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Brian is an editor of MasterWP and the Technology Director at Howard Development & Consulting, the company behind WP Wallet.

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WordPress needs to start thinking like a platform again

Market share is a false idol. The goal of a platform isn’t just to take a larger slice of the pie, it’s to grow the entire pie.

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May 12, 2022
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The Block Editor is a Page Builder, too

When we wrote about Divi, we sure heard about it from our audience. So we’re returning to Divi and comparing the criticism to Full Site Editing to see how they stack up.

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May 7, 2022
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Celebrate the 19th Anniversary of WordPress with #wp19day

#wp19day is a celebration of 19 years of WordPress and, more importantly, the WordPress community.

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May 3, 2022
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CSS and Styles In Modern WordPress

Controlling the front-end design of WordPress sites can feel like a bit of a hot mess these days. How can we make CSS more predictable?

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April 26, 2022
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What’s Happening with the Block Pattern Directory

If the Block Pattern Directory is going to be anything, it should at least be a reliable place for users to grab code that follows industry-standard best practices.

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April 26, 2022
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Should WordPress load WebP images by default?

As browser support for WebP images grows, Google is pushing for WordPress to convert media libraries to WebP by default. Is this realistic?

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April 12, 2022
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How We Landed on Vue.js for WP Wallet

Picking a JavaScript framework is entering a long-term relationship, complete with future potential and years of baggage. Here’s our journey towards Vue.js.

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April 1, 2022
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WordPress “Performance Team” Releases Performance Lab Plugin

With heavy support from Google and Yoast, the performance team unleashes a decent set of beta features.

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March 15, 2022
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WordPress.com Introduces a Marketplace Directly in The Dashboard

WordPress.com users will be able to buy anything from themes and plugins to professional support and services directly from their dashboard.

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March 13, 2022
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Elementor Launches Cloud Website Hosting

Hosting companies have been buying up the entire custom plugin space. This time, a plugin is going head to head with the hosts on their own turf.

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March 7, 2022
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Why we migrated from Substack back to WordPress

We initially went with Substack over WordPress, and as you can imagine, that lasted about a week. Here’s the story of how MasterWP went from WordPress to Substack to WordPress.

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March 1, 2022
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Advanced Custom Fields Acquisition Review – Eight Months In

Advanced Custom Fields always felt like the plugin that belonged in core. So how has ACF fared in the eight months since the acquisition?

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February 24, 2022

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