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How to Drip Feed Course Content in WordPress With Masteriyo

Want students to finish your course? Learn how to drip feed lessons in WordPress with Masteriyo: unlock by date or days after enrollment, step by step. The post How to Drip Feed Course Content in WordPress With Masteriyo appeared first on Themeisle Blog.

#231 – Damon Cook on How WP Trend Watcher Keeps Him Up to Date With WordPress

Transcript [00:00:19] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress, the people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case a new way to keep up with WordPress news and updates. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do that by searching for WP Tavern in your podcast player of choice, or by going to wptavern.com/feed/podcast, and you can copy that URL into most podcast players. If you have a topic that you’d like us to feature on the podcast, I’m keen to hear from you and hopefully get you, or your idea, featured on the show. Head to wptavern.com/contact/jukebox, and use the form there. So on the podcast today, we have Damon Cook. Damon has been a developer in the WordPress ecosystem for over a decade, working with WordPress centric agencies, and more recently running his own freelance business, Noma Digital. He’s a longtime community member, contributor, and someone who remains keenly engaged with the latest WordPress developments from releases like 7.1, to shifts in plugins, themes, and the broader WordPress landscape. Damon joins us today to discuss WP Trend Watcher, an open source tool he’s created to help WordPress professionals keep up with the ever increasing deluge of news, community updates and feature releases. As the WordPress space grows more dynamic, and let’s be honest, sometimes a bit overwhelming, WP Trend Watcher is designed to sift through a fire hose of RSS feeds, summarise the trends, and inject some much needed human curation into AI generated content. Damon talks about the importance of staying ahead in the WordPress ecosystem, especially for freelancers, agency owners, and developers who want to anticipate changes and support their clients. He gets into the technical nuts and bolts, breaking down how the tool gathers, and summarises, news. The models and local AI setup he’s experimented with, and the balance between automation and critical human review. If you’re someone who struggles to keep up with the relentless pace of WordPress news, and wants a smarter way to separate the worthwhile updates from the dross, this episode is for you. If you’re interested in finding out more, you can find all of the links in the show notes by heading to wptavern.com/podcast, where you’ll find all the other episodes as well. And so without further delay, I bring you Damon Cook. I am joined on the podcast by Damon Cook. Hello, Damon. [00:03:04] Damon Cook: Hi, Nathan. Good to see you again. [00:03:05] Nathan Wrigley: Yeah, thank you. Damon and I had a chat at WordCamp US. I think you said a little while ago that it was in 2024. So it’s been a few years since we’ve had a chat, and there’s been a few pivots in your life. At the time you were working for a hosting company, which I don’t think you are doing anymore. But we’re going to have a chat today about something which caught my attention probably on social media, I imagine, I saw it there. It’s called WP Trend Watcher. I would just say at the beginning before we get stuck into the topic, if you go to the WP Tavern website, I will bury all of the links in the show notes. So anything that we discover today, go and click on the links over there. And actually given the nature of the topic, it might be wise, dear listener, to go and do that before you get into this podcast, because it’ll be fun to have a poke around and be forewarned as to what is it that we’re going to be looking at. So anyway, Damon, thank you for joining us again. Just before we begin, I mentioned that you have changed roles in the last 24 months or so. Do you just want to tell us a little bit about you and your roles in WordPress over these many years? [00:04:07] Damon Cook: Sure, yeah. Yeah, been a developer in WordPress ecosystem for over a decade. And always been with WordPress-centric agencies. And yeah, as of the past year about, I’ve just been running my own freelance, Noma Digital, then also doing some contract work. And yeah, and still keeping up on all the latest WordPress news and features coming out. 7.1, what is coming out in, well yeah, in like a week, I think. [00:04:37] Nathan Wrigley: Yes. Yeah. [00:04:38] Damon Cook: Lots of cool stuff there. [00:04:39] Nathan Wrigley: Yeah, there really is a lot happening. Genuinely, there is a lot happening in the WordPress space. And, it may be that you’re a developer, and so that side of things captures your attention. But from my perspective, I am not really a developer, but I am curious about all the things that are going on, because I’m fascinated by Core and plugins and themes and blocks and all of that. But equally, the community side and all of that. There’s a whole load going on, and events and marketing and loads going on. But that deluge of information, that sort of fire hose is very hard to keep a track of. Some websites that were publishing for many years die out and other ones replace them, and things come at you from different angles. And so you have built a tool, WP Trend Watcher, which you’re able to put on your local machine. I believe that’s right at the moment. It’s a sort of local install, and we can talk about the technicalities of that in a moment. But this tool, the way that you’ve built it is primarily pre-built, if you like, to go out and inspect the WordPress space so that you can summarise the zeitgeist, of what’s going on in the WordPress world. You can keep up without having to do that manual slog of going out, reading everything, spending hours every day

SCORM in WordPress: What It Is, Who Needs It, and Your Options

SCORM explained in plain words: what it is, who actually needs it, and how to import a SCORM course into WordPress, including one option that’s free. The post SCORM in WordPress: What It Is, Who Needs It, and Your Options appeared first on Themeisle Blog.

Gutenberg Times: Gutenberg Changelog #134 – Gutenberg 23.7, 23.8, WordPress 7.1 and more

In this 134th episode of the Gutenberg Changelog Podcast, Birgit Pauli-Haack hosts Jessica Lyschik , senior developer at Greyd, to discuss recent Gutenberg and WordPress developments. The conversation centers on the releases of Gutenberg 23.7, 23.8, and WordPress 7.1 (“Mary Lou”), highlighting user-facing enhancements and developer-oriented changes. WordPress 7.1 introduced notable features, including new styling tools, updated media flow, notes functionality for collaboration, and improved support for AI-driven workflows. Jessica Lyschik emphasized the impactful addition of pseudo states (hover, focus, active) in buttons and navigation links, though global style options for navigation states are still being developed for 7.2. The new icon API was also discussed, which currently requires plugins for full editor integration. Both speakers observed an ongoing shift: features first become available via theme.json for theme builders, then gradually get exposed in the UI for broader audiences. They also touched on the evolving approach to child themes, font management, and the need for clear style inheritance indicators. Specific enhancements in Gutenberg 23.7/23.8, like responsive editing toggles and improvements to dynamic galleries and block inspector controls, were covered alongside new opt-out mechanisms for block controls. The episode closed with a look toward WordPress 7.2, highlighting efforts to address “block editor paper cuts” (small annoyances) and improved tracking of in-progress features. Birgit Pauli-Haack announced a three-month podcast hiatus for sabbatical, promising a return for the 7.2 release. Listeners were encouraged to follow GitHub tracking issues and stay current with upcoming Gutenberg releases. Show Notes / Transcript Editor: Sandy Reed Logo: Mark Uraine Production: Birgit Pauli-Haack Show Notes Special Guest: Jessica Lyschik https://x.com/jessicalyschik https://www.youtube.com/@jessicalyschik profiles.wordpress.org/luminuu Greyd Conversations, to be found on YouTube DACH Online WordPress Meetup Announcements / Community contributions WordPress 7.2 Call for Volunteers WordPress Contributor Toolkit 1.0: A smoother workflow for your first Core contribution WordPress 7.1 WordPress 7.1 “Mary Lou” WordPress 7.1 Highlights Video WordPress 7.1 micro site WordPress 7.1 Field Guide WordPress 7.1 Release Notes Curated Hands-on with the WordPress 7.1 Icon Registration API What’s new for developers (August 2026) WordPress 7.1 Source of Truth (English) WordPress 7.1 Source of Truth – Deutsch Podcasts 478 – Inside WordPress 7.1 – responsive styling, new blocks, media modal and behind-the-scenes changes WordPress 7.1 mit Birgit Pauli-Haack (German) Gutenberg releases What’s new in Gutenberg 23.7? (05 August) What’s new in Gutenberg 23.8? (19 August) What’s discussed or in the works WordPress 7.2 Tracking issues Styling Responsive style states for blocks – 7.2 tasks Custom states for blocks – iteration for WP 7.2 Form elements in Global Styles – iteration for WP 7.2 Editor Block Editor Paper Cuts WordPress 7.2 and beyond: Pattern Editing follow ups Extensible Site Editor: 7.2 Iteration Issue Improve Navigation Editing in the Extensible Site Editor Sidebar for 7.2 Media WordPress 7.2 Iteration: Media Editor Modal Client Side Media iteration for WordPress 7.2 and beyond WordPress 7.2: Dynamic galleries and media inserter Discussion: How might the media inserter tab look in WP 7.2+ Notes iteration for WordPress 7.2 DataViews, DataViewsPicker, DataForm, Fields in WordPress 7.2 Guidelines built on Knowledge in WordPress 7.2 Greyd Conversations Greyd Conversations #19 – How Can Product Companies Grow in WordPress Right Now Stay in Touch Did you like this episode? Please write us a review Ping us on X (formerly known as Twitter) or send DMs with questions. @gutenbergtimes and @bph. If you have questions or suggestions, or news you want us to include, send them to changelog@gutenbergtimes.com. Please write us a review on iTunes! (Click here to learn how) Transcript Birgit Pauli-Haack: Welcome to our 134th episode of the Gutenberg Changelog podcast. In today’s episode, we will talk about Gutenberg 23.7 and 23.8, and also, of course, WordPress 7.1, which was just released, and also what’s in the pipeline. Not very detailed, but we’ll see. I’m your host, Birgit Pauli-Haack, curator at the Gutenberg Times and a full-time core contributor for the WordPress open source project sponsored by Automattic. It’s again a special treat for me to have Jessica Lyschik to join me on the show again. Jessica is a senior developer at Greyd, which is a German WordPress company that builds Greyd.Suite, an all-in-one toolkit for building and managing professional WordPress sites. Welcome to the show, Jessica. How are you today? Jessica Lyschik: Thank you. I’m very good today. And thanks for having me yet again. I don’t know how often have I been here now? Birgit Pauli-Haack: I think it’s either the 6th. Jessica Lyschik: 3rd, 4th? Birgit Pauli-Haack: Well, I think we’re coming up to 6 or 7. Jessica Lyschik: Is there like an ongoing list of people how often they have been on the show? Birgit Pauli-Haack: Of course. Of course there is a list. Jessica Lyschik: Probably I’m very at the top. Birgit Pauli-Haack: It feels like. Absolutely. Yeah, you are. Top producer here. Jessica Lyschik: Nice. Birgit Pauli-Haack: Yeah. So Jessica, you are not only working on Greyd, you also work co-organizer on the WordPress Germany, and you also are a co-organizer for the German-speaking DACH Online WordPress Meetup. DACH, for those who don’t know it, is Deutsch, Austrian, also Österreich and Schweiz, Länderkennung. Jessica Lyschik: Yes. Birgit Pauli-Haack: And the meetup comes together every other month, right? Jessica Lyschik: Yes. Birgit Pauli-Haack: The 3rd Wednesday in a month in odd months. Yeah. Jessica Lyschik: Correct. Yes. Birgit Pauli-Haack: Yeah. So what are you doing there? What’s coming over next? Jessica Lyschik: So our next meetup is, well, it is all in German. So for those listeners who are not speaking German, it’s unfortunately not for you, but you can try and come over and practice and listen. But we mainly held a whole day meetup in German. So for the German, Austrian, and Swiss communities. And yeah, the next meetup is in September and it is, yes, on the 16th. And we are talking about WordPress 7.0 and 7.1 as the latest releases. We will have Benjamin Sekavica with us who was also the, I think, release coordinator for 7.1, if I’m not

Gutenberg Times: Icons, Tabs, and responsive styles: the community gets to work on WordPress 7.1 — Weekend Edition 374

Howdy, It has been another evenful week for sure! WordCamp US came to an end and WordPress 7.1 was released. Your WordPress profile now has a shortcut w.org/@[yourusername]. If you want to check out mine w.org/@bph (don’t forget the @ sign) . Mullenweg mentioned in his closing fire side chat that this could actually work without the redirect in the future. Now that would be cool, right? Another cool and rather weird thing Mullenweg mentioned are Piplets. One self-contained PHP-file for your notes, no database, no hosting needed, for tinkerers who live in the Terminal window. If that’s you, grab the file from the GitHub repo and try it out. (64-bit PHP 8.1 or newer is required.) There will be . To be honest, it’s not my idea of simplicity, though. I am firm in the Obsidian camp. Apropo WordCamp US: All Talks are already available in the Playlist on YouTube  for your on-demand viewing pleasure. Or you organize a viewing party with your local WordPress Meetup. Just a thought. Have a great weekend! Yours, Birgit Table of Contents WordPress 7.1 is out! Gutenberg 23.8 released Plugins and Tools for #nocode site builders and owners Building Blocks and Tools for the Block editor. Nicholas Garofalo’s recap of WordCamp US 2026 in Phoenix covers four days, 1,100 attendees, 111°F, and a Contributor Day where 425 people formed 26 teams around goals they could finish by evening. You’ll get the Showcase Day migrations of The Ankler and Daily Kos, keynotes from Bo English-Wiczling and Loyal Pyczynski on judgment in the age of AI, and Matt Mullenweg’s closing pitch for simplicity, including Piplets, a single self-modifying PHP file with no database. WordPress 7.1 is out! WordPress 7.1 “Mary Lou”, names after Mary Lou Williams an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer who recorded hundreds of records. The release video is fabulous. WordPress 7.1 Highlights Video The WordPress 7.1 micro site with the featurettes, tiny videos highlighting the main features is definitely a beauty! What a pleasure to read and experience the most important updates! Release lead Anne McCarthy kept a WordPress 7.1 release lead decision log, and it reads like the other half of the release notes. You’ll see why real-time collaboration, React 19, inherited-style display, and the Classic block removal were punted, why responsive styling got an opt-out rather than a pause, and how she decided to publish the announcement when auto-updates had already reached 300K sites while Matt Mullenweg was on the WordCamp US stage. Each entry links to the thread where the call was made. On the WordPress Developer Blog, Justin Tadlock goes hands-on with the WordPress 7.1 Icon Registration API and builds a restaurant icon collection from scratch. You’ll register a collection with wp_register_icon_collection(), add 13 food icons via wp_register_icon(), and see why he prefers a string-backed PHP enum over arrays for naming them. He also lists what 7.1 still strips: only svg, path, and polygon elements survive, and stroke attributes are removed, so stick with fill-based icons for now. If Justin Tadlock’s walkthrough is more than you need right now, Ryan Welcher covers the same API in five minutes in his video on custom icons in WordPress 7.1. He registers a collection and a single icon in PHP, loads a folder of SVGs from disk the way core does, and renders one in a template with wp_get_icon(). The gotchas matter most: the sanitizer strips fill=”currentColor”, and a function_exists() check keeps 7.0 sites from fatal-erroring. The block editor’s single biggest frustration is finally addressed, Jackson argues in his tour of the new features in WordPress 7.1, and he means responsive block styles. Over twenty minutes you’ll see thirteen features in action: hover and active states for buttons and navigation, the Tabs block, the Icon block with Aki Hamano’s custom icon plugin, the Playlist block’s waveform, the in-browser media editor, and a Query Loop checkbox that stops your related posts from recommending the post you’re reading. Gutenberg 23.8 released Selecting all blocks in a 1,000-paragraph post used to take 16.8 seconds; in Gutenberg 23.8 it takes 0.4. Release lead Jon Surrell’s post on what’s new in Gutenberg 23.8 covers that List View speed-up alongside the shareable revision URLs and in-editor code diff, and email notifications when someone @-mentions you in a note. You also get a real default block on the empty canvas, Audio-to-Playlist transforms, and, for developers, inner block templates declared in registerBlockType() and public Calendar components in @wordpress/ui. For the Gutenberg Changelog 134 episode, Jessica Lyschik, senior developer at Greyd, joined me to discuss Gutenberg versions 23.7 and 23.8. We also chatted about WordPress 7.1 and what comes next for the December release of WordPress 7.2 As always the episode with its show notes will come to your favorite podcast app over the weekend. The latest episode is Gutenberg Changelog #133 – Gutenberg 23.6 Release and WordPress 7.1 with special guest Faith Imokol, webdeveloper from Uganda. Plugins and Tools for #nocode site builders and owners If you build with the Ollie block theme, Gina Lucia‘s WordPress 7.1 walkthrough shows where the new core features meet Ollie’s tools. Responsive styling now lives in core, so Ollie Pro’s Responsive Controls shift to handling column and grid stacking, while its Class Manager picks up where the new hover and focus states for Button and Navigation Link leave off. You’ll also see how the Tabs and Playlist blocks, gradient-over-image backgrounds, and the persistent admin bar fit your Ollie site. Merging cells is still missing from the core Table block, and Aki Hamano‘s Flexible Table Block plugin fills that gap on 40,000+ sites. Version 3.9.0 adds WordPress 7.1 support and announces row and column selection to screen readers. You can merge and split cells, style the table, cells, and caption separately, and set your own breakpoint for horizontal scrolling or stacking cells on mobile. It also converts to and from the core Table block with rowspan and colspan intact. Aki Hamano is a major contributor to the Gutenberg project from Japan and