Category: WordPress

  • Conflation Hurts

    Conflation Hurts

    The last few weeks have been hard for those in the #WordPress community. I’m trying my best to focus on the work ahead, but recent events have made that more challenging and complicated for folks on the ground. I have friends who work or have worked at WP Engine, and I obviously have friends at…

  • Contributing to WordPress

    Contributing to WordPress

    I know the big dogs are fighting (and disclaimer I work for one of the big dogs and I used to make my living building websites using a theme framework the other one owns now), but a ton of contributors contribute because they want to help the community. Not because they were sponsored, though I…

  • WordPress Adds Emoji 13.1 Support

    WordPress Adds Emoji 13.1 Support

    WordPress 5.8 will add Emoji 13.1 support.

  • Automatic Updates in WordPress

    Automatic Updates in WordPress

    What are automatic updates in WordPress even? Forced updates? What about the UI? Here’s a full explainer.

  • Support Rotation

    At Automattic, after being hired, your first two weeks on the job is working with our Happiness teams to directly support customers. For engineers or designers, it gives you a taste of who we’re building this for. For other roles, it is a reminder that we’re all contributing toward the success of our customers in…

  • Genesis eNews Extended 2.2

    Genesis eNews Extended 2.2

    Genesis eNews Extended 2.2.0 adds new classes to aim in custom theming.