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  • Wow. Suddendly #WordPress 5.0 doubled it’s downloads in the last 48 hours. Now 8 million since the launch about same time last week. wordpress.org/download/count…

  • Sort of a preview of upcoming #WordPress 5.1 in this summary of a recent dev chat: 200+ tickets fixed in 5.1 (!!!), Beta mid-Jan, Release mid-Feb proposed. make.wordpress.org/core/2018/12/1…

  • Next minor release of #WordPress scheduled for 12/19, focused on #Gutenberg editor performance (“330% faster for a post with 200 blocks”) and bug fixes. make.wordpress.org/core/2018/12/1…

  • Backwards Compatibility Breaks in #WordPress 5.0.1 make.wordpress.org/core/2018/12/1…

  • Why Your Company Should Contribute To #WordPress (via @YouTooCanBeGuru) make.wordpress.org/marketing/2018…

  • A “@BuddyPress plugin that adds a profile field type that can have multiple text inputs”. github.com/lmoffereins/bp… #WordPress

  • Interesting @kinsta benchmarks: – #PHP 7.3 was the fastest in most cases, in all #WordPress tests – WordPress 4.9.8 slightly faster than 5.0, no doubt 5.0 “will further improve though”. kinsta.com/blog/php-bench…

  • .@jdevalk post #WCUS: #Gutenberg is good, annoyed with “communication failure” on launch, @yoast support team doing fine w/ #WordPress 5.0. joost.blog/the-after-wcus…

  • Nineteen EIGHTY Five is a #WordPress child theme of Twenty Nineteen, using styling from the NES.CSS project. github.com/sortabrilliant…

  • Some information and screenshots (some of which seen in @photomatt State of the Word at #WCUS) on #Gutenberg Phase 2 (via @melchoyce) make.wordpress.org/core/2018/12/0… #WordPress

  • Call for testing: #WordPress for iOS 11.4 make.wordpress.org/mobile/2018/12…

  • Case study of the @RollingStone site redesign and migration of “decades worth of digital content” to #WordPress, done w/ the @XWP team. make.wordpress.org/marketing/2018…

  • On #WordPress + Git – early thoughts and possible plans on “coordinated research” on tooling, workflows, issue tracking, etc. (via @helenhousandi) make.wordpress.org/core/2018/12/0… #WCUS

  • Spent most of @WordCampUS Contributor Day learning about #wprig. It’s goal is to be the next modern #WordPress starter theme. Contributors and testers needed for 2.0. github.com/wprig/wprig/tr… #WCUS

  • “#WordPress in a REAL sense can be the realization of the promise of the web – EVERYONE having equal access to publishing content.” @mor10 #WCUS

  • “Whatever decision we make for #WordPress is the decision we make on behalf of the web.” @mor10 #WCUS

  • “When #WordPress 4.4 shipped, responsive images were suddenly a thing on the web.” @mor10 #WCUS

  • Now up: @mor10 at @WordCampUS on “Moving Forward w/ #WordPress”. #WCUS

  • Getting ready to list to @mor10 talk “Moving Forward With #WordPress” at @WordCampUS. #WCUS

  • Listening to @MiinaSikk at @WordCampUS talk about extending #Gutenberg core blocks in the context of the AMP #WordPress plugin. #WCUS

  • Biggest enhancements to the #WordPress mobile apps has dealt w/ media. @astralbodies is showing off how the apps use native sharing, 3D Touch, on iOS/Android. #WCUS

  • Now listening to @astralbodies at @WordCampUS talk about #WordPress mobile apps. #WCUS

  • #WordPress 5.0 adoption levels @ataylorme #WCUS #Gutenberg

  • Listening to @ataylorme talk about how to take on #Gutenberg development in a post-#WordPress 5.0 world. #WCUS

  • “The next iterations in #WordPress will move us close to platform agnosticism. They’ll run on mobile devices, different CMS, and voice-driven devices. Separate content from presentation.” @GaryPendergast #WCUS

  • “The alpha version of the #Gutenberg block editor will be released in #WordPress apps in about a week. Beta version due “early next year.” @GaryPendergast #WCUS

  • “Everything is an iteration. Nothing that papers in #WordPress is a fundamental rewrite. Sometimes it feels like a larger or smaller step.” @GaryPendergast #WCUS

  • “One of the most important lessons learned from the REST API project is that we shouldn’t go long without iteration.” #WordPress @GaryPendergast #WCUS

  • “Inspiration doesn’t just come from #WordPress core. In 2013 we were looking at how to build en entirely frontend editor.” @GaryPendergast #WCUS

  • “Designs like this (section based) might serve #Gutenberg better in terms of sites in #WordPress.” @chriscoyier #WCUS