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Looking Ahead to WordPress 6.0: The Early Roadmap (wptavern.com) Version 6.0 is expected to be a conceptual wrap of Phase 2 of the Gutenberg project, covering the visual site-building tools. They will continue playing a crucial role in future development, but developers will likely shift much of their focus to Phase 3 for WordPress 6.1 and beyond.
A Visual History of The WordPress Project – Closing in on Two Decades (wpmudev.com) May 27, 2023 will mark twenty years since WordPress officially launched. Its humble beginnings, a conversation sparked between Matt Mullenweg (an American developer) and Mike Little (a British developer), in a quiet corner of the internet.
Its historical content nestled safely online, so you can see with your own eyes the very first stirrings of what would later become WordPress.
Find WordPress Plugins: 10 Best WordPress Directory Alternatives (torquemag.io) Since paid plugins aren’t allowed in the repository, downloading premium WordPress plugins requires looking elsewhere. But they can often be hard to find unless you already know where to look. Luckily, there are quite a few reputable sources for paid WordPress plugins online.
Sensei LMS 4.0 Introduces New Block-Based Learning Mode Course Theme (wptavern.com) Full-site editing has come to Sensei LMS in the plugin’s latest 4.0 release. The headline feature of this update is Learning Mode – a new block-based theme that gives course authors the ability to customize the learning experience in ways that were not possible before.
Tutorials
How to Create a Headless WordPress Site With Faust.js (In 9 Steps) (torquemag.io) If you need to run WordPress headless, a quality framework is a must-have. However, even with a little help from a modern framework, you may still struggle to preview your content effectively.
That’s where Faust.js comes in. This new framework harnesses the power of Next.js and React, and combines this with convenient post previewing features. With Faust.js, you can view your content before hitting Publish, exactly the same as with a traditional WordPress website.