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WordCamp Asia 2024 Expert Panel: How WordPress can better serve the needs of Enterprise
At Human Made we’re deeply committed to the growing of our global WordPress community and we’re very proud to have been able to support by organising and speaking at every global WordCamp to date. I’m really excited to bring WordPress for Enterprise – a topic that has been on the forefront of Human Made’s initiatives…
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HM hot take: State of Enterprise WordPress report
We were excited to see the publication of the first ever State of Enterprise WordPress report earlier this week. Spearheaded by our friends over at Big Bite, the research provides a fantastic picture of how WordPress is viewed by its enterprise users from around the world. We aren’t going to provide a blow-by-blow account of…
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State of the Word 2023: Takeaways for Enterprise
WordPress Co-founder Matt Mullenweg just presented the 2023 State of the Word on-stage in Madrid. Joined by WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden and Lead WordPress Architect Matias Ventura, together they highlighted this year’s achievements and looked ahead to what’s coming in 2024 and beyond. I was fortunate to be able to join friends from across…
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Contributing back to WordPress
For more than a decade, I’ve been using WordPress. ‘Using’ is the key word here: I’ve been using it without contributing back. WordPress celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, and was able to reach this milestone primarily thanks to the thousands of volunteers who contribute to its continuous development and maintenance, keeping it alive. Looking…
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WordPress community: The future of PHP_CodeSniffer
You may have heard talk in the open source community over the past week or so about the future of PHP_CodeSniffer, or PHPCS for short. Crucial for maintaining consistency, readability, and quality in codebases, especially in collaborative environments, it checks PHP, JavaScript, and CSS code against a set of defined coding standards, helping ensure that…
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LGBTQIA+ inclusivity: Human Made’s getting louder & prouder
Human Made’s Head of People Operations Tom Chute and CEO Tom Willmot share some rainbow-coloured initiatives we’ve been working on behind the scenes, all inspired by a single, powerful talk at a recent WordCamp. The clue is in the name: here at Human Made, we’re all about people. We firmly believe in celebrating diversity and…
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Halloween WordPress wallpapers – if you dare!
Dive into the Halloween spirit with these spooktacular Halloween WordPress wallpapers 🎃👻 Spooky season is here, and we’ve got the perfect Halloween treat for your screens – six brand new WordPress wallpapers! We had lots of fun using generative AI to come up with these spine-tingling designs – check out some of the tools we’re…
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8 ways agencies help WordPress move forward
WordPress is famously open source and designed to be accessible to all, which is a large part of the reason so many software development agencies (like us!) choose WordPress as their platform of choice. But what role do agencies play role in the evolution and adoption of the WordPress platform? Let’s take a look at…
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WordPress Community Summit in review
If you’ve ever wondered how WordPress climbed towards covering 43% of the web, let me tell you: it’s because of the community that it’s built across the last 20 years. And the WordPress Community Summit is one of the key mechanisms it uses to maintain and advance this network. I remember in the 2015 summit…
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Meet us at WCUS!
It’s that time of year again – our Humans are on their way to Maryland for WCUS 2023! 🇺🇸 Kicking off August 24th – 26th in National Harbor, this year’s WordCamp US will be one to remember. WordPress Community Summit To start the trip off, we’ll be attending the WordPress Community Summit! Kicking off on…
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WordPress 6.3: 6 features every web designer will love
WordPress 6.3 “Lionel” is here! And with it comes some amazing new features you don’t want to miss. Crafting captivating websites is now easier than ever before: whether you’re aiming to design a full site code-free, or you’re a developer eager to tweak every aspect, WordPress 6.3 has got you covered. From superior layout control…
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WordCamp 2023: Athens, alliances & after-parties
WordCamps are the events of the WordPress calendar: they’re our community’s chance to come together, share knowledge, pose tough questions, and hopefully tighten some erstwhile virtual bonds. After all, people are what power the WordPress wheelhouse! After missing last year’s WordCamp Europe, I was particularly keen to have as many Humans in attendance as we…
