The Human Made blog
The latest thinking on enterprise WordPress, open source technology, and life at Human Made.
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Can we please stop saying ‘Gutenberg’?
It’s been five years now since Matt Mullenweg first introduced the Gutenberg project to WordPress. The Gutenberg project was, and still is, a re-imagining of the following WordPress components: Content editing Site customisation Collaborative editing Multilingual When you say “Gutenberg”, you are therefore referring to the entire project, which may not be what you actually…
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Why you shouldn’t use a Super Admin account on WordPress
Within WordPress, site owners give control over different hierarchical permissions of users by using roles. For multisite configurations, the six available roles, in descending order of authority, are: Super Admin Administrator Editor Author Contributor Subscriber Now, if you’re a project leader or run an editorial team, it probably makes sense to want to take the…
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Everyone is a marketer
Recently I was lucky enough to experience my first Human Made/Altis company retreat. We went to Athens for a week, and it was great. The main highlight was undoubtedly getting to meet everyone face to face, many for the first time, and generally hanging out and spending time with people. I realise now how essential…
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How to manage unknowns as a web engineer
As a web engineer working across multiple projects and platforms, there are many things we’re expected to know. However, it’s important to stress that we don’t need to know every single technology or concept we’re likely to come across. Rather, it’s how you manage the unknown that tests your mettle as an engineer, and there…
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Implementing global payroll giving in a remote company
Over the past month, we’ve been watching the devastation that the Russian army has been wreaking on the people of Ukraine. It has left me and other humans heartbroken and feeling powerless. Many of our people are in Eastern Europe, many of us have friends and family in Ukraine, and we will all be dealing…
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Human Made in 2021
At the beginning of last year, I shared how 2020 was a year marked by adaptation. Against the backdrop of considerable challenges globally, 2021 has been a big year for Human Made, our clients & customers, and for our partners too. It has been our most successful year since we began all the way back…