Hari Shanker interviewed three of us about how to use the Learn WordPress website. Whether a Meetup organizer, teacher, or self-paced learner, Learn.WordPress.org can help you get started with WordPress.
For more information, check out these resources:
Did you know that I used to work in tech support and release communications? It was the perfect job while juggling 2 babies that were less than 15 months apart.
I learned so much in my time at The Events Calendar about the inner-workings of a WordPress products company. I grew in my understanding of the workforce and also in my interpersonal skills.
Thanks Liam and Tara for having me on Hallway Chats to share about it.
It’s been nearly 2 years, but I’m finally adding any appearances and content to my own site from places I’ve spoken.
The first cohort of adult students to learn WordPress in Code Differently‘s Return Ready program had an opportunity to speak at WordFest’s first event. We shared what it is like to teach and learn WordPress. Tune in for a quick overview on the WordPress curriculum I’ve created.
I can’t say how amazing this event and the entire onboarding sequence was. By pre-recording the main presentation and focusing Q&A on real-time, I was able to remove the stage fright from myself and students. We’re quite used to living in Zoom these days.
Find this talk and more at WordFest:
What skills do current and future WordPress plugin and theme developers, company owners, and service providers need to consider? Testing the Full Site Editing in the WordPress Blocks Editor
At the moment, the highest thing on my radar involves changes to using Blocks in WordPress.
As blocks become more widely adopted and used, plugins convert their functionality to including more block-based options.
The next major change to the WordPress user interface includes Full Site Editing.
The goal of the full site editing project is to utilize the power of Gutenberg’s block model in an editing experience beyond post or page content.
https://make.wordpress.org/design/handbook/focuses/full-site-editing/
The Four Phases of Gutenberg (Roadmap)
True – it has not shipped yet. So working on something that is still in the future seems like a bit of a risk.
The Full Site Editing really changes how some areas work. Until recently, I hadn’t valued what the Query Block could do. But now I’m considering how a custom post type “events” might work in the loop and what elements I could drop in.
Folks that really need to tune in to this big iteration are:
Testing this is one piece. The other factor that remains is that your voice matters. WordPress now powers over 40% of the internet. That’s a huge number. This is a major change that reaches so many parts of the website.
If you’ve ever struggled to know what is coming and how to have any input or have your suggestions heard, this is a great opportunity to test and give feedback.
Carrie’s got a great post to help you started setting up your testing environment.
I’ve got an updated blueprint to use in LocalWP for the 2nd call for testing.
Run through the testing information provided and leave comments or log issues in GitHub.