Good review of the Interactivity API, which will be a big and growing part of WordPress development in the future ->

Freemius now on bluesky. If you're a WordPress dev, give them a follow ->

For those interested, great live posting on the Automattic vs WPEngine hearing here:

bsky.app/profile/ques...

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Hello, WordPress Community – Let’s Chat! I’m thrilled to share my first post here on Make WordPress! As the new Director of the WordPress Project, I’m excited to contribute to the ongoing work that shapes WordPress for millions worldwide.…

This is nice to see. Mary Hubbard, New Executive Director of WordPress.org to host Zoom office hours with Matt Mullenweg.

make.wordpress.org/project/2024...

Building a site on the default theme seems more and more plausible as the block editor improves... So much of page layout is about the editor and blocks, not theme templates.

Nice! Just going to follow all.

Can I be added? 😀

💯 Luck is one of the biggest factors in the success of most entrepreneurs, even when they don't realize it.

Block Themes and site editor: Refactoring templates · Issue #66950 · WordPress/gutenberg Description Since the introduction of block themes, the mental model has been that these themes provide interconnected entities (templates, styles, patterns) that the user can edit in the UI. This ...

While on eyes are on the #WordPress 6.7 release today, some of us already started about what should come next.

I'm really excited about this proposal to improve the templates architecture and behavior in block themes. github.com/WordPress/gu...

Please send the feedback our way. Thank you.

Bluesky team: If you need to staff up to build faster, now would be a good time to consider a kickstarter campaign. You have a short and rare window right now.

Bluesky team: you could REALLY accelerate community here by making Starter Packs votable, rankable, searchable.

I'd like to find the best starter packs for specific interests, and quickly rebuild communities & sources of info from that other platform.

I'm trading hats so fast they all blur together.

Starter packs are a great part of Bluesky.

Anyone know good starter packs for
- JavaScript / React Devs?
- Entrepreneurs / Builders / Indie Hackers?

For tldr types:
1. You'll always face hard tradeoffs.
2. Hiring and managing a team is very hard.
3. Do more marketing (even if less product).
4. Find and increase your 'best' customers.
5. Learn to say no to good ideas.

I left a great engineering job at Automattic this year (before the chaos) to start another business.

It's not any easier the second time. 😅

Ohh, yeah. I forgot this was him originally.

I hope so. It so hard for any platform to get the critical mass of users needed for lift off.

Who is it that you're referring to?

Automattic is an investor in Bluesky ->

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Bluesky's 'discover' algorithm needs help lol

WordPress Plugin Developer #WPJobs #WPCareers jobs.wordpress.net/j...

Internationalization improvements in 6.7 There are a number of internationalization (i18n) improvements in WordPress 6.7, which I’d like to cover in this dedicated dev note.

Details on this change (and others):

make.wordpress.org/core/2024/10...

For WordPress people...

If you're new on Bluesky (like me) & looking for who to follow:
bsky.app/starter-pack...

Reminder for theme and plugin developers: WordPress 6.7 inbound tomorrow. Be sure to check compatibility.

One specific change to check for plugin devs: load_plugin_textdomain must now be called on or after the init hook (ie, calling it on plugins_loaded will trigger a PHP notice now.