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/ 5 StarsIn the twenty-eighth episode of the WordPress Briefing, Executive Director, Josepha Haden Chomphosy discusses returning to in-person WordPress events.
\n\n\n\nHave a question you’d like answered? You can submit them to wpbriefing@wordpress.org, either written or as a voice recording.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:00:00]
\n\n\n\nHello everyone! And welcome to the WordPress Briefing: the podcast where you can catch quick explanations of the ideas behind the WordPress open source project, some insight into the community that supports it and get a small list of big things coming up in the next two weeks. I’m your host, Josepha Haden Chomphosy. Here we go.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:00:40]
\n\n\n\nI was checking the list of upcoming events recently as part of just my regular work and saw that the call for organizers for WordCamp Asia is open. On the one hand, it made my heart skip a beat with excitement. That event is six years or so in the making. And on the other hand, it reminded me of February 10th, 2020, the day that Matt told me that we had to proactively cancel WordCamp Asia. That week was truly heartbreaking for me as well as I think the entire organizing team.
\n\n\n\nBut it also, fortunately, was prescient. As I think back over the two years since then, I’m grateful for our community wranglers and deputies who have consistently hosted important discussions about how to return to in-person events safely. And with two of our major flagship events returning this year, I’m here to summarize, sort of, what the rules and guidelines are.
\n\n\n\nBut certainly I hope that you come away from this with an idea of what’s being done to keep everyone safe as we are best able.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:01:44]
\n\n\n\nFirstly, before we dig into specifics, I want to be clear upfront that the guidelines for COVID-aware events are mandatory, unless otherwise stated. For folks who’ve been attending WordPress events, or participating in the community for a long time, this is a change. As a program, we have always done our best to be flexible with guidelines so that we can prioritize local knowledge. But our responsibility is to the long-term success of this community and this program. So moving forward with in-person events that risk the health of our community members poses risks to the program itself. So with that in mind, let’s learn what we’re going to see at events for the rest of the.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:02:28]
\n\n\n\nFor any WordPress event that is gathering more than 50 people, the new mandatory guidelines are:
\n\n\n\nNumber one, follow local laws and guidelines. If your area has suggested guidelines on top of the mandatory ones, follow those.
\n\n\n\nSecond, is if you are in a location where laws or guidelines require or permit venues to limit admission based on a person’s vaccination status and masking, then events can only happen in venues that are willing to provide staff to check for vaccination status at the door. And then also to remind participants to wear masks during the event.
\n\n\n\nAnd the third thing is if your area or venue legally cannot check vaccination status, your area must pass the in-person checklist, which I will link in the show notes below. But that in-person checklist has to be passed at the time of the application and then again at the time of the event. And in addition to that, the venue must be willing to provide staff who will remind participants to wear masks and check for temperature during the event.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:03:33]
\n\n\n\nOrganizers in these areas must be prepared to move online or cancel if the region fails the safety checklist, which again, will be linked in the show notes below. So those are the three things and they are pretty dense, but also I think allow for a fair amount of flexibility. There is also a tidy flow chart linked in the sidebar of make.wordpress.org/community that will help you to decide what sort of event your own area can support right now.
\n\n\n\nSo those are the mandatory guidelines for WordPress events in general right now, but you probably also have a few specific questions. So I’ve got the three most common questions ready to go with answers from Angela Jin who helped me to kind of pull together the information for this particular podcast props to Angela. Thank you.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:04:25]
\n\n\n\nSo, first question, anything specific to know about WordCamp Europe? WordCamp Europe will be following these guidelines as well. All attendees and participants are expected to wear a mask while they are at the event and catering will be offered outside so people can remove their masks to eat.
\n\n\n\nThe second common question is how will these guidelines change as countries and local governments begin deescalating restrictions and safety measures? We should consider these guidelines to be subject to evolution based on what the team is hearing and seeing from the community. But right now we intend to keep these stricter guidelines in place until we see how the loosened rules play out elsewhere.
\n\n\n\nAnd then a third frequent question is what’s going to happen to all these online events?
\n\n\n\nThe community team will continue to support online events right now. So if your community doesn’t feel ready to have an in-person event, but still wants to kind of get everyone together that is still allowed, and still encouraged. And finally the community team will continue to keep a close eye on situations around the world.
\n\n\n\nIf it becomes safe to do so, and your community is interested, they of course will be happy to chat with you about a WordCamp. There is an application that I will share the link to in the show notes below as well. In case that is something that your community is wanting to look into.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:05:54]
\n\n\n\nOh, and I have a little postscript also. I know I was like finally, and now I’m doing a finally, finally. That’s what postscripts are about. P.S. If you have not stopped by the community team’s site or any of their meetings, they’ve been doing a really great job of keeping things moving through two years of unpredictable changes. If you are a community team member, I want to offer you a huge thanks. Thank you so much for helping us to stay aware and able to move forward.
\n\n\n\nIf you are an organizer, pat yourself on the back. I want to thank you for pivoting with us, moving through online events, even though they are not at all the same as in-person events and certainly they don’t share the reasons that we get people together sometimes.
\n\n\n\nAnd finally, if you are an end to end attendee, if you go to WordPress meetups or you go to any sort of WordPress online events or WordCamps, anything like that, thank your local organizer. They have been doing this probably for a while, and I’m sure that they are looking forward to getting back to in-person events themselves, but even, so they have been putting in a lot of volunteer hours to help make sure that we all know how to use WordPress.
\n\n\n\nAnd so find them, thank them, and I’m sure that they’ll appreciate it.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:07:20]
\n\n\n\nAnd with that, it is time for our small list of big things. Number one, WordCamp Asia has a call for organizers open! This event will be in 2023. And I think that we all simply cannot wait. So I’ll link the call for organizers in the show notes. And then of course you can follow that whole site to stay up to date on what’s happening there.
\n\n\n\nThe second thing is, while we’re on the topic of events, there’s also an open discussion about how we can best support organizers who are getting back to in-person events. We’d like thoughts from both organizers and attendees. So feel free to drop by and leave a note in the comments section. And while you’re over there, the third thing in my small list of big things, there’s also an open discussion about regional events. So go over there, get all your thoughts about WordPress events together. Get them all sorted out in one go. Just leave comments, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. All over the place.
\n\n\n\nAnd that my friends is your smallest of big things. Thank you for tuning in today for the WordPress Briefing. I’m your host Josepha Haden Chomphosy.
\n\n\n\nAnd I’ll see you again in a couple of weeks.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:08:54]
\n\n\n\nSo my most embarrassing WordCamp story actually has to do with where I was supposed to be versus where people thought I was supposed to be. This was early on in my time with WordPress, with Automattic. And I had convinced someone, I had convinced a colleague and friend of mine to go to my home WordCamp, WordCamp Fayetteville over there in Arkansas.
\n\n\n\nAnd then I didn’t go. But I knew I wasn’t going, I knew I was going to WordCamp Boston, but he did not know that I was not going to go. And so he arrived at WordCamp Fayetteville, WordCamp Northwest Arkansas. I can’t remember what it was called at the time. And immediately was confused about where I was and why I wasn’t there.
\n\n\n\nAnd so there was this excellent moment of mass confusion among states where the folks at WordCamp Fayetteville started tweeting about how I had convinced this contributor to go to that event and then didn’t show up. And then the folks at WordCamp Boston, we’re looking at all of those tweets, because if you are a WordCamp organizer, you are always looking at the tweets from all the other WordCamps happening in your weekend.
\n\n\n\nAnd people got very confused about why I was in Boston while they were thinking that I was in Fayetteville, even though the tweets were talking about how, like, I wasn’t in Fayetteville. They probably didn’t say that it was probably more along the lines of like, “Hey, let’s share a photo with Josepha” to, like, make fun of the fact that I wasn’t there.
\n\n\n\nAnd so I caused mass confusion in multiple states. That’s probably my most embarrassing WordCamp story. You’re welcome. Bye!
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\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Hello, and welcome to our 64th episode of the Gutenberg Changelog podcast. In today’s episode, we will talk about Gutenberg 12.9, WordPress 5.9.3 and the Gutenberg Examples repository, the walkthrough WordPress 6.0 and so much more. I’m Birgit Pauli-Haack, curator at the Gutenberg Times and WordPress developer advocate. I’m here with co-host, Mary Job, also a WordPress advocate, support engineer at Paid Membership Pro and organizer of the WP Africa community. Good evening, Mary, how are you today?
\n\n\n\nMary Job: I’m doing very good, Birgit. Hi everyone, hope everyone is doing awesome today in the world.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: So, the WP Africa community, tell me more about it.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: Yeah, that was born out of the needs to be able to connect with more WordPressers on our continent, and to also be able to get more people to be interested in contributing to the WordPress open source project, because … So, there’s a colleague of mine named from Benin, but it’s pronounced Benin over here. It’s the country right next to ours and there was a survey they did one time to see where the contributors to the open source project were from. When it came to our continent, the percentage was quite very, very, very low. So, we thought to ourselves a good way to get started would be to get to know who and who are using WordPress, doing WordPress on our continent. If we’re able to connect with more people outside our respective countries, then we can get going from there. Maybe in 2024, 2025, we’ll get to have a WordCamp Africa, I don’t know, but we want to have one.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: That’s awesome. So, how can people connect with WP Africa community?
\n\n\n\nMary Job: If you go to the website, wpafrica.org, you can see the directory there. You can join the directory. You can also join the Slack channel. There’s a Slack channel, Slack workspace for their community. You can also join that, the information is also on the website. Everything you need to know about the project is on wpafrica.org, yes.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Wonderful, wonderful. You can use your WordPress login information to actually register with the Slack, I found. So, that’s very good, yeah. Thank you.
\n\n\n\nYeah, so we have some announcements and there’s the all-new Pattern Creator, is live now, so on wordpress.org and it was taken online or opened up for public submissions last week and within a few days, 90 patterns, by about 30 plus designers have been submitted since March 25th. So Mary, did you get a chance to browse the pattern directory? What did you see?
\n\n\n\nMary Job: Oh, yes. I got a chance to look at it, it is amazing. I mean, literally, if you wanted to build your site as a newbie, or as a business owner, you can simply take the designs from there and then use them on your site and modify them to your own advantage. You don’t have to start thinking, “Oh, how do I get creative with building blocks?” You can simply take the patterns and use them.
\n\n\n\nI particularly like that they have like buttons and the fact that you can submit your own pattern to the directory. I mean, that’s perfect. You could create a block pattern and then submit it right there on the page. I think it also opens up a chance to contribute. People would think that WordPress is maybe too technical for them, this is something good they could play with and they could see maybe it would bring out a creative spirit in them, you know?
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Yeah and I tested that block Pattern Creator and it’s actually a block editor, that is standalone. It’s quite an interesting experience and then you submit it and then there is no curation for that matter. There are certain things that you can see on the about page, like the dos and don’ts, and then it’s going to be online and people can … there’s a little hard, so what you say is a like button, they’re their favorites. So if you have 90 patterns, or now 160 patterns with the ones that were already in there, or 170 actually, I feel a little bit decision paralysis, where you say, “Oh, I like them all.” So yeah, when I look for a price list or column blocks or something like that, I don’t know. So, you can browse them at your leisure. Put some hearts or check the hearts on it and then you have a separate page that says, “My favorites,” and that’s a really good way to curate the whole directory.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: Yes. I just actually thought of something, this is something that teenagers would also want to play with. I’m just thinking off the top of my head. I mean, a teen would want to play with something like this. There’s always been discussion in the community about how to get next generation into WordPress, get them using WordPress because they seem to like the newer social media channels. Because I know my daughter is always telling me, “Oh you’re not on TikTok, you don’t know what Snapchat is.” I’m like, “I don’t know what those are.” So, I think this would also be a very good way to get them interested in WordPress, and if they like what they see, which I’m sure a lot of them would, that could also spur them to become WordPressers. I mean, that’s good, to get a future generation interested.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Yeah, and I like what you said as well, that it’s another way for people that don’t code to contribute. Yeah, it’s a second place. The first one was actually the WordPress Photos Directory where you can submit your photos that then could end up in one of the panels because the WordPress Photos Directory is also fed into the Openverse directory and Openverse is actually driving the media library in the patterns submission or pattern creator. So when you say, “Okay, I need an image.” You go to the Openverse and you can punch in a keyword like forest, or mountains, or blocks. Then you get a series of pictures that you can use on your block pattern. So, you don’t have to upload them, you don’t have to manage them. The people who use the pattern actually can also see the pictures without having to download them because they’re available on the internet.
\n\n\n\nSo, it’s really a great integration on multiple levels. The repositories code is actually available on GitHub and you can see how you can learn or experiment with it, how the Openverse directory is added to the media library, also how block custom post types are actually handled by the block pattern directory, because any block pattern is a custom post type. So, if you want to learn that, you can look at the code and figure out how they deal with the custom post types. It’s actually a great tool on so many levels.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: Yes.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: … take a shout out on that. Or speaking of testing and new features, Anne McCarthy just posted a new call for testing through the FSE, the Full Site Editing program. It’s all about authoring an author template, but she also writes that you create a template for your author pages, you learn how the locking UI for blocks works and it allows a site builder to prevent an editor to remove or move locked blocks. You also get to test the new design options and the new, no result block. If you have half an hour or so, spin up a new test site with local WP and follow Anne’s meticulous instructions. You have until April 21st to leave your feedback on the experience. So, I think I’m going to carve out a few minutes, well the half an hour, and participate in that because it’s a great way to learn the new features and also contribute by thinking through, “Okay, what do I feel? What do I see? Is there something that crashes my computer?” Or these kind of questions.
\n\n\n\nSo it’s ahead of WordPress 6.0 release, that’s the best way to … or one of the few ways, to walk through some of the new features that will come to a WordPress instance near you soon. You have until April 21st to leave your feedback on the experience for the call for testing on FSE. If you’re more interested in watching other people walking through the current stage of WordPress 6.0, then join a panel on April 5th at 11:00 Eastern, 15:00 UTC, and you will hear from Channing Ritter, she’s a designer on the WordPress project, Hector Prieto and Matias Ventura, both developers on the Gutenberg plugin and the event will be moderated by Daisy Olsen and Dan Sulchin on April 5th, put it in your calendars. We have the link to the announcement post on May Core in the show notes. That’s also because the Zoom link where it’s going to happen will be shared on the Make blog, but it’s on Tuesday, April 5th.
\n\n\n\nIf you are listening to this episode after April 5th, I’m sure there will be a recording and it will be also shared on the post where that recording will live. So, going through the link will also benefit you who have not listened to this in time to get to the live show. So, that’s for you too.
\n\n\n\nNow we come to the section of what’s released and a 5.9.3 security maintenance update is coming to you. The release candidate is out and the scheduled release is on Tuesday, also April 5th. There are nine bug fixes on Core and nine bug fixes from the block editor that come to your 5.9 instance, and of course, the security features that are coming as well. Now it’s your turn.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: So, now we can talk about the features, the new features that are coming in this release, yes?
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: This is Gutenberg 12.9 release. Yes, yes, we are. Gutenberg 12.9 is out.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: Okay, awesome. So, the Block Editor has introduced what they call the block lock in UI, which allows the admin to have more control over the blocks, if you don’t want … maybe if you have built a site and you don’t want the editor, or the other to be to move around the blocks or rearrange your design, you can now lock those blocks. The post-date block now allows the user to pick a site default. So, the post-date block also now allows the users to pick their date format. This is great because you can now pick a date format for that post-block that is independent of the site’s defaults. You can select this and create your own individual format string. For instance, I’ve noticed most, I think the US date format is the day, the month and the year, I think. Whenever I look at these dates, I know that I get confused, because for us, it’s the other way round.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Yeah, that’s certainly one thing. It’s actually quite nifty because the person who creates the post can actually select the date, so it could … even outside of the site default, or you have an individual format. So, that’s quite helpful. And yeah, I know what you’re saying. I confuse everybody with dates, especially when I’m talking to Europe. So, most of the time I start with the year, month, and day, just to be sure, or I use the month and then the day and the year, so put the month and like April 5th, or not 4/5 because it could also be 5/4, especially … So, only in October, November, December, it’s relatively clear that it’s … or what is it? No, after the 12th of the month, it’s relatively clear what format is here.
