Product managers, you're in a postmortem about a hotfix. Someone suggests "better automated testing" to prevent future bugs. Automated testing is probably the answer, but you know what's faster and requires a fraction of the work? ✅ A checklist. Start there, then automate.

Respondents preferred "Search and Replace" over "Find and Replace" by a 2:1 ratio. I agree. Find when the needle is in a haystack directly in front of me (e.g. an open file). Search when the needle is in one of many haystacks (e.g. a workspace of files, a database of records).

Is there a way to send Google Form responses to a Google Group email without a) forwarding from my personal email or b) using an add-on or SaaS like Zapier? I feel like that is the one obstacle in the way of realizing a rudimentary help desk using only Google Groups/Workspace.

5 out of the 12 most popular WordPress plugins redirect users to an onboarding page after activation. There is no difference in presentation between plugins that do and do not redirect. New users can only guess. Help us improve the usability on Trac: core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/61040#c…

So much content generation starts in Google Docs before publishing in WordPress. When content needs revised, teams go back to Google Docs, find the original post, and continue collaboration. Who has a good system for maintaining that relationship and knowing where to look?

It's WP Engine's Internal WordPress Contributor Day, and I'm making it easier for plugin developers to answer the question, "What do I do next?" after plugin activation. Open, Configure, Start Onboarding, View Dashboard... What else do you do post-activation? #WPEContributorDay

When contributing to WordPress core, discussions happen in GitHub and Slack that do not get reflected on Trac (e.g. comment threads on PR reviews). Decisions get made quickly by daily (not necessarily full-time) contributors, so be ready to invest if you want to affect change.

Say you add a changelog for version 1.2.0-beta.1, and there are no further changes required for the 1.2.0 release (GA). Do you keep the 1.2.0-beta.1 changelog visible? If so, what does the 1.2.0 changelog say?

Spent the morning prepping for next week's Developer Hours and just had to share a preview. Overrides for synced patterns in WordPress 6.6 are so cool, and this is just the first iteration. Join us next week for more 👉 meetup.com/learn-wordpres…

"design tools continue to fall behind CSS" was a recurring theme at CSS Day conference - typography features (so many!) - scroll animation - meaningful math tricks - layout capabilities - container queries / responsive capabilities - anchor positioning - :has() and presence awareness -

#Accessibility update: You can now check boards for color contrast, frames, and whether images have alt text.

When migrating between two WordPress sites, do you prefer to push or pull changes? I'd love to hear why in the comments.

We're still here. I'm still surrounded by our longtime Delicious Brains engineers and designer working to bring you the highest-quality WordPress plugins that you've come to expect from us. Thanks for your continued support.

"Turn off each plugin one at a time" is an annoying WordPress debugging method, but sometimes it is what you need. I asked Cursor to write me a WP-CLI command to speed up the process- here's a quick demo:

The 3 Types of Product Leaders (explains a lot of what you see in growth-stage startups and in larger companies)

WPackagist has been acquired by WP Engine. For over a decade, Outlandish built and maintained this service. Now WP Engine is carrying it forward - with the same commitment to the developer community in the WordPress ecosystem.