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It&#8217;s getting harder and harder to name a country where I can&#8217;t say &#8220;Hey, I have a friend there!&#8221;.  This week I&#8217;m in Australia for WordCamp Sydney, and I&#8217;m crazy excited about all the people I&#8217;m going to meet. The global unity of the WordPress community is exhilarating.</p>\n<p>The replay essay I picked for this week is titled &#8220;<strong>A Bottomless World of Possibilities</strong>&#8221; by Jamaal Jaamac in Mogadishu, Somalia. His world is so completely different from mine that sometimes I even have a hard time asking the right questions to find out what it&#8217;s like.</p>\n<p>Jamaal doesn&#8217;t live in a place where good work comes easy or often. It&#8217;s chiseled out of society with labor and love. There&#8217;s a stereotype that people in poor countries are lazy, but I think they have to be stronger and work harder just to make it. 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Previously, the &#8220;not secure&#8221; warning was hidden behind the security indicator in the URL bar as shown below.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://i2.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-23-at-8.51.52-PM.png?ssl=1\"><img /></a></p>\n<p>That warning has become more prominent with the release of Chrome 68. The browser now immediately displays the &#8220;Not secure&#8221; message in the omnibox for all HTTP pages.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://i0.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/warning-update.jpg?ssl=1\"><img /></a></p>\n<p>Today Google announced a time frame for eventually marking HTTP sites with a red &#8220;not secure&#8221; warning:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Eventually, our goal is to make it so that the only markings you see in Chrome are when a site is not secure, and the default unmarked state is secure. We will roll this out over time, starting by removing the “Secure” wording in September 2018. And in October 2018, we’ll start showing a red “not secure” warning when users enter data on HTTP pages.</p></blockquote>\n<a href=\"https://i0.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/not-secure-eventual-warning.png?ssl=1\"><img /></a>image source: <a href=\"https://security.googleblog.com/2016/09/moving-towards-more-secure-web.html\">Google Security Blog</a>\n<p>Google Chrome currently captures <a href=\"http://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">60% of the browser marketshare worldwide</a>, making it one of the company&#8217;s most effective vehicles for driving HTTPS adoption. <a href=\"https://letsencrypt.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Let&#8217;s Encrypt</a>, the free and open certificate authority (of which Chrome is a platinum sponsor), has also been a key player in precipitating the rise in secure traffic over the past few years. Firefox Telemetry shows that HTTPS traffic is at 81% for US users and 73% for all users.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://i1.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-24-at-10.20.50-AM.png?ssl=1\"><img /></a></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://transparencyreport.google.com/https/overview?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Google&#8217;s Transparency report</a> shows similar numbers for percentage of pages loaded over HTTPS in Chrome. 84% of US traffic is encrypted by HTTPS.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://i2.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-24-at-10.40.02-AM-e1532446916438.png?ssl=1\"><img /></a></p>\n<p>Google has even more weapons in its arsenal for compelling website owners to switch to HTTPS. Even before Chrome began flagging unencrypted sites, the search engine added <a href=\"https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">HTTPS as a ranking signal in 2014</a>. It started as a lightweight signal that affected fewer than 1% of global queries. Google has also indicated that <a href=\"https://searchengineland.com/googles-gary-illyes-https-may-break-ties-between-two-equal-search-results-230691\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">HTTPS may break ties between two equal search results</a>, making a difference for competitive niches. With more sites adopting HTTPS as the norm, the company may choose to strengthen the signal in the future.</p>\n<p>Not everyone is comfortable with a for-profit company making an aggressive push to require websites to deliver content over HTTPS. Some fear that prioritizing encryption in search results, while also using Chrome to cast doubt on websites&#8217; security, is just the beginning.</p>\n<p>Dave Winer, one of Google&#8217;s most vocal critics regarding this initiative, sees the push towards HTTPS as <a href=\"http://this.how/googleAndHttp/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the company&#8217;s attempt to take control of the open web</a>. His concern is that if Google succeeds, it might &#8220;make a lot of the web&#8217;s history inaccessible.&#8221;</p>\n<p>&#8220;Google makes a popular browser and is a tech industry leader,&#8221; Winer said. &#8220;They can, they believe, encircle the web, and at first warn users as they access HTTP content. Very likely they will do more, requiring the user to consent to open a page, and then to block the pages outright.