A quick little uplifting story I missed a few weeks ago: as the COVID-19 lockdowns were setting in worldwide, more and more people were doing web search for "wordpress." Or so reports Alex Denning, the original creator of WPShout, and… [Keep reading]

Another catchy little diddy bankrolled by my friend Zach Katz over at GravityView: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl56USnGkUk I could put other words here, but they would only demean the importance of this video. 🤓[Keep reading]

I mentioned in my recent article about Git Subtree that I think the whole workflow is probably better managed with Composer. And that while I abstractly think that Composer is great idea for WordPress projects, I don't particularly feel ready… [Keep reading]

To be clear: I am bad at CSS and the last person you should listen to when you want to learn how to do it better. (My friend Lara Schenck comes to my mind as someone you SHOULD listen to… [Keep reading]

There are a number of different reasons I wanted to share this article about the programming language "Hack" here on Shout. The first one is just that I found it an interesting and pleasant conversation of the use and benefit… [Keep reading]

Here's last week's live Q&A webinar for buyers of our premium WordPress development course Up and Running. It's a wide-ranging session on the practicalities of WordPress development. We've got one more weekly webinar coming up (tomorrow, April 24), so if… [Keep reading]

I enjoyed this little "essay" from Leo over at Design Bombs. First, it was great to read as an introduction to the new Gutenberg-block-making tool I didn't even know was out. The article does a great job giving you the… [Keep reading]

I really enjoyed this little (video-heavy) post from Bud Kraus about some cool and harder-to-find features of Gutenberg. I'll even cop-to the fact that I only kind of knew one of them. Which I am a little embarassed by. But… [Keep reading]

Here's last week's live Q&A webinar for buyers of our premium WordPress development course Up and Running. It's a wide-ranging session on the practicalities of WordPress development. We've got two more weekly webinars coming up (the next one is this… [Keep reading]

I feel like I've heard this "block pattern" idea in a few different places for a while. But I've always taken extra interest in WordPress technology once Justin Tadlock writes about it. So I think I'll want to install Gutenberg… [Keep reading]

Here's last week's live Q&A webinar for buyers of our premium WordPress development course Up and Running. It's a wide-ranging session on the practicalities of WordPress development. We've got three more weekly webinars coming up (the next one is this… [Keep reading]

For those who haven't been knocking around the WordPress sphere for a long time, there's a possibility that the name "Chris Coyier" and CSS-Tricks isn't so well known. Chris is great, generous thoughtful guy, and if you've got a front-end… [Keep reading]

WordPress 5.4, "Adderley," launched yesterday, March 31, 2020. It's a very Gutenberg-focused release, with two new default blocks---Buttons and Social Icons---plus a lot of other improvements to the block editor. There are also some non-Gutenberg changes, including one that made… [Keep reading]

From the insular dream-world of COVID-19 Quarantines sweeping into new countries everyday, this feels a little strange to be talking about WordCamp US. The idea that at some point in the future I'll eventually go to a place where hundred… [Keep reading]

WooCommerce 4.0 has shipped. I love WooCommerce, and I can't think of another free software package in WordPress that has been the backbone of so many actually-profitable online small businesses. So I say this fondly: WooCommerce is probably the least… [Keep reading]

An interesting thing as Gutenberg grows is that it's aiming to impact both WordPress themes and page builders. And to do this, we may need or want a way for a theme to say it required a specific Gutenberg block… [Keep reading]

We love WP&UP, the UK-based charity whose mission is "Supporting and promoting positive mental health within the WordPress community." We spoke with trustee/founder Dan Maby at WordCamp US 2018, and were beyond impressed not only with his mission but with… [Keep reading]

As someone who has been tracking both the WordPress world and the Laravel world for years, I was intrigued by Ross Wintle highlighting something I didn't really know much about. (If I'm honest, it's been about a year since I… [Keep reading]

I've loved Torque Mag for a long time as a great source for both technical and editorial content based around WordPress---even if customer satisfaction data and personal experience have me feeling more lukewarm about WP Engine itself. This article reminded… [Keep reading]

One of the first and most powerful lessons I learned while teaching myself to code a decade ago was to read/listen/watch widely. I believe it is one of the most powerful choices you can make in learning to code (or… [Keep reading]

The first WordCamp Asia, scheduled in Bangkok from February 21 through February 23, has been canceled due to COVID-19 fears. It's an unfortunate start to what will be an amazing WordCamp Asia tradition, but there've been a lot of silver… [Keep reading]

Our friend Carl Alexander wrote a (possibly) inflammatory but true argument for Delicious Brains this week. It reflects a lot of thoughts I've had as I've spent the last few years as one of the small minority of people trying… [Keep reading]

I've got a client with a custom nav menu link pointing to a third-party service. He wanted that custom link to open in a new tab, and I realized I didn't know how to do it. Fortunately, opening a menu… [Keep reading]

In 2020, Fred and I are prioritizing featuring writing from people other than ourselves on WPShout. If you've got an urge to write clear, useful, and interesting technical tutorials for the WPShout audience, this is the perfect opportunity for you.… [Keep reading]

Lazy-loading images is one well-known win for site speed, and at present if you want to implement it in WordPress you have to choose among one of many subtly different plugin options. It now looks like WordPress 5.4, due out… [Keep reading]