#94 – Birgit Olzem and Jill Binder on Creating a Diverse and Sustainable WordPress Community

Transcript [00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, diversity in the WordPress community. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do that by searching for WP Tavern in your podcast player of choice. Or by going to WPTavern.com forward slash feed forward slash podcast. And you can copy that URL into most podcast players. If . . . [More]

#94 – Birgit Olzem and Jill Binder on Creating a Diverse and Sustainable WordPress Community

Transcript [00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, diversity in the WordPress community. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do that by searching for WP Tavern in your podcast player of choice. Or by going to WPTavern.com forward slash feed forward slash podcast. And you can copy that URL into most podcast players. If . . . [More]

WordPress Contributors Speed Up Twenty Twenty-Four Default Theme Performance by 40%

WordPress 6.4 will be shipping a new default theme, Twenty Twenty-Four (TT4), expected in early November. This theme is more feature-rich than previous default themes, and contributors have been working on identifying potential performance improvements that can be made ahead of the release. As a starting point, Google-sponsored Performance team contributor Felix Arntz conducted several benchmarks comparing TT4 with the TT3 block theme. These included overall Web Vitals covering both server-side (TTFB) and client-side (LCP-TTFB), along with a . . . [More]

WordPress Contributors Speed Up Twenty Twenty-Four Default Theme Performance by 40%

WordPress 6.4 will be shipping a new default theme, Twenty Twenty-Four (TT4), expected in early November. This theme is more feature-rich than previous default themes, and contributors have been working on identifying potential performance improvements that can be made ahead of the release. As a starting point, Google-sponsored Performance team contributor Felix Arntz conducted several benchmarks comparing TT4 with the TT3 block theme. These included overall Web Vitals covering both server-side (TTFB) and client-side (LCP-TTFB), along with a . . . [More]

Platform Upgrade: High-Performance Order Storage for WooCommerce

Scale better, faster. An upgrade to WooCommerce order storage. What does this mean? Will you be affected? What are the next steps? Get the full rundown!Re Posted From: Platform Upgrade: High-Performance Order Storage for WooCommerceWoo Commerce . . . [More]

Platform Upgrade: High-Performance Order Storage for WooCommerce

Scale better, faster. An upgrade to WooCommerce order storage. What does this mean? Will you be affected? What are the next steps? Get the full rundown!Re Posted From: Platform Upgrade: High-Performance Order Storage for WooCommerceWoo Commerce . . . [More]

State of the Woo 2023: WooCommerce Highlights AI-Powered Future and Continued Core Blockification

WooSesh 2023, the virtual conference for WooCommerce store builders, kicked off today with the State of the Woo address. This year’s theme is “Next Generation Commerce,” featuring advances across the e-commerce industry, as well as WooCommerce core and the wider ecosystem of tools and payment integrations. WooCommerce CEO Paul Maiorana began the presentation with a few stats on Woo’s growth in 2023: 4.4M+ live websites currently using WooCommerce (StoreLeads.app Woo usage) 33% of the top 1 million online store are powered by . . . [More]

State of the Woo 2023: WooCommerce Highlights AI-Powered Future and Continued Core Blockification

WooSesh 2023, the virtual conference for WooCommerce store builders, kicked off today with the State of the Woo address. This year’s theme is “Next Generation Commerce,” featuring advances across the e-commerce industry, as well as WooCommerce core and the wider ecosystem of tools and payment integrations. WooCommerce CEO Paul Maiorana began the presentation with a few stats on Woo’s growth in 2023: 4.4M+ live websites currently using WooCommerce (StoreLeads.app Woo usage) 33% of the top 1 million online store are powered by . . . [More]

WordPress Reverts Live Preview Button on Plugins After Developer Backlash

Last week WordPress meta contributors implemented a “Live Preview” button for plugins in the official directory, with the intention of allowing users to safely test any plugin in one click. The button went live across all of WordPress.org’s 59,000+ plugins but took plugin developers by surprise as it was pushed through without any communication or input from stakeholders. The implementation was premature and failed to take into consideration the many different types of plugins that appear to be broken due to inadequate support in the . . . [More]

WordPress Reverts Live Preview Button on Plugins After Developer Backlash

Last week WordPress meta contributors implemented a “Live Preview” button for plugins in the official directory, with the intention of allowing users to safely test any plugin in one click. The button went live across all of WordPress.org’s 59,000+ plugins but took plugin developers by surprise as it was pushed through without any communication or input from stakeholders. The implementation was premature and failed to take into consideration the many different types of plugins that appear to be broken due to inadequate support in the . . . [More]

WFSB News Coverage of New Collaboration

WFSB reported on CHR’s recently launched innovative pilot program in collaboration with Somers Fire Department Paramedics and Trinity Health New England known as the Somers Fire Department Prehospital Suboxone program. The interview featuring Somers Paramedic Cody Lemire and Brittany Liebla, DNP, APRN, CHR’s Addiction Medicine Specialist for the Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Program � who coordinated the Prehospital Suboxone pilot together � highlights the importance of this program in helping prevent overdose deaths and con . . . [More]

