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Twenty-six 10uppers Contribute to WordPress 6.1 Release

Released last week, WordPress 6.1 (“Misha”) primarily delivers enhancements to the full site building experience in the Block Editor. The 6.1 release introduces a new default theme, Twenty Twenty-Three, and a suite of performance and usability improvements:

Introduction of new content templates that can accelerate page creation.
Block Template parts can now be defined in classic themes.
Performance improvements including caching `WP_Query` database queries, priming caches in `REST API` and multisite network options queries, as well as new Site Health checks for Persistent Object Cache and Page Cache.
Site Editor settings now sync across browsers and devices for each editor.
Improved ability to select partial paragraphs within a block.
The option to keep the list view of all blocks in a post on the left side as the default, as opposed to previously having to toggle it.

10up publicly releases its Gutenberg Best Practices

Fabian Kaegy on October 13

In keeping with our mission to make a better web, 10up strives to strengthen and contribute back to the open-source technology ecosystem we build upon. We contribute thousands of hours each year and open source innovations like ElasticPress, which integrates Elastic and WordPress; ClassifAI, which brings AI and machine learning to WordPress; and Distributor, which solves for cross-site content reuse. We also share our Engineering Best Practices and Open Source Best Practices as public projects on GitHub.

In that same spirit, we have now publicly opened up – and open sourced – our WordPress Gutenberg Best Practices documentation.

The Gutenberg Best Practices project began as an internal onboarding and continuing education resource detailing the “10up Way” when it comes to the WordPress block editor and client editorial experience. In deciding to open up in beta as a public resource, our goal is to help developers learn about the WordPress block editor and extend it through the customization of core blocks and the carefully crafted development of custom blocks.

Google and 10up Invite You To Join The Privacy Sandbox Community Group

Mollie Pugh on June 30

In 2019, Google announced its intention to phase out support for third-party cookies in Chrome–an effort now scheduled for completion by late 2023.

Alongside this year’s edition of WordCamp Europe in Porto, Portugal, 10up, Google, and long-time 10up partner WP Engine hosted an inter-agency roundtable to explore how the upcoming changes will impact our clients and the web at large—laying the groundwork for the formation of a working group that provides feedback on all aspects of Google’s Privacy Sandbox Initiative.

WordPress 6.0 Released, Led By 10up Core Tech Lead

Jeff Paul on June 3 • 2 Comments

Last week saw the release of WordPress 6.0 — a release that improves the block editor and full site editing experience through an upgraded user interface that simplifies page composition and content creation. Eleven 10uppers contributed to WordPress 6.0, with Senior Engineer Peter Wilson serving as Release Lead / Core Tech Lead, and myself credited as a Noteworthy Contributor.

WordPress 6.0 boasts more than 50 block editor accessibility enhancements alongside performance improvements that reduce the number of database queries WordPress makes on page requests, especially in the WordPress admin.

Gabe Karp on June 2

Join me at WordCamp Europe June 2 through June 4, 2022. I’ll be in Porto, Portugal alongside twenty other 10uppers as we come together for the first WordCamp EU in 3 years. During the event, find us at the Google Booth–and be sure to ask about our work on SiteKit and the WordPress Performance Lab.

10up and WP Engine Partner to Launch Enginet: WP Engine’s WordPress-Powered Intranet

Ruth Rosengren on April 20

Last year, 10up collaborated with one of its longtime platform partners, WP Engine, to conceptualize and implement Enginet – WP Engine’s new WordPress-powered intranet. With usability, utility, and brand harmony at the forefront, Enginet is the product of dozens of interviews and hundreds of survey responses representing a cross-section of WP Engine’s thousand-plus team.

Phil Crumm on April 12

Earlier today, WordPress VIP announced their inaugural Partner Awards: recognizing partners that distinguished themselves during 2022’s first quarter. We’re proud to be named WordPress VIP’s first Top Gold Agency Partner. In WordPress VIP’s words, “10up’s work continues to inspire new possibilities of what can be achieved on our platform.” You can learn more about our decade-long partnership in the VIP Partner Directory.

Google Announces End-of-Life For Universal Analytics

Patrick Ahl on March 28

Earlier this month, Google announced the official end-of-life for Google Analytics 3: Universal Analytics and rallied partners and customers to prepare to migrate to its successor, Google Analytics 4 (GA4).

To quote Google directly, “Universal Analytics was built for a generation of online measurement that was anchored in the desktop web, independent sessions, and more easily observable data from cookies.” Today, organizations engage online with audiences who consume content with multiple devices and across multiple channels, including apps and, sometimes, multiple websites.

Growing consumer privacy concerns and evolving data privacy regulations also require organizations to rethink how they track customer journeys. While Universal Analytics offers limited privacy settings, GA4 is designed with user privacy at its core, with an anonymized model for tracking user behavior (no longer storing IP addresses) and detailed country-level privacy controls.

Simon Champion-MacPherson on March 8

Yesterday, the WordPress Performance team announced the first beta release of the “Performance Lab” plugin, a proving ground for future performance improvements built into WordPress. The plugin is guided by real-world scaling lessons from experts like Google, and includes contributions from six 10uppers. This first public release focuses on image optimization and bringing attention to suboptimal caching setup and excessive script use. You can download the plugin from WordPress.org, provide feedback on Github, or dive into more detail in the announcement post.

10up Turns 11

Jake Goldman on February 28 • 1 Comment

Last February, 10up celebrated a milestone: ten years. In the year since, we continued to significantly grow our team, build out our services, and invest in our company culture and open source initiatives – all while earning 7 recognitions in The 25th Annual Webby Awards and multiple Microsoft Supplier Program Prestige Awards nominations.
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