With all the talk about Phase 2 of the Gutenberg Project (aka Full Site Editing) there hasn’t been enough talk about widgets. For what seems like an eternity, the widget screen has not change one iota. It has a reliable drag and drop UI where a widget (basically micro content) can be placed into set areas on a web page. No doubt, you’re familiar with this. But all of that is about to change. The widget screen is about to become “Gutenized.” Out with the old widgets and in with Gutenblocks. It will look something like this: As of this […]
Torque News Drop: Plugin Madness Nominations Now Open
The Torque News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. In this episode of the Torque News Drop, Doc and Emily talk about Plugin Madness. Nominations are now open for Plugin Madness, so be sure to support your favorite WordPress plugin developers now. Nominations close next week, then voting begins on March 15th.
Torque News Drop: When will it be safe to host WordPress meetups again?
The Torque News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. In this episode of the Torque News Drop, Doc talks with Angela Jin about her recent post “Proposal: Decision making checklist for safe, in-person meetups”. Angela is a community builder and a member of the WordPress community team. We also talk about LearnWP and the community team’s efforts to increase diversity in the WordPress space. Diverse Speaker Training Working Group Update to the proposal on returning to in person meetups Learn WordPress and how to contribute
Torque News Drop: YOAST Duplicate Post
The Torque News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. In this week’s episode we talk about further delays to WordCamp Asia 2021 and YOAST’s acquisition of the Duplicate Post plugin. Love WordPress News but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is the Torque News Drop. Let’s start off with some bummer news… WordCamp Asia has been postponed again. The first ever WordCamp Asia was originally scheduled in February of this year, but then the pandemic hit and it became the first of many WordPress meetups to get cancelled. The team had been stating […]
Torque News Drop: WordCamp Europe Highlights and Upcoming Gutenberg Features
The Torque News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. In this week’s News Drop we cover some of the highlights from WordCamp Europe 2002. We also share some updates about WordPress 5.5 and 5.6. Watch Matt and Mattias’s WordCamp Europe talk here. Love WordPress news but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is the Torque News Drop. In just a few shorts months, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything. Many lives have been affected, goverments are reacting as best they can and small businesses are having to re-invent themselves overnight. So it’s no […]
Torque News Drop: What Coronavirus Plugins Are Available for WordPress?
The Torque News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. In this week’s News Drop, Doc reviews some of the Coronavirus plugins available for WordPress. Watch the full episode here. Love WordPress news but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is the Torque News Drop. In just a few shorts months, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything. Many lives have been affected, goverments are reacting as best they can and small businesses are having to re-invent themselves overnight. So it’s no wonder then that developers have started releasing COVID-19 related plugins to add functionality […]
Torque News Drop: What is Next For Elementor?
The Torque News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. After winning our Plugin Madness competition for a second year in a row, we reached out to Ben Pines from Elementor about what to expect from the company in 2020.
3 Hidden Gems Of Gutenberg
You could make the case that much (maybe too much) of Gutenberg’s user interface is hidden or not exactly in the direct line of sight. Gutenberg has a “need-to-know” characteristic in that since it is so contextual, UI only appears when it is necessary. Streamlining is quite mandatory in a complex editing environment. Not every option can – or needs to be – exposed to the user at all times. Unfortunately, important features can go “missing” to all but power users. Here are three features of Gutenberg you might not be aware of that can help you use the block […]
Torque News Drop: The Global Lead Of WordCamp Asia 2020
The Torque News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. In this week’s News Drop video we chat with Naoko Takano, the global lead organizer of WordCamp Asia and a globalizer at Automattic, about the recent cancellation of the inaugural WordCamp Asia event.
Torque News Drop: The Contract for the Web
The Torque News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. In this episode of the Torque News Drop, we talk about The Contract For The Web‘s nine principles. We also talk about diversity at WordCamp Europe and Freemius’s new WordPress video series. Love WordPress news, but hate reading, my name is Doc and this is the Torque News Drop Today we’ll talk about diversity at WCEU and a new video project by the Freemius team, but first lets talk about the state of the web. The World Wide Web turned 30 this year and it’s creator, […]
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