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In this episode of WP Builds, I discuss recent developments in WordPress with guests Birgit Pauli-Haack and Anne McCarthy. They cover several significant updates, including collaborative editing features, phase three of the Gutenberg project, data views, style books, and the evolving WordPress Playground. The conversation highlights the practical applications and future implications of these features for developers and users. Birgit and Anne provide insights into ongoing and upcoming enhancements, aiming to make WordPress more versatile and user-friendly, especially for content creation and collaboration.

In this episode, Birgit Pauli-Haack and Anne McCarthy discuss Gutenberg 19.6 and 19.7, Developer Hours, Playground, and Collaborative Editing Show Notes / Transcript Show Notes Announcements Community Contributions WordPress 6.7 and 6.7.1 Gutenberg plugin releases What’s discussed and in the works Transcript Birgit Pauli-Haack: Hello, and welcome to our 111th episode of the Gutenberg Changelog…

Use Code: WPMINUTE20 20% off (or 4 months free) on Startup, Professional, Growth, or Scale plans.In this extended episode of WP Minute+, I sat down with Mark Szymanski for an in-depth discussion about the current state of WordPress, its philosophy, and the recent developments in the WordPress community.We explored the complexities of WordPress as both an open-source project and a commercial entity, touching on recent initiatives to engage with content creators and the challenges of maintaining WordPress's core mission.Our conversation was sparked by recent meetings with WordPress core contributors and Automattic employees, including Anne McCarthy's initiative to unite WordPress YouTubers. Exploring the fundamental philosophy of WordPress, discussing its primary focus on being a publishing platform rather than just a website builder.I shared my perspective on the importance of WordPress as a tool for democratizing publishing, emphasizing its role in enabling anyone to share their thoughts and ideas online. We also discussed the challenges of balancing this mission with the needs of professional developers and agencies.Throughout our discussion, we touched on several controversial topics, including the recent appointment of a head of WordPress YouTube and the potential conflicts of interest that arise in the WordPress ecosystem. We also explored the challenges of maintaining transparency and fairness in decision-making within the WordPress project.Key Takeaways for WordPress Professionals:WordPress's core philosophy remains focused on democratizing publishing, which may not align with all professional developers' expectations.There's a growing initiative to engage with content creators to help promote and explain WordPress.The relationship between WordPress.org and WordPress.com continues to be a source of confusion and debate.The WordPress project faces challenges in attracting younger users and developers.Open-source projects like WordPress often struggle with balancing community input and centralized decision-making.Content creators play a crucial role in shaping perceptions of WordPress and its future.The WordPress ecosystem continues to evolve, with new roles and initiatives emerging to address current challenges.Important URLs mentioned:Recording of the YouTube meeting with Anne McCarthywordpress.org/about/philosophythewpminute.com/subscribemjs.bioChapter Titles with Timestamps:[00:00:00] Introduction and Recent WordPress Initiatives[00:15:00] WordPress Philosophy and Core Mission[00:30:00] The Challenges of WordPress's Dual Nature[00:45:00] Content Creation and WordPress's Future[01:00:00] The Role of Automattic in WordPress's Development[01:15:00] Community Engagement and Decision-Making in WordPress[01:30:00] Reflecting on WordPress's Path Forward[01:45:00] Closing Thoughts and Contact Information ★ Support this podcast ★

I wonder if people are generally upset that Mullenweg has control of “WordPress” or that he has control over a large chunk of the “open web.” Placing his irresponsible reactions aside for a moment, I think we should abstract why we might feel the way we do.The fight “for WordPress” is futile.It's a distraction really. One must stop vying for shared control over the decision making, the features, and the direction. You either choose to participate and leave your mark in the direction it's being lead (contributing, debating, communicating, etc), or just simply observe.There is no clawing away ownership.What would you do if you had shared control? What would we all do? Vote in Github for every single feature? “Hey you got a few minutes to hop on a Zoom call?” How long would that process take? Who gets to vote in the process? If you serve clients now, you already know how painful design by committee is — is that what thousands of people would do in order to choose the next default theme?The point I'm making is: I've yet to hear a real solution to the perceived problem, just complaints that we're not in control and it's mostly an Automattic driven project.I've worked too many jobs where “the company gets to decide the direction.” And guess what happens? No one does, because they don't want to challenge the boss, rather have a stable paycheck, and just want to move on with their lives. Which might be happening at Automattic, but certainly would be the case if leadership ceded control to “us.”A great product needs a single leader to set the vision and guide the organization. If not Matt Mullenweg, who? Anne McCarthy? Rich Tabor? Matias?Fact of the matter is, you can still enjoy everything WordPress has to give you regardless of who holds the reigns: 4 freedoms, a career, an open source app to publish with, and a community to share in all of that.It's too challenging, near impossible, to make any large changes to the overall direction of WordPress if we the people had control. In other words, the community most likely won't have their “Gutenberg” moment. We can, certainly try to influence others to be the change, and that's our best approach. Facing Goliath head-on isn't the smart play. Influencing others around the community is.We need to be more open and communicative to the core contributors and decision makers throughout the project. Support them, provide great feedback loops — have some empathy. Being a keyboard warrior around every design decision you don't agree with doesn't help anyone.So why aren't more people up in arms about this leadership thing? It's the lack of demand.The demand is there to improve WordPress, and that's what is happening regardless of how you feel about its current iteration or Mullenweg as a leader. Even with all of the flagrant fouls he's tossed around, he remains in control of WordPress and that's that. I'm not saying any of these issues are okay — but that it hasn't rippled throughout the community enough to cause more people to stand up, and walk out. GoDaddy could always start their own WordPress.It's a bitter taste, I get it.I see WordPress as a critical link in the open web's infrastructure. As much as I enjoy being a critic on the product side of WordPress, I'm much more interested in its survival for the open web's sake.WordPress is getting better, its existence encourages a more open web and decentralized approach for publishers. It's the best tool with mass appeal to compete with closed source systems. And I generally believe that Mullenweg wants an open web, which is great in the longterm for all of us.As DHH put it, open source is neither a community nor a democracy. People show up to do the work, for the benefit of us all. And I say: Reap those benefits! Be a good steward of WordPress, help it thrive — we all continue to gain net positive.We're moving in the direction of a more clear business model for Automattic over the next few years: WordPress.com vs self-hosted WordPress w/ Jetpack, full stop. There is no turning back on gaining community control. In fact, I do think we'll start to see Mullenweg place key Automatticians into critical product roles to allow himself to scale his burgeoning organization.Strap in, because the next 5 years are going to be interesting. And hey, it could be worse, imagine if Salesforce owned WordPress. ★ Support this podcast ★

In this episode of I Need to See That, we talk with our friend Anne McCarthy (annemccarthy.me) to talk her experiences at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Also: Furiosa! Visit us at ineedtoseethat.com or email us at ineedtoseethatpod@gmail.com.