\n\n\n\nAll right and there is a no results block container now available for the query block. It’s the first iteration and it follows the idea that if there are no posts available for a certain criteria that the template has, that it should show some notification and that the site owner could modify that notification, or that saying, there are no blocks with that kind of criteria. It’s a first iteration but try it out. It might help with the theme development quite a bit.
\n\n\n\nIn with 12.9, there are some great enhancements on the list view. So now, you can actually … multiple select on the list view is now available and it supports the shift plus for Home and the End keys. So you can navigate through it by using the keyboard shortcuts that you know also from … Page Down, Page Up, from earlier days in the computer as well.
\n\n\n\nSome of us actually have muscle memory for those and now it’s great that we can use it in the list view. But even more helpful is the collapsed list view by default of the editor. So if you have, I don’t know, 30 blocks in your post or page and you open the list view, it also is now … everything is collapsed. So, if you have a group block, it only shows the group block, but when you click on it to extend, you’ll see what blocks are inside the group block or same with a cover block.
\n\n\n\nSo, you get a compressed version on the list view, and you can easily and better navigate that. So, all nodes are collapsed and the initial impact on heavy nested pages is reduced, reducing the cognitive load, so to speak.
\n\n\n\nAlso, there was a nice feature and I don’t know how critical that is, but when you have a color palette and as a user, you create a new color that you want to make available through all the color selectors throughout the site, so you can add a blue and you can change actually the label that is displayed in the list of which color is selected. So, that’s quite nifty to actually put in, because then as a theme developer or a site owner, you can make clear it’s not a blue, it’s the brand blue, or it’s the sale-able blue, or whatever your lingo is in your own company to identify the colors of your brand. So, I think that’s a nice quality of life kind of feature, and it helps reduce the worry of which color is it that we want to do.
\n\n\n\nSpeaking of controls, there’s also now to the number control in this release was added the minimal and maximum font size for the tag cloud block. So now you can say, so the smaller size is six and the largest size is 25, or something like that through all your tag cloud. That is now pretty precise. Yeah, that wasn’t available before, but people knew it from the classic editor or the classic widget section, when you selected a tag cloud, those choices were actually available. It’s glad that this is back and on feature parity with the previous versions.
\n\n\n\nSo then, the gallery block got a little easier now because you can control the gutter, or the space between the images. You can make them all together, or have a nice little space in between, and from zero white space to a large art gallery, kind of style gaps. With that, you also can have different layouts for your gallery images. I’m thinking that would be actually quite a nice experiment for block patterns to figure out additional ways to style the gallery block and have different ideas on how to make it work.
\n\n\n\nThe separator block received a refactor on the color support. So, now you can have different colors, but also with different views. For designers, that’s very important to make sure that the separator block is also within the design. Back to you, Mary.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: Thank you for that, Birgit. So, the post editor also got some enhancement. First is the show view per view link for drafts saved on snackbar notice. This aims to make previewing a post, more visible and more consistent so that the auto always drafts and a post can easily preview their posts as the link to preview their posts in the snackbar notice.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: The snackbar notices are the black little notices that are on the bottom of the screen when you save things. So you would say, “Okay, post is saved,” and then you had to go up and preview. So now, you can do it from the bottom of the screen.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: Yes. Do you know sometimes I have to click twice just because I want to quickly go down to click on the links?
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Yeah.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: So, this is a good one. Thank you for your time for this. The site editor also now, you can add more template types as the site editor. Previously, when creating new templates in the site editor, we linked that to a more site of template types. Now you’re able to create a template for many different types of pages as you would need on your website. So, the theme exports, so now you can also export the whole theme.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: So, what kind of pages I can do category pages and I can do author pages, taxonomy, dates, tags.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: Tags.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: … and attachment pages? Okay.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: Yes, yes, great. Still on the site editor, you can also now export the old theme. I believe there is second feedback for this, to see if this is going to be a helpful tool or not. So, it’ll be good if more people can test this out and comment and let them know if this is a tool that would be helpful for site builders or not, okay?
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Yeah.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: So, you can also export a theme using the name for this ZIP file. This is done so that it makes it easier to add a theme to your WordPress install. So, this is also a good one because I know that in the past when I export themes, it usually has these random numbers on it and then you have to the name, if you plan to import that or install that on the site. There’s a concern that supporting the old theme might mean that the size would be bigger, but like I said, it’ll be great to have people test out these features and comment to let the builders know if this is something that would be very useful for them to add or not.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Yeah, yeah, definitely. Yeah, if you find something quirky, definitely file an issue on the GitHub repository, or just ping me and I’ll walk you through it, if there’s something happening. Even if it’s not part of the call for testing for FSE, there is a Slack channel in WordPress Slack, that is the FSE outreach dash experiment. Yeah, experiment. That’s where site builders actually come together to discuss certain things. Now there will be some more traffic and some more conversation happening, now that another call for testing is out. It will also be additional information coming out because the call for questions that Anne had put out four weeks ago, I think, just closed the week. So, she’s working on getting answers to your questions and she will post that also at the Full Site Editing program Slack channel probably, and of course also in the Make blog of the site.
\n\n\n\nSo, the block library, there are new APIs in this release for the block patterns, is one that it automatically loads the file with headers, from a theme pattern directory. So, as a theme developer, you can, now … You don’t have to create a PHP file with all the patterns in there. Now, you just copy and paste the pattern that you built and put it into an HTML file and just store it in the directory called patterns and the editor will pick it up. So, it will show up in the inserter. If you use it a block template, it will also show up there for that. So, that’s certainly another way to simplify the whole theme production workflow. It’s similar to templates and template parts, the directory structure, where you pick up the templates and whether the editor picks up the templates list and the list of template parts from the directory and now you can do it with patterns, so really easy to follow along.
\n\n\n\nThen there were some, two … we didn’t have a whole lot of experiments lately in the Gutenberg plugin, but now there are a few, again … Well, two, actually. One is a generic avatar block for authors. So, if the author, like the comment or the editor that created a post, doesn’t have an avatar on site, or in Gravatar, you actually control what the generic avatar is going to be. Then there’s also a new version of the list block implemented as a nested block and transformed, and also has a few PRs in there that are all around the refactor of the list block, because it’s been said quite a bit, that there is no inner block, so you couldn’t have an image in a list block where you couldn’t have quote in a list block.
\n\n\n\nSo, this is going to change and you can enable those by going through the experiment section and click on the list block there. Yeah, so it’s implement the nested block behavior, transform the list for the list block. And then also change the start number, the order and the reverse list block attributes, also for a nested block list. Yeah, those are the things in the experiments.
\n\n\n\nThere were also some great changes in the documentation. You can read up about them in the release documentation. There was quite a few things for code quality and the tools, but I don’t see anything that I would want to point out, except that they’re adding now the infrastructure for writing end-to-end tests in a different library or different format. It’s called Playwright instead of … what’s the other one? Puppeteer, yeah. Justin Anyon had a Make blog about that, so I’ll share the note in the show notes.
\n\n\n\nSo, that concludes the Gutenberg plugin 12.9 change log for today. There was also another release. So 5.9.3 release candidate, and then Gutenberg 12.9. Ryan Welcher released a new version of the Gutenberg Examples repo and it’s now in version 1.1. That Examples repo has examples for a lot of different blocks, with a lot of different settings and controls. You can really learn from that how the various items work, so you can replicate it in your blocks.
\n\n\n\nIt was quite a bit behind because the blocks haven’t been migrated to the new API that uses the block JSON. So it was not really teaching the best practices or the newer way to do this, but now that has changed. This is definitely a major update, so this plugin includes completely updated block examples, as well as new non-block examples, comprises of 40 PRs by eight contributors, and it’s actually were the first release since the start of the repo in 2018. How to use it, you the instructions are in the README file. So yeah, go ahead and learn and check it out. Of course, if you have any questions, send them our way. We try to all answer that.
\n\n\n\nThis brings us to the section of what’s an active development and discussed. Dennis Snell, and he’s one of the core contributors on Gutenberg development since the beginning. He had a proposal on a concept of dynamic token in Core, and the GitHub discussion link will be in the show notes. But this goes back to the preliminary roadmap of Gutenberg phase two for 6.0, that Matius Ventura published on the Make Core blog. He wrote, “As one of those things that are supposed to come, is explore the viability of inline tokens.
\n\n\n\n“This has come up repeatedly in the content of rendering dynamic strings, such as the current date in rich text blocks.” Snell wrote then on that proposal, “One area the block model has been deficient however, is in establishing more granular semantic types of inline content that carry meaning, not associated with a block. These inline semantic parts represent content or metadata that comes from outside the document being edited and may be relatively static or highly dynamic.” He continues to outline the character of the token concept. He offers us code examples of possible how this going to work with in different context with the block JSON example, a save and edit example, and then the token execution, maybe in a PHP file. Dear listeners, if you feel that this all rings like Shortcodes, you are not wrong. It definitely would be the Shortcode 2.0, which are much better interface.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: Okay. So, still on active development and what’s discussed in a newest design share Channing Ritter highlights a merit of design the team is working on. This could use your input and critique. Under the headline, “Status and visibility panel improvements,” she links to a prototype you can browse the aspirations to improve, the publish and posts matter in panel. Birgit, you noted here that you enjoy the various views of how the panels could look, as much cleaner and clearer too and so you can….
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Yeah, go ahead. Sorry.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: So, you can browse the prototype. We’re going to put a link to that in the show notes. There are other highlights that are also interesting, such as adding the post-category templates, the page start options, star version, over animation, icons for groups through and stack, new blocks, comment query loops design, default design. All of this is work in progress and soon to come to a Gutenberg plug-in near you.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Yeah, I’m really looking forward to the stack new block, because it should give control on how your group block behaves with different screen sizes.
\n\n\n\nAll right, so thank you everyone. I think that is the end of our show. No, I know so. Yeah, before we end the show, I want to remind everybody, April 5th is the walk-through on the features, where the three Channing Ritter, Hector Prieto, Matias Ventura walk through all the features and figure out, “Okay, is this good enough or is it … ” Yeah, “What’s coming in and do we find still bugs?” So, there will also be a note taker, April 1st, 11:00 AM Eastern and 15:00 UTC.
\n\n\n\nAs always, the show notes will be published on the gutenbergtimes.com/podcast. This is episode 64. If you have questions, or suggestions or news you want us to include, send them to changelog@gutenbergtimes.com. That’s changelog@gutenbergtimes.com. Well, it’s so great to see you again, Mary, and thank you for having this conversation with me. Well, until the next time, dear listeners, thank you for staying with us through the show.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: Yes, thank you everyone. And thank you for bearing with my audio.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: wpafrica.org, if you are on the continent and want to meet more WordPressers. Yeah, check out the site. That’s it, thank you for listening. Goodbye.
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\n\n\n\nAs a starry-eyed, wanna-be novelist, one of the first things that excited me about the block system was how writers could show off their books with WordPress. Of course, I had no choice but to create a custom grouping of blocks to show off the manuscript I had somehow managed to hammer out in a month.
\n\n\n\nThis was the pre-pattern era of WordPress. The interface was clunky. Things seemed to break at random. Design tools were almost non-existent, but there was a bit of magic in the air. At no point in the platform’s history could users visually build such a simple layout with stock WordPress. For all its faults during the beta run, this was the moment that I became a block fanboy.
\n\n\n\nIt was not until months later that I released the theme for novelists — it was a child of another project that had yet to launch.
\n\n\n\nFor this entry in the Building with Blocks series, I wanted to walk readers through creating one of the patterns that inspired me to continue designing and developing with the block system. As a bonus, I will also show how to create a book review pattern.
\n\n\n\nI am using the Archeo theme by Automattic throughout this tutorial. However, it should work with any theme that supports blocks. You will also get more mileage out of a block theme.
\n\n\n\nThis card is meant to be a starting point for authors who want to showcase one of their books, but it could be applied to any product. There are 1,000s of ways you could alter this, and I encourage everyone to customize it once they have walked through the steps. The end result should look similar to the following:
\n\n\n\nThe final block HTML code is available via Gist. You can copy and paste it into the editor, but I encourage you to try building from scratch the first go-round. This series is all about learning to build with blocks. The copy-ready code is there just in case you get stuck.
\n\n\n\nAlmost as a rule, I start with a Group block when building patterns or sections of blocks. I chose to add it this time because I wanted a dark background with some padding around the card’s content. You may opt-out of this if you prefer.
\n\n\n\nOnce the block is in place, add text color, background color, and padding to the block. I chose 2rem for the padding because my active theme’s default is not consistent on all sides.
One of my favorite blocks in WordPress is Media & Text. It has so many use cases, and it is sort of like a mini pattern all on its own. On one side, you drop in your media. On the other, you add whatever content you want.
\n\n\n\nInside the Group block from Step 1, insert Media & Text. Go ahead and grab an image of your choosing. The WordPress photo directory has plenty if you do not have one on hand.
\n\n\n\nThe only alteration I made to this block is to set the “Media width” option to 35 in the block options sidebar. Depending on the dimensions of your image, you may choose another option. Just be sure to give room for your content.
Inside of the Media & Text block, I added another Group. It enables consistent spacing, which WordPress does not apply to the “content” area of the Media & Text block for some reason. This is an optional step, but it provides more control over the design.
\n\n\n\nIf you do not feel good with the spacing of your theme, you can change the “Block spacing” option in the block options sidebar. I adjusted this to 2rem, but it will depend on the active theme.
As an aside, these are details I rarely see mentioned in other tutorials—the “gotchas” and other problems that you might encounter. I feel like they are helpful inclusions but can be a bit of a bore. Feel free to let me know in the comments if you want me to continue covering this level of detail.
\n\n\n\nThe final step in creating the book card should be relatively straightforward. I included a Heading, two Paragraphs, and a Buttons block. I encourage experimentation.
\n\n\n\nI made no changes to the Heading and Paragraph blocks. However, I selected the “Outline” style for the lone Button.
\n\n\n\nAnd, that is it! The inclusion of the built-in Media & Text block made it easier than building with others. Continue reading if you prefer reviewing books to writing and selling them.
\n\n\n\nThis walkthrough will take you through creating a book review (or review intro) card. Like before, you can snag the full block HTML from Gist. The result should look a little something like the following:
\n\n\n\nWith all the fuss over the previous recipe card tutorial, let me preface this section with a quick note. This tutorial series is about learning to build with blocks, not creating fleshed-out solutions for every possible scenario.
\n\n\n\nFor those folks who want more, there are existing solutions. Donna Peplinskie’s Book Review Block is an excellent choice. It has ISBN integration, review Schema, and plenty of other bells and whistles. I even wrote about it back in 2020.
\n\n\n\nThis is for the sometimes book reviewers, people not starting a review site, or those who just want to pick up a tip.
\n\n\n\nThese steps are literally the same as the book card above: add a Group block, add Media & Text, and nest another Group inside the content area. The only change I made was to widen the Media section to 40 (it was 35 before).
Feel free to mix this up and try new things. Skip the initial Group block if you do not want the padded background.
\n\n\n\nLike the earlier book card, add a Heading block for the book title. This goes within the Group nested inside of the Media & Text block.
\n\n\n\nThe next part of the content is where things divert. For the book “info,” you must insert a List block. Then, fill in the details that you think are relevant, like so:
\n\n\n\n Written by Justin Tadlock Tagged Adult Fiction Published by Words & Press Published on May 01, 2099 599 Pages / 5 StarsI wanted to spice things up with a few emoji. If that is not your thing, there is no need to include them.
