Definitely excited for this block to drop! So many client sites with accordions π
Definitely excited for this block to drop! So many client sites with accordions π
Between the time we launched the original Learn CSS course on web.dev and today, container queries landed in browsers and became Baseline Widely available! It was high time for an update, and we were lucky enough to have the team at OddBird work with us. Enjoy 9 new modules! web.dev/blog/learn-c...
WP Accessibility Knowledge Base is shaping to be a pretty amazing accessibility resource for WordPress developers and creators. It's all open source, and we'll see what we can do to contribute #a11y
Plank logo Wapuu WordPress stack of stickers
@plank.co will be at WordCamp Canada this week β WordCamp Canada π¨π¦ Ottawa, Ontario π October 15-17 canada.wordcamp.org/2025/
Find @warrenwilansky.com or Nasouh Al Tark and ask them for one of our shinny new Plank Wapuu stickers! π
#wapuu #WordPress #wccanada
Schema markup is evolving, and AI is leading the way. π€
As search shifts from keywords to conversations, structured data is more important than ever.
π‘ Learn how to stay visible in the age of AI-driven search: plank.co/en/blog/what...
Tim Berners-Lee explains why he gave away the web for free: βI believed that giving users such a simple way to navigate the internet would unlock creativity and collaboration on a global scale (...) In order to succeed, therefore, it would have to be free.β.
Hey, Canadian WordPress community! π£ Plank is proud to be attending and sponsoring WordCamp Canada 2025 in Ottawa. Learning, connecting, and community - it all kicks off on October 15. See you there! π @wordcampcanada.bsky.social #WordCampCanada #WCEH2025
Websites arenβt just for people anymore. Theyβre for their AI agents, too. At Plank, weβre designing fast, accessible, structured experiences for both. Welcome to the User Agent Interface. Dive into our latest blog to learn more!
Read now: bit.ly/4pxSpJ6
Seems like this would be super useful for defining different shades.
"oklch is a newer color model that is designed to be perceptually uniform. This means that colors are much more accurate in terms of how humans perceive them and it makes working with them much easier."
Thanks for coming to my talk at @smashingconf.com, everyone! It was a joy and an honour to be invited β and I hope it was valuable! π€π Here are the slides: noti.st/matthiasott/... #smashingconf
I recently dove into the world of #OpenCart . I'm not fond of the ecosystem. Unlike the #wordpress community that I am used to, it is very unwelcoming. Despite it being an #opensource project, there are very few free extensions availible. Here is an extension that I created for practice. Enjoy.
We registered for #WPA11yDay, virtual 24-hour conference on WordPress accessibility taking place October 15-16. Tickets are free, donations accepted #WPAD2025 #WordPress #a11y
We're happy to finally unveil the full schedule for the upcoming Inclusive Design 24 #id24 24 hour online event on the 25 September 2025 inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/ #a11y #accessibility #inclusiveDesign
If you're new to CSS, one of the best ways to make your life easier is to take advantage of all the CSS debugging features in your devtools.
To help, I teamed up with @amitsheen.bsky.social to create a free, 5-part beginner course on getting started with them: devtoolsforbeginners.kevinpowell.co
Canβt express how much of a fan I am of all things WP CLI / Bash, so Austin Ginder sharing years of experience with WordPress bash scripts into a new standalone CLI: CaptainCore Do is cool! Itβs 100% open source, MIT licensed, and built to streamline WP site management from the terminal.
Ooh, my Chrome DevTools extension for debugging Scroll-Driven Animations is approaching 3000 users β¦
- Live Minimap (!)
- ScrollTimeline and ViewTimeline support
- CSS and WAAPI SDAs supported
- Plays nice with `position: sticky`
- Visualize and edit the animation-ranges
π brm.us/sda-debugger
π Site of the Day - Plank - Digital Storytelling @plank.co
(nice to be able to tag someone over here on bluesky!)
βοΈ ScrollTrigger Flip SplitText Webflow
site β storytelling.plank.co
showcase β gsap.com/showcase
This is INCREDIBLE; the Macs alongside the text aren't showing screenshots, it's booting emulators so you interact with what's being written about, and even includes the NeXT aresluna.org/frame-of-pre...
Rockin' it with pixels β code or craft β€οΈ @coldironchef.bsky.social
When I got involved with Front End North, one of the things I wanted to achieve was an affordable ticket price.
My inspiration was WordCamp London, which priced its tickets so that the whole community could come - not just developers, but testers, designers and writers too.
New to the blog: Our Top 10 Tips for working smarter, not harder, in the WordPress CMS! Get unstuck and build with confidence today.
π bit.ly/4kO2fDZ
#WordPress #CMS #WebDesignAgency
The Internet Archive has rolled out an extremely effective new tool for searching for old Geocities GIFs.
I'd apologize for what I'm about to do to this website as a result, but that would be a lie, because I won't feel sorry at all
gifcities.org
People print websites, so I wrote an article over on @piccalil.li about how to make sure they don't feel the need to pull out all their hair while printing yours.
Decimate a rainforest, spend a fortune on some new ink cartridges, unjam the mechanism, print off the article, and give it a read.
"Optimising WP_Query isnβt just about writing fast queries β itβs about writing efficient queries" π― #wordpress
β¨ Designing for neurodiversity means recognizing that people arenβt edge cases but individuals with varied ways of thinking and navigating the web. So, how can we create more inclusive experiences that work better for everyone? Letβs find out: www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/06/desi...
Plank was founded in 1998, so this is a little trip down memory lane π
Also, run ESLint with --report-unused-disable-directives to get notified of obsolete eslint-ignore comments.
Blue background with a photo of a birthday cake, the WordPress logo, and the words: Happy 22nd Birthday WordPress!
π Itβs WordPressβ 22nd birthday! π
On May 27, 2003, a small project to simplify publishing turned into a global movement for the open web. Today, WordPress powers over 43% of the internetβand none of it would be possible without you.
π Thank you for being part of this story.
#WP22 #WordPress
Have you ever scanned a dirty or crumpled up QR code, *certain* it wouldn't work, and then it instantly does?
They're built to be really resilient! Here's a guide I put together, full of interactive visuals to show the design choices in the QR spec.
perthirtysix.com/how-the-heck-do-qr-codes-work