Block Art, MindMap block, Slotfills, Patterns and more – Weekend Edition #236

Howdy, I am so excited about next week! Finally, there will be another Six-a-side Festival at the Sarasota International Cricket Club. I’ll be there Saturday and Sunday. I am excited to see all the friends again, most I haven’t seen in three years. If you are in the area, come on by. It’s a lot … Read more

Typography for all blocks, Refined Template editing, context patterns – Weekend Edition 227

Howdy, I am finally home in Sarasota, Florida with just enough time to do laundry, get over the jetlag and clear the backlog of messages after being away from the computer for three weeks. Next week, I’ll be gone again to San Diego and WordCamp US (WCUS). I am so excited to see lots of … Read more

WordCamp US, What’s new in WordPress 6.1, Style Variations and The Future of Themes – Weekend Edition 228

Howdy, Greeting from San Diego and WordCamp US Contributor Day! The last four days were filled with catching up with friends, conversations about new cool developments, themes and contributing to WordPress. But the time didn’t stay still, and there is so much more happening around WordPress Planetand WordPress. This is a video heavy edition with … Read more

Gutenberg 14.1, Classic themes using Block Template parts, and Future of contributing to WordPress – Weekend Edition 229

Howdy, Recovering from WordCamp US has had its challenges for me. I am exhausted from the traveling, from talking to almost 100 people in person, from learning tons in talks and then from catching up with family and work afterwards. It was all worth it, of course. It was exhilarating to meet so many friends … Read more

Accessibility-ready Block Themes, Image AI for WordPress, WordPress 6.1 Beta – Weekend Edition 230

Howdy, And so it begins. The first Beta release for WordPress 6.1 is out. The test team compiled an excellent call for testing with all the instructions on the features coming to a WordPress instance near you. Following it, would be a high-impact way to contribute to the open-source project, if you are searching for … Read more

Content-only editing for patterns, Learn to use Data Layer in WordPress and more – Weekend Edition 231

Howdy, Thank you for the check-ins after Hurricane Ian aimed for Southwest Florida, and made landfall on Wednesday. Some areas of Florida experienced major destruction, via the storm surge and flash floods. My husband and I were lucky. We have no damage to our house, and we were only without power and internet for 28 … Read more

Style Variations in Theme Directory (Beta), first Devnotes for WordPress 6.1, eCommerce blocks by EDD and Woo – Weekend Edition #232

Howdy, Next week is release week, with Release Candidate 1 (RC1) for WordPress 6.1 scheduled for Tuesday, and WordPress Planet14.3 stable scheduled for Wednesday. RC1 is the time when developers also published their Dev Notes for the Fieldguide, that covers all the changes, fixes, and features coming to a WordPress instance near you soon. Final … Read more

Extending Query Blocks, 160 Block Themes, new tickets for WordCamp Asia, WordPress 6.1 RC 1 and so much more – Weekend Edition 233

Howdy, You probably heard that WordPress 6.1 Release candidate was released. I am so excited about this ginormous release. Take a look at the WordPress 6.1 Fieldguide! There are a ton of posts for developers to check out, be it about performance, accessibility, REST API, database or the block editor. Now it is definitely the … Read more

Interactive Fiction tool, Introduction course for Block Development, WP Awards, Gutenberg 14.4 and so much more – Weekend Edition #234

Howdy, Did you miss your weekly WordPress Planetfix? I had some great days off, no traveling, no projects, just my books, my house and hanging out with my husband. It was nice and quiet for a chance. So, well rested, I am here to accompany you into the last week of the WordPress 6.1 release … Read more

Layout Styles, Query Loop, Site Editor and WordPress 6.1- Weekend Edition #235

Howdy, Today, you find additional information about contributors, known issues and new features of WordPress 6.1 below. Furthermore, plenty of educational posts, videos and first-person explorations into Block Themes. The team around Learn.WordPress scheduled a heap of awesome events on Meetup and a new free course. Find also new plugins, themes and so much more. … Read more