\n\n\n\nIn a real-world project, I would also include a “no marker” style for the List block, allowing the emoji to act as faux bullet points. However, the theme I was testing with did not have a style for this.
\n\n\n\nThat brings us to the final section. I like to kick off book reviews by including a favorite quote. It gets me in the mood for writing about the book and lets me share something from the author. Therefore, I opted for placing a Quote block as the final piece.
\n\n\n\nAn alternative might be a quick summary. You might even simply dive right into the review from there or leave the space empty. It is your card, and you can do what you want with it.
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\n\n\n\nThis week went fast, didn’t it? How has your week been?
\n\n\n\nI am excited about next week’s WordPress 6.0 Product Walk-through, identifying the features, that might or might not be ready for the release.
\n\n\n\nThere is a ton of updates, discussions, and tutorials below. Enjoy!
\n\n\n\nYours, 💕
Birgit
Anne McCarthy just posted a new call for testing through the FSE program. Authoring an Author Template
\n\n\n\nThe meticulous testinstructions walk you through creating a template for your author pages, learn how to the locking UI for blocks works. It allows a site builder to prevent and editor to remove or move locked blocks. You’ll also get to test new design options and the new No Results block. If you have a half an hour or so spin up a new test site with LocalWP and follow the instructions. You have until April 21st to leave your feedback on your experience.
\n\n\n\nAndrei Draganescu, was the release wrangler for Gutenberg 12.9. It is a feature packed release. The highlights are:
\n\n\n\n56 people contributed to this feature set, 8 of which were first time contributors.
\n\n\n\nJustin Tadlock, WPTavern has a taken a closer look: Gutenberg 12.9 Adds Block Locking UI, Automatic Pattern Registration, and Full Theme Exports
\n\n\n\nMary Job and I also discussed all the new features on the 64th Gutenberg Changelog podcast, but we also talk about so much more! The episode will come out later this weekend and land in your favorite podcast app.
\n\n\n\nIn her newest Design Share, Channing Ritter, highlights a myriad of design updates the team is working on and that could use your input and critique.
\n\n\n\nUnder the headline Status & visibility panel improvements ,she links to a prototype you can browse the explorations to improve the Publish and Post meta in panel in the post editor. I really enjoyed the various views of how the panel could look. A much cleaner look and so much clearer, too. Browse the prototype on Figma. Other highlight are not less interesting:
\n\n\n\nAll work in progress, and soon to come to a Gutenberg plugin near you!
\n\n\n\nDave Smith and Ben Dwyer walkthrough covers a new variation of a popular block Using the Featured Image with the Cover Block. It’s spectacular, and a long awaited enhancement for the post template. Now you can add a cover block to your post template, used the featured image as background, and display the post title on top of it. Smith and Dwyer demonstrate the usage with the new block theme by Automattcians called Archeo
\n\n\n\nBlock related News on the WPTavern
\n\n\n\nIvan Messina, Support Host, published Gutenberg: the complete guide at the WordPress editor. It’s a walk-through the differences to classic editor, and the various interfaces that come with the block editor. It’s also a great link to point people, too, that just want to learn more before they make the jump from Classic Editor to the Block Editor.
\n\n\n\nRich Tabor, product manager at Extendify, thinks “A new era of WordPress themes is finally here“. In his post he explains the four concepts, what makes a block theme different from classic themes. He continues to ouline the Future of Theme development: “It’s more apparent than ever to me that the barriers of theme development are slowly becoming smaller and smaller. There may always be some level of technical skillset required to produce phenomenal block themes, but generally speaking designing, assembling and launching a theme has never been easier.”
\n\n\n\nOn GitHub Discussions, Dennis Snell posted a proposal on concept of dynamic Token in Core in a the GitHub discussion post.
\n\n\n\nThis goes back to the preliminary roadmap for Gutenberg phase 2 post for 6.0 by Matias Ventura when he wrote: “Explore the viability of inline tokens. This has come up repeatedly in the context of rendering dynamic strings (such as current date) in rich text blocks.
\n\n\n\nSnell wrote: “One area the block model has been deficient, however, is in establishing more granular semantic types of “inline” content that carry meaning not associated with a block. These inline semantic parts represent content or metadata that comes from outside the document being edited and may be relatively static or highly dynamic.”
\n\n\n\nHe then outlines the Token concept, followed by code examples. He shows the usage in different context, for in block.json, save and edit space and the token execution in a PHP file. And if you feel this all rings like Shortcodes, you are not wrong. It definitely would be Shortcode 2.0 with a much better interface. Check it out and let your opinion known.
\n\n\n\nRich Tabor released all his personal plugins on GitHub. In the spirit of the second open-source principle: scratching a personal itch, he wrote: “Every single block I’ve added, I built out of a need of my own.” You will find:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRich Tabor has been a very early adopter of the block editor, so his plugins are also great teaching tools, to solve common block builiding problems.
\n\n\n\nRyan Welcher released Gutenberg Examples Repo 1.1. “This release marks a major update to this plugin that includes completely updated block examples as well as new non-block examples.” he wrote.
\n\n\n\nThe release contains around 40 PRs by eight contributors. It’s the first new release in over two years. The instructions on how to use it have been updated, too.
\n\n\n\nYesterday, Ryan Welcher held his weekly live programming session on “Creating a custom admin screen using Gutenberg packages and components.”
\n\n\n\nApril 6, 2022, 12 pm EDT / 16:00 UTC
Creating A Sidebar For Your Posts Using The Full Site Editing Blank Template with Bud Kraus, JoyofWP
April 6, 2022, 2pm EDT / 18:00 UTC
Builder Basics: Designing with Columns, Group, and Row Blocks (Part 2) with Nick Diego
April 8, 2022, 11 am EDT / 15:00 UTC
Block Theme Discussions: Supports in theme.json with Daisy Olsen
April 12, 2022 2pm EDT 18:00 UTC
Builder Basics: Headers and Footers in Full Site Editing w/ Nick Diego
April 13, 2022, 10 am EDT / 14:00 UTC
Create a Magazine Layout with the WordPress Gutenberg Block Editor with Wes Theron
April 15, 2022, 11 am EDT / 15:00 UTC
Block Theme Discussions: Presets in theme.json with Daisy Olsen
April 19, 2022 2pm EDT / 18:00 UTC
Builder Basics: Exploring Block Layout, Alignment, and Dimensions (Part 2)
April 21, 2022 3 am EDT / 7 am UTC
Using Block Patterns with Wes Theron
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\n\n\n\nApril 8, 2022 9 am – 5 pm CDT / 14:00 – 20:00 UTC
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Page Builder Summit will take place June 20th to June 24, 2022. The call for sponsors is still open. Sign-up for the VIP list to learn first when tickets are available and the schedule is published.
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Despite the flurry of April Fools day jokes circulating today, the WordPress product market has been heating up in the past couple weeks with new entrants that we are highlighting in a roundup. These products range from newly in beta to fully launched. Some are banking on the freemium model and others are fully commercial products.
\n\n\n\nAPPExperts is a new mobile application builder plugin that is now in beta, developed by the WPExperts team. It turns WordPress and WooCommerce websites into fully functional apps for iOS and Android phones, tablets, and other mobile devices. The plugin on WordPress.org functions as a connector to the APPExperts platform, which is powered by Flutter.
\n\n\n\nUsers can create their first app for free and the commercial version includes additional features like push notifications, ads integration, and plugin integrations. APPExperts is going up against more established competitors like AppPresser, which bills annually for the use of its platform. During its pre-beta period, APPExperts added 500 users on its connector plugin who generated more than 1,000 apps for iOS and Android.
\n\n\n\nWP Wallet is a new product, created by the team behind MasterWP, that helps WordPress site owners keep track of their license keys for commercial themes and plugins. The idea is to prevent users from missing license renewals, losing license keys, and struggling with invoicing. The service scans each website added to the account and retrieves any commercial license subscription fees, capturing any administrative details. It can also send invoices for payment via PayPal or Stripe with no transaction fees. Everything related to commercial licenses is organized into a single dashboard.
\n\n\n\nWP Wallet is free forever for up to three websites and is supported by ads. Free users can share access with unlimited team members and connect to Stripe or PayPal. Upgrading to Pro is less than $10 per month and allows users to add unlimited sites, connect multiple payment gateways, and will soon include a Chrome Extension and API.
\n\n\n\nBlock Styles is a new plugin now in beta that lets users further customize core blocks with unique styles. It works with many popular block collection plugins and boasts “fully responsive block-level design control.” This allows users to change style attributes based on desktop, tablet, and mobile sizes, and eventually customer device sizes, hover/action states and pseudo elements.
\n\n\n\nThe Block Styles plugin has advanced layout controls with visibility settings that can be set based on user role, device size, and login status. It also adds the ability to customize the background of every Gutenberg block with colors, gradient options, and linear and radial settings. The team is working on adding multiple backgrounds and video backgrounds. The plugin has support for advanced border styles, typography controls, special effects, animations, and custom CSS for every block.
\n\n\n\nPricing for the Block Styles plugin ranges from $69/year for one site to $499/year for unlimited sites.
\n\n\n\nStock Control for WooCommerce is a new plugin that launched this week, created by plugin developer Edith Allison. It makes it easier to manage WooCommerce inventory and make quick adjustments. Store owners can manipulate stock, and change descriptions, images, attributes, and categories all on one page.
\n\n\n\nProduct changes can be published immediately or saved for review later. The plugin also logs who made the changes and when. It uses the Heartbeat API to monitor the shop and will notify if there is an editing conflict with another site manager. It will also notify if stock quantities change while the site owner is working on the products.
\n\n\n\nStock Control for WooCommerce starts at €29,90/year for single site licenses and goes up to €149,90/year for agencies. The roadmap for future updates includes more translations, an attribute manager, bulk actions, scheduled publication of changes, compatibility with Woo Product Bundles, and a way to show “held” stock.
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ZeroClipboard is a JQuery plugin used to manage clipboard interactions, and it\'s being removed from WooCommerce because it uses obsolete, potentially insecure, Flash-based methods to do what all browsers can do natively now.
\n\n\n\nFor many years now, it\'s been possible to do what ZeroClipBoard does without JQuery. Marcus Burnette has suggested a fine solution from Chris Coyier back in 2016 at CSS Tricks.
\n\n\n\nFor those who are starting to build sites in the Woo ecosystem, Eric Karkovack has some advice for selling clients on WooCommerce. It can be difficult, due to the wide array of features and add-ons. Eric offers his own experience and insights.
\n\n\n\nHave you given any thought to sustainable design for the web? Or how eCommerce sites using WooCommerce might have their own unique challenges? It’s probably not something most site builders are thinking about, or even most hosting companies.
\n\n\n\nListening to Tom Greenwood from Wholegrain Digital will certainly open your eyes and make you more aware of the importance of sustainable websites, both now and in the future. Kathy Zant and Ronal Gijsel sat down to talk with Tom in the latest Do the Woo podcast episode.
\n\n\n\nAnd last but not least, there is that nagging question — What happens when you get four developers together on a podcast? Well, it depends. If you want to truly dive into the depths of code and geek out, Zach Stepek, Carl Alexander, and Till Krüss had a lively conversation with John James Jacoby this week on Do the Woo too.
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\n\n\n\nLearn from others. Grow your business. Connect with a community of like-minded developers and builders who freelance, run agencies, and build really cool products and sites in the WooCommerce ecosystem.
\nThe first-ever core preview walkthru with contribs for WP 6.0. Lots of Gutenberg news, big WordCamp comebacks, and other cool things!
\n\n\n\nDon\'t miss David‘s fresh podcast picks for the week! As usual, Courtney has the week\'s news from the people making WordPress at .org. ![\"🏗\"](\"https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.1.0/72x72/1f3d7.png\")
Join contributors to WordPress core and other teams on April 5th for a first-of-it\'s-kind video product walk-through of the major features coming in WordPress 6.0.
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Adam Silverstein has proposed adopting WebP as the default image format in WordPress core for uploads in the Media Library. If Adam\'s proposal is adopted as he describes, “WebP images [would be] generated by default for new JPEG uploads” and “used by default for the website content.”
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Large WordCamps are making their return. In addition to WordCamp Europe on June 2-4, WordCamp US is happening on September 9-1. The call for speakers closes on April 17th.) WordCamp Asia has recently announced it\'s going to take place early next year on February 17-19, 2023, in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Rich Tabor has placed all his blocks on Github, including a new Share to Twitter block. He also explains in another post why the “new era” of WordPress themes is finally here. The future of publishing happens in a block editor, not a code editor. Rich also shares an important block development tip:
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Brian Gardner shows a simple way of adding “a bit of pizzazz” to images in the block editor.
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Tech has one of the highest resignation rates in any industry. Why? David Gibson at Stack Overflow examines survey results to find out what makes developers happy at work. While about 70% say they are happy, 20% of developers are looking for new opportunities. On a global scale that adds up.
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If you use PHPStorm, check out its latest improvements for WordPress development.
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Tetiana Pryhorovska from Crocoblock offers a perspective as an employee of a WordPress company based in Ukraine. Learn how some members of the WordPress community are offering support.
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It’s hard to believe over 2 years have passed since we announced the cancellation of our first flagship WordCamp in the region, WordCamp Asia 2020.
\nNow, I’m happy to announce the organising team is back together and ready to plan our event in February 2023! While the majority of the team is coming back, we are looking for some additional members to join us.
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To make WordCamp Asia a truly diverse and inclusive event, we need your help. If you are someone who is passionate about WordPress and want to help shape the future of it in Asia, please consider joining us on this new journey.
\nAnd even if that’s not an option for you right at the moment, I hope you can take a few minutes to help spread the word. We’d love to reach as many active members of Asian WordPress communities as possible. Please share this news with your friends, colleagues, or anyone who may be interested.
\nOver the years, the support from the WordPress community for our event has been overwhelmingly warm and kind. Thanks again for trusting us to stay strong. We can’t wait to meet you in Bangkok.
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For many bloggers, having comments is the best part of their blog ownership experience. They enjoy interacting with readers, getting real-time feedback, and seeing their community grow. However, while there are a lot of benefits to enabling comments on your WordPress website, you might run into a few problems along the way.
\n\n\n\nIf you’re on the fence about enabling comments, you’ve come to the right place. We’ll cover the pros and cons and discuss how you can protect your site from unwanted spam.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith the potential risks comments pose, why do so many bloggers keep them around? Here are a few benefits to enabling comments on your site:
\n\n\n\nBehind every successful WordPress website is a group of loyal followers. Enabling comments on your website allows people to share stories, connect with like-minded readers, and gain a sense of ownership and pride.
\n\n\n\nEven if you can’t respond to every comment, your audience members will feel acknowledged and appreciated when they see that you’re reading and engaging with fellow followers.
\n\n\n\nThe comments section of your website gives visitors an easy way to leave feedback on your site. Much of this will come naturally. If a post sees substantially more comments than normal and a plethora of positive responses, it’s a good indication that the subject matter really resonated with your audience.
\n\n\n\nAsking the following questions could help solicit feedback from your readers:
\n\n\n\nBy asking direct questions, you can better gauge if you’re serving your audience well. And when readers feel acknowledged and see that you take action based on their feedback, they’ll have a greater sense of loyalty and ownership. This is a key part of developing brand advocates that will proactively share your site with their friends and family.
\n\n\n\nWhen a person leaves a comment on your website and you or another reader replies, they’ll come back to view that response. Imagine if every commenter visited your website multiple times to reply to comments. Your page views would go through the roof!
\n\n\n\nWith commenters regularly returning to your site, the increase in page views could bump up ad revenue or improve the chances that they take a desired action — register for your email list, purchase a product, leave you a tip, follow you on social media, and more.
