Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. In this week’s News Drop we talked with Morten Rand-Hendriksen, a WordPress expert at LinkedIn Learning, about the future of WordPress post 5.0. This video is full of interesting ideas and topics including the potential “ClassicPress” fork of WP 4.9 and the leadership structure behind important WordPress core decisions. I highly recommend checking this episode out.

Facebook’s old motto, “Move fast and break things”, hasn’t aged well and is still often embraced by many new start ups. It got me thinking that maybe it’s time for a new motto for the web. Don’t forget to check out our other editorial toons!

Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. A recent thread on Reddit.com/r/WordPress sparked some good conversation about how website developers should handle the upcoming Gutenberg editor changes coming to WordPress. Many developers were concerned about needing to fix clients sites pro bono if the client clicked the Try Gutenberg button. In this week’s News Drop, we cover how to talk to your clients about using the new Gutenberg editor and what tools you may use if you do […]

Would you like to Try Gutenberg? Now that WordPress 4.9.8 is here, it’s a great time to start. Don’t forget to check out our other editorial toons!

Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. You may have noticed that WordPress 4.9.8 includes a “Try Gutenberg” button. In this week’s video, which was shot at WordCamp for Publishers, we talk to Janna Hilfterty to learn how best to try the Gutenberg feature on your WordPress site.

WordCamp for Publishers is a two day conference for online publishers of any size. This year’s event was hosted in Chicago and was filled with talks about how agencies are helping publishers improve their workflow with Gutenberg, how to improve accessibility, and why paywalls may actually be good for the open web. I had a great time at the event and was lucky be able to interview many of the speakers throughout the week. We talked with Jake Goldman (10up), Chris Van Patten (Tomodomo), Jeannette Washington (Bearly Articulating), Mike Selander (Human Made), Libby Barker (Human Made), Jodie Riccelli (WebDevStudios), and […]

Speaking of WordCamps, I’ll be at WordCamp for Publishers next week in Chicago. I’ll be there shooting videos and handing out WordPress themed comics. I hope to see you there! Don’t forget to check out our other editorial toons!

The big 5.0 is here! No, not WordPress 5.0… It’s our fifth year of publishing Torque Magazine. Thanks for 5 years of support! Don’t forget to check out our other editorial toons!

Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. In this week’s News Drop, we talk about the California Consumer Protection Act of 2018 and how it might affect WordPress users. We also talk about how the CCPA compares to the GDPR. Love WordPress News, but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. We’ve heard a ton about the GDPR, the General Data Protection Regulation that went into affect a few months ago, but […]

Did you miss this year’s WordCamp Europe in Belgrade, Serbia? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. We had a great time talking to some of our favorite WordPressers, and we’ve complited them into a playlist of interviews. Along with a recap of Matt Mullenweg’s WCEU talk, we chatted with Joost de Valk, Libby Barker, Karim Marucchi, Rian Rietveld, Tom Rankin, and Jenny Beaumont. There are some great interviews in there, so be sure to catch them all and let us know which ones are your favorites.