Earlier this week, I was optimizing a post with the new Gutenberg editor in WordPress, trying to improve the search engine optimization. I added alt text to the image blocks. To my surprise, the alt text automatically appeared as a caption under the images:
The Knight Foundation is a charitable organization with deep roots in the news world. The foundation was started by two brothers, James and John Knight. They were part of Knight-Ridder, which was one of the largest newspaper chains in the US. The Knight Foundation now invests heavily in supporting journalism. They’ve just awarded grants worth…
Here at PublishPress, we’re focused on the publishing experience in WordPress. And lately we’ve been learning about new publishing features that may be coming to the new editor in Gutenberg Phase 3. Back in November 2019, we wrote about collaborative Google Docs-style editing in WordPress. This image gives a good idea of what we’re talking…
Sometimes the simplest questions can lead you down the biggest rabbit holes. A few weeks ago, I asked our team, “What is the best way to translate WordPress plugins?“ We need an answer because we’ve been growing quickly here at PublishPress. More users are asking if our plugins are available in different languages.
There are new versions available for both PublishPress Revisions Free and Pro. The Revisions plugin is very helpful when you want to copy a WordPress post, edit it, and then publish the update. PublishPress Revisions Pro is now at version 2.3.7 and has support for the LearnDash and Pods plugins.
PublishPress launched in January 2018. Today we’re pleased to share the news that we’ve just reached a big milestone: 1,000 active customers! We decided to celebrate by donating some money to the Philadelphia Zoo and asking their penguins to say “thanks” to everyone: Seriously, we owe a big “Thanks” to all of you who use…
When you use PublishPress Checklists, you set requirements that writers must complete before their content is published. Here are are some examples of those requirements: Posts must have a minimum of 600 words. Pages must have a featured image. Posts must have between 5 and 10 categories. Pages must use the Excerpt. No broken links…
Some of the PublishPress plugins have existed for more than 10 years. For example, the PublishPress Revisions plugin was launched back in 2009! In contrast, the PublishPress Authors plugin is very new. It only launched on WordPress.org in 2020.
This week’s release of PublishPress Revisions Pro provides support for the Divi theme and page builder. The Revisions plugin is very helpful when you want to copy a WordPress post, edit it, and then publish the update. Divi is one of the most popular page-builders in WordPress, and we’ve had several requests for this integration….
PublishPress Authors is a plugin that we’ve been slowly improving for a couple of years now. PublishPress Authors allows you to add multiple authors to one post. You can also have guest authors who don’t need a WordPress account.