June 13, 2024 — Working professionals, at times, may find that they have lost their excitement for work. They may even feel unfulfilled at work. This thought-provoking 10-minute talk will explore a few proven strategies for reigniting passion. And discover new perspectives to approach your work and feel inspired to make meaningful changes in your professional life.

June 13, 2024 — The exciting session by Alexander Gounder will cover the why, what, and where of contributing to WordPress, which powers over 43% of the Internet and is the best-loved Open-Source software today.

June 11, 2024 — In this lesson, we’ll explore the critical role of security plugins in fortifying your WordPress site. We’ll cover essential features like regular security audits and scans, Web Application Firewalls (WAF), IP address detection, securing the WordPress Configuration File (wp-config.php), brute force protection, and two-factor authentication (2FA). These configurations help identify vulnerabilities, block malicious traffic, and protect sensitive data, ensuring robust security without requiring technical expertise.

June 11, 2024 — WordPress 6.6 will be released on July 16, 2024, and one of the exciting new features will be overrides for synced patterns. Overrides allow you to ensure a synced layout and style across patterns while allowing each instance of the pattern to have customized content. This provides flexibility to content editors while enforcing design consistency.

In this Developer Hours session, we explored how you’ll be able to implement overrides in 6.6 (or today using the Gutenberg plugin) and how they work under the hood. You will learn:

– What Synced Pattern Overrides are and when you should use them
– How to create overrides in the Editor
– What blocks and attributes are currently supported
– How overrides work at a fundamental level and their connection to the Block Bindings API
– How to share your feedback and help contribute to the future enhancement of this feature

Presentation Slides »

June 7, 2024 — Before releasing your theme to the public, you should test it thoroughly to ensure that it works as expected.

Let’s look at some things you should do before releasing your theme.

June 7, 2024 — As the internet has evolved, so have the ways in which user privacy is protected.

In this lesson, you’ll discover how themes can impact user privacy and what you can do to ensure that your theme respects this privacy.

June 7, 2024 — When you’re debugging PHP code, it can be helpful to examine the state of your code at a specific point in time.

Let’s look at some ways you can examine the state of your PHP code using built-in PHP functions.

June 6, 2024 — If you ever record WordPress demo videos, tutorials, or courses – or have thought about it! – join us for an informal exploration of what goes into making a good video. We’ll dive into the recently published Training Team handbook page on Video Best Practices and discover a wealth of tips for creating videos that look and sound professional. From what types of software to consider, to how to record clear audio, you’ll leave the workshop with a range of practical tips you can apply right away.

While we can’t prevent your cat from meowing during your demo – or your dog from trying to get into your recording space – we definitely can share lots of useful guidance you can apply to your next recording!

June 4, 2024 — This lesson delves into SEO techniques to boost your site’s organic traffic and visibility. It covers developing a content strategy with targeted keywords, optimizing site structure for better user experience and search engine indexing, enhancing page load speed and mobile optimization, and building a robust backlink strategy. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of regular SEO audits and prioritizing human-created content over AI-generated content to ensure quality and depth.

June 3, 2024 — Recently, someone asked me if it would be possible to use the Interactivity API outside of WordPress. Theoretically, this should be possible, as it’s available as a standalone npm package. Join me in a live stream as I investigate whether this is possible.