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Theme checklist before submitting to the WordPress theme directory
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Continue Reading: Theme checklist before submitting to the WordPress theme directoryIf you have a theme that you’re wanting to submit to the WordPress theme directory, make sure to run through this list to make the review process quicker.
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Revisiting Gutenberg
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Continue Reading: Revisiting GutenbergLike it or not, Gutenberg is going to be the new editor for WordPress sometime in 2018. So how does it look in its current state?
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Why you should be packaging a functionality plugin with your premium theme
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Continue Reading: Why you should be packaging a functionality plugin with your premium themeIf you’re going to be selling a WordPress theme with cool features, please make sure to move those features into a functionality plugin to go with the theme. Your customers will appreciate you even more.
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Why you shouldn’t use the WordPress code editor
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Continue Reading: Why you shouldn’t use the WordPress code editorWordPress 4.9 gave a number of cool enhancements to the code editor for themes and plugins in the admin. But that doesn’t mean you should edit any PHP in the editor.
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What I learned from helping to organize WordCamp DFW
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Continue Reading: What I learned from helping to organize WordCamp DFWI spent the past several months as the PR and Social Media organizer for WordCamp DFW. Needless to say, I learned a lot being on such an amazing team putting on an incredible event.
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WordPress needs to stay JavaScript framework ‘agnostic’
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Continue Reading: WordPress needs to stay JavaScript framework ‘agnostic’WordPress currently stands at a fork in the JavaScript road. For a long time, it seemed like a formality that the core team would select ReactJS as the JavaScript framework for WordPress. After all, Automattic, the company that runs WordPress.com, started using it, and the new post editor, Gutenberg, was being built with it. But…
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Displaying threaded comments with VueJS
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Continue Reading: Displaying threaded comments with VueJSDisplaying comments in a threaded manner is challenging with the WP REST API. But here’s a simple way to do it with VueJS.
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In defense of the way Gutenberg adds oEmbeds and Shortcodes
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Continue Reading: In defense of the way Gutenberg adds oEmbeds and ShortcodesThere’s much debate about the Gutenberg editor, especially around these custom blocks which will replace oEmbeds and shortcodes. But it’s not as bad as it might seem.
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WordPress’ Gutenberg editor looks promising but needs work
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Continue Reading: WordPress’ Gutenberg editor looks promising but needs workWordPress’ eventual new post editor, Gutenberg, became available as a feature plugin two weeks ago. It certainly has it’s flaws but I think it has a lot of potential.
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Slower WordPress cycle best for moving forward
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Continue Reading: Slower WordPress cycle best for moving forwardAfter WordPress 4.7 dropped in December, Matt Mullenweg announced that he would be taking over and core wouldn’t have a strict timeline for major releases. Now as 4.8 is about to drop, is this slower development cycle worth it?