WFSB News Coverage of New Collaboration

WFSB reported on CHR’s recently launched innovative pilot program in collaboration with Somers Fire Department Paramedics and Trinity Health New England known as the Somers Fire Department Prehospital Suboxone program. The interview featuring Somers Paramedic Cody Lemire and Brittany Liebla, DNP, APRN, CHR’s Addiction Medicine Specialist for the Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Program � who coordinated the Prehospital Suboxone pilot together � highlights the importance of this program in helping prevent overdose deaths and con . . . [More]

Ollie Theme Now Available on WordPress.org

The free Ollie block theme, created by Mike McAlister and Patrick Posner, is now available for download on WordPress.org. A contentious review process led the team to remove the onboarding features, despite having gotten the green light from WordPress’ leadership who advocated for moving forward with the experiment. The version of Ollie available on WordPress.org is simply the theme without the guided onboarding experience that reduces the amount of time it takes to get through the first 30-40 minutes of setting up the theme. McAli . . . [More]

Ollie Theme Now Available on WordPress.org

The free Ollie block theme, created by Mike McAlister and Patrick Posner, is now available for download on WordPress.org. A contentious review process led the team to remove the onboarding features, despite having gotten the green light from WordPress’ leadership who advocated for moving forward with the experiment. The version of Ollie available on WordPress.org is simply the theme without the guided onboarding experience that reduces the amount of time it takes to get through the first 30-40 minutes of setting up the theme. McAli . . . [More]

Why NASA Chose WordPress for Revamping Its Flagship Website

NASA has removed the beta label from the new nasa.gov website, which was launched on WordPress, replacing Drupal as the CMS. After a lengthy process, which required 18 months of active web development, data migration, and content building, NASA has emerged with modernized flagship and science websites, showcasing the innovation and discoveries that have defined the agency for more than 65 years. The multi-million dollar project began a few years ago when a combination of the IDEA Act and Drupal 7 EOL provided an opportunity for NASA to recon . . . [More]

Why NASA Chose WordPress for Revamping Its Flagship Website

NASA has removed the beta label from the new nasa.gov website, which was launched on WordPress, replacing Drupal as the CMS. After a lengthy process, which required 18 months of active web development, data migration, and content building, NASA has emerged with modernized flagship and science websites, showcasing the innovation and discoveries that have defined the agency for more than 65 years. The multi-million dollar project began a few years ago when a combination of the IDEA Act and Drupal 7 EOL provided an opportunity for NASA to recon . . . [More]

Advocating for Improved Access to Care

Heather Gates, President and CEO of CHR and 2nd Vice Chair of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, joined advocates from across the country this week for the Alignment for Progress Conference and the Kennedy Forum’s 10th Anniversary Celebration and Awards Ceremony. Held at the Kennedy Library in Boston, the event was designed to elevate the national conversation on providing equitable and accessible behavioral healthcare services for all Americans. Speakers included Amy and Patrick Kennedy, Rebecca O’Bagley, President and CEO of the K . . . [More]

Advocating for Improved Access to Care

Heather Gates, President and CEO of CHR and 2nd Vice Chair of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, joined advocates from across the country this week for the Alignment for Progress Conference and the Kennedy Forum’s 10th Anniversary Celebration and Awards Ceremony. Held at the Kennedy Library in Boston, the event was designed to elevate the national conversation on providing equitable and accessible behavioral healthcare services for all Americans. Speakers included Amy and Patrick Kennedy, Rebecca O’Bagley, President and CEO of the K . . . [More]

WordPress 6.4 Font Library Feature Punted to 6.5 Release

The WordPress 6.4 release squad has decided to punt the planned Font Library feature to 6.5 after core maintainers found major gaps in the Font APIs that cannot be resolved in time for the upcoming release. “I am currently reviewing the font APIs PR,” WordPress REST API co-maintainer Jonny Harris said. “I must say, I am very worried about the PR in its current state. The code simply doesn’t follow the WP core code style and doesn’t feel WordPress.” He listed a number of problems he found with the feature: Limited developer A . . . [More]

WordPress 6.4 Font Library Feature Punted to 6.5 Release

The WordPress 6.4 release squad has decided to punt the planned Font Library feature to 6.5 after core maintainers found major gaps in the Font APIs that cannot be resolved in time for the upcoming release. “I am currently reviewing the font APIs PR,” WordPress REST API co-maintainer Jonny Harris said. “I must say, I am very worried about the PR in its current state. The code simply doesn’t follow the WP core code style and doesn’t feel WordPress.” He listed a number of problems he found with the feature: Limited developer A . . . [More]