WordPress

WordPress 4.9.8 invites users to try the coming block editor. A realistic rehearsal starts with the content your team already finds difficult.

New export and erasure tools help with personal-data requests, but the first job is understanding what your site and its extensions actually store.

WordPress 4.9.5 improves PHP 7.2 compatibility. The rest of a website still needs checking before a hosting runtime change.

February’s automatic-update failure makes March a useful time to check who handles the exceptions on your WordPress site.

Design drafts, scheduling and preview links can turn a rushed live-site change into a more considered review.

The new Custom HTML widget helps separate code snippets from ordinary rich text. A good handover makes that boundary understandable.

New image, audio and video widgets make media easier to publish. The next question is what that media helps a visitor do.

WordPress 4.7.4 repairs a browser-editor incompatibility. It is a reminder that the people updating a website need testing too.

February’s REST API disclosure makes a practical case for treating updates as a checked task, rather than an email notification.