Tech folks: Stop calling things Easy.

Tech folks: Stop calling things Easy.

When you call something “simple,” “easy,” or “self-explanatory” in product documentation, you’re insulting your reader. You should stop doing that. Let’s put it in another context to illustrate my point. Scene: local auto repair shop. Your mechanic emerges from under the hood holding a small piece of rubber between grease-marked pointer finger and thumb. “Here’s…

The WordPress Community Deserves the Why on the Timeline of v5.0

The WordPress Community Deserves the Why on the Timeline of v5.0

The leadership of the WordPress project must be transparent with the “why” of the release date of WordPress version 5.0 and the new editor. Initially, Matt Mullenweg said “April” during the last State of the Word address. There was an audible laugh from my side of the room, but more importantly, there was no “why”…

Using The WP Rollback plugin to beta test Better Click to Tweet
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Using The WP Rollback plugin to beta test Better Click to Tweet

Starting today, you can beta test pre-released versions of Better Click to Tweet, to test new functionality, ensure compatibility with your environment, and/or lend a hand to aid in development. With version 5.5+, there’s a method for you to update to the release before it alerts you to an update on the plugins page of…