&#8221;</p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BTW, if I had to guess, the *real* reason Google hates HTTP has to do with Google\'s ad revenue, and not wanting Verizon and Comcast to remove their ads and replace them with their own. <img src=\"https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/11/72x72/1f61c.png\" alt=\"😜\" class=\"wp-smiley\" /></p>\n<p>&mdash; scripting.com (@davewiner) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/davewiner/status/1021500417241427968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2018</a></p></blockquote>\n<p></p>\n<p>Others have speculated that another driving factor behind Google&#8217;s push for HTTPS adoption may be its investment in <a href=\"https://www.i-programmer.info/news/87-web-development/11367-google-starts-its-push-to-progressive-web-apps-bye-bye-chrome-apps.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">advancing PWA technologies</a>, which require HTTPS to be enabled. Last year <a href=\"https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-removes-chrome-apps-from-chrome-web-store/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Google dumped Chrome apps from the Chrome Web Store</a> in favor of building PWAs that can be installed on the desktop. HTTPS is a requirement for the permission workflows, new features, and updated APIs that the company is using to build its future products.</p>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to see how HTTPS is critical for e-commerce, banking, and other sites that collect highly sensitive data from users, but many wonder if it is necessary for simple blogs and content websites. Google contends that <a href=\"https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/security/encrypt-in-transit/why-https\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">all websites need HTTPS protection</a> to prevent intruders from injecting ads or exploits.</p>\n<p>Few would dispute the value of HTTPS but critics are wary of Google establishing itself as the arbiter of safe browsing on the web.</p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My blog, <a href=\"https://t.co/gPQ9VPYOLB\">https://t.co/gPQ9VPYOLB</a>, is not “not secure.” It uses the standard protocol of the web, HTTP.  It will not hurt you.</p>\n<p>&mdash; scripting.com (@davewiner) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/davewiner/status/1021713459380187136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2018</a></p></blockquote>\n<p></p>\n<p>For the moment, Winer seems to be committed to using HTTP to deliver his content. In Google&#8217;s feverish quest to push the entire web to adopt HTTPS, sites that are holding fast to HTTP on principle now appear as a sort of protest.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://i0.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-24-at-5.49.33-PM.png?ssl=1\"><img /></a></p>\n<p>&#8220;This blog and all my other sites use HTTP,&#8221; Winer said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t see that changing. I expect this will make writing for the web more of a chore. That&#8217;s life I guess. I don&#8217;t want Google to be able to mold the web to its needs. I never signed on to being a Google developer, and never would. 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Core tickets are already in process for adding support for <a href=\"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/43328\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">web app manifests</a> and <a href=\"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/36995\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">support for service workers</a>, as well as bringing <a href=\"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/28521\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">improvements to HTTPS</a>.</p>\n<p>&#8220;This PWA feature plugin is intended to equip and facilitate other plugins which implement PWA features,&#8221; Ruter <a href=\"https://weston.ruter.net/2018/07/12/wceu-2018-recap-amp-and-pwa/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said</a>. &#8220;It’s not intended to negate any existing plugins with these features, but rather to allow such plugins (and themes) to work together seamlessly and expand upon them.&#8221;</p>\n<p>The first release of the plugin on WordPress.org (v0.1.0) adds support for web app manifests and initial support for allowing theme and plugin developers to register scripts for service workers via <code>wp_register_service_worker()</code>. 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Progressive web apps use the greater web as their platform and are quick to spin up. They make content easier to access on mobile even without an internet connection. It&#8217;s also far easier to tap a home screen icon than to enter a URL on mobile, and this makes users more likely to engage with their favorite sites.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.pwastats.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PWA Stats</a> is a site that features case studies of progressive web apps that have significantly increased performance, engagement, and conversion. A few compelling examples include:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tinder <a href=\"https://medium.com/@addyosmani/a-tinder-progressive-web-app-performance-case-study-78919d98ece0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">cut load times from 11.91 seconds to 4.69 seconds</a> with their new PWA. 