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News & Articles
WordPress Proposes Team to Improve Core Web Vitals (www.searchenginejournal.com) While some may find it controversial for someone at WordPress to admit they were falling behind in the race to improve speed scores, it’s a fact that platforms that manage the technical side of publishing are pulling ahead of WordPress in terms of speed.
Think About This Before Saying “Own Your Own Content!” (poststatus.com) Actually owning your own content is not as easy as broadcasting it on Twitter. While WordPress does democratize publishing, there are many places and countless situations today that don’t or — perhaps worse — can’t take advantage of WordPress.
WordPress Global Community Sponsorship Program Will Not Include WordCamps for 2022 (wptavern.com) The proposal for the 2022 Global Community Sponsorship program will not include funding for WordCamps again this year, due to the unpredictability of hosting in-person events. The pandemic continues to make conditions unfavorable in many areas of the world where WordCamp and meetup organizers have opted to continue with virtual events.
Default Theme Releases May Become More Frequent Following WordPress 5.9 (wptavern.com) The new Twenty Twenty-Two default theme coming in 5.9 hasn’t even been fully built yet but many WordPress enthusiasts who saw the design reveal are already eager to use it on their sites. Contributors have just 40 days before the scheduled Beta 1 release on November 16 to get the theme ready. While that seems like an impossibly tight deadline, more frequent default theme releases may be ahead on the horizon.
Advanced Usage of Acceptance Tests for WordPress (wp-punk.com) The current article is for teams that already tried and wrote a couple of dozen tests and focused on long-term investing in the test base. We’re going to describe the common things that allow you to speed up and simplify your test writing. Those who missed the first part about acceptance tests feel free to start with it