In the latest episode of The WordPress Way, host Abha and guests Anne McCarthy and Bud Kraus deep-dive into the details of the recent WordPress 6.5 release. They discuss the new font library feature, enhancements in revisions, plugin dependencies, and the significance of data views plus a lot more

In this podcast episode, Michelle Frechette and Anne McCarthy discuss the development of a mentorship program and an empowerment grant aimed at supporting the LGBTQ+ community in the WordPress ecosystem. They highlight the need for a safe and inclusive environment, address financial barriers, and consider privacy for those not ready to come out. The episode covers the importance of genuine community support, the mentorship program's timeline, and expectations for engagement. They urge underrepresented groups to apply, offer information on the LGBTQ press website, and invite feedback to improve the initiative. The conversation underscores the value of lived experiences and the commitment to financially empower individuals within the WordPress community.Top Takeaways:Queeromattic Mentorship Program: Anne McCarthy discusses the launch of the Queeromattic Mentorship Program, aimed at supporting individuals in the queer community within the WordPress ecosystem.Financial Support for Queer Individuals: The program involves financial support for selected mentees, allowing them to focus on contributing to WordPress without financial constraints.Collaboration with Mentorship Programs: The mentorship program collaborates with existing mentorship initiatives, leveraging their expertise and guidance in the selection and support of mentees.Application Deadline: Interested individuals are encouraged to apply for the mentorship program, with a deadline set for February 7th, offering a six-week duration from February 19th to March 29th.Feedback and Collaboration: Anne invites feedback, collaboration, and ideas from the community to ensure the program evolves to address the needs and challenges faced by queer individuals in the WordPress space.Mentioned In The Show:LGBTQ PressAutomattician Resource GroupsMake WordPress CommunityBlack PressAutomatticQueeromatticUnderrepresented in TechOut In TechLesbians Who Tech

Anne McCarthy and Bud Kraus join Abha for a chat about the earlier release of WordPress 6.4 filled with insights and experiences from all.

Anne McCarthy and Bud Kraus join Abha for a chat about the earlier release of WordPress 6.4 filled with insights and experiences from all.

Síguenos en: ¿Qué tal la semana? Semana esther Problemas conectividad Cecabank y servidor Siteground Nueva oleada de malware “Robo” tarjeta empresa Primera disputa Paypal/Stripe Osom Semana Nahuai Opción de crear un enlace de pago en Stripe para que el cliente pague con PayPal. Volviéndome loco para detectar qué hacía que el backend de una web pusiera al 100% la CPU y para crear una cuenta de podcast de Apple (malditos lunes!!). Al final tuve que publicarlo en la misma cuenta donde di de alta Freelandev. ????????‍♂️ Presentación del proyecto de Green Web Foundation y lanzamiento de la web de Sustain WP con sus dos primeros episodios. Follow-up, usando el filtro render_block_data para hacer la web de Sustain WP más sostenible. ???????? Reflexión, buscando el equilibrio entre crear bloques para campos personalizados, shortcodes y plantillas. Reunión de Slack del equipo de sostenibilidad donde tuvimos que tomar la difícil decisión de proponer que se repita la votación, ya que le herramienta usada (poll.fm) era muy inconsistente y muchos votos se quedaban sin contabilizar. Contenido Nahuai 2 nuevos tutoriales en Código Genesis de los cuales destaca: Tema de la semana: Hallway hangout donde se habló del onboarding de temas con Mike McAlister, Rich Tabor, Justin Tadlock, Anne McCarthy, Ellen Bauer… hablando de full-page y cómo presentarlos. Usar WordPress Playground para demos o crear blueprints. Actualizar la página de temas para que sean al menos igual de interesantes que la de plugins. Permitir vídeos. https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2023/10/11/revitalizing-the-wordpress-showcase/ https://make.wordpress.org/design/2023/01/16/a-refresh-of-wordpress-org-themes/ https://make.wordpress.org/core/2016/11/30/starter-content-for-themes-in-4-7/ Rich comentó que hay un bloque de formulario en proceso en Gutenberg. Mike comentó que se podría mejorar la creación y gestión de patrones. Anne comentó que WordPress 6.4 vendrá con la opción importar/exportar patrones. Ellen también sugirió poder gestionar estilos de bloques para poder usarlos en distintos temas. También se habló de cómo mejorar el directorio de patrones para que esté vinculado con los temas. https://richtabor.com/colorways/ Pero no hablamos del onboarding para temas que es para lo que fui. ???? Novedades https://wptavern.com/wordpress-contributors-speed-up-twenty-twenty-four-default-theme-performance-by-40

Síguenos en: ¿Qué tal la semana? Semana esther Problemas conectividad Cecabank y servidor Siteground Nueva oleada de malware “Robo” tarjeta empresa Primera disputa Paypal/Stripe Osom Semana Nahuai Opción de crear un enlace de pago en Stripe para que el cliente pague con PayPal. Volviéndome loco para detectar qué hacía que el backend de una web pusiera al 100% la CPU y para crear una cuenta de podcast de Apple (malditos lunes!!). Al final tuve que publicarlo en la misma cuenta donde di de alta Freelandev. ????????‍♂️ Presentación del proyecto de Green Web Foundation y lanzamiento de la web de Sustain WP con sus dos primeros episodios. Follow-up, usando el filtro render_block_data para hacer la web de Sustain WP más sostenible. ???????? Reflexión, buscando el equilibrio entre crear bloques para campos personalizados, shortcodes y plantillas. Reunión de Slack del equipo de sostenibilidad donde tuvimos que tomar la difícil decisión de proponer que se repita la votación, ya que le herramienta usada (poll.fm) era muy inconsistente y muchos votos se quedaban sin contabilizar. Contenido Nahuai 2 nuevos tutoriales en Código Genesis de los cuales destaca: Tema de la semana: Hallway hangout donde se habló del onboarding de temas con Mike McAlister, Rich Tabor, Justin Tadlock, Anne McCarthy, Ellen Bauer… hablando de full-page y cómo presentarlos. Usar WordPress Playground para demos o crear blueprints. Actualizar la página de temas para que sean al menos igual de interesantes que la de plugins. Permitir vídeos. https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2023/10/11/revitalizing-the-wordpress-showcase/ https://make.wordpress.org/design/2023/01/16/a-refresh-of-wordpress-org-themes/ https://make.wordpress.org/core/2016/11/30/starter-content-for-themes-in-4-7/ Rich comentó que hay un bloque de formulario en proceso en Gutenberg. Mike comentó que se podría mejorar la creación y gestión de patrones. Anne comentó que WordPress 6.4 vendrá con la opción importar/exportar patrones. Ellen también sugirió poder gestionar estilos de bloques para poder usarlos en distintos temas. También se habló de cómo mejorar el directorio de patrones para que esté vinculado con los temas. https://richtabor.com/colorways/ Pero no hablamos del onboarding para temas que es para lo que fui. ???? Novedades https://wptavern.com/wordpress-contributors-speed-up-twenty-twenty-four-default-theme-performance-by-40

