WordCamp London 2019
This weekend I went to WordCamp London. I think it was my 5th WordCamp London and, as always, it was a really interesting weekend. I learnt a lot, and came …
Author: Ben
Ben is a lifelong Nintendo fan who likes to build websites, and make video games. He buys way too much Lego.
Remove Jetpack Social Links
I recently had a theme customer ask how to get rid of the Google plus link on their social menu. My recent themes use a social menu setup similar to …
Tada: And now your website is faster!
This weekend I saw someone link Instant.Page – a small javascript library that prefetches links before you click on them. I’ve seen similar projects before that used Ajax to load the …
The WordPress Block Directory
There has recently been a proposal to introduce a new type of plugin into WordPress. One specifically for editor blocks. I find this an interesting concept, and I can definitely …
Open Source Sustainability
A lot of the internet is powered by open source technology. WordPress being a perfect example. This article looks at the practices behind open source development and considers just how …
Gutenberg Phase 2 and the Future of WordPress Themes
As someone who makes a living selling themes the recent outline for Phase 2 of Gutenberg is is an interesting article to read. I’ve been wondering about the long term future …
Childish Arguments over Technology
When I was at school in the 90’s everyone argued about which was best, Nintendo or Sega? You had to be on one side or the other, there was no …
Thanks for the WordPress Make Blogs!
Recently WordPress has been changing how it’s built. Obviously we have had Gutenberg which was built on Github, which is so much nicer than Trac, but that’s not what I mean. …
WordPress May Not Be For You!
Ross Wintle recently wrote an article about who the new WordPress editor has been created for, and it got me thinking. I’ve talked a lot, in past newsletters, about how …