WordPress Dev Monthly Digest Recap September 2019
Tags: wordpress, webdev, php, javascript
Published: 2019-09-30 18:03:34

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title: WordPress Dev Monthly Digest Recap September 2019
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description: A curated list of WordPress theme and plugin development related news articles, tutorials and other resources written or updated in the month September of 2019.
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[Originally posted on my website on August 30th 2019](https://since1979.dev/wordpress-dev-monthly-digest-recap-september-2019/)

### WordPress September in short.

In September [WordPress 5.3 beta 1](https://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-3-beta-1/) was released. This upcoming version includes some updates to the Block editor that may require you to make [some modifications](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/5-3+dev-notes/) to your themes Css. So be sure to check that out.

5.3, which is scheduled for release on [November 12, 2019](https://make.wordpress.org/core/5-3/), introduces a new [twenty twenty theme](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/09/06/introducing-twenty-twenty/), a new [admin email verification](https://wptavern.com/wordpress-5-3-to-introduce-new-admin-email-verification-screen) screen, [Da](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/09/23/date-time-improvements-wp-5-3/)[te/Time component improvements](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/09/23/date-time-improvements-wp-5-3/), full compatibility with the upcoming [Php 7.4](https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-74) release, some changes to [Site Health](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/09/25/whats-new-in-site-health-for-wordpress-5-3/) and [New Block APIs](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/09/24/new-block-apis-in-wordpress-5-3/). It will also include the [Gutenberg 6.5](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/09/19/whats-new-in-gutenberg-18-september/) release with a new Social Links block.

### WordPress:

-   [How to get WordPress running with Docker](https://dev.to/lampewebdev/how-to-get-wordpress-running-with-docker-4mg6?utm_source=additional_box&utm_medium=internal&utm_campaign=regular&booster_org=) by [Michael Lazarski](https://twitter.com/lampewebdev).
-   Video: [Local WordPress with WP Local Docker running in a VM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2KHg4rpRHM) by [Eric Adams](https://twitter.com/EricSAdams).
-   Video: [Side-Loading WordPress For One-Off Tasks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4qsMxhw7bs&feature=youtu.be) by [Alex Young](https://twitter.com/_WPCasts_tv_).
-   [A better WordPress admin title](https://dev.to/adampatterson/a-better-wordpress-admin-title-34gk) by [Adam Patterson](https://twitter.com/adampatterson).
-   [Native Lazyload plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/native-lazyload/) by [Google Open Source](https://twitter.com/GoogleOSS).
-   [9 Tools You Should Be Using In Your Plugin Development](https://dev.to/pagely/9-tools-you-should-be-using-in-your-plugin-development-566h) by [Lizzie Kardon](https://twitter.com/LizzieKardon).
-   [Storing WordPress configuration in environment variables](https://dev.to/matthewbdaly/storing-wordpress-configuration-in-environment-variables-1f7o) by [Matthew Daly](https://twitter.com/mattbd).
-   Gulp configuration for WordPress [Part I](https://dannyspina.com/gulp-configuration-for-wordpress-part-1/) and [Part 2](https://dannyspina.com/gulp-configuration-for-wordpress-part-2/) by [Danny Spina](https://twitter.com/Danny_Spina).
-   My article: Building a Gutenberg sidebar plugin. [Part 1](https://since1979.dev/making-a-gutenberg-sidebar-plugin-part-1-registering-the-plugin-with-oop-php/), [Part 2](https://since1979.dev/building-a-gutenberg-sidebar-plugin-part-2-adding-structure-and-asset-bundling/), [Part 3](https://since1979.dev/building-a-gutenberg-sidebar-plugin-part-3-registering-with-the-block-editor/), [Part 4](https://since1979.dev/building-a-gutenberg-sidebar-plugin-part-4-adding-form-components/), and [Part 5](https://since1979.dev/building-a-gutenberg-sidebar-plugin-part-5-outputting-data/) by [Vanaf1979](https://twitter.com/Vanaf1979).

### Php:

-   [Good Practices: handling error and exceptions in PHP](https://dev.to/anastasionico/good-practices-handling-error-and-exceptions-in-php-5d8c) by [anastasionico](http://www.anastasionico.uk/).
-   [Improving Performance for Low-Bandwidth Users with save-data](https://dev.to/mike_hasarms/improving-performance-for-low-bandwidth-users-with-save-data-e1g) by [Mike Healy](https://twitter.com/mike_hasarms).

### Javascript:

-   [Understanding the JavaScript Spread Operator - From beginner to expert](https://dev.to/nyagarcia/understanding-the-javascript-spread-operator-from-beginner-to-expert-5bdb) by [Nya](https://twitter.com/NyaBlk).
-   [PoeticJs](https://github.com/arianacosta/poetic): Automatic code styling for JavaScript, TypeScript and React by [Arian Acosta](https://twitter.com/arian3k).
-   [How to Find Bugs in Your JavaScript Code With the Debugger](https://medium.com/better-programming/how-to-find-bugs-in-your-code-with-the-debugger-a7f739ea98) by [Indrek Lasn](https://twitter.com/lasnindrek).
-   [Converting callbacks to promises](https://zellwk.com/blog/converting-callbacks-to-promises/) by [Zell Liew](https://twitter.com/zellwk).

### Css:

-   Video: [Sass Tutorial for Beginners -- CSS With Superpowers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a5j7KoflTs) by [FreeCodeCamp](https://twitter.com/freeCodeCamp).
-   [You'd be better at css if you knew how it worked](https://www.kevinpowell.co/article/get-better-at-css/) by [Kevin Powell](https://twitter.com/KevinJPowell).
-   [Two media queries you should care about](https://dev.to/selbekk/two-media-queries-you-should-care-about-2h5f) by [selbekk](https://twitter.com/selbekk).
-   [Making sense of units in CSS Media Queries](https://dev.to/danburzo/making-sense-of-css-media-queries-in-the-year-2019-52jj) by [Dan Burzo](https://twitter.com/danburzo).
-   [How to write reusable CSS with SASS](https://dev.to/bnevilleoneill/how-to-write-reusable-css-with-sass-30k7) by [Brian Neville-O'Neill](https://dev.to/bnevilleoneill).
-   [Smoother & sharper shadows with layered box-shadows](https://tobiasahlin.com/blog/layered-smooth-box-shadows/?ref=dailydevlinks.com) by [Tobias Ahlin](https://twitter.com/tobiasahlin).
-   [CSS Quickies: @supports](https://dev.to/lampewebdev/css-quickies-supports-2313) by [Michael "lampe" Lazarski](https://twitter.com/lampewebdev).

### Misc:

-   [Automating Website Deployments Through Buddy](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/09/automating-website-deployments-through-buddy/) by [Leonardo Losoviz](https://twitter.com/losoviz).
-   [Git: The Beginner's Guide to Understanding Core Version Control Concepts](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/git-the-laymans-guide-to-understanding-the-core-concepts/) by [Bob Ziroll](https://twitter.com/bobziroll).

### Suggestions?

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