The dust is settling on the Ollie theme's onboarding experience, which was set to be included in the theme's core functionality when author, Mike McCalister, submitted it to the theme repo.The onboarding experience bucked the trend of traditional themes and included additional functionality like an onboarding wizard, building pages with the click of a button, and embedding helpful content. You can see a walkthrough of it in my video on YouTube.This was viewed as innovative and something that the WordPress experience desperately needed.However, guidelines from the Theme Team generally draw the line at this type of functionality to go beyond what a theme should serve as: a presentation layer.Innovation. Who is responsible for innovation in WordPress?I view the Theme Team as drawing up the rules of the road for a wider range of new contributors and to safeguard end users. Help usher along the WordPress theme development experience for new contributors, guiding theme on building themes the “WordPress way.”To maximize what WordPress core features gives us, in a safe fashion. Which trickles down to the enduser. They get a theme that works with WordPress core, with code that meets WordPress standards, and is safe from malicious intent.Encourage developers to meet end user desires, all filtering through a volunteer-lead program. It's a true testament to Open Source.Back to innovation: Is the Theme Team also responsible for pushing innovation of WordPress?Sarah Gooding collected the feedback from WordPress leadership which was largely in favor of including Ollie's onboarding and seemed to think that this could be a useful “experiment” to progress the block based theme experience.In my world, this brings up two issues: There's no communication layer between WordPress Core and the Theme Team. No QA process. No product meetings. No roadmap overview.This is the most common issue in product development or enterprise software sales. Customer Z wants something that has never been developed before in the core product. Sales and corporate stakehodlers get excited because this could be a shiny new toy. CEO tells product team to develop it by end of next week.Time marches on, market shifts, and now that killer-feature is just worthless tech debt. CEO turns back to the stakeholders and wants to hold someone accountable for a failed product. Product Team says that the squeaky wheel sales person is the one that wanted this in the first place, but that sales person quit 6 months ago and is now working for Sales Force.There was no true process in place for the product team to pull from the lifestream of customer feedback from the rest of the organization.Remember, I said there were two issues…Humans be huma'ning and out for for commercial interests.Call a spade a spade. Maybe in this case, a theme author a Jetpack?Seriously. Automattic/Matt aren't the only entity out to commercialize their product. I assume, based on my interview with McCalister from seven years ago, he's going to have a commercial option. And, as I've said countless times before, there's nothing wrong with it, just say it, and not just Mike — everyone.This is the same issue I've been covering as a content creator and as a former theme author from 10 years ago, is that a majority of theme authors cycling through our volunteer-lead Theme Team have commercial interests at play.That's not a bad thing. Go ahead, secure the bag.It's that these moments in WordPress history, eventually expose the faults with a massive distribution powerhouse (that is WordPress.org) with loose community guidelines governing what could be 100's of millions of dollars worth of commercial theme upsells.“If that theme got in, what about me?”“If they are doing it that way, why can't we do it this way?”“How long will they be on the featured theme list for? What about us?”So there's whatabousim debt and real technical debt to consider when providing a pass to Ollie.Conclusion(I promised myself less of this type of content, but here I am.)Do I think what Mike built into Ollie is good? Yes.Do I think it helps WordPress users using his theme? Yes.But I don't see the upside in just this theme operating this way, making an impact across the entire WordPress ecosystem. The stress, attacks, and pressure placed on Theme Team volunteers alone don't make this worth it. They'll have to deal with 100's of authors coming in to build out their own experience. And when they don't pass the test? We rinse and repeat this vicious cycle.Commercial theme authors standing on their virtuous soapbox saying they are doing it “for the good of WordPress. Use our coupon code: GUTENBERG to save 20% at checkout.”Ollie can still make an impact by just existing in the market — even off WordPress.org. Heck, it already has. If it catches the eye of Anne McCarthy or Richard Tabor it might bring this kind of experience into core WordPress, which could be the best outcome for everyone.End users and theme authors.Or Mike could just a build a plugin or release set of code that any theme author could adopt into their theme to make this happen, which would leave a bigger impact on the community as a whole. Speaking of, I invited Mike on to the podcast, but he's declined for now.Anyway, that's the spirit of open source, and the excitement of being in the WordPress ecosystem. We're able to pluck a lesson out of the clouds of chaos, which we invest back into the foundation of WordPress' success.But I'll die on the hill defending the volunteers that are upholding the guidelines set in the community, operating in transparency, and for the good of WordPress as whole — Every. Single. Time.Impacts of AI on content and a look ahead to WordPress 6.4This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Brian Jackson, talking all about content marketing and the impacts of AI.Brian was a prolific content marketer for Kinsta, and spent a portion of his life writing content for the brand during their growth cycle. Don't miss the episode if you want to learn how he's using at his plugin business, Forgemedia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFSvsiGoYGw Gutenberg 16.7 is out, which brought some new ways to manage fonts in WordPress and your patterns in site building. I reviewed those updates in my video on  ★ Support this podcast ★

¡Bienvenidos a otro emocionante episodio de "WP A DAY", tu fuente diaria de noticias frescas sobre todo lo relacionado con el increíble mundo de WordPress! Hoy es lunes, 28 de agosto de 2023. En un reciente artículo escrito por Sarah Gooding en WP Tavern, se nos presenta un emocionante adelanto sobre lo que podemos esperar de la próxima versión de WordPress, ¡la 6.4! El artículo nos brinda una visión detallada del trabajo que se está llevando a cabo para esta versión de la mano de Anne McCarthy.  Esta versión, que se espera sea lanzada el 7 de noviembre de 2023, marca la tercera versión principal de este año y se caracteriza por ser liderada por un equipo diverso en género, lo que representa un importante paso en la inclusión en la comunidad de WordPress. Uno de los aspectos emocionantes que se espera en esta versión es la introducción de funciones de gestión de tipografía. Esto incluye una Biblioteca de Fuentes y generación de CSS @font-face en el servidor para impresión. ¡Imagina poder explorar una biblioteca de fuentes directamente desde el panel de administración, al igual que administras tus medios! Y lo mejor de todo, esta biblioteca no estará limitada al tema activado, sino que será extensible para los desarrolladores de plugins. El equipo de desarrollo también tiene una serie de otras características emocionantes en la hoja de ruta para la versión 6.4, como revisiones para plantillas y partes de plantillas, nuevos bloques como la Tabla de Contenidos, Tiempo de Lectura y Marquesina de Desplazamiento, y la funcionalidad de Lightbox para bloques de imagen individuales. Además, se esperan mejoras en la experiencia de escritura, en la interfaz de control de enlaces y muchas otras actualizaciones en las herramientas e interfaces. Pero hay más noticias en este episodio de WP A DAY:  Descubre el revolucionario Asistente de Incorporación del tema WordPress Ollie en el video de Jamie Marland. Configura tu sitio sin esfuerzo en un minuto, con creación práctica de páginas y gestión sencilla de contenido. Ollie es gratuito, pero su disponibilidad podría variar debido a las políticas de WordPress.org. Y continuando con más noticias, en el dinámico mundo digital, los blogueros afrontan el reto de mantener y ampliar la interacción con sus lectores. Además del contenido de calidad, la clave está en construir y conservar una comunidad leal. El artículo de Manolo Rodríguez, titulado “¿Qué pueden hacer los blogueros para interactuar más con sus lectores?” ofrece estrategias para mejorar la interacción. Para finalizar, no te olvides de probar la nueva versión 16.5 del plugin Gutenberg que agrega nuevos elementos a la paleta de comandos. Y eso es todo por hoy en WP A DAY. ¡Si te encantó este episodio, compártelo con tus amigos y colegas apasionados por WordPress! Para acceder a la versión escrita y enlaces a los artículos mencionados, dirígete a Blogpocket.com. ¡Gracias por sintonizar y nos vemos pronto!