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Users who go offline while browsing can continue to access the site and 67% continue to browse the site when they come back online.\n<li>Pinterest rebuilt their mobile site as a PWA and <a href=\"https://medium.com/dev-channel/a-pinterest-progressive-web-app-performance-case-study-3bd6ed2e6154\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">core engagements increased by 60%</a>. They also saw a 44% increase in user-generated ad revenue and time spent on the site has increased by 40%.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>PWA support in WordPress will enable the plugin and theme ecosystems to work together in providing site owners with more engaging ways to connect with their visitors. 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ETA is ongoing.</li>\n	<li><strong>Struggle</strong>: Our two biggest struggles at the moment are tracking what we need to get done, and making final decisions on things. <em>There is current work on the tools available to assist with tracking progress.﻿</em></li>\n	<li><strong>Big Win</strong>: After making a concerted effort to get more contributors on the Community Team, we now have a much larger group of volunteers working as deputies and WordCamp mentors</li>\n</ul>\n\n<h2><a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/\">Core</a></h2>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>Contacted</strong>: <a href=\"https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeffpaul/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@</span>jeffpaul</a></li>\n	<li><strong>Priority</strong>: Following the <a href=\"https://wordpress.tv/2018/07/04/matt-mullenweg-a-summertime-update-keynote-and-qa/\">WordCamp Europe summer update</a> ﻿(and the companion post <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/news/2018/07/update-on-gutenberg/\">here</a>), the team is getting Gutenberg (the new WordPress editing experience) into a strong state for the 5.0 release. 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I was honest that I had never built a real site from scratch, but they liked how I had communicated, so I got the gig.</p>\n<h3>My First Core Experience</h3>\n<p>Before the first time I contributed to WordPress, I went to the Portland WordPress User Group to ask if something I was seeing was possibly an issue that warranted emailing the wp-hackers mailing list. I was so scared of being wrong that I felt like I needed to ask permission. I assumed that I was going to make a fool of myself and be laughed at. I ended up <a href=\"http://lists.automattic.com/pipermail/wp-hackers/2009-June/026386.html\">emailing the list</a> and it turned out, I had found a <a href=\"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10022\">spot where WordPress could be better</a>! In the grand scheme of WordPress, passing a parameter to three `do_action` calls didn&#8217;t help WordPress gain 1% of market share, but it did help me with the plugin I was working on. And I was exposed to the process. I learned about trac, and the weekly devchat, and patches and svn. While I didn&#8217;t get props, I still consider this my first contribution to WordPress Core.</p>\n<h3>My first WordCamp</h3>\n<p>WordCamps are cheap compared to most tech conferences, but when you are playing the game of &#8220;How do I eat on $10 a week&#8221; for months on end, $40 for a conference whose value is unknown is a hard sell. Luckily, the Portland WordPress User Group did a raffle for a ticket and I won. All I had to pay for was the $2 in bus fare each way and I had the chance to learn. The 2009 WordCamp Portland ended up being where Matt Mullenweg announced that WPMU was going to be merged into core in WordPress 3.0 and it&#8217;s where I saw a talk entitled &#8220;<a href=\"https://wordpress.tv/2009/09/20/will-norris-building-plugins-portland09/\">How Not to Build a WordPress Plugin</a>&#8221; by Will Norris. Will&#8217;s talk exposed me to WordPress development in a way that I would never have imagined on my own. It helped me level up from someone who mostly was copy and pasting PHP to someone who was writing code.</p>\n<p>Additionally, I was able to network for the first time. It no longer was the same 15 people who went to the meetup, it was now about 200 WordPress fanatics, many who wanted to hire someone like me to work on their website!</p>\n<p>Looking back, these flash forward moments contributed almost as much to luck to my success. In many ways, a lot of my success can be attributed to the luck of being born as someone who is essentially a white cis-male into a family where I was exposed to computers and had a chance to gain a solid liberal arts education.</p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s not just that luck that helped me. I had to provide good customer service to turn a $25 task into a contract to build my first website. I had to be willing to embarrass myself by asking what I thought was a dumb question. I had to show up and become a part of my local community to get a ticket for a conference where I learned and networked.