August News & Notes from PennyWise Consulting

Recent Blog Posts

Where to Make Changes (2018-08-22) When customizing a WordPress theme, a common request is for changes to specific elements. These can range from modifying a heading font to where a specific item is displayed on the webpage. Some requests are easier to fulfill than others. Why? Read More »

Ways to Grow your WordPress Skills (2018-08-01) Many of my clients have used WordPress for years and are advanced users. It’s (mostly) straightforward and they feel confident when choosing a new plugin or changing a small part of their site’s appearance. However, when things start to go awry they realize there are gaps in what they thought they knew and what we discuss as I debug and troubleshoot. Read More »

Preparing for Changes: Wordpress & Gutenberg (2018-07-18) There's a new content editor headed to WordPress, it's called Gutenberg. What does it mean for your site? Change. You don't need to change today, or tomorrow. While it's planned for WordPress 5.0, that's not due out yet, however you will be seeing more about it through a callout asking you to “Try Gutenberg”. Read More »

WordPress updates of interest

As always, there are updates! Is it important that you read the change logs? No, though I think it's a good idea. It is important to keep your WordPress system up-to-date. There are often new features that slip in which can improve how you work. If you have questions or are worried about updating, please contact me!

• Wordpress is at 4.9.8, this is a security and maintenance release was updated on July 5, 2018. This is a maintenance release to prepare for Gutenberg.
• WooCommerce is at 3.4.4 and was updated on July 25, 2018.
• Yoast SEO is at 8.0 and was released on August 14, 2018. This release prepares for Gutenberg and fixes several bugs.
• Jetpack is at 6.4.2 and was released on August 10, 2018. This update fixes some bugs related to social commenting and changes to Facebook.