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Tag: wordpress
Reminders why blogs remain relevant despite social media
Chris Maiorana published a post highlighting why blogs remain relevant despite social media, perhaps because of social media.
My publishing workflow for my site on desktop is convenient enough. I'd love to be able to share on mobile as conveniently. I'm just not there yet. That's probably why this quote resonates with me: This is important. I need to enjoy the workflow and publishing experience. For me, it's technical and I want to… Continue reading Still working on a more convenient publishing workflow on mobile
Build a membership site with recurring payments
We launched a new Recurring Payments feature for self-hosted WordPress.org sites (powered by Jetpack) or WordPress.com sites today. It’s an awesome new way for anyone with a paid WordPress.com plan to earn money through their sites. Our new Recurring Payments feature for WordPress.com and Jetpack-powered sites lets you do just that: it’s a monetization tool…… Continue reading Build a membership site with recurring payments
My new Twenty Twenty look
I decided to switch my site over to the new Twenty Twenty theme that will be released with WordPress 5.3 next week. I downloaded a pre-release version from the GitHub repo, and uploaded it directly. A fresh coat of Twenty Twenty I like the default themes that ship with WordPress, and the themes that our…… Continue reading My new Twenty Twenty look
Your journey into the Personal-Website-Verse
I really enjoyed reading Matthias Ott’s post titled Into the Personal-Website-Verse. It’s an essay about why it’s so important to have your own space on the Web, and why IndieWeb is a great way to get there. It’s well worth the read. There are many reasons to have your own site, at your own domain,…… Continue reading Your journey into the Personal-Website-Verse
Bookmark the Gutenberg Plugin Review
One of my colleagues, Álvaro, runs the site Gutenberg Plugin Review that’s worth bookmarking, and following, if you’re interested in the growing category of Gutenberg plugins. Update (2019-05-22): Gutenberg Times recently published a post covering almost 100 plugins for the block editor that you may find really helpful too: https://gutenbergtimes.com/plugins-for-the-new-wordpress-block-editor/ This is quite a list!…… Continue reading Bookmark the Gutenberg Plugin Review
Iterating on the future of WordPress with Gutenberg
I enjoyed Gary’s talk at the 2018 WordCamp about how Gutenberg is really just an iteration on past WordPress developments: https://youtu.be/-Yzo7erPCF0