</p>\n<p>Soon after WordCamp Portland 2009, I had enough client work coming in that it made sense to have wifi. Home wifi meant I could start being connected to the WordPress community more than once a month in person or a few hours here and there at coffee shops. It meant I could read dev chat every week and eventually it meant I could earn props. Networking at meetups, WordCamps and conferences led to full time jobs. Taking risks and being willing to look like a fool in front of the WordPress community have enabled me to become a WordPress Core committer (and sometimes continue to look like a fool). In addition to volunteering on WordPress Core, I&#8217;m now the Director of Editorial Technology for Penske Media Corporation where I help brands like Rolling Stone and Variety run on WordPress, but I&#8217;ll never forget when if I needed to code, I was going to sit under trees in parks or the fluorescent lights of a 24 hour coffee shop.</p>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-right rtsocial-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal-button\"><a title=\"Tweet: Coding under trees and in 24 hour coffee shops\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-button\" href=\"https://twitter.com/share?text=Coding%20under%20trees%20and%20in%2024%20hour%20coffee%20shops&via=heropress&url=https%3A%2F%2Fheropress.com%2Fessays%2Fcoding-under-trees-and-in-24-hour-coffee-shops%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"></a></div></div><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal fb-light\"><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal-button\"><a title=\"Like: Coding under trees and in 24 hour coffee shops\" class=\"rtsocial-fb-button rtsocial-fb-like-light\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fheropress.com%2Fessays%2Fcoding-under-trees-and-in-24-hour-coffee-shops%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"></a></div></div><div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-button\" href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fheropress.com%2Fessays%2Fcoding-under-trees-and-in-24-hour-coffee-shops%2F&title=Coding+under+trees+and+in+24+hour+coffee+shops\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share: Coding under trees and in 24 hour coffee shops\"></a></div></div><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-button\" href=\"https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://heropress.com/essays/coding-under-trees-and-in-24-hour-coffee-shops/&media=https://heropress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/070418-150x150.jpg&description=Coding under trees and in 24 hour coffee shops\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pin: Coding under trees and in 24 hour coffee shops\"></a></div></div><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"perma-link\" href=\"https://heropress.com/essays/coding-under-trees-and-in-24-hour-coffee-shops/\" title=\"Coding under trees and in 24 hour coffee shops\"></a></div><p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://heropress.com/essays/coding-under-trees-and-in-24-hour-coffee-shops/\">Coding under trees and in 24 hour coffee shops</a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://heropress.com\">HeroPress</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:7:\"pubDate\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:31:\"Wed, 04 Jul 2018 18:30:28 +0000\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}}s:32:\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:12:\"Aaron Jorbin\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}}}}i:44;a:6:{s:4:\"data\";s:13:\"\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";s:5:\"child\";a:2:{s:0:\"\";a:5:{s:5:\"title\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:107:\"WPTavern: WordCamp Incubator Program 2018 to Host Events in Montevideo, Uruguay and Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:4:\"guid\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:29:\"https://wptavern.com/?p=82134\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:4:\"link\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:116:\"https://wptavern.com/wordcamp-incubator-program-2018-to-host-events-in-montevideo-uruguay-and-kota-kinabalu-malaysia\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:11:\"description\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:2465:\"<a href=\"https://i1.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/montevideo.jpg?ssl=1\"><img /></a>The Pocitos neighborhood of Montevideo, Uruguay. Skyline from the shore -photo credit: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pocitos,_2017.jpg\">Rimbaldine</a>\n<p>The WordCamp Incubator Program has selected <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/community/2018/06/26/wordcamp-incubator-program-2018-locations-announcement/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Montevideo, Uruguay and Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia to host WordCamps in 2018</a>. The program provides a jump start for new WordPress communities where meetups have not yet been well-established. Montevideo and Kota Kinabalu were selected from a <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/community/2018/05/15/wordcamp-incubator-program-2018-update/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">short list of 14 communities</a> that had been whittled down from 104 applications for the program.</p>\n<p>WordPress Community Deputies will co-lead the events and mentor a local team that will organize a one-track WordCamp with approximately 50-75 attendees. The goal is to empower the new organizers and the fledgling communities to host more local events, ideally regular meetups and an annual WordCamp. Mentors will assist in finding speakers and sponsors. A global sponsorship grant will cover 100% of the events&#8217; costs, relieving the organizers of the burden of local fundraising.</p>\n<p>WordPress Community Team member Rocío Valdivia announced the program&#8217;s new cities for 2018 and said she anticipates the events will happen in the last quarter of this year. Local co-leads have been charged with starting a monthly meetup group before setting a date for the new WordCamps.</p>\n<p>Round 2 of the WordCamp Incubator Program follows up a successful run in 2016 that brought WordCamps to Denpasar, Harare, and Medellín. <a href=\"https://wptavern.com/harare-and-nairobi-host-2nd-round-of-successful-wordcamps\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Harare hosted its second WordCamp in 2017</a> and a <a href=\"https://2018.harare.wordcamp.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">2018 camp</a> is in the early planning stages. This particular African community, along with the neighboring Nairobi community (on the short list in 2016), are strong examples of how the incubator program can provide a boost in areas of the world where the WordPress community is not yet deeply rooted.</p>\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:7:\"pubDate\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:31:\"Tue, 03 Jul 2018 03:41:35 +0000\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}}s:32:\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:13:\"Sarah Gooding\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}}}}i:45;a:6:{s:4:\"data\";s:13:\"\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";s:5:\"child\";a:2:{s:0:\"\";a:5:{s:5:\"title\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:87:\"WPTavern: Block Unit Test Plugin Helps WordPress Theme Developers Prepare for Gutenberg\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:4:\"guid\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:29:\"https://wptavern.com/?p=81919\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:4:\"link\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:98:\"https://wptavern.com/block-unit-test-plugin-helps-wordpress-theme-developers-prepare-for-gutenberg\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:11:\"description\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:4606:\"<p><a href=\"https://themebeans.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ThemeBeans</a> founder Rich Tabor has released a new plugin called <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/block-unit-test/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Block Unit Test for Gutenberg</a> that helps theme authors test their themes for Gutenberg-readiness. 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Learn more about what happened in the WordPress community in June.</p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" />\n\n<h2>Another Successful WordCamp Europe</h2>\n\n<p>On June 14th, WordCamp Europe kicked off three days of learning and contributions in Belgrade. Over 2,000 people attended in person, with hundreds more watching live streams of the sessions.</p>\n\n<p>The WordCamp was a great success with plenty of first-time attendees and new WordPress contributors getting involved in the project and community. Recorded sessions from the 65 speakers at the event will be available on WordPress.tv in the coming weeks. In the meantime, check out the <a href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/wceu/albums\">photos from the event</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://2018.europe.wordcamp.org/2018/06/16/wordcamp-europe-2019/\">The next WordCamp Europe</a> takes place on June 20-22 2019 in Berlin, Germany. 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--
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--
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--
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-- Indexes for table `wp_posts`
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ALTER TABLE `wp_posts`
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-- Indexes for table `wp_terms`
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ALTER TABLE `wp_terms`
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--
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ALTER TABLE `wp_term_taxonomy`
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ALTER TABLE `wp_usermeta`
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--
-- Indexes for table `wp_users`
--
ALTER TABLE `wp_users`
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ALTER TABLE `wp_comments`
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ALTER TABLE `wp_links`
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-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `wp_posts`
--
ALTER TABLE `wp_posts`
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--
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ALTER TABLE `wp_users`
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