We have a packed episode today chock full of WordPress news goodness, including some audio clips from Courtney Robertson, Jeff Chandler, and Rich Tabor sharing what they love about WordPress 6.3. First up, Aurooba Ahmed shared her new project wphelpers.dev which gives you a snazzy UI for all core WordPress blocks and their functionality. You can expand each block and peel back the JS-y goodness that each block is powered by. Direct link right to the GitHub repo, and more developer features. If you're coding blocks or beginning to learn WordPress development, you'll want to bookmark this site. Post Status announced their upcoming WP Career summit.Join us for the WP Career Summit If you're looking for a career in WordPress, want to host a talk, or find out how to reach potential employers you won't want to miss everything happening on October 20, 2023 when the summit kicks off. The WP Tavern covered a recent story pertaining to the massive backlog of plugins to be reviewed at WordPress.org. The list includes over 900 plugins awaiting approval. Sarah Gooding cites “The volunteer team responsible for reviewing plugins has undergone significant restructuring after the departure of long-time contributor Mika Epstein”WordPress 6.3 is here! Pressable and GoDaddy have you covered with a top-to-bottom look at all of the great new features. Stick around to the end of the episode to hear more from our special guests about their WordPress 6.3 goodness.Anne McCarthy posted an overview on how to produce WordPress demo videos for official WordPress release announcements. I applaud the team for opening up this marketing effort to the greater community. The article is ripe with guidance on what to consider before creating a video tutorial, and how the overhead of creating an asset like this might need to be dispersed throughout many contributing members. I do have a hot take here: As a content creator, make your own video tutorials and post them on your own YouTube channel, blog, or social media platform before committing to something like this. While this might be the only way someone like me could ever get credit for contributing to WordPress, but I'd prefer not to have such a rigid approach to how I show off WordPress — warts and all. Before we wrap up, I want you to check out the latest content from WP Minute's editor, Eric Karkovack. This week he wrote a great piece exploring what it would take for other CMS's to catch up to WordPress dominance. I'm still amazed that the closest CMS to WordPress is Shopify. WordPress is roughly 10x that of the e-commerce platform.  ★ Support this podcast ★

Anne McCarthy and Birgit Pauli-Haack chat about patterns, Gutenberg 16.3 and WordPress 6.3. Show Notes / Transcript Show Notes Anne McCarthy WordPress 6.3 Gutenberg 16.3 Transcript Birgit Pauli-Haack: Well, hello and welcome to our 87th episode of the Gutenberg Changelog podcast. In today’s episode, we will talk about Gutenberg 16.3 and WordPress 6.3. I’m your…

For Mother's Day there was only one person that made sense to have on. We were joined by Anne McCarthy (aka Large's wife and a huge part of the Barstool family). We discussed being a mom to a college kid, her Wall Street career, who wears the pants in the relationship, and she gives some financial advice to moms. Now go call your mom. Go to https://HelloFresh.com/large16 and use code large16 for 16 free meals plus free shipping Follow St. Anne: https://www.instagram.com/annemccarthy_ https://twitter.com/AnneMcCarthyYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/BarFin

If you're a WordPress professional, it can be hard to know where you fit into the bigger picture. Online community The Admin Bar aims to provide a glimpse into the market with its annual WordPress Professional Survey. Web designer Kyle Van Deusen interviewed 667 professionals and reported on a range of topics.Among the highlights:77% of respondents consider themselves to be full-time;Over half of respondents have been in business for 10 years or less, while the majority have started up within the past 5;Solo freelancing is still popular, as 59% of respondents work alone;WordPress professionals are generally optimistic about the future of the software and agencies;The average hourly rate charged by respondents is $96.00;That's just a small sampling of what's included. There's plenty more to explore and the full data set is also available for download. https://youtu.be/1axiJSTDmK4 Links You Shouldn't MissOpenAI has announced that APIs for their Chat GPT and Whisper products are now available. This step will allow developers to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into their own products. Expect the WordPress community to take advantage.Development agency ThemeKraft have published an open letter describing their concerns with the WordPress plugin review team. The letter details their experience when collaborating to fix a security issue with one of their products. With that being said, it's also worth mentioning that the plugin review team consists of volunteers and has noted a backlog of work. This letter details one developer's view and we're sharing it as such.With the upcoming release of WordPress 6.2, project core contributor Anne McCarthy has published an extensive guide to what's new. If you're looking for all the details regarding new features and important changes, this is a one-stop resource.To get a first-hand look at WordPress 6.2, you'll also want to check out the live demo hosted by McCarthy, Rich Tabor, and Nathan Wrigely. The video highlights new features and includes a Q&A session.From the Grab BagNow it's time to take a look at some other interesting topics shared by our contributors.    There's another WordPress-related acquisition to report. This time around, ad revenue optimization service MonitizeMore announced that it has acquired the Advanced Ads WordPress plugin. The plugin has free and commercial versions, with over 100,00 active installations.Meanwhile, plugin developer SnapOrbital has been put up for sale. The shop specializes in premium add-ons for LearnDash.With tightening privacy regulations, it's recommended that WordPress themes host Google Fonts locally. Several WordPress legacy default themes (from Twenty Twelve to Twenty Seventeen) are following suit, thanks to the efforts of contributors.The first-ever WordCamp Asia has left a lasting impression on attendees. Hidekazu Ishikawa spoke at the event and also launched a website detailing his experience.It's no secret that AI tool ChatGPT is seeing a lot of use. But what does that mean in terms of its environmental impact? One estimator says that, in January 2023, it may have used as much electricity as 175,000 homes.Thanks to all of the members who shared these links today: Justin FerrimanCourtney Robertson ★ Support this podcast ★

Anne McCarthy and Birgit Pauli-Haack discuss Gutenberg 14.4 WordPress 6.1 release and what's next for WordPress 6.2. Show Notes / Transcript Show Notes Anne McCarthy Community Contributions WordPress 6.1 Gutenberg 14.4 Learn WordPress and other educational sources What’s Next for 6.2? Transcript The transcript is in the works