\n\n\n\nWhile enabling comments on your website seems to be a great choice, remember that everything has two sides. Now that we’ve covered the benefits of comments, let’s examine the potential downsides.
\n\n\n\nWhile getting feedback and connecting with your audience is great, moderating comments is a time-consuming process. You’ll need to read each comment, formulate a response, and do your best to keep spam comments at bay. You might be able to handle it when your blog has a few readers, but as your audience grows, comments can quickly get out of hand.
\n\n\n\nUnfortunately, the moment you enable comments on your website, spambots will come running. You can get hit with a wave of bot-generated comments even if your audience is small. While there are ways to protect your WordPress site from comment spam, dealing with spam is one of the many responsibilities that fall under site management.
\n\n\n\nNo matter how hard you try, you can’t make everyone happy. There will always be people who disagree with you or aren’t big fans of your content. This can be emotionally exhausting, but also make others wonder about the validity of your work.
\n\n\n\nMalicious comments with links that lead to viruses or other nefarious traps could harm your visitors and cause distrust and frustration.
\n\n\n\nBut a comment section that’s filled with gibberish spam remarks, lewd or obscene comments, or even no comments at all can make readers associate your site with bad feelings. Allowing each and every comment with no moderation is an express lane to a tarnished reputation.
\n\n\n\nBloggers put a lot of work into search engine optimization (SEO). With all the hours that go into creating content, it’s natural that they want people to see and read the fruits of their labor.
\n\n\n\nGoogle has made it clear that comments can have a positive impact on search rankings. Let’s look at three SEO benefits of enabling comments on your website:
\n\n\n\nWhen search engines crawl your site, they’re looking, in part, to understand what each page is about, based on the content it contains. When your readers comment and mention the keywords you’re trying to rank your blog post for, search engines will take notice and may give your rankings a boost.
\n\n\n\nThis is especially true when it comes to semantically similar keywords. These are search terms closely related to the keywords you’re targeting. Imagine you wrote a blog post on chocolate cake. While “chocolate cake” is your main keyword, words like “icing,” “gluten-free,” “recipe,” and “ingredients” are all semantically similar keywords that help improve your content’s relevance.
\n\n\n\nWhile search engines don’t appreciate, and will even penalize, stuffing your page full of keywords, organic comments can do the work for you while staying on search engines’ ‘good side.’
\n\n\n\nTo Google and other search engines, the comment section of your website is simply additional content. Your blog post could only be 600 words long, but if you have 800 words worth of comments, you now have 1,400 words of content on your page.
\n\n\n\nOf course, these comments need to add to the value of your blog post. On the other hand, long comments unrelated to the post could have the opposite effect. This is why comment moderation, although time-consuming, is essential.
\n\n\n\nComments on a WordPress website increase linking opportunities — both internal and external. Answering questions in your comment section gives you the chance to link to relevant articles on your website, giving visitors a reason to stay on your site longer.
\n\n\n\nEven referring to third-party sites when a question goes beyond the scope of your expertise can help search engines better understand the full context of your site and where it fits in the online ecosystem. Plus, honest referrals to other experts is a great way to build a relationship with sites who may return the favor in the future.
\n\n\n\nYou can choose to either disable comments on individual pages of your WordPress site or disable them across the entire site.
\n\n\n\nTo completely disable comments on your site, navigate to your dashboard and go to Settings → Discussion. Look for Default post settings at the top of your screen. Uncheck the box that says Allow people to comment on new posts.
\n\n\n\nWhat if you want to disable comments only on specific pages? You might notice that some blog topics or articles are more prone to spam than others. To disable those comment sections, go to the Posts or Pages tab. Find the post or page you’re looking for and click on Quick edit below its name. Next, you’ll see a box that reads Allow Comments.
\n\n\n\nIf the box is checked, disable it. You can repeat this process across your website for all the pages and posts where you want to turn off comments.
\n\n\n\nKeep in mind that depending on the nature of your blog, disabling comments on your website could cost you valuable engagement. Thankfully, you can take steps to avoid spam comments on your website without sacrificing your comment section entirely.
\n\n\n\nIf you want the benefits of robust reader engagement without the annoyance of dangerous spam, there are some steps you can take to prevent comment spam.
\n\n\n\nSpam comments are often easy to spot. Since bots behave according to how they’re programmed, they tend to follow a few general guidelines. Here are warning signs a comment might be spam:
\n\n\n\nLet’s say you run a blog that caters to dessert recipes. A spam comment posted by a bot might look something like this:
\n\n\n\n“Find out how to keep your Air conditioners clean all year round here!!! → (insert link)” – Guest 0123r67
\n\n\n\nThe vague name and unrelated comment are clear signs of spam, so the comment should be removed as soon as possible.
\n\n\n\nFrom the moment you allow comments on your site, you’re bound to attract some spam. As your content and audience grow, this spam can become overwhelming to manage while the number of people who could be impacted increases. Let’s review a few of the reasons why spam comments are harmful.
\n\n\n\nNot only do spam comments make your site look unprofessional, they foster distrust with your readers. No matter how credible a website looks, a comment section riddled with spam will raise red flags among visitors.
\n\n\n\nWhile some people may understand that spam comments are a natural occurrence, others may not be so understanding. This is especially true if they fall prey to following a link from one of these comments.
\n\n\n\nRemember, if you choose to enable comments on your site, it’s your job to monitor them and keep your followers safe.
\n\n\n\nFollowers looking to have real, meaningful conversations with other readers will be put off by bots taking over the comment section.
\n\n\n\nIf you sit back and let spam comments wreak havoc across your website, you miss out on valuable feedback, suggestions, and potential connections with your audience.
\n\n\n\nFailing to delete low-quality comments could severely harm your site’s search engine rankings. You’ve put months, maybe even years of hard work into your website, but letting comments build up with links to malicious sites can undo much of your progress.
\n\n\n\nIf you decide that it’s worth it to have comments on your WordPress website, remember that the best defense is a good offense. Don’t wait for your website to become overrun with spam comments before investing in a spam-fighting plugin like Akismet.
\n\n\n\nAkismet can automatically detect spam on your website by sifting through comments and separating the good from the bad. Within seconds, Akismet analyzes the comments submitted to your site and runs them through their global database. If a comment is flagged, it won’t get posted — plain and simple.
\n\n\n\nOne major benefit of Akismet is the time it saves you when moderating comments. Instead of viewing every comment submission manually, you only need to check the ones that Akismet flags as potential spam. Or, you can just let it get rid of the worst spam without having to review it at all!
\n\n\n\nWe can’t make the decision for you, so you’ll need to weigh the risks and benefits of comments on your website yourself. While building a rapport with your audience and using comments to improve SEO may be worth it for some, the need to constantly moderate comments for spam may put others off.
\n\n\n\nIf you’re really on the fence about enabling comments on your site, you can always try it out with a spam-fighting plugin like Akismet. This way, you can prevent harmful comments from appearing on your site without missing out on real, meaningful comments and engagement. If you find that they do more harm than good, you can always disable them and try again in the future.
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\n\n\n\nIn total, the plugin adds 18 styles. Some are specific to a single block, such as Accessibility Hidden, which creates invisible Headings, making them available to screen readers. Others, such as the Drop Shadow style, are registered for multiple blocks.
\n\n\n\nOn the whole, it is a well-rounded set that often leans into more practical use cases. The Overlap Above and Overlap Below styles fit into this scenario. The former allows users to bump Image, Cover, and other blocks up, overlapping the section above them. The latter goes in the opposite direction.
\n\n\n\nThe downside to such overlaps is that the user cannot control how far up or down the block shifts. Negative vertical margin controls are a sought-after feature in WordPress, often necessary to create specialized layouts.
\n\n\n\nJuhas provided a --abs_overlap_value CSS custom property. DIY users could control this via CSS. At the very least, theme authors could integrate directly with the plugin. However, they may simply want to register the styles for their own themes if going through all the trouble.
While the plugin styles may be practical in many ways, Juhas also threw a bit of whimsy in the mix. Almost as a signature, nearly every similar plugin offers at least one SVG mask for image-related blocks. Abs follows the same path with its Paint Brush style:
\n\n\n\nThat is the only such SVG mask in the plugin, a style that has almost been overdone. At least the Paint Brush option breaks from the mold of “blob shapes” that have become commonplace.
\n\n\n\nJuhas has several example screenshots and GIFs on the plugin page that explore what the plugin is capable of, many of them mixing and matching different blocks and styles. It is unlikely that I will do it justice here. However, I did try my hand at several layouts.
\n\n\n\nOne of my favorite creations was mixing the Wavy style for the Media & Text block with Zigzag for Separator:
\n\n\n\nAbs also includes a Double Line option for the Separator block. But, the plugin shines the most with Media & Text. I can only assume that Juhas looked at it and realized that not enough designers were doing anything interesting with it, taking the responsibility upon himself. That is merely a guess, anyway.
\n\n\n\nThe plugin adds a Paint Brush style for Media & Text as it does for other image-type blocks. It also has a Media on Top option for stacking the block’s contents on both desktop and mobile displays and a similar stacking option for tablets. It supports both the previously-mentioned overlapping styles. Plus, users can get some mileage from its Gradient variation, as shown in the following screenshot:
\n\n\n\nI am merely scratching the surface of possibilities with the plugin’s out-of-the-box styles. With time and creativity, users can create some unique layouts with it.
\n\n\n\nI tested Abs against several block-based themes, and it held up well. The only issues I ran into were likely related to running the latest Gutenberg plugin. After selecting a custom color when using the Zigzag style for the Separator block, the background color overtakes the shape. And, the alignment styles for the Column block do not align left or right in the editor. However, they do work on the front end.
\n\n\n\nI am a fan of plugins that offer custom styles, and Abs is a welcome departure from the carousel of block libraries. It has just enough variety to please those looking for business-friendly design options while not neglecting users who just want to have a little fun.
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\n\n\n\n“This plugin has been capable of migrating more than just the database for a long time, so it’s nice to officially rebrand with an emphasis on full site WordPress migrations,” Delicious Brains Product Manager Kevin Hoffman said.
\n\n\n\nDatabase-less migrations is one of the major features of the 2.3 release. No database tables are required anymore to migrate media, theme, and plugin files. The plugin added a new checkbox in the Database panel of users’ migration profiles so they can choose if they want to include the database in the migration, just the files, or both.
\n\n\n\n“With the introduction of database-less migrations in version 2.3, the time is right to officially ‘drop the DB’ from our name and move forward as WP Migrate,” Hoffman said. “This new name better suits the plugin that is now capable of migrating any combination of WordPress database tables, media files, uploads, themes, and plugins.”
\n\n\n\nWP Migrate Pro 2.3 also introduces the ability to migrate from one multisite to another, making it easy to migrate from subsite-to-subsite. The interface now has new indicators showing theme and plugin version differences. Users will find the plugin installation workflow much easier, as version 2.3 moves addon functionality into the core plugin. Separate plugins, such as the Media Files and Multisite Tools addons, will automatically deactivate because they are now included in the core plugin.
\n\n\n\nThe free version of WP Migrate, which has 300,000 active installs on WordPress.org, has also been updated and includes the following changes for version 2.3:
\n\n\n\nmigrate base command as an alias of migratedbThe WP Migrate team plans to release an expansion of these features in the next release, including the ability to migrate must-use plugins, languages, and third-party directories found within wp-content.
In this series, we share some of the inspiring stories of how WordPress and its global network of contributors can change people’s lives for the better. This month we feature a website developer and product manager from Argentina, who found in the software a way to live his life in the way he dreamed.
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\n\n\n\nWordPress offers something to everyone. For Juan Aldasoro, a developer and product manager for a large distributed company, it provides an opportunity to combine his different interests and skills to live the type of life he wanted.
\n\n\n\n“I like visual, creative and technical things. The joy of WordPress is that you can do all of these things, you don’t have to limit yourself to any one aspect . You can also do this from almost anywhere in the world!”
\n\n\n\nFrom working in products since 2012, Juan sees WordPress as a major part of his skillset and toolbox. He said: “It gives you an opportunity to be part of building a product which could potentially be used by thousands of people and more on your site. It encourages you to think about different languages and how you can make it accessible. It allows you to work on different platforms. Working in WordPress gives you this broad approach. Working this way on products ended up pushing me into learning about all these different things. Only in open source can you really do this and use your creative side to find solutions.”
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\n\n\n\nBorn in a mid-sized city in Argentina, Juan was raised in a family in which music, arts and sports were always an essential part of everyday life.
\n\n\n\n“These activities encourage human beings to be creative and participative, and at the same time they are highly formative when it comes to mould people in order to become part of a group, a team, a community.”
\n\n\n\nThe youngest of five siblings, Juan became highly motivated, trying to follow the steps of his siblings. Having a computer at home, he started to make connections that laid the foundation for his career as a developer. His interest in computers grew through that access to a machine running MS-DOS – the one with the black screen command line! Mastering this became a challenge to him and something to share with others. Through doing this, he found a way to more social interaction and new friendships.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWithout being conscious of it, my friends and I were sharing pieces of code.
He said: “I started learning some super easy stuff that made me feel like Houdini at that time. I could save a game play, something intangible, on a floppy disk and carry that piece of plastic and magnetic material back home. I was saving the play or game in a square object and then loading that back at home. I now realize, those were my first interactions with computer commands. Without being conscious of it, my friends and I were sharing pieces of code in a unique way.”
\n\n\n\nThis interest grew further through computer magazines and experimenting as “there was always something new to learn.” Although sport became a big part of Juan’s life in his teens, he kept up his computer learning. Taking a new direction, he found online tutorials enabling him to learn how to play the guitar. This led to setting up a punk rock band with his friends.
\n\n\n\n“Education has always been important in my family, and thanks to my parent’s efforts, I attended a school where I learned to express myself in another language.” The school had hired a satellite internet connection in the mid-nineties and had HTML on the computer studies program. These facilities were not that common in Argentina or many other countries either at that time. Also, his parents had the foresight to secure a rare internet connection at the house in 1997.
\n\n\n\nJuan recalled: “Browsing around the Internet opened a new universe in my mind. This new universe was extremely fantastic but also extremely expensive. I needed to make the most of every second online.”
“It was a whole new world and one thing led to the other. I started learning a bit of everything, editing graphics, scripting and so on. I still remember my first website in the fantastic sunset strip, Geocities.”
After high school, Juan moved to the city along with his brother and began to study IT at University. When he was asked by a friend to work at a software company, he decided to try that whilst continuing his studies. Through his job he had the chance to explore web-related opportunities, and with a friend from university, they started managing teams and projects across Latin America and Spain.
Juan describes this experience as one of the most fulfilling in his life. He was able to travel abroad for work, experience remote working, manage teams, present projects and speak formally in front of senior people. As the company grew at a fast pace, they learned how to set up and run a large organization. Eventually, he decided to drop out of his university program and focus on the opportunity of learning first hand.
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\n\n\n\nOne of the key early learning from working internationally was that business and web development could be just as fast-moving and successful in Argentina as in other places. “I realized there’s no such thing as a secret sauce for success. Projects are backed by people’s talent and time, and you can find that in any latitude.”
By his mid-20s, Juan decided he wanted to try building something from scratch. He created a social network for photo sharing in Latin America, which was used by more than 30,000 people across Latin America and Spain in its time. Through this, he discovered that other people had a blog and he did not want to be left behind. The discovery of WordPress was to change the focus of his life.
Spending some time traveling around Europe, Juan found himself ‘surrounded by uncertainty’ and worried about what the future could bring. “I had some clues, but under uncertainty, the more you ask the less you answer. I started thinking about embracing the following philosophy: I didn’t want to be part of a large company, I didn’t want to continue studying and I wanted to travel as much as I could.” He did not realize at that time how this vision for his life was to mirror what he would find in WordPress.
