Google Analytics Alternatives: Testing PageSpeed Performance
I ran a quick test on some of the most popular Google Analytics alternatives to find out what their affect was on PageSpeed performance.
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Block Editor Development with HMR Support
Find out how to use the @roots/wordpress-hmr library to build WordPress blocks and other block editor customizations with hot reload (HMR) support.
Introducing Lima to Trellis for Faster Local Development
We've added experimental support for Lima to Trellis, which allows us to drop VirtualBox/Parallels and Vagrant for faster local dev environments.
PHP Themes Aren’t Dead
Chris Coyier wrote about how "PHP themes are dead", but we believe that's far from the truth. Long live hybrid themes.
What’s New in Trellis v1.20?
Trellis v1.12.0 introduces support for Ubuntu 22.04, fixes a bug with Composer authentications, and disables XML-RPC by default.
Better WordPress Debugging with Acorn
WP_DEBUG should always be enabled on your dev environments. Enhance your WP_DEBUG output by using Acorn along with Ignition.
Creating an Acorn Package
We've updated Acorn's package development docs and published acorn-example-package to help you get started with creating Acorn packages.
What’s New in Acorn v3 and Sage v10.5?
Changes from recent releases for Acorn v3 and Sage v10.5 include: Laravel v9 support, an updated boot method, and DX improvements
WordPress PHP 8.1 Support: Not Found
PHP 8.1 was released 404 days ago. As of 2023-01-03, WordPress still only has “beta support” for PHP 8.0+.
Automatically Generating theme.json from a Tailwind Config
Sage automatically generates theme.json color palettes and sizes for the WordPress editor from Tailwind CSS's configuration file.
Updates to roots/wordpress Composer Package
Two new WordPress Composer packages are available: roots/wordpress-full & roots/wordpress-no-content. roots/wordpress will not include wp-content as of WordPress 6.0.
A CLI Tool For Managing Trellis
trellis-cli is our officially recommended way of interacting with your Trellis projects. It helps manage and abstract away tools like Ansible and Python.
Sage 10 Released, Introducing Acorn
It’s been a long road, but it’s finally here: Sage 10 and the long-awaited introduction of Acorn 🎉
Namespacing and Autoloading
Namespacing and Autoloading for PHP can make you a better, more efficient, and happier developer, and help you unlock the power of Sage 10 and Acorn.
A Workflow for Modern WordPress Plugin Development
We found a need for a modern WordPress plugin development workflow which empowers developers throughout the process. Clover is our answer to that.
Announcing the roots/wordpress Composer Package
We are excited to announce our new composer package for installing WordPress: roots/wordpress. This is a drop-in replacement for the johnpbloch/wordpress package Bedrock has used since November 2014.
Favorite WP-CLI Packages: Login Command
wp-cli-login-command is a package by Evan Mattson that creates passwordless links for your WordPress sites. It's as simple as: wp login create username ✨
WordPress Password Security Follow-up
Follow up to the 'Improving WordPress Password Security' post. If you’re on PHP 5.5+ then use our bcrypt plugin to improve your site’s security.
Improving WordPress Password Security
We’ve released the wp-password-bcrypt plugin to improve WordPress password security by using bcrypt instead of insecure MD5 password hashing.
Life of a Front-end WordPress Request
A deep dive into what happens when you hit a URL on a WordPress website, and how to build a WordPress routing system that solves the issues with rewrites.
Upping PHP Requirements in Your WordPress Themes and Plugins
Up the PHP requirements in your WordPress themes and plugins. Use the short array syntax, anonymous functions, short echo syntax and more.
Twelve-Factor WordPress App
Turning a WordPress site into a Twelve-Factor App. If you're going to be creating complex websites with WordPress, then you need to get serious about it.
Timing WordPress Requests
By using the WordPress functions timer_start and timer_stop, you can setup quick performance tests without setting up a full benchmarking test suite.
WordPress Plugins with Composer
See how to create Composer packages for custom WordPress plugins, along with private plugins and 3rd party plugins with the composer.json file.
Using Composer with WordPress
An introduction to Composer and how to manage WordPress core, plugins, and even themes with it. Composer is a dependency manager for PHP.