Noticias, ideas y trucos sobre WordPress, Gutenberg, Full Site Editing y más. Este vídeo se publicó originalmente como newsletter en LinkedIn el 23 de abril de 2022. 00:00 - Introducción 00:30 - Se agregó mi obra Rare Optics One al MOBA, proyecto de Anne McCarthy. 02:16 - Instala y activa el plugin Gutenberg para acceder a las funciones más avanzadas del editor de bloques y la edición completa del sitio (FSE, por sus siglas en inglés). Las funcionalidades de Gutenberg se van incorporando progresivamente al core de WordPress. 02:30 - Para tener un entorno de WordPress de pruebas instala LocalWP en tu dispositivo local (ordenador de escritorio o portátil). 03:01 - Instala un tema de bloques, entrando en Apariencia > Temas y filtrando por la característica "Edición completa del sitio". Un tema de bloques te dará acceso a la función (beta) de edición del sitio para modificar cualquier plantilla o parte de plantilla (cabecera, sidebar, etc.). Más información: La nueva era de temas de WordPress. 04:29 - La "vista de lista" facilita la construcción de diseños con bloques. La encontrarás en la barra de herramientas superior y lo que muestra es la estructura correspondiente al diseño visible en la parte del contenido del editor de WordPress. 05:17 - En el apartado de inspiración y motivación, hoy tenemos una cita de @AdamMGrant. En su perfil de Twitter, leemos su hoja de servicios: "Psicóloga organizacional @Wharton. Autor de éxito de ventas n.° 1 en el NYT de THINK AGAIN. Podcast: vida laboral @TEDTalks. Buzo. El éxito es ayudar a otros a tener éxito." 05:31: Despedida.

On this week's episode of the WP Briefing, Josepha is joined by special guests Anne McCarthy and Brian Alexander to discuss all thing testing within the WordPress project!

On today's episode of Macrodosing, the entire crew is back and welcomes on special guests, Large and Anne McCarthy (2:18:45) to talk about September 11, 2001. Hear everything from their personal experiences on 9/11 to how it has impacted their lives to this day. All of this and much more on today's show. Enjoy!

News WordPress 6.0.2 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is available for testing. Testing is so important with this release so please go over to make.wordpress.org to help. There are also a lot of exciting things happening with the block editor. Birgit Pauli-Haack shared that there is a new call for testing by Anne McCarthy for Full-site Editing and another one by Justin Tadlock for the Fluid Typography in themes. Go check out the Gutenberg Times table of contents to see all the new things. WooCommerce WooCommerce is bringing back the sandbox environment that makes it easy for a customer to test extensions before purchasing them. Select extensions can be loaded up on a private test site for 30 days before the site self-destructs. Sarah Gooding covers all the details over at WPTavern. From Our Contributors and Producers Digital Ocean Holdings Inc. will acquire Cloudways. The purchase will enhance offerings for small to medium-sized businesses. Under the terms of the transaction, DigitalOcean will acquire Cloudways for $350 million in cash, including a significant portion of the consideration to be paid over a 30-month period following the closing. It will be interesting to see how all the implementations will occur as some of the competitors are going to now be on the new host. Matt Medeiros interviews Yaw Owusu-Ansah over on the Matt Report.  Yaw says that: there's something nice and freeing about [owning] an agency, being able to make your own decisions and call your own shots. If you're creating content for your WordPress website and need to try something different, go check out Bertha AI. There is a new pricing model and you can pay as you go with a subscription. WP Minute member Sam Munoz is having live conversations with Brian Gardner over at WPEngine about the WordPress community, the future of Full Site Editing, and how it all impacts business owners. It is called Build Mode live and worth a visit. Thanks to all of the members who shared these links today: Birgit Pauli-HaackEric KarkovackAndrew PalmerSam MunozDaniel Shutzsmith

Five for the Future is back on the radar, surfacing more clarification and criticism. Here's snack pack of links from around the community addressing various opinions on the subject: Five for the Future's True Intentions by Josepha Haden ChomphosySarah Gooding summarizes the link aboveJoe Casabona compares 5FTF to the Creator EconomyRob Howard warns of “toxic scorekeeping.” Gettin' Guten with it Gutenberg Times will host a livestream July 22nd featuring PEW Research Lead Developer and Director of Digital Strategy on how they use WordPress core + custom blocks. Want to know where FSE is headed with all things media? Anne McCarthy posted the FSE Program All Things Media Summary. Product updates LearnDash has taken to the clouds with its latest hosted version of the popular WordPress LMS plugin. SpotlightWP has launched a new analytics dashboard for those of you posting to WordPress and the gram. Pure HTML and CSS WordPress builder LiveCanvas has launched their builder version 3. Product acquisition Amber Hinds' Equalize Digital has sold their WP Conference Schedule plugin to Events Calendar: “Earlier this year, we realized that continuing to support WP Conference Schedule no longer made sense,” said Hinds, “It was a distraction from our mission to improve accessibility in WordPress and took development and marketing time away from Accessibility Checker.” Events A call for organizers has been placed by the WordCamp Euorope 2023 team. The Grab bag! Call for sponsors for WordPress Accessibility Day 2022See what it looks like for a hacker to attack a WordPress wesbite.Congrats to WordPress Historian Jeff Chandler for taking on a new role at WP Engine.Part 2 with Corey Maass on Matt Report, Building Amazing Products. Next up! Michelle Frechette with the Community Minute! New Members This week we welcome two new members to the #linksquad crew: Jonathan Wold and Juan Hernando! You can meet them in the Slack group and if you're not a member yet, go to buymeacoffee.com/mattreport to join. Thanks to all of the members who shared these links today: Joe CasabonaBirgit Pauli-HaackDaniel SchutzsmithEric KarkovackAmber Hinds

Show NotesAnne McCarthyHow to Test Full SIte EditingMuseum of Block ArtKey TakeawaysAnne started out as a Happiness Engineer at Automattic, which gives her a unique look at problems users were having and how people were using WordPress.At the root level, web development has gotten harder. There's a bigger learning curve to getting started. BUT theme development, and creating without code, has gotten a lot easier as a result. Part of Anne's approach to testing Full Site Editing is thinking of “all the people I can't see” and how it's going to affect them. This keeps her grounded and driven to make sure the software is as good as possible before it gets merged into Core.Keeping an open mind definitely helps with this. Don't get too attached to the work, and don't take criticism personally. As for testing with a wider audience, people in the WordPress space are going out into their communities and doing group testing. This gets people who may not be checking the WordPress Slack (and might not even know it exists!)Engaging and listening to users is SO important. “We need to listen to the core audience, the biggest supporters if we want the edge users to believe we're listening,” says Anne. In other words: why would lesser-known users want to help when they think the biggest voices in the space are being ignored?As for how you can test better: work with Designers. They think about users and interactions different and can provide a different perspective. Break things into smaller chunks, and as you see patterns, document them!Having several ways to test at varying degrees helps. When it comes to getting feedback, have a structure to get good feedback, but don't create too much friction. Having a way to get “bad” feedback makes way for a fruitful conversation. You want people to feel heard, but guiding them towards the right channels is something you should actively pursue. 

