December 28, 2021 — This talk shares some agency insights about rationales for making websites accessible and offers practical tips such as accessibility insurance and tax credits.

December 26, 2021 — WordPress is no stranger to expansive growth, and 2021 illustrated that we as a global community, grow alongside it.

WordPress’s Executive Director, Josepha Haden Chomphosy, reflects on the trends seeded in 2020 and offers insight about future growth opportunities.

December 24, 2021 — A professional designer offers some examples of how to creatively customize blocks. Learn how to use Block Styles to transform standard blocks into works of art!

December 24, 2021 — Learn about local WordPress installations with this short guide. It will introduce you to the basics of local installations, explore a few popular options, and demonstrate how simple it can be to install WordPress locally on your computer.

December 23, 2021 — Every presidential administration starts from zero on a whitehouse.gov website, meaning a fresh launch. As in starting over: not a migration or revamp of an existing site!

This talk shares some of the thinking from the implementation of Biden/Harris whitehouse.gov (2020-2021) and provides insight on how the block editor answered the need for staff to work quickly and intuitively.

December 22, 2021 — This lightning talk offers suggestions for how e-commerce site owners can “Woo” customers to increase sales.

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December 18, 2021 — This talk advocates making friends with customers and connecting with the WordPress community, as a key strategy for growth, providing better support, and creating a clearer product roadmap.

December 16, 2021 — This talk looks towards the horizon of modern website development.

Learn more about core WordPress tooling and how blocks, patterns and theme.json interplay with the new Full Site Editing experience.

December 15, 2021 — Learn more about building custom Gutenberg blocks.

How to even begin? What could you create? What tools to use?

For a developer who hasn’t spent much time with JavaScript beyond tweaking a few jQuery scripts, approaching Gutenberg development can feel like an impenetrable fortress. The barriers to entry are daunting, with tools like React, JSX, Node.js, npm, and webpack evolving faster than ever.

Navigate this maze of technologies and understand the essentials for starting Gutenberg development.

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December 15, 2021 — Livestreamed from New York City, State of the Word is the annual keynote address delivered by the WordPress project’s co-founder, Matt Mullenweg.

Join Matt as he provides a retrospective of 2021, discusses the latest trends he’s seeing, celebrates the community’s amazing wins, and explores the future. Expect to hear about a range of topics, from WordPress 5.9 and Openverse to Web3 and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

Learn more at https://wordpress.org/news/2021/11/state-of-the-word-2021/