\n\n\n\nHe started using WordPress for a few sites in 2005. By 2007 he was using it for almost everything. He was struck by the magnitude and range of what the software could do, from a simple tool used to create a blog in the blink of an eye through to complex projects.
\n\n\n\nHis first problem-solving project was simple and saved data received through a contact form plugin. “To complete this project I discovered the Codex and I learned how easy and intuitive it is to create a plugin. I had fallen in love with WordPress.”
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI was truly amazed by how I could learn from others.
As he explored the options with the software, Juan was unsure of how intellectual property worked and wanted to be respectful of other people’s work. “I didn’t understand open source yet, and I wasn’t sure if I was stealing from others. That was my first interaction with GPL and open source. I was truly amazed by how I could learn from others and improve things created by others or by myself.”
\n\n\n\nHe realized: “WordPress was the way to go if I wanted to pursue a dream of traveling, skipping winter, and working at the same time; what we now call a digital nomad. I already knew how to work remotely, I could work for companies located anywhere, as long as they could communicate in English or Spanish.”
\n\n\n\nJuan started his own web agency, where he provided services to small and medium-sized companies abroad in the USA, UK, and Australia. He built his reputation and developed strong relationships in WordPress. “The experience couldn’t be better. I was learning, having fun, making a living out of it, and at the same time exploring the world.”
\n\n\n\nIn mid-2012, he discovered the full power of the WordPress community firsthand. In his spare time he started developing themes and from all he heard, wanted to attend a major event with lots of others in WordPress, a WordCamp. He took the plunge and booked for WordCamp in Edinburgh, in the UK. He said: “I got to meet many super talented people, and the atmosphere of the event was awesome. A place where competitors were also colleagues. Seeing the humility of somebody like Mike Little, the co-founder of WordPress, was amazing.”
\n\n\n\nHe added: “While there, unconsciously, I started dreaming of holding something like that in Argentina – the joy of hosting the WordPress community in my home country.”
\n\n\n\nBack home, while browsing the Codex, he happened to see that WordPress was turning 10. A lot of meetups were going to be organized worldwide to celebrate the birthday. But there was nothing organized in Argentina. This was a catalyst for starting a local meetup. Together with a colleague, he organized an Argentinian 10th birthday meetup.
\n\n\n\nMore than 20 people showed up. “There was a common denominator. We all loved WordPress, it was part of our day-to-day life. We wanted to share experiences, make new friends and continue growing from what we could learn from others. That day we were a group of people with shared interests. That’s the simplest way to define a community, isn’t it?” This early meetup led to the formation of what is now called WordPress Argentina.
\n\n\n\nIn his desire to skip winters and do more traveling, his next adventure was to take him to visit family working in the US and attend one of the biggest WordCamps in the world in San Francisco. His interest kept growing and he traveled across Europe to be part of the first edition of WordCamp Europe in the Netherlands in 2013.
\n\n\n\nHe said: “There’s almost nothing I could write to fully express what you experience in such events. They are the main WordPress events worldwide. The best part: I made a lot of good friends from many different places. I’m glad I have more excuses to continue traveling.”
\n\n\n\nOnce again in Argentina, our organization started growing thanks to the energy of the whole group, we started hosting formal meetups. In May 2015, we crowned all these efforts with a new WordCamp in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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\n\n\n\n“Organizing such an event in my home country with many of the contributors I had met from the very first meetup was an experience I will always keep with me.”
\n\n\n\nJuan believes one of his biggest contributions to open source was as part of being able to expand the community in Argentina and to share this with other Latin American and Spanish speaking countries. He also contributes as a volunteer translator in the Polyglots Team, to the Make WordPress Support team, and contributes to code blocks and Gutenberg. “I am really excited about seeing the future of Gutenberg as it is the future of WordPress.”
\n\n\n\nThroughout his time contributing, Juan believes in helping to set the foundations and encouraging others to give their time and talents. He is keen to share that contributing does not have to be the same all the time and that you can have breaks and focus on one area in a particular period too. He gives the example of how in his spare time he watches Trac, where tickets about the software are logged, and looks where he might be able to help or think of solutions.
\n\n\n\nHe said: “Anytime I find I can contribute to or make improvements in code-related areas, I will do as it is important to keep giving to the community. I enjoy crawling over meta, trac, GitHub and the different places that are requesting help. There is always somewhere you can help. At the moment, my focus is code and translations. I always try to save time to help these two areas. It is like you give and you get, you learn things. You meet amazing people and opportunities arrive.”
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\n\n\n\nHelp share these stories of open source contributors and continue to grow the community. Meet more WordPressers in the People of WordPress series.
\n\n\n\nThank you to Juan Aldasoro (@juanfra) for sharing his story.
\n\n\n\nInterviews and feature by Abha Thakor (@webcommsat) and Surendra Thakor (@sthakor). Reviews by Mary Baum (@marybaum), Chloe Bringmann (@cbringmann), Meher Bala (@meher), Anjana Vasan (@anjanavasan) and Yvette Sonneveld (@yvettesonneveld).
\n\n\n\nThanks to Josepha Haden Chomphosy (@chanthaboune) and Topher DeRosia (@topher1kenobe) and others for their support of this initiative.
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\nYou can use get_european_union_countries() for currency switching, to display conditional notices, content, or fields. Basically, whenever there is a country dropdown, get_european_union_countries() may be what you need.
Before we dive into WooCommerce again, here\'s a little historical context for the function we\'re going to look at this week: get_european_union_countries.
In 1957, Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany signed the Treaty of Rome, which created the European Economic Community. The European Union was formally established with the Maastricht Treaty on 1 November 1993. There are now 27 EU members, yet the list is always subject to change. With Brexit, the United Kingdom left the EU. There is talk currently about Ukraine joining.
\n\n\n\nThankfully, WooCommerce developers coded a function called get_european_union_countries(), which returns an array of … countries in the EU! (Did you see that coming?) Once again, we can rely on a lazy WooCommerce function and stop worrying about who is and who is not in the EU.
But why would you ever need to use get_european_union_countries()? Let\'s look at its syntax, its arguments, and some possible uses.
You can find the european_union_countries() function under \\woocommerce\\includes\\class-wc-countries.php:
/**\n * Gets an array of countries in the EU.\n *\n * @param string $type Type of countries to retrieve. Blank for EU member countries. eu_vat for EU VAT countries.\n * @return string[]\n */\npublic function get_european_union_countries( $type = \'\' ) {\n $countries = array( \'AT\', \'BE\', \'BG\', \'CY\', \'CZ\', \'DE\', \'DK\', \'EE\', \'ES\', \'FI\', \'FR\', \'GR\', \'HR\', \'HU\', \'IE\', \'IT\', \'LT\', \'LU\', \'LV\', \'MT\', \'NL\', \'PL\', \'PT\', \'RO\', \'SE\', \'SI\', \'SK\' );\n\n if ( \'eu_vat\' === $type ) {\n $countries[] = \'MC\';\n }\n\n return apply_filters( \'woocommerce_european_union_countries\', $countries, $type );\n}There\'s nothing very complex here — a hard-coded list of EU member country codes, and the function returns this array. Simple!
\n\n\n\nA couple of important notes:
\n\n\n\n$type. This can either be left blank or set to \"eu_vat\", in which case MC would also be included in the returned list of countries for Monaco, which is not a EU member, but it is subject to European VAT/tax.woocommerce_european_union_countries, which you can use in your customization should you need to remove or add countries to the list. Let\'s imagine you need to get a list of European countries — you\'d notice many are not in the list as they don\'t belong to the EU. This includes Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and Vatican City. With the woocommerce_european_union_countries filter you can add them and return the full list of European countries.
Are you wondering if this is a political history post or a WooCommerce development tutorial? I don\'t blame you. Let\'s look at the case studies I promised to show how get_european_union_countries() might be used in a real-world scenario.
Why is get_european_union_countries() useful to WooCommerce devleopers?
Well, first of all it\'s important to understand why WooCommerce has this function and what it uses it for.
\n\n\n\nBy doing a quick file search through the WooCommerce plugin, we can see get_european_union_countries() is called at least 3 times:
get_vat_countries() function merges the get_european_union_countries() array with another manual array of countries that use “VAT.” This is used in the WooCommerce back end and front end to call taxes either VAT or TAX, based on the country code.get_automated_support_countries() merges the list of EU countries with ‘US\', ‘CA\', and ‘AU\' in order to return the list of countries that support automated tax calculations within WooCommerce.get_note() uses get_european_union_countries() to check if your store\'s country belongs to the EU. If it is and the WooCommerce AvaTax plugin is active, a banner ad is displayed to ask the store manager to install the EU VAT Number extension.When I first looked into get_european_union_countries(), I was expecting it to be used more extensively within WooCommerce itself, but that\'s it. It\'s still useful for developers of course because we can come up with additional ways to use the function and save on development time.
You can use get_european_union_countries() for currency switching, to display conditional notices, content, or fields. Basically, whenever there is a country dropdown, get_european_union_countries() may be what you need.
Let\'s analyze two more detailed scenarios for using this function.
\n\n\n\nI issue a lot of manual orders on Business Bloomer, where my main currency is USD, like most of the WordPress ecosystem.
\n\n\n\nWhile that is a great currency to sell memberships, plugins, and online courses, EUR is the currency I actually use myself. If I\'m on the receiving end of transactions form countries within the EU where EUR is the main currency, I pay lower fees, have greater trust, and my PayPal/Stripe accounts are filled with euros, so I pay no conversion fees. Naturally I want my customers to at least have the option to pay in EUR!
\n\n\n\nThe way I coded this is fairly simple — this is straight out of my own functions.php:
/**\n * @snippet Set new manual order currency | WooCommerce Admin\n * @how-to Get CustomizeWoo.com FREE\n * @author Rodolfo Melogli\n * @compatible WooCommerce 6\n * @donate $9 https://businessbloomer.com/bloomer-armada/\n */\n \nadd_action( \'woocommerce_new_order\', \'bbloomer_update_order_currency_on_creation\', 9999, 2 );\n\nfunction bbloomer_update_order_currency_on_creation( $order_id, $order ){\n if ( $order && $order->is_created_via( \'admin\' ) ) { \n if ( get_post_meta( $order_id, \'_billing_country\', true ) && in_array( get_post_meta( $order_id, \'_billing_country\', true ), WC()->countries->get_european_union_countries( \'eu_vat\' ) ) ) { \n $order->set_currency( \'EUR\' );\n $order->save();\n }\n }\n}What It Does: When I create and save a new order from the WooCommerce backend and the billing country belongs to the EU, the order currency is set to EUR by default.
\n\n\n\nThere is another piece to this. If the order is manually set to the status of pending and the customer still needs to pay online, I also need to make EUR the default currency on the payment screen. Here\'s how I do that:
\n\n\n\n/**\n * @snippet Set currency | WooCommerce Order Pay page\n * @how-to Get CustomizeWoo.com FREE\n * @author Rodolfo Melogli\n * @compatible WooCommerce 6\n * @donate $9 https://businessbloomer.com/bloomer-armada/\n */\n \nadd_filter( \'woocommerce_currency\', \'bbloomer_switch_currency\' );\n\nfunction bbloomer_switch_currency( $currency ) {\n if ( is_wc_endpoint_url( \'order-pay\' ) && in_array( WC()->customer->get_billing_country(), WC()->countries->get_european_union_countries( \'eu_vat\' ) ) ) {\n return \'EUR\';\n }\n return $currency;\n}In this way I\'ve created a multi-currency setup without any plugins! Cool, ha?!
\n\n\n\nI use get_european_union_countries() in my PDF invoices as well.
Here\'s my code:
\n\n\n\n/**\n * @snippet Display VAT notices | WooCommerce PDF Invoices & Packing slips\n * @how-to Get CustomizeWoo.com FREE\n * @author Rodolfo Melogli\n * @compatible WooCommerce 6\n * @donate $9 https://businessbloomer.com/bloomer-armada/\n */\n\nadd_action( \'wpo_wcpdf_after_order_details\', \'bbloomer_invoice_dpr_info\', 9999, 2 );\n\nfunction bbloomer_invoice_dpr_info( $template_type, $order ) {\n if ( $order->get_billing_country() == \"IT\" ) {\n ?>\n <?php if ( $order->get_total() > 77.47 ) echo \'<p>(*) Imposta di bollo assolta ai sensi dell\\\'art. 13 della Tariffa allegata al DPR 26.10.72, n. 642</p>\'; ?>\n <p>Operazione fuori campo IVA ai sensi dell\'art. 1, commi 54-89, L. 23/12/2014, n. 190</p>\n <p>Prestazione non soggetta a ritenuta d\'acconto ai sensi del comma 5.2 del Provvedimento Agenzia delle entrate del 22.12.2011 n. 185820</p> \n <?php\n } elseif ( in_array( $order->get_billing_country(), WC()->countries->get_european_union_countries( \'eu_vat\' ) ) && ! empty( get_post_meta( $order->get_id(), \'_billing_vat_number_eu\', true ) ) ) {\n // Intra EU Service\n ?>\n <p>Invoice subject to Reverse Charge rule in the country of receipt according to Italian law art. 7-TER, D.P.R. n. 633/1972</p> \n <?php\n } else {\n // Extra EU Service\n // print_r($order);\n ?>\n <?php /* if ( $order->get_total() > 77.47 ) echo \'<p>(*) Cost of €2 Italian stamp duty included in payment according to the Tariffa attachment, art. 13, DPR 26.10.72, n. 642</p>\'; */ ?>\n <p>Invoice exempt from VAT/TAX according to Italian law art. 7, D.P.R. n. 633/1972</p> \n <?php\n }\n}Wherever you have access to $order->get_billing_country(), you may use get_european_union_countries() for conditional content. I\'ve seen an example for using it in PDF invoices. It could also apply to the “Thank You” screen, customer account pages, order admin pages, and more.
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Gutenberg 12.9 landed in the WordPress.org plugin directory today, and it is a beefy release, packed with a little something for everyone. Even after tinkering with new features over the last few days, I have yet to explore everything as much as I would like. Given the practical limitation of time, I will not be able to dive into everything in this post, but I will attempt to introduce you all to some of the highlights.
\n\n\n\nThe following are some selected items that I was unable to dive into, but I still encourage readers to check out:
\n\n\n\nGutenberg 12.9 introduces a new UI for locking blocks. Under the “more options” dropdown in the toolbar, users can select the lock option, which will bring up a screen with two options:
\n\n\n\nAndrei Draganescu noted the following in the 12.9 announcement post:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen a block is locked, users are either unable to move it, remove it, or both. This is particularly useful with site level blocks like Post Content which many themes will want to lock down.
However, that definition does not entirely explain block-level locking. There is a caveat: this new UI hands end-users the key to the lock. Technically, they already had this capability via the code editor, but it is now available through the interface.
\n\n\n\nFrom a theme dev perspective, block-level locking merely requires additional steps of the user to move and/or remove blocks. It is not a “forced” or “permanent” lock. It is a welcome feature, but themers should understand its limits and that this new UI offers more power to users, not less.
\n\n\n\nUpdate: there is a hook for site builders to overwrite this. See more in the comments.
\n\n\n\nOne of the features I was most excited about with this release was the addition of support for spacing between Gallery images. Theme authors have relied on specialized block styles to give users choices, usually limited to default and a “no gap” options. The latter would remove any spacing between the images.
\n\n\n\nUnfortunately, the feature is broken in 12.9 when users manually set a gap. Checking the source code, it is outputting an Array instead of valid CSS. On the front end, the following warning displays:
Warning: preg_match() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in ...wp-content/plugins/gutenberg/build/block-library/blocks/gallery.php on line 51I am sure this will be corrected in 12.9.1. Until then, I suggest not using the “Block Spacing” control.