Rob Cairns sits down with Anne McCarthy of Automattic to talk about her Block Museum project and the road to WordPress 6.0 . Show Highlights: What is the block Museum? How did the block Museum come about? The road to WordPress 6.0 Features coming in WordPress 6.0 The amazing WordPress community.

News Julia Golomb over at make.wordpress.org has posted a new Proposal with Steps to Integrate #WPDiversity into organizing WordPress events. All new WordCamp and meetup organizers would automatically receive an invitation as they are onboarded to make sure the diversity consideration is addressed. Could it be lucky #13 for testing FSE (Full Site Editing)? Anne McCarthy over on make.wordpress.org posted that testers are needed and you can follow the instructions to create a template for author pages and learn how to unlock the UI for blocks. You have until April 21, 2022 to provide feedback. Anne also answers questions from the FSE Outreach Program. The post provides answers gathered through the program that started on March 16th and ended on March 30th. Sarah Gooding over on WPTavern wrote about the most recent changes made on WordPress.com. There were major unannounced pricing changes along with the 500 mb free storage change. It took many by surprise and frustrations were expressed by users on Twitter and other forums. WooFunnels, the popular sales funnel and automation plugin was added to the WPBeginner business through their Growth Fund. Syed Balkhi announced that he will be advising the team on how to expand their WordPress Product business. WooCommerce Beta 1 for the April 2022 release of WooCommerce is available for testing. You can either download it directly from WordPress.org or install it in the WooCommerce Beta Tester Plugin. From Our Contributors and Producers WP Migrate DB Pro is Now WP Migrate. WP Migrate dropped the “DB Pro” in their plugin to better reflect what the product does. The latest release of WP Migrate 2.3 gives you the choice to include or exclude the database. Migrate just the database, just your files, or both. No more workarounds required. David Lockie announced that he has joined the Automattic family as a Web3 Lead in the WooCommerce Transact team. Fast tweeted an announcement that they will be closing their doors. Fast had stood out in the crowded field of one-click checkout startups after it landed a $102 million infusion of cash in a fundraising round last year led by payments giant Stripe. It appears that the product was generating very little revenue. Check out the latest episode of the Matt Report with Joe Howard where we learn you can find someone else to run your business. Joe is stepping aside but is still a majority owner of the business. He is now focused on a new SaaS startup.&n

News There have been a lot of people working with the latest 5.9 WordPress release and reporting their successes and failures. Tammie Lister wrote a post about the features in the editor and would like people to quit using the term FSE - Full Site Editing in 2022. The release is not an all-or-nothing proposal yet. Matt Medeiros created a video on the future of page builders with Gutenberg when a discussion on Discord started with Justin Ferriman, a WPMinute producer. Go check out that video to see if you agree with the future of Gutenberg. Anne McCarthy writes about some practical ways to lock your projects for clients and users that can make changes to a WordPress website. The new template locking API  that was released in 5.9 along with newer tools like theme.json continues to be modified to adapt to the user experience.  The WordPress Photo Directory recently hit 1,317 photos and continues to grow. There has been a new Slack Channel created and the team is looking for volunteers and moderators to work on a new site being set up on the make network. The team needs help working through issues in the coming months. So… As we head into the iterative part of Gutenberg's phase 2, there will be changes for the community of users as they continue to look at WordPress. Josepha Haden Chomphosy writes that the Theory of Technology adoption that will come in three parts. Keep visiting make.wordpress.org to continue to get the latest updates. Security PHP Everywhere, a utility for web developers to be able to use PHP code in pages, posts, the sidebar, or anywhere with a WordPress Gutenberg block has Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities. WordFence reported that there are three critical vulnerabilities in PHP Everywhere all leading to remote code execution in versions of the software below 2.0.3. There was a patched version of the plugin rolled out so if you are using this make sure that you are up to date as soon as possible to keep your WordPress site...well up to date. From Our Contributors and Producers Justin Tadlock over at WPTavern wrote a recent article about the Clarity AdBlocker for WordPress. Ads and upsells have been showing up in WordPress dashboards and many in the community have been complaining about it over the past few years. For many that get that exposure through the WordPress dashboard, this announcement was not well-received (to say the least).  If the default full-screen editing mode and welcome guide in WordPress is annoying when you first visit the edit interface, you can jump over to GitHub to grab the drop-in snippet to disable it. Some may say that PHP is dead (or dying). There is a comprehensive article over at Kinsta that per W3Techs, PHP is used by 78.1% or almost 4 out of 5 websites. PHP seems to be very much alive and faster than before when updated to the latest release. You can go check out this article for the latest benchmarks. Are you one of those people who hate working through your inbox and approach it with dread? There is a new interesting email product called Shortwave that provides a new experience with threads, history, and bundles. You should check it out as an interesting tool to organize your email and provide a nicer experience.  If you are a Beaver Builder Pagebuilder user, it is great to know that they have released a free library of courses. Next up is the Creator Minute from our producers Michelle Frechette and our Simplified Business Minute...Sam Munoz “WP Career Summit” by Michelle Frechette Transcript This is Michelle Frechette with your WP Community minute. April 8 marks the first-ever WordPress Career Summit. Tracks will be dedicated to those looking for jobs and for employers. The job seeker track will include sessions geared toward helping those look for employment with talks about the job search, applying, and interview preparation. The employer track will include sessions around recruiting, onboarding, managing remote teams, and more. Over the last few years, I've watched people searching for jobs, and I've seen companies posting openings. The job market has been difficult for many. My hope is that a career summit like this will help both sides of the hiring table, while also allowing sponsors to show why you should apply to work for them. Sponsor spots are still open. This is a Post Status event, and I'm the organizer, so reach out if you have any questions. WP Career Summit is free to attend. For more information and to register, visit wpcareersummit.com! “Simplified Business Minute” - Sam Muñoz Thanks to all of the members who shared these links today:  Daniel SchutzsmithBirgit Pauli-HaackJoe CasabonaJeff ChandlerDave Rodenbaugh New Members We would like to welcome Thomas Maier  Founder and CEO of Advanced Ads and webgilde GmbH to the WPMinute.  If you haven't noticed, the WPMinute got a fantastic new paint job...more than a paint job...also under the hood. This thing is screaming fast. Thanks to Mike Oliver for designing the new WPMinute theme for us built on Generate Press. If you are looking for somebody that does amazing front-end design and optimization, look no further than WPMinute Producer, Contributor, and web developer Mike Oliver. Thanks to his hard work on the redesign. Thanks to you, dear listener, for tuning in to your favorite 5-minutes of WordPress news every Wednesday. ★ Support this podcast ★

