A free weekly Newsletter with a round-up of WordPress news and articles
WordPress Core Development Updates August 2014 Edition
It’s that lovely time again where we sit around and discuss all things happening in the world of Core development.
As the release of WordPress 4.0 swiftly approaches, the team has been hard at work implementing a variety of changes and tweaks to get everything release-ready. Some of those changes were actually pretty dramatic and change how you interact with WordPress on a day-to-day basis.
Recommending WordPress vs. Squarespace For Your Clients: The Questions You Should Be Asking
As web developers working with WordPress often, we can be confronted with the question of whether or not WordPress is the right solution for all our clients. It’s a legitimate question, and one that your sales leads may even ask you about. In this article, we’re going to explore WordPress next to Squarespace in particular. In other series, you’ll see us comparing WordPress next to other website builders as well, such as our WordPress vs Tumblr post.
Top 12 WordPress Books To Add To Your Collection
Since WordPress is an online thing, it seems somewhat counterintuitive to talk about it in the realm of books. We’ve put together a list here of the top 12 WordPress books you should definitely check out if you want to improve your development skills and generally get more familiar with the CMS.
A Guide to WordPress 4.0
Slated to be released on September 4th, WordPress 4.0 is almost here! While it's a major release, some will argue that there aren't any groundbreaking changes like when WordPress 3.0 was released.
In this article, we're going to see what's new in version 4.0 and the reactions among the WordPress community.
Gitium Provides Automatic Git Version Control and Deployment for WordPress Plugins and Themes
One important trend surfacing this year is WordPress developers’ growing desire to add git-based version control to their sites. It adds an extra layer of safety in case you need to revert changes. Gitium is a new plugin in beta, targeted specifically at adding version control for plugins and themes. The plugin provides automatic git version control and deployment for WordPress extensions and also tracks code edits that originate in the plugin and theme editors.
