many new WordPressers and sharing our video interviews here throughout the weekend. In this week’s News Drop, Doc walks us through some of the big highlights from Matt Mullenweg’s State Of The Word Address. Love WordPress news, but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop.WordCamp US has […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: What to Expect at WordCamp US

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November 28, 2017

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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 US is coming up soon, so this week Doc talks about the WCUS livestream, Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word address, and some of the sessions he’s excited to see. Love WordPress News but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. WordCamp US is upon us. The multi day conference is happening in my hometown, Nashville TN from December 1st to the 2nd with […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordPress 4.9 Early Review and Features

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November 20, 2017

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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. WordPress 4.9 is out now and it’s filled with new features. Codenamed Tipton, this release features major changes to the Customizer, new widget features, and syntax highlighting in the HTML and CSS editors. This week, Doc walks us through the new features and provides an early review. Love WordPress News but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. WordPress 4.9 was released this week. Nicknamed […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: The revised Gutenberg roadmap

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September 18, 2017

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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. WordPress 5.0 and the Gutenberg Editor are still coming, just a little later than we may have originally hoped. In this week’s video, we talk about the revised suggested roadmap for Gutenberg, WordPress 4.9, and other future releases. One quick note, shortly after we edited this video, Matt Mullenweg shared this post about the Gutenberg team’s decision to move away from React and use a different library, which Matt states will […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: Should WordPress auto-update older versions?

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September 11, 2017

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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. In this week’s News Drop we talk about a recent discussion on the WordPress Slack channel about auto-updating sites using versions 3.7-4.0. Love WordPress news but hate reading? This is Doc Pop’s News Drop. If we could theoretically update out of date and at-risk WordPress sites to newer and safer versions, without necassarily getting the consent of the site’s current owner, should we? That’s the question Aaron Jorbin asked recently on […]

Important Updates for Plugin Developers in WordPress 3.9

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April 15, 2014

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The WordPress update ready to drop this week will lack the flair and pomp that accompanies some of the more extensive updates. It will mostly feature a few UI enhancements in the Post Editor, a better theme preview, and a few stability and security improvements. But, if you’re a plugin developer, there are a couple of things to pay attention to in the update. Consider this a heads up. PHP’s MySQL Functions Deprecated As of PHP 5.5 the MySQL extension is officially deprecated, which means it will no longer be supported in WordPress. Instead, WordPress will be switching to the […]

How WordPress 3.9 Will Look and Function

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April 9, 2014

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WordPress 3.8—code name Parker— was released on December 12 of last year, and surprised many as it introduced a more sophisticated back end UI with updated typography. Overall, the update was a success, and the new, customizable UI was a hit. The newest iteration, WordPress 3.9, has been officially announced to be released on April 16 2014. Although 3.9 isn’t set to usher in any drastic changes like its predecessor, it does introduce a fair amount of new features that are likely to be well-received by the WordPress community. Let’s take a quick look at exactly what the new version entails. Theme […]

WP Remote Rolled Out Even More Changes This Week

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November 22, 2013

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WP Remote provides a great resource for those who have multiple WordPress sites to maintain. Created in 2010, this evolving web app allows users to monitor and update all of their WordPress sites in one place, saving time and effort for those who manage sites for clients. Since announcing “The New WP Remote” on October 4—which marked the launch of their new premium features, a redesign, and the public release of their powerful API—the folks behind the scenes at WP Remote have been working hard to deliver even more improvements to the interface, all rolled out in the past week. […]

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