There's been a lot going on in the WP community over the last two weeks: WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg reveals at WordCamp Europe in Belgrade when the Gutenberg editor is ready for the merge; the "Plugin Detective" helps you troubleshoot your WP site; and we show you why a low PageSpeed Insights score is nothing to worry about, using the New York Times as an example.
That's why the New York Times only has a PageSpeed score of 52
Many successful WordPress sites, such as the Wall Street Journal or Forbes, achieve anything but good results in a performance test with the Google PageSpeed Insights tool. This is despite the fact that the business model of such online publications depends on good performance. Using the New York Times as an example, we'll show you why you and your customers can safely disregard the PageSpeed Insights score and the tool's optimization suggestions.
Raidboxes interview on the topic of blog marketing
We were guests of Denis Sandmann and chatted a little about our business. Among other things, we revealed in the interview how the blog posts for our magazine OUT OF THE BOX are created and how a company blog can boost your business. We also talk openly about the hurdles and problems that can come with having your own blog.
WordPress
WCEU: Gutenberg integration coming sooner than expected
WordCamp Europe in Belgrade was a complete success with 54 organizers, 60 speakers, 170 volunteers and over 2000 participants. In his traditional keynote, WP co-founder Matt Mullenweg announced the further Gutenberg roadmap. Berlin was also revealed as the venue for WCEU 2019.
All the details about the new WP editor from Matias Ventura
At WordCamp Europe, Gutenberg co-lead Matias Ventura answers the WP Tavern's questions. In the 13-minute interview, he talks about the beginnings of the Gutenberg project, the mixed reactions from the WP community and the roadmap for the merge into WordPress core. He also has tips on how you can best familiarize yourself with the new editor.
How to create your own Gutenberg block
Now that Matt Mullenweg has announced that the Gutenberg editor will be integrated into WordPress core in just a few weeks, it's time to delve a little deeper into the matter. Our colleagues at Atomic Blocks show you how to create your first custom Gutenberg block with the Create Guten Block Toolkit (CGB) by Ahmad Awais.
Security
The plugin detective "Otto" helps you with troubleshooting
With the new "Plugin Detective", you can quickly and easily identify and resolve plugin conflicts on your WP site. As soon as the little detective "Otto" has found the culprit, the plugin responsible can be deactivated directly. At WordCamp Orange County, USA, the plugin even won first prize in the "Plugin-a-Palooza", a competition for plugin developers.
Web design
Why you shouldn't write off PHP
In his article, WP developer David Hayes makes good arguments as to why you should continue to use PHP in 2018. He also addresses the known shortcomings: "PHP is a strange and ugly language. It's not exceptionally fast. It's not beautiful syntactically. It's not formulated around a clear opinion about good software development practices. And it's still what I write a lot of software in."