News Matt Mullenweg, founder and CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, made the news again (this time with the Wall Street Journal). He talks about ‘asynchronous work' and why he thinks hybrid models will die out.  Automattic employees are already living the work from anywhere model and are able to adjust their work schedules as needed. Anne McCarthy is back with another round of testing this time for the WordPress Photo directory. By adding your photos here, they will automatically appear in Openverse, a search engine for openly licensed media. Volunteers are needed to test and provide feedback on media-related features in WordPress. Anyone is welcome to contribute, and feedback is open until February 23. Eric Karkovac wrote a post on the WordPress photo directory. If you would like an understanding of how licensing images came about and to see an early review of WordPress media go check out his article. From Our Contributors and Producers Many in the WordPress community have been feeling the weight of growth and change and frankly everything over the last couple of years. Cory Miller shared an update on his “crash and burn”. Many of us are not alone in this area and support Cory along with his team over at PostStatus. The organizers of WordCamp Europe 2022, were called out recently for a lack of diversity on the Organizing Team. They are addressing that now citing the team cares deeply about diversity, equity, and inclusion. Click the link to read their updated communication. Angela Jin has started an open discussion on diversity as well over on make.wordpress.org. Make sure to participate in this very important discussion and provide feedback. Eric Mann wrote a post on his first month using WordPress 5.9 from an experienced WordPress contributor perspective. If you would like to see the good, the bad and the future of WordPress this post is worth a few minutes of your time. Sarah Gooding over at the WPTavern covered the latest with the German court fining a website owner for violating the GDPR by using Google-Hosted Fonts. If you are using Google fonts and are subject to European regulations, you may want to review how you are using them to be in compliance. Sarah's colleague Justin Tadlock wrote an article stating that Block Editor Sidebar Panels are the new Admin Notices. Product marketers will be interwoven with the editing experience for the foreseeable future. Or until an official mechanism for products to notify users of upgrades is offered in core, as WP Minute correspondent Spencer Forman comments. Business news! Convesio Raises $5M in funding to further develop its scalable WordPress Hosting Platform. This funding will help to deliver a consistently fast experience with their customers.  MasterWP.co, a newsletter for WordPress professionals, announced that Howard Development & Consulting has acquired the publication.  From Alex Denning Some news: after 5 years and 249 issues, @BinaryMoon and I have written our final issue of http://MasterWP.co. @howarddcweb have acquired MasterWP, and will be taking over bringing you insightful, quality WordPress news and analysis from next week. Thanks to all of the members who shared these links today:  Jeff ChandlerBirgit Pauli-HaackEric Karkovack If you would like to contribute news, especially in the WooCommerce space please find us @thewpminute or use our contact form at thewpminute.com and reach out to us. New Members We would like to welcome our new member this week Lawrence Ladomery from convesio.com. ★ Support this podcast ★

News WordPress 5.9 - Joséphine was released this week. There is a lot of good stuff to check out on blocks and themes. If you would like an understanding of how this major release with Full Site Editing (FSE) will impact you as a freelancer, you should read Eric Karkovack's article right here on the WPMinute. You can learn some new features and consider how these changes will fit into your business. While reporting on the updates of 5.9 there was a lot of concern about the Customizer going away with this release. Anne McCarthy explains all you need to know about the new site editor and the Customizer. Go check out her review on YouTube. Sarah Gooding reported over on WPTavern that the WordPress Community Team will relieve volunteers of the burden of COVID 19 enforcement for WordCamps and Meetups scheduled with 50+ attendees. The Guidelines were posted over at make.wordpress.org.   The big picture goals for WordPress 2022 were published on make.wordpress.org. The goals are broad right now and there are many teams which you can join and contribute to. There is still a lot of work to be done so go check out the areas where you can help. Speaking of the future of 2022, WordPress 5.9 sets a strong foundation for so much more for the future of WordPress. There is a post on the  Gutenberg times that paints a picture of the future that this WordPress release provides. There is a table of contents to jump to the areas of immediate interest. Before the dust settles on WordPress 5.9, the roadmap for WordPress 6.0 is published on make.wordpress.org. This is a high-level overview and the aim is to consolidate and expand the set of customization tools introduced in 5.9.  WooCommerce WooCommerce 6.1.1 is available. This release resolves a bug introduced in 6.1.0, rolls back the deprecation introduced in 6.1.0, and improves WooCommerce's support for WordPress 5.9. Events Post Status is having their first-ever career summit scheduled for April 8, 2022 (9:00am – 5:00pm CDT). The conference is for job-seeking and hiring in WordPress. If you are interested in speaking at this conference you can sign up on the WP Career Summit Site. Join @schutzsmith - Daniel Schutzsmith (January 31st 3pm EST / 8pm UTC) as he hosts WP Minute Live: Learning WordPress. Roundtable guests will be @hauwazhiya - Hauwa Abashiya, @bph - Birgit Pauli-Haack, and @jcasabona - Joe Casabona. From Our Contributors and Producers Helen Hou-Sandi (who many know as the lead developer on the WordPress open-source project) has joined GitHub this week. This is an exciting opportunity for Helen and we wish her the best.  Elementor published their 2021 Wrapup with an impressive statistic of over 10 million active websites.  Lesley Sim wrote a really thoughtful and researched article over on Post Status about WordPress as a Commons. There has been a lot of discussion on Twitter and different Slack channels concerning WordPress since the State of the Word talk this year. This article is worth reading to help frame an open discussion around WordPress - the open-source project. Thanks to all of the members who shared these links today:  Birgit Pauli-HaackMichelle FrechetteDavinder Singh KainthAndrew Palmer from Bertha.ai Thank you, dear listener, for tuning in to your favorite 5-minutes of WordPress news every Wednesday. The WP Minute is an experiment in community journalism for WordPress. If you want to support WPminute, the team, and all of those that contribute – head on over to buymeacoffee.com/mattreport. Buy us a digital coffee for as little as $5 OR better yet! Join our community of WordPress newsies, get access to our Discord server, private podcast, behind the scenes on how the news is made, and get your voice heard on the podcast.  ★ Support this podcast ★