\n\n\n\nTheme author warning: This is a breaking change for themes that target the --gallery-block--gutter-size to control the default gap for galleries. This previously-reliable CSS custom property no longer exists in the code. It is unclear why this variable was removed altogether, and there was no mention of it in the ticket.
A new --wp--style--unstable-gallery-gap variable seems to do a similar job. However, as the unstable part of its name suggests, it may not always be around. It is also defined on the .wp-container-* class instead of the gallery itself. I have yet to do enough CSS testing to figure out how to overwrite it for the default gap. If anyone has a solution, please post it in the comments for others.
I have often shied away from the list view in the editor for most real-world scenarios, at least for pages with many nested blocks. With every level open by default, it was a bit of a nightmare to browse through and locate a specific block. It was easier to take my chances clicking around in the content canvas.
\n\n\n\nHowever, the latest Gutenberg release may just change my usage of it. Version 12.9 collapses all child blocks by default.
\n\n\n\nTheme authors can now let Gutenberg handle pattern registration for them. They only need to follow a few rules:
\n\n\n\n/patterns folder.Individual pattern files should look like the following:
\n\n\n\n<?php\n/**\n * Title: A Pattern Title\n * Slug: namespace/slug\n * Description: A human-friendly description.\n * Viewport Width: 1024\n * Categories: comma, separated, values\n * Keywords: comma, separated, values\n * Block Types: comma, separated, values\n * Inserter: yes|no\n */\n ?>\n <!-- some-block-content /-->Only the Title and Slug header fields are required. Each option matches a register_block_pattern() function argument.
Theme authors who want to use this feature now but provide backward compatibility with WordPress 5.9 can check for the existence of the gutenberg_register_theme_block_patterns() function. That is the function name for the moment, at least.
This change further builds on top of the existing standards for block themes. Authors now have clear-cut guidelines on registering most features via standard files and folders:
\n\n\n\n/parts – Block template parts/patterns – Block patterns/styles – Global style variations/templates – Block templatestheme.json – Global settings and stylesAside from custom block styles and variations (not to be confused with global style variations), nearly everything is covered. This well-rounded set lowers the barrier to entry for future theme authors. Even seasoned developers should appreciate the simplicity of what to name things and where to put them. It is one less thing to worry about. It will also continue simplifying the WordPress.org theme review system.
\n\n\n\nSpeaking of lowering barriers, creators can now build an entire theme from the site editor. Well, assuming they start from an existing block theme.
\n\n\n\nGutenberg 12.9 introduces two vital features to the site-building process. The first allows users to export a copy of their active theme directly from the editor:
\n\n\n\nThe downloaded ZIP file from this export is a fully-functioning theme. It includes all user customizations alongside every file that already exists in the original.
\n\n\n\nThere are still a few things that are not yet possible from the editor, and these will need to be manually adjusted before public release. The theme name and other data in style.css will remain the same as the original theme. There is also no method for snagging a screenshot of the customized version and bundling it in the ZIP.
This is a leap forward for democratizing design, but other flows will need to be considered. Users should be able to export as a child theme with only their customizations or even as a *.json file (global style variation).
But, there is a more immediate and practical use case. Users can download their customized themes and upload them to another site.
\n\n\n\nThe second crucial update for development within the site editor is support for more templates. Users can now create the following from the templates management panel in addition to the existing ones;
\n\n\n\nThe new templates are welcome additions, but the template-creation feature still has limits. There is no way to create variations on those templates via the UI, such as category-wordpress, taxonomy-genre, or the dozens of other possibilities. However, it will happen one day.
In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David meets Roshanda Pratt and welcomes her to the WordPress community. Soon, Roshanda will be speaking at the upcoming WP Career Summit on “Secrets to Being on Camera in Live Video.” Roshanda has been a television producer for a number of years and shares some tips to improve your image and confidence in video calls or at conferences and job interviews.
\n\n\n\nIf you want to stand out and express yourself professionally, you\'ll want to hear Roshanda\'s advice and attend her WP Career Summit talk.
\n\n\n\nWhy This Is Important: Many companies in the WordPress space are distributed or have a remote workforce. This means they\'re likely to interview job candidates remotely too, via live video.
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Mentioned in the show: Sponsor: StellarWPWe are a collective of WordPress innovators, empowering business owners and creators with plugins and tools to help them thrive. We build great plugins, but we don’t stop there; we continually challenge ourselves to keep innovating and improving.
\n\n\n\nOur solutions include the most trusted names in WordPress, with more than 2.5 Million installs. Since 2021, we’ve grown to encompass seven brands and dozens of plugins.
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\n\n\n\nFor example, Snow Monkey Editor will take a simple paragraph and transform it into various alert styles, post-it, speech, etc.
\n\n\n\nIn addition to paragraphs, the plugin has extra styles for image blocks, including different fluid shapes and shadowed.
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\n\n\n\nThe plugin puts a monkey icon inside the block toolbar that offers more formatting options for text, including background color, badge, font size, highlighter, letter spacing, line height, and text color.
\n\n\n\nSnow Monkey Editor also includes some utility and display settings for all blocks, including the following:
\n\n\n\nrender_block filter hook. If it does not pass this filter, it is ignored)These settings essentially allow editors to do things like disappear selected blocks on a set date, hide content depending on device display size, and lock content from being edited by different user roles. Some of these could be helpful when building websites for clients.
\n\n\n\nThe collection of styles for different blocks reminds me of the old days before the block editor when users would create similar formatted text using shortcodes. This new block-based approach is far less clunky and allows users to quickly preview the styles as they are working in the editor.
\n\n\n\nThe Snow Monkey Editor plugin is available on WordPress.org, and has more than 10,000 active installs. It can be used with any theme, as the styles are mostly subtle and harmonious. If the plugin is deactivated, the block styles revert to the default core styles. Takashi Kitajima has also created a Snow Monkey Blocks plugin with ~3 dozen custom blocks, a Snow Monkey Forms plugin with 13 blocks, and a Snow Monkey theme for those who want more complimentary extensions designed to work with Snow Monkey Editor.
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On the podcast today we have Oliver Sild.
\n\n\n\nOliver has been working in the WordPress space for many years, and specifically with WordPress security, as one of the founders of Patchstack, formerly called WebARX.
\n\n\n\nPatchstack is a product which is designed to help you identify plugin vulnerabilities in your WordPress sites.
\n\n\n\nOver the past couple of years Patchstack has released an annual report about the state of WordPress security. The report for 2021 has just been released, and the podcast today is concerned with what they found out.
\n\n\n\nWe talk about why they produce this report, and who the intended audience is. What are the main takeaways in terms of the overall security of WordPress Core, plugins and themes.
\n\n\n\nWe then get into more specific details of what types of vulnerabilities and attacks seem to be prevalent in the WordPress space. Are there any trends which are useful to think about, and how WordPress security is managed by the community as a whole; are budgets and time typically allocated for prevention and restoration of websites?
\n\n\n\nTowards the end we talk about how some people have pushed back on the usefulness of the report. They’ve questioned the motivations of security companies to write such reports and the use of the language which they contain. Do they paint more of a negative picture in order to drive sales of their commercial solutions?
\n\n\n\nState of WordPress Security in 2021 Report
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIs WordPress security getting better or worse?
\n\n\n\nRebuttal: How Patchstack is improving WordPress security
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTranscript[00:00:00] 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, the security of WordPress. 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 WP Tavern dot com forward slash feed forward slash podcast. And you can copy that URL into most podcast players.
\n\n\n\nIf you have a topic that you’d like us to feature on the podcast, I’m very keen to hear from you and hopefully get you or your idea on the show. Head over to WP Tavern dot com forward slash contact forward slash jukebox, and use the contact form there.
\n\n\n\nSo on the podcast today, we have Oliver Sild. Oliver has been working in the WordPress space for many years, and specifically with WordPress security, as one of the founders of Patchstack, formerly called WebARX. Patchstack is a product which is designed to help you identify plugin vulnerabilities in your WordPress sites.
\n\n\n\nOver the past couple of years, Patchstack has released an annual report about the state of WordPress security. The report for 2021 has just been released, and the podcast today is concerned with what they found out. We talk about why they produce this report. Who the intended audience is. What are the main takeaways in terms of the overall security of WordPress Core plugins and themes?
\n\n\n\nWe then get into more specific details about what types of vulnerabilities and attacks seem to be prevalent in the WordPress space. Are there any trends which are useful to think about, and how WordPress security is managed by the community as a whole. Are budgets and time typically allocated for prevention and restoration of websites.
\n\n\n\nTowards the end we talk about how some people have pushed back on the usefulness of the report. They’ve questioned the motivations of security companies to write such reports and the use of language which they contain. Do they paint a more negative picture in order to drive sales of their commercial solutions?
\n\n\n\nIf you’re interested in finding out more, you can find all the links and the show notes by heading over to. WP Tavern dot com forward slash podcast, where you’ll find all of the other episodes. And so without further delay, I bring you all Oliver Sild.
\n\n\n\nI am joined on the podcast today by Oliver Sild. Hello Oliver.
\n\n\n\n[00:03:16] Oliver Sild: Hello Nathan, how are you?
\n\n\n\n[00:03:17] Nathan Wrigley: I’m very well, thank you for joining us today. Oliver Sild will no doubt be able to introduce himself, but I’ll just do a very quick job. Oliver is, I believe, one of the founders, if not the founder of Patchstack, formerly WebARX, which is a security solution for WordPress websites amongst other things.
\n\n\n\nSo my first question to you all about, just give us a little bit of background, certainly more than I just provided. Tell us about your history with WordPress and how you came to be involved with WordPress.
\n\n\n\n[00:03:47] Oliver Sild: Yeah. So in 20, 20 13, 20 14, around that time I was actually running a web development company we were mostly back then building websites in Joomla and then I remember just at one point, the demand on the market changed pretty much everyone wanted to WordPress site. So that kind of naturally moved us from Joomla to WordPress, and because our company was, we were calling our services like a secure web development. So what we wanted to do is that if we are building you something we’ll also make sure that the security side of that is covered as well. So we already had some level of internal tools built which were helping us to track what kind of software we were using on our different kind of customer’s websites. And that eventually, well, by now has turned into what Patchstack is.
\n\n\n\nOkay.
\n\n\n\n[00:04:40] Nathan Wrigley: Thank you very much, indeed. So security is your thing. And very recently there was a piece on the WP Tavern website, which I will link to a little bit later, which was highlighting the fact that you had released one of your annual reports.
\n\n\n\nI believe we’re on possibly the second iteration now. It’s called the state of WordPress security. And in this case it was 2021. So it’s a look back over the last year in WordPress security. And we’ll go into that. And that really is the point of the podcast today. We’re just going to appraise all of the different bits and pieces that you highlighted there because I’m imagining that most people listening to this podcast are deeply into WordPress. And this is obviously a seriously important side of any WordPress website, keeping it updated and secure.
\n\n\n\nAnd then towards the end of the podcast, we’ll go into a little bit of an exchange that happened over on a website where somebody called into question the language that you’re using over here, but, okay, so first thing I’m going to suggest then is that if you’re listening to this, you may like to go to Patchstack dot com forward slash white paper forward slash the state of WordPress security in 2021. All of those words are separated by hyphens. And you’re going to find the article that we’re talking about.
\n\n\n\nIt’s broken up into lots of different sections. But first question is why are you making the efforts to write this report? And we know that you have a WordPress security company. That is your job. That’s what you do, but why go to the lengths of illustrating what’s going on in the WordPress space so that people like me, the general public can consume it? It must require quite a lot of resources and effort.
\n\n\n\n[00:06:14] Oliver Sild: Indeed yeah. I think we put that report together for three months. So it’s quite in depth by the way. If you want to quickly open up the white paper, you can just go to Patchstack dot com, we have with the banner on our front page that’s actually linking to that, but that’s a side note.
\n\n\n\nWe actually did that first, last year. So we last year released one about the previous year and we started doing that on the point where as a company, we decided to switch into a very specific focus on security vulnerabilities found in the software that is built for and around the WordPress ecosystem, which is the WordPress Core, the plugins and themes and the wordpress.org repository.
\n\n\n\nBut also the WordPress plugins and themes that are built as a premium ones that are not in the WordPress repository or the ones that are actually built or like being provided, some other marketplaces like Envato and so on. And by doing that, we switch the, like we have a SaaS product that is providing, we have a free version of a SaaS product where you can like, just connect like 99 websites, for example, and have a central overview if any of the plugins on any of your websites is becoming vulnerable. And at the same time, we started, looking into those different kinds of popular plugins and if they are vulnerable or not, then for years we’ve been providing code review and security auditing services for plugins.
\n\n\n\nBy doing that over the time, what we’ve collected together is like a quite big database, so security issues around the WordPress ecosystem. So if you go to Patchstack dot com slash database, you actually see a full-blown list of all of the security vulnerabilities that are in the plugins, themes, WordPress Core, and so on.
\n\n\n\nAnd last year, what we did is that we figured, we understood already by doing surveys and so on that actually plugin vulnerabilities and theme vulnerabilities, and like anything that you are running on your website that becomes vulnerable, is pretty much the number one security threat to the website. And then we started a thing that we call it today Patchstack Alliance, where we just decided to start building a community of ethical hackers, who then submit vulnerabilities that they find in any WordPress plugins in the ecosystem to us. We make sure that we help the plugin developer to fix those issues. And then we actually pay to those ethical hackers for the contribution that they make to the WordPress security.
\n\n\n\nAnd that’s on the other hand, generates a lot of data for us. So a lot of data about new vulnerabilities. A lot of data about, what is actually happening in that ecosystem. And we just decided to pull all that information and data that we have collected over this time and make it into a kind of annual report or a white paper.
\n\n\n\n[00:09:09] Nathan Wrigley: Yeah. It’s really definitely worth having a look at, because it portrays, obviously now that you’re in the second iteration of this, you’re able to compare the way that things were last year. And in many ways, this is a comparison piece based upon last year. And so we often hear the phrases, such and such a thing is up such and such a thing as down, you’re looking for trends basically.
\n\n\n\nThe main gist is three sections. As you described, we’re talking about WordPress Core, WordPress themes and finally WordPress plugins. There’s obviously a little bit of nuance in there. Do you want to illustrate for us what you’ve found to be the big highlight bullet items, if you’d like for those three areas.
\n\n\n\nSo should we start with Core? Let’s discuss what it is that you found over the last year in terms of the security or otherwise of WordPress Core. To paraphrase, it seems pretty good.
\n\n\n\n[00:10:02] Oliver Sild: Yeah. Like WordPress has quite mature software development cycle. WordPress the core, also has the bug bounty program.
\n\n\n\nThey have the bounty program on hacker one. And who doesn’t know what backcountry program is? It’s basically, like you say to hackers, come hack my software. If you find something report it directly to me so I can fix it, then they will pay to you. So this is the approach that is being, is becoming very popular.
\n\n\n\nThat’s the same thing, what we do to plugins, but WordPress has its for it’s own core. So they do that, which is nice because that is actually getting much more security attention on the WordPress Core. And at the same time we see less major security vulnerabilities being discovered in the Core itself. And something that we also saw this year, which was a little bit different was the dependency confusion attacks, where there was like a high risk of being maybe like a custom plugin being updated from the wrong source. I think the Core had an interesting year, but what we see is in general that the Core has a matured development kind of processes and cycle in place. So it’s getting better each year.
\n\n\n\n[00:11:14] Nathan Wrigley: I think in the year 2017, I believe it was, the bug bounty program began with hacker one and it would appear, it seems to have worked because over the years after that, there’s been a fairly precipitous drop in the amount of concern with WordPress Core. In fact of the four security updates that were released in 2021. And again, we’re talking about Core it would appear that only one of them had a critical vulnerability, which wasn’t actually concerning something that was Core. It was an insecure component. It was PHP mailer library if I remember rightly.
