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. WordPress version 4.9 isn’t out yet, but this week we take a look at an early beta release full of awesome new Customizer features like saving drafts, scheduling changes, and shareable preview links. Love WordPress news but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. WordPress 4.9 is almost here. What originally sounded like a minor update actually has some cool new features. The final release […]

The Gutenberg Editor is coming to WordPress next year. Here’s how to explain the new content-based block editor in terms everyone can understand.

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. Since it’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), we figured it would be a great time to talk about 4 easy ways to keep your WordPress site secure. If you are interested in learning more about protecting your personal cybersecurity, I’d recommend https://staysafeonline.org/ncsam/. Love WordPress News but hate reading? My name is Doc and you’re watching Doc Pop’s News Drop. October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Which is mostly focused […]

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. This week’s News Drop video is a little late. Every time we recorded it, the story would change again, but if you were wondering about the drama between WordPress and React JS, this is the video for you! Love WordPress news, but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. It’s been a busy month for React, a flexible and efficient JavaScript library for building user […]

Last week, Matt Mullenweg announced that WordPress was breaking up with ReactJS due to Facebook’s patent clause, which means that the upcoming Gutenberg editor will be completely re-written in some other language. Probably Preact or VueJS.

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. WordPress 5.0 and the Gutenberg Editor are still coming, just a little later than we may have originally hoped. In this week’s video, we talk about the revised suggested roadmap for Gutenberg, WordPress 4.9, and other future releases. One quick note, shortly after we edited this video, Matt Mullenweg shared this post about the Gutenberg team’s decision to move away from React and use a different library, which Matt states will […]

4.9 is so close I can almost taste it.

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 a recent discussion on the WordPress Slack channel about auto-updating sites using versions 3.7-4.0. Love WordPress news but hate reading? This is Doc Pop’s News Drop. If we could theoretically update out of date and at-risk WordPress sites to newer and safer versions, without necassarily getting the consent of the site’s current owner, should we? That’s the question Aaron Jorbin asked recently on […]

Some folks love programming for Pi, others rave about Apple, but I’m really into pear programming lately.

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. Since the WP-REST API integration into WordPress 4.7, we haven’t heard much news from the API team. This week, Doc Pop talks about a recent update from Ryan McCue on the REST API roadmap and a call for volunteers. “The REST API Roadmap” Love WordPress News, but hate reading? This is Doc Pop’s News Drop! The WordPress REST API has already had a long journey. It was first announced by Ryan […]