In the News WordPress 5.9 (RC3) is here. 5.9 is slated for next week and you still have time to help with testing. Go over to make.wordpress.org to see how you can still help with this important release. WooCommerce The WooCommerce development team announced that they have started working on an implementation of custom tables for orders. Sarah Gooding over at WPTavern covers the details of how this long-awaited improvement for the custom tables will be developed. The release is scheduled for Q3. You can check out her article for the details. Events The WordCamp Birmingham Organizing Team has unanimously decided to postpone WP Y'all until a future date in April or May when we can safely hold the event for our attendees. Nathan Ingram has a Twitter thread and he will share the updates as they become available. From Our Contributors and Producers Have you started using Blocks in your workflow? Nick Diego forked the core social block and created the Social Sharing Plugin. Justin Tadlock over at WPTavern covers how Nick created the social sharing block by forking the social block from WordPress core 5.9.  Speaking of blocks, Tadlock wrote an article covering Wicked Plugins Block Builder 1.0. (Hey, Vinny's a producer here at The WP Minute) If you would like to see how Justin created “resource block cards” using the plugin, click the link in the show notes. Do you interact with the WordPress database? The Wizard's Collection: SQL Recipes for WordPress is an ebook that is available right now. It is a great resource If you need to update your database skills. Would you like to recognize the people that contribute to WordPress? Aurooba Ahmed has made a repo on GitHub to list all WordPress people that can be sponsored on the platform. If you know someone, take a minute to add them to the list.  Andrew Palmer shared a recent interview with Marieke van de Rakt over on the Freemius channel. Marieke, the previous CEO of Yoast shares insights of the acquisition of Yoast to Newfold. Quick tip: It seems like it helps to have a broker and a banker when you need to negotiate. This interview is definitely worth a few minutes of your time. Not exactly WordPress -  but worth mentioning Happy 21st birthday to Drupal.  Wow! Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard for nearly $70 billion.  Remember, less than a year ago Microsoft acquired Bethesda with a loot chest filled with games like: Elder Scrolls, Doom, Fallout, and more.  IMO this frames Microsoft as “Universe Builders.” I wouldn't be surprised if you saw them competing with Disney on all fronts within a decade. They do open source stuff too, link in the notes. Next up:  The Block Editor Dev Minute w/Aurooba Ahmed The Transcript Hi, this is Aurooba and this is your Block Editor Dev Minute! Here's a cool feature you should know about: WordPress 5.9 is landing soon and with it, so does block support for multiple stylesheets. If you haven't already adopted block-specific stylesheets, now is the time. Registering per-block stylesheets means that unnecessary styling is never loaded. This is great for performance and fantastic for maintainability. Being able to add multiple stylesheets per block means you can create more atomic styles. Let's say you have a custom block that includes a button, instead of creating new styles for the button in this block, you can simply pull in the stylesheet for the regular Button block for consistency and efficiency. I think this is going to be pretty handy. Read more about this and the other fantastic features coming to WordPress 5.9 in the Field Guide on make.wordpress.org. Thanks for listening! The Gutenberg Minute w/ Birgit Pauli-Haack Transcript Happy New Year! My name is Birgit Pauli-Haack. Here is your Gutenberg Minute. Next week, Tuesday, WordPress 5.9 will be released. Theme, plugin developers, and site builders are already testing their products against release candidate 3. 5.9 is the biggest release since the block editor's debut in WordPress 5.0. As it ties all the pieces, dare I say blocks together into a new and powerful site-building experience. Learn.WordPress.org has a new self-paced course “Simple Site design with Full Site Editing” meant for site builders and owners. You'll learn how to create a personalized site design without any coding. Shorter workshops are also available: “How to Style Your Site with Global Styles' or How to use the List view”. On the WordPress Social Learning space on Meetup.com, you find dozens of events covering Theme development, Color Styling, and a lot more. If you need to educate users, clients, or meetup members on the latest Gutenberg features, Anne McCarthy has created a list of talking points and resources to learn more for presenters and trainers. Keep up with Gutenberg updates, via the Gutenberg Changelog podcast at gutenbergtimes.com/podcast. Links: Release Candidate 3 WordPress 5.9 https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-9-rc3/ Simple Site Design with Full Site Editing https://learn.wordpress.org/course/simple-site-design-with-full-site-editing/ WordPress Social Learning on Meetup https://www.meetup.com/wordpress-social-learning/events/ So you want to talk about full site editing? 5.9 Edition https://nomad.blog/2022/01/15/so-you-want-to-talk-about-full-site-editing-5-9-edition/ Thanks to all of the members who shared these links today:  Daniel SchutzsmithVinny MckeeAndrew PalmerJeff ChandlerAurooba AhmedBirgit Pauli-Haack Thank you, dear listener, for tuning in to your favorite 5-minutes of WordPress news every Wednesday. ★ Support this podcast ★

"Too many things were interrelated and we didn't have enough people who were looking across…" —Anne McCarthyIn this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David has an informative chat with Anne McCarthy. Anne is a Developer Relations Wrangler for Automattic and (among other things) has been responsible for many of the recent videos showcasing the features of Full Site Editing and WordPress 5.9. David and Anne talk about what decisions led to the delay of WordPress 5.9, her start with Automattic, COVID's effect on core contributions, and how polished Full Site Editing might be by the end of January 2022.Also: David asks Anne what the future of the WordPress Customizer will be in a world of Full Site Editing.Every week Post Status Excerpt will brief you on important WordPress news — in about 15 minutes or less! Learn what's new in WordPress in a flash. ⚡You can listen to past episodes of The Excerpt, browse all our podcasts, and don't forget to subscribe on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, Simplecast, or by RSS.

If you are an extender for WooCommerce or WordPress, this chat on the new full site editor coming WordPress is for you.

If you are an extender for WooCommerce or WordPress, this chat on the new full site editor coming WordPress is for you.

In this, the second episode of the WP Tavern Jukebox podcast, we talk to Anne McCarthy. Anne is Developer Relations Wrangler for Automattic. Her work is focussed on the WordPress.org space, and she is leading the Full Site Editing Outreach Program. She explains what Full Site Editing in WordPress is all about. Why it's needed, what it hopes to achieve and how you can get involved to shape the direction of the project.

About this episode. So the podcast today features Anne McCarthy. Anne is Developer Relations Wrangler for Automattic. Her work is focussed on the WordPress.org space, and she is leading the Full Site Editing Outreach Program. Full Site Editing is an endeavour to make it easier to manage how your WordPress website works. It's hoped that tasks which once required a fairly technical understanding of the WordPress code, will become available to all. Creating headers and footers, deciding what information to pull from the database and where it should be displayed. These will become part of the Block Editor interface. Complexity replaced by simplicity; or at least that's the goal. This, as you might imagine, is not an easy task. Now that WordPress is pushing beyond 40% of the web, there's a lot to consider, and that's what Anne is doing. She's part of the team trying to work out how this might look, how it should work and when it will be ready. We start off with an introduction from Anne and how she became involved with WordPress and the Full Site Editing initiative in particular. Then the discussion moves to an explanation of what Full Site Editing hopes to achieve. Which areas of a website are intended to be made available with Full Site Editing? We then get into the specific details of what constraints the project faces; and there are many points to consider. Backwards compatibility, accessibility and how commercial and free plugins feed into the project roadmap. Towards the end of the podcast we get into the process of how Full Site Editing is moving forwards, who is making the decisions and how the WordPress community can get involved in shaping WordPress' future through endeavours like Anne's Outreach Program. It's a very timely episode. Many of the areas discussed will be landing in WordPress soon. If any of the points raised here resonate with you, be sure to leave a comment below. Useful links. Full Site Editing is moving fast. Since the recording of this episode, there's been some movement. To get the latest information and learn more, see the following links: Full Site Editing Outreach Program Full Site Editing for WordPress Overview Full Site Editing Go/No Go | April 14, 2021 Full Site Editing Go/No Go: Next steps

July 10, 2017 - Segment 1 - Our guest host Dr. Kimberly Moffit hosted a National News Roundtable focusing on the latest headlines from around the country. Our panel of guests included: Dr. Anne McCarthy, Bill Fletcher Jr., and ER Shipp.