\n\n\n\nSo that points to the idea that anybody these days is saying that WordPress itself is an insecure platform, which I’m sure we’ve all encountered when we’ve been building client websites and so on, people have this fear that WordPress itself is pretty insecure and your document seems to imply exactly the opposite. It’s very robust and very secure.
\n\n\n\n[00:12:13] Oliver Sild: Yeah, and if you read our white paper, we actually say that, we are saying that WordPress has done a very good job at that. WordPress is getting more and more security attention, obviously, as it’s running, soon, almost like the half of web, basically.
\n\n\n\nIt makes sense that it gets more attention. More attention means more stuff is being found, more stuff being found means more stuff is fixed. And this is a good thing. And in terms of like the whole mature way of how there’s regular security updates and regular updates for the core itself. It shows that the core is doing really well.
\n\n\n\n[00:12:51] Nathan Wrigley: Do you want to illustrate for those people who perhaps aren’t familiar, one of the headline paragraphs that you’ve got right near the top is, the dependency confusion attacks. Now this may be something that people are very familiar with. I suspect maybe not. Do you just want to outline what those are and why you’ve illustrated it in the report this year?
\n\n\n\n[00:13:09] Oliver Sild: Yeah, we call it the fear of dependency confusion attacks, because we didn’t really see any dependency confusion attacks specifically. Like I was mentioning before, there was a risk where if you have a custom plugin that is not on the wordpress.org repo. And if you are adding a new plugin to the repo with the same slug that this custom plugin was using, then you could pretty much overwrite the custom plugin on the websites that it was running at.
\n\n\n\nSo this was like, a risk where if there is like a plugin made by someone, maybe installed on like very high profile websites. This plugin is not known to the WP dot org, or it is not on the WordPress dot org repo, but someone made a plugin for, with the same slug and it went past it. And then the auto-update mechanism in the WordPress Core would basically update this plugin, now, which was a core, which was a custom plugin into the plugin that is now in the WordPress repository.
\n\n\n\nSo basically replacing someone else’s plugin with a plugin made by another author. The content can be checked by the wordpress.org, like what actually this new plugin would do. But at the same time, of course a bit of a fear, I think a lot of people were afraid that this is going to affect everyone, but it was more of a theoretical thing that was a risk, but we didn’t really see any of such effects happening.
\n\n\n\n[00:14:37] Nathan Wrigley: Yeah in software, in general, nothing to do with WordPress, this kind of supply chain attack is potentially a real problem, isn’t it? Because if you can somehow become the official canonical source of the software, even though you are not the official canonical source of the software, you could in theory, get to many, many places very, very quickly.
\n\n\n\nAnd and it’s nice to see that you’ve not really found too much evidence of that over the last year. So WordPress core itself, I think it’s fair to say, you feel is in very good shape. The problem is really for WordPress and I’m sure this is something that many people can relate to if they’ve been using the software for any length of time, we’re going to get into themes and plugins. This is where I guess the problems begin to arise. Let’s tackle them in turn. Let’s go for themes first. What were the broad sweeping outlines that you that you discovered in your exploration of themes this year?
\n\n\n\n[00:15:32] Oliver Sild: I think this has been happening over the time, but basically what we see is that the line between themes and plugins is getting blurrier and blurrier Themes now use a lot of PHP code for, site builders are also, people considered as themes in a way, but then at the same time they actually a plugin. Yeah, so the line is getting blurrier and more PHP code is being introduced into the functionality of the themes, which basically brings the same kind of threats to the themes that we have with plugins, where there can be a kind of vulnerable PHP code that can be a trick doing something that was not meant to.
\n\n\n\nAnd what you saw is that there are vulnerabilities within themes that are as critical as you could expect from the plugins. It isn’t from this report, but I think a good example is. It was just recently with Freemius library, which was used by a lot of themes. And this is like exactly the supply chain issue where, there’s thousands of websites that are using one theme, and if this one theme becomes vulnerable, then all these thousands of websites are vulnerable. But now we’re also seeing where there’s thousands of themes on these themes use a library, and if this library gets vulnerable, then all these thousands of themes become vulnerable. And all those, I don’t know, hundreds of thousands of websites that use these thousands of themes become vulnerable as well. So this, you can see how this is coming, like from top to the bottom and eventually affecting a lot of websites. So as an example, I think two or three weeks ago when the Freemius thing happened, I think we, I believe we added 1,800 different vulnerabilities or vulnerable components to the Patchstack database in a single day.
\n\n\n\nSo next year is going to be definitely more, we have more data that’s definitely from this year about theme vulnerabilities than we have from the past year.
\n\n\n\n[00:17:35] Nathan Wrigley: There were a fair number of what you might describe as critical vulnerabilities. There’s a list that you’ve described, depending on how interested you are in security.
\n\n\n\nThe names of these things may be of interest or otherwise, but things like unauthenticated, arbitrary file upload and option deletion, that would appear to have been found at least in your case, 10 times in 10 different themes. Unauthenticated upload vulnerability, leading to remote code execution, which you’ve found in one theme.
\n\n\n\nArbitrary file upload vulnerability, 42 themes were affected. So it’s fairly widespread. And I guess if any of those themes are incredibly popular, that can quickly get out of hand.
\n\n\n\n[00:18:16] Oliver Sild: Absolutely. If a single plugin that has, especially those unauthenticated vulnerabilities are the scariest ones because they require no access to the website, like any permissions to your websites and someone could basically, the malicious hacker could potentially upload file to your site without gaining access to the website. So this kind of vulnerabilities are very scary as they can be abused automatically and on scale. So indeed, like if a single plugin would have a hundred thousand installations and it would have just one, this one vulnerability, especially for unauthenticated one, then what we are seeing is that hackers very quickly build custom tools to start finding all the websites on the internet that use that theme and then start exploiting them automatically to inject backdoors or redirect traffic from the website, change the search engine results for your website. So if you watch, if you look at the website everything seems to be okay. But if you Google your website, for example, then it would give completely different results and redirect your site to somewhere else.
\n\n\n\n[00:19:24] Nathan Wrigley: So, is the trend in terms of themes, is your experience that there was more concern over the last year than there was in the previous 12 months? Or is it essentially the same quantity of vulnerabilities?
\n\n\n\n[00:19:39] Oliver Sild: I guess the trend is the fact that the vulnerabilities are just becoming a little bit more critical. I wouldn’t say that there is a big trend in terms of that there is like a massive increase in the vulnerabilities in themes, but I think the fact that so much more functionality is being shipped with the themes in terms of the PHP code in general than they are just more and more prone to being introduced or introducing that kind of critical vulnerabilities into the code.
\n\n\n\n[00:20:07] Nathan Wrigley: Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Let’s move on to WordPress plugins and this, as one might expect, has possibly greater numbers attached to it. There’s more plugins out there, and I would imagine that most websites have got one, possibly two themes, whereas they might have 15, 18 20, whatever the average number now is plugins. So there’s probably a bit of a larger target painted on plugins back than there is on themes back. Give us the overarching findings in terms of WordPress plugins for 2021.
\n\n\n\n[00:20:40] Oliver Sild: Yeah. Plugins are the ones that we’ve been focusing the most on. And these are the ones that our Alliance members or like the community of the ethical hackers that are reporting new vulnerabilities to us. Majority of the vulnerabilities that are being reported to us are about the plugins. If we’re looking about the total number of new vulnerabilities that we’ve added to the database of vulnerabilities that effect the WordPress Core, plugins and themes, then there has been quite heavy increase in if we compare it to the last year.
\n\n\n\nBut that means that is actually very good news because that means that these are vulnerabilities that the developer has been able to get fixed because these vulnerabilities didn’t appear this year. These vulnerabilities probably in many cases at least they were sitting in those plugins for quite some time already. What just happened, why there is an increase in new identified vulnerabilities is just the fact that there’s more people looking at those, and reporting them to the developers.
\n\n\n\n[00:21:49] Nathan Wrigley: There was a couple of plugins, and I guess this is the difference with plugins is that really the sky is the limit in terms of the numbers of installs. I don’t know what the largest install base of any particular theme is, but I’m guessing it is nowhere near the install base of the largest WordPress plugins. And so there was a couple that you mentioned in one case, one of the plugins that had a critical vulnerability this year was over 3 million website installs.
\n\n\n\nAnd then there was another one with over a million. The seriousness of that is pretty obvious I’m sure. The quantity of people that are affected. You seem to be saying that in terms of the conscientiousness of the developers, you seem to be fairly happy with that, in that a lot of vulnerabilities got patched fairly quickly and disclosed in the appropriate way.
\n\n\n\nHowever, we’ve still got this legacy of older plugins. In fact, you mentioned nine that have been removed from the repository, completely gone from the repository and yet have vulnerabilities, which essentially are going to stick around for ever.
\n\n\n\n[00:22:56] Oliver Sild: Yeah, these are the most scariest ones. Like in, in most cases what we see is that developers, once a security report is being delivered to them, they look into it and they release a patch. So they fix it in most cases, the vulnerability doesn’t become publicly disclosed before that happens. Like, we also have our own disclosure policy where we just don’t like, we let the developer know about the vulnerability that was reported to us about, his, or her plugin, but at the same time, we keep it.
\n\n\n\nWe don’t publish that before we make sure that the developer had enough time to fix that. And also after that, that they have time to let their own users know that there is a security update and they should basically, update the sites as fast as possible. Just to make sure that we don’t cause any unwanted damage where this information might get in front of the wrong person.
\n\n\n\nAnd we, what we wanted to do this year is we counted all the critical vulnerabilities and by critical, we mean the ones that are actually being, are actually the vulnerabilities that have the characteristics that hackers would want to automate exploitation attempts. So that means that it’s usually unauthenticated vulnerability, that basically you can either inject something to the website, add a back door or something, and you can fully automate that. And there was, yeah, like I think we counted, I think it was 35 different plugins that had that kind of vulnerabilities in last year. The scary part was that many of them didn’t really receive a fix at all.
\n\n\n\nSo these are plugins where the developer was either, had abandoned the plugin, was not active anymore. So in that sense, if you were running this plugin for example, if you were part of those plugins that didn’t ever receive a patch for this critical vulnerability. In your WordPress website, you would just see that everything is up to date.
\n\n\n\nYou would never see that there is an issue with this plugin unless you are being notified by like some security product or something that would say that, Hey, there is a vulnerability in this plugin. So this is a bit scary.
\n\n\n\n[00:25:09] Nathan Wrigley: Yeah. This, I think we should dwell on this actually, because it seems like this is a real failing, or at least an area of possible improvement in the future. So let’s just reiterate what we’ve just said. So we’ve got a plugin, which has discontinued support. There are no ongoing updates for whatever reason, this plugin, which is in the repository is stalled. Nobody’s going to update it in the future.
\n\n\n\nNow, at some point in the future, a vulnerability is discovered in it. It could be severe, it could be minor. It doesn’t really matter, but the point being that any WordPress user would never be alerted to the fact that something here is awry and something needs updating, because the only mechanism we’ve got in the WordPress admin area is to see when things need updating.
\n\n\n\nAnd so we update them. And if there’s no update, the assumption would be everything must be fine. How on earth do we overcome this problem in the future? Do you have any thoughts on a process that we could adopt or some direction of travel that we might move in to make this go away?
\n\n\n\n[00:26:15] Oliver Sild: Oh yeah, it requires a lot of awareness building around the ecosystem in general. We need to talk even more about the security in the WordPress ecosystem. We need to make sure that developers are also the ones that are not afraid to talk about security, because over the years, what we’ve seen is a lot of developers, like the plugin developers, specifically have been worried about like even dealing with security issues because they don’t want to be highlighted as, oh, this plugin had the vulnerability.
\n\n\n\nSo they see this as a negative kind of attention. In fact, for me, for example, completely from the opposite side see it as a very good sign that this developer actually takes attention on security. But that’s obviously because, from my end, I just see that there are so many vulnerabilities in different plugins.
\n\n\n\nAnd the fact that there’s just increasing numbers of them now being reported from the last year, in our white paper, for example, that just the fact that more of them are being identified and being reacted on. It’s not the fact that there’s now, more of them, but they are at the same time what they see constantly is that the developers don’t need to be afraid of the security issues in a sense where they try to avoid those issues. And I think there should be even more and more open discussion about, hey, let’s together make the security in the plugins and in the software better.
\n\n\n\nAnd I guess in terms of the core, I guess at one point core would need to have some level of security incorporated to basically give an insight on the plugins that are being used on the websites. For that specific reason, for example, because there’s been so much people saying, even from people that worked in the wordpress.org, we’ve seen people saying that, yeah, basically you just need to enable auto updates and you would be fine.
\n\n\n\nBut it’s not true. It’s just not true because in many cases like that, you can have auto updates enabled, but this there’s no update, if there is no update for the plugin, basically you don’t even know about issue. So I guess, yeah, this is definitely something that needs attention over the years. We are doing our best, like our product is actually literally covering that area of letting the users know if there’s a vulnerability, even if this plugin is being removed from the repo, or even if this plugin didn’t even receive a patch. So we are letting our customer know about that. Then we are also providing a patch to protect against the attacks against these plugins. But at the same time, yeah, I think this is clearly a issue that needs more and more attention.
\n\n\n\n[00:28:58] Nathan Wrigley: Yeah, it would be nice to come up with some kind of system which didn’t break things, which enabled, I don’t know, perhaps these particular plugins to be disabled. In some way removed, but then that of course has all sorts of implications in terms of the ownership of the site and whether you actually want people to have the capacity to be able to remove things from your website. People flock to WordPress because you get to own everything. It’s yours, and you can modify it as you like. And the idea that some plugin could be removed, disabled without your say so, is one that I’m sure the community would definitely want to have a long and deep conversation about. But interesting. You found nine that had these problems this year and there seemingly is no way of automating that problem to go away, as yet.
\n\n\n\nOkay, so we’ve dealt with core, we’ve dealt with themes and plugins and what I’ve just described as orphaned plugins. Let’s just talk about the broad bits and pieces that your report highlighted this year. Some of it is good. Some of it is less good, but the first sort of headline pieces that you’ve definitely found that there was a rise in vulnerabilities found compared to 2022. On the face of it that sounds like a bad thing, but you’re saying that there were many more in the previous year than in the year prior to that.
\n\n\n\n[00:30:24] Oliver Sild: Yeah, it’s the best news of the white paper, to be honest, because that means that there was 150% more vulnerabilities being identified. Imagine if there was zero vulnerabilities being identified and only, and all those vulnerabilities would be sitting there, still doing that, and just nobody would know about those, until someone who with malicious intention could just take advantage of them.
\n\n\n\nI wouldn’t be surprised if this year we are going to see even a bigger increase because there’s just so much more attention being put into identifying those vulnerabilities and helping the plugin developers to make their code even more secure.
\n\n\n\nWe are for sure investing a lot into it with Patchstack Alliance. Like last year we paid out like 13 K in the bounties for like individual ethical hackers who just let us know about vulnerabilities that they found in any plugins in the WordPress ecosystem, and we just paid them for that effort. So we’re definitely going to double down this year on that as well. So we’ll see how that will affect this year.
\n\n\n\n[00:31:31] Nathan Wrigley: Yeah, it’s interesting because on the face of it, if the number of vulnerabilities is larger, the immediate instinct around that is to assume that things have got worse. And of course the statistics could be for all sorts of reasons. As you’ve just described, there’s perhaps more eyeballs looking to discover these things. There’s initiatives like your own and the bug bounty, which have enabled people to actually feel that they’re getting remunerated for that. And so they’re more serious in the endeavor to search for them. But also, maybe it’s a product of the fact that WordPress itself is just growing, and as it grows, there’s going to be more eyeballs looking for these things, but also possibly it becomes a bigger target. And so there are more of these things out there. There’s more plugins, there’s more themes, there’s more code and it’s just a sort of byproduct.
\n\n\n\nBut anyway, interesting take on it. Definitely worth looking at. That was the rise in vulnerabilities now onto more sort of specific details about what these types of vulnerabilities are. A significant proportion of the things that you concerned yourself this year with were XSS vulnerabilities, which is cross site scripting. For those people who are not really familiar with that, would you just paint a picture of what cross site scripting vulnerabilities are, and any thoughts on why it represents almost 50% of everything that you’re seeing?
\n\n\n\n[00:32:54] Oliver Sild: I think cross site scripting is just one of the easiest things to find the web. See, cross-site scripting, for example, you take like a website search bar, if you go to a WordPress site and there’s like a search bar. And if you, for example, write inside of this search bar, like HTML code, for example, and then what happens is that this, the functionality that is searching this information from the site for example, is going to show you the results, and this HTML code that you put there would then basically be meshed together with the kind of code of the website and it would just basically load it.
\n\n\n\nI think actually even a better example would be with comments. Wherever you have, like WordPress don’t have that issue, but for example, or earlier days, there was a lot of websites with commenting sections. And then if there was an issue where if you basically post any HTML code with some, maybe Java script, something that was maybe popping up like an alert for you and you post that comment there, then what would happen is that the site would then basically render that into as part of the code of the website.
\n\n\n\nSo when it was even saved in that case, then the siet would basically load the code that was posted there as actual comment. So this is like a sanitation thing as well. So you want to make sure that you make a difference between actual code and what the content is that is being submitted to the website or the input in that sense.
\n\n\n\n[00:34:26] Nathan Wrigley: So it represents almost the majority, 49.8 something percent of everything that you find. But I guess that is as you describe, it’s because it’s relatively straightforward to pull off. Possibly at least from my perspective, the vulnerabilities then shrink in terms of percentage and towards the very bottom, I guess the worst really that you could have is remote code execution. And that number is not 0.94% of everything that you were looking at. So I guess there’s some positive message to come out with that. Less than 1% of all the things were truly very serious indeed.
\n\n\n\n[00:35:02] Oliver Sild: Yeah, indeed. As always easiest stuff comes out the first. So these are the ones that are usually reported the most, that are mostly visible and accessible in terms of, for even a simple thing can just submit something into a comment form, and see if it’s going to load something in a weird way. So this kind of vulnerability is going to be found very easily.
\n\n\n\n[00:35:27] Nathan Wrigley: Yeah. Now moving on to plugins. Curious thing that you’ve discovered again from the data that you’ve managed to gather is that there are actually fewer plugins in use, which, you would imagine, would reduce the attack surface. And so you would equally think that the number of things that you were having to clean up regularly or that you were discovering had been broken, would go down. But it seems that there’s a sting in the tail. So there’s fewer plugins, but more of them are being left without being updated.
\n\n\n\n[00:35:56] Oliver Sild: Indeed. Yeah. This was an interesting find. I expect that, I do still expect that the number of plugins, we’re going to see this number dropping more and more, even in the upcoming years, as people are getting more and more aware around the security implications when you’re just, using a lot of plugins on the website.
\n\n\n\nBut I think it’s also about the kind of hygiene thing where users are also not so prone anymore to leave like deactivated plugins standing there on the website. So they’re starting to delete those things. And I think people are seeing more and more that plugins, like each of the plugin that you install to your website can be like a link, can be like an entry point for a hacker if there is a vulnerability found in that specific plugin.
\n\n\n\nSo basically the less buttons you have, you reduce the risk significantly. So it was interesting yes, to see that even though the number of plugins installed per website is actually dropping. But at the same time, the amount of plugins out of those that were outdated was actually higher. I’m not a hundred percent sure that what is like the actual cause of that, or if it’s just like something that we see this year, but I think next year we’re going to have more data to see more into why that could be.
\n\n\n\n[00:37:21] Nathan Wrigley: Yeah, it’s curious on the 50,000 websites that you were analyzing in order to generate this report down from 23 plugins and themes, now residing at about 18. 18 different plugins and themes installed. Yeah, that’s interesting. We’ll revisit that next year and see where we’re at. I guess this is a fairly obvious thing to say, but it was worth pointing out, the seventh point on your list of things was that the easy to exploit vulnerabilities remain the main targets, like I said, that’s fairly straightforward.
\n\n\n\n[00:37:52] Oliver Sild: Anything that is unauthenticated and basically that can be automated.
\n\n\n\n[00:37:57] Nathan Wrigley: So it’s old tried and tested things that the hackers know can be achieved. They’re going to go after the low hanging fruit. And sadly, the eight point that you make is that old vulnerabilities remain as great big targets. So things which could have been fixed from last year, still are hanging out there and being exploited.
\n\n\n\n[00:38:19] Oliver Sild: Yeah, indeed. I think a big reason for that, there are all these automated hacking tools. I mean that people don’t load from Github or from hacking forums and places like that, where guys who, you know, sometimes kids who get into, like looking into hacking, trying to maybe yeah getting into that field. They are basically downloading software that is prebuilt by someone and there’s someone made it at the point where there was specific vulnerabilities just introduced. So they have hard-coded the exploitations into those tools and these tools are still available, and people who are getting into the kind of dark side, I’d say, are then starting to play with those tools.
\n\n\n\nSo this is one of the reasons why we see that happening. We’ve seen a few of those tools as well. This kind of proves the point. But then in terms of that, like there isn’t a lot of hits that these tools are probably getting, because most of those websites that running those plugins have already been either patched or either hacked already and then patched.
\n\n\n\n[00:39:29] Nathan Wrigley: Yeah. An interesting thing that comes up later is really around the personnel who are responsible for updating things. And you’ve got a couple of points on this, but we’ll try to tackle them in one go. Whilst there’s an increase in awareness of security on WordPress websites, no doubt because of publications such as your own, it would appear that there’s not a lot of time, space, money provided. So who is responsible for updating things could be really crucial. And it says on your report that 53% of respondents stated that they updated their components weekly. Some, perhaps as many as 20% did things daily. 18% possibly monthly updates happening. So that’s quite an important blend in the picture. That the frequency of updates, crucial I suppose. If you’re leaving things for an entire month and a not keeping yourself up to date with the news, I’m sure that there’s many websites where monthly is just off the charts. It would probably be more like every six months or possibly not at all.
\n\n\n\nBut then also, the difficulty in actually finding a budget to do these things. And you make the point that many, many websites be they run by an agency or an individual, or just a solopreneur. They have no budget for this kind of thing. They’re just crossing their fingers and hoping for the best. So do you want to talk around that? The people involved, the time that they’ve got, the frequency of updates and the budget that they’ve got?
\n\n\n\n[00:40:59] Oliver Sild: Yeah. The frequency is an interesting take because in terms of how fast we are often seeing attacks happen against websites when a new vulnerability, or let’s say a critical vulnerability is being found in a plugin that the website is using. These like when we are not even talking about zero days in this case. Zero days are the ones that nobody knows the vulnerability before it’s already being attacked.
\n\n\n\nBut for example, sometimes the vulnerability is being discovered, disclosed. And after that, hackers learn about that and then they are going to basically exploit that. So there’s like a cat and mouse game. Who patches first? Is it the hacker or, sorry, who uses the vulnerability first? Is it like the website owner who was going to update this and patches it, or is it the hacker who manages to exploit this before to website owner managers to update it?
\n\n\n\nAnd this time period is actually somewhere around one hour.
\n\n\n\n[00:41:54] Nathan Wrigley: Wow.
\n\n\n\n[00:41:54] Oliver Sild: Yeah. So this is something that has to be kept in mind that, daily updates sounds good as well. And from there on, the longer time to take for updating, the more risk there is for the website.
\n\n\n\nBut the interesting thing is like the auto updates. Have you put like WordPress autoupdate into Google search and look that into what kind of articles are popping up?
\n\n\n\n[00:42:21] Nathan Wrigley: No, but I can imagine you’ve got some interesting insights there.
\n\n\n\n[00:42:25] Oliver Sild: Basically the majority of the articles are about how to turn off WordPress auto updates.
\n\n\n\n[00:42:32] Nathan Wrigley: Yeah.
\n\n\n\n[00:42:33] Oliver Sild: I remember when WordPress auto updates came for the plugins, and basically like most of the kinds of articles or like how-to’s use we’re about to come to turn it off. Because people are still scared the websites are going to break down if there’s some feature breaking update coming for a plugin. So this is something interesting about the updating side of things that we’ve been seeing over the year.
\n\n\n\n[00:43:00] Nathan Wrigley: Yeah. That’s a really interesting, difficult seesaw to think about. The idea of being, if you switch off auto updates, which of course is available for multitude of things in WordPress, including plugins, you can just have click a button next to the plugin and it will just automatically update it.
\n\n\n\nA lot of people concerned that the update might break the site. So in terms of them having to do some additional work to un-break it, or re-install from a backup or whatever it is that they need to do. That concern in many cases overrides the possibility that there could be some vulnerable software there, a plugin, which is vulnerable.
\n\n\n\nI guess it’s a difficult one to decide which way to go. But it’s curious that a lot of people have decided to not implement automatic updates because presumably of the fear of things going astray in the way it looks or a plugin breaking. And of course that is a legitimate concern.
\n\n\n\nJust seen over the last week that a couple of major plugins had problems where they broke significant parts of the websites, and they had to roll back those updates and then ultimately figure out a patch and then release that as the new update, which then got automatically updated. So I can see where people’s concerns come from there. I guess your advice would be switch on automatic updates because having a hacked website is probably better than having a modestly broken website.
\n\n\n\n[00:44:23] Oliver Sild: Yeah. And actually the other way around. I heard you were saying that the hacked website is better than broken website. So I was saying the other way around, so it’s better to have a broken website than a hacked website.
\n\n\n\n[00:44:37] Nathan Wrigley: That’s what I intended to say if I got that wrong. I apologize. Yeah.
\n\n\n\n[00:44:40] Oliver Sild: But yeah, basically, yeah, it’s better to have a broken website because you can at least put the maintenance mode on and do something about that and fix it. And usually like how WordPress is behaving right now is that it also lets you know if something was breaking down and it doesn’t like, the site doesn’t throw you a bunch of errors.
\n\n\n\nIt isn’t like that anymore. So it isn’t that much of a risk at that point anymore to be completely afraid of plugin auto updates.
\n\n\n\n[00:45:09] Nathan Wrigley: Yes. Then that’s a good point. And you will also hopefully receive an email with some kind of information about the problem that may have brought your site down.
\n\n\n\nOkay. Turning then to the budget. This is really interesting, the data that you’ve gathered, as much as 28% of people who responded said that they basically had zero budget to protect their websites. In other words, 28% of those people were just hoping for the best and crossing their fingers. And a further 27% said that they had a monthly budget of between $1 and $3.
\n\n\n\nThe numbers vary. There are people who had significantly more and people who were somewhere in between, but quite an interesting spread there from zero to quite a lot. And the majority of these numbers are tending towards a very small budget I guess that you would argue that, it ultimately, it would be better to have something than nothing.
\n\n\n\n[00:46:01] Oliver Sild: For sure. Yeah. I guess the zero budget also means free plugins right? In a way of using like free security plugins and then it doesn’t mean a hundred percent that don’t use anything or they don’t have any measures in place. But at the same time, what we are also seeing is that security is still a hard sell.
\n\n\n\nEspecially when we talk to agencies where the customers are like, aren’t you supposed to take care of it? Not understanding that the security is a thing that needs to be taken care of separately. That is a part of ongoing process and that you should basically prevent them rather than just deal with the consequences later on.
\n\n\n\nThere was another good point where we also asked from the same people about how much they have paid for malware cleanups within the past year. And that was like, there was one, I think the highest responder was like, who said he spent 4.8 K dollars on cleanups last year. That’s a lot of websites that you can secure or protect.
\n\n\n\nAnd basically we even get some sort of service on top of it, or like incident response assistance that like we offer where, specialists are jumping in and fixing everything if something should happen, even though we had security in place.
\n\n\n\n[00:47:21] Nathan Wrigley: Now, obviously you’re here representing Patchstack, and Patchstack is a commercial company. You’re in the business of securing websites, but you’re also in the business of paying your employees. So you need to pay to use the service. There was an interesting piece which got written over on the Master WP website, and I will make sure to link to it in the show notes. And there’s a further piece which we’ll get to in a minute.
\n\n\n\nIt was written by Rob Howard on March the 14th and it was called, is WordPress security getting better or worse. In this piece, he takes your report to task and largely it’s around the kind of language that you use. There’s definitely merit in going and reading it, but you then, one of your team members issued a non rebuttal rebuttal of that piece.
\n\n\n\nBut just for a couple of minutes, let’s just delve into that. I think his concern is that the way that you portray the report is, let’s use the word sensational. His argument would be that it’s in your interest as a provider of security solutions to paint a picture, which is, let’s say somewhat alarming, there’s all of these problems, and look at the enormous array of different vulnerabilities that there are out there.
\n\n\n\nAnd therefore you bring the statistics to bear that best represent the fact that there are problems. So just wanted to give you a chance to talk about that. And I will also mention. The rebuttal piece, again on the same website, interestingly, Master WP it’s by Robert Rowley, they’re both Robs, so you’ll probably have to read them one at a time.
\n\n\n\nAnd this is called, rebuttal, how Patchstack is improving WordPress security. So I’m just giving you a platform here to reply to Rob Howard’s piece, where he takes you to task for using sensational language and massaging the figures so that they, he accuses you of using sloppy statistics.
\n\n\n\n[00:49:08] Oliver Sild: Yeah, to be honest, I’m not a hundred percent sure like what is really sensational about that? But in a way, when we put together the whole white paper, we just basically looked at the numbers. We look at the numbers and we are presenting what it is. I understood that one of the things that may be what he thinks about is sensational is the, that there is 150% increase in vulnerabilities being discovered.
\n\n\n\nIt is something that we can just say, and it’s a fact. The question how do you interpret that, whether negative or positive? That needs more context. And the context we do give. The context is that just means that there is more vulnerabilities being identified, which is a good thing because to WordPress is getting more secure because of that.
\n\n\n\nSo when this post was published by Rob, we actually went over it, then we were like, oh, actually there’s like a lot of good points because obviously we are also a little bit tunnel visioned when we are dealing with that much of data and hooking into the problem that we are trying to solve. And then we’re obviously talking about that, how we’re talking in house, in a way.
\n\n\n\nSo we should, I get his in terms of like a criticism that we probably should also be more specific in terms of how we are, or like what our intentions behind that are, like whether we see in a negative way or in a positive way. But yeah, like I, we were really happy about the piece that he wrote. We even shared his piece, which wrote criticism about Patchstack on the Patchstack Facebook page, on the Patchstack Twitter. We were like, hey, see what he wrote. There were really good points. And then later on we obviously responded to that with our take on what we actually meant by that and where we thought he may be, in some cases, wrong and where he was right as well.
\n\n\n\n[00:51:11] Nathan Wrigley: Yeah. It’s interesting. Obviously statistics can be in every walk of life, statistics can be looked at in a variety of different ways. And you only have to look at virtually any parliamentary system on earth to realize that the opposition can present the same statistics in an entirely different fashion and it’s completely plausible and the numbers are correct.
\n\n\n\nYeah, I think some of the things that he was saying was it would just be nice to have some sort of background, some insight into, so for example, does the increase, this 150% figure that was mentioned, is that because there are more plugins that are out there? How serious are these vulnerabilities that we’re talking about? If there’s an increase, but 99% of those were benign and did virtually nothing, could they be lumped in as 150% increase? Has the total number of plugins in the entire market changed