🐘 PHP 8 has a number of breaking changes and other considerations for updating your code to support it, the Yoast developer blog has this comprehensive guide to help do so. You’ll need to set aside a bit of time to read it.
https://developer.yoast.com/blog/the-2020-wordpress-and-php-8-compatibility-report/
The sense of relief in Melbourne this-morning is palpable. On my morning walk I could see cafe staff were excited to have tables out again and strangers chatting about almost been back to normal. It’s lovely. 😊
The Kubrick inspired default theme for WordPress still runs in WP 5.5 on PHP 7.4! It throws a few deprecation warnings, both for WP and PHP, but you could still run it in production. Not bad for a 15ish year-old theme that hasn’t been the default for 10 years.
Someone has gratified this in various locations around Footscray. It’s puerile but it makes me laugh.
I suspect an early Daily Dan today: 14 cases in two days suggests a lot of easy noes in this-morning’s meetings.
Oh, that’s right… the debate is on. Time to turn off WiFi, shut down router, remove the cable, cut the cable and burn down the flats.
My partner who does not work in WordPress circles, but uses WordPress and is thus part of the community, has just told me off for referring to Gutenberg instead of referring to the block editor. I am so seen.
Did you know you can just buy two packets of Kingston biscuits instead of a pack of assorted creams. I don’t need no Shortbread Cream or other junk biscuits in my life, I’m not going to pretend any more.
It’s time to give the new WordPress default theme a spin. Twenty Twenty-One coming in WP 5.6.
The few editorials I’ve read questioning why people stand with Dan seem to forget one thing: it’s possible to think the gov screwed up quarantine on a massive scale AND the lockdown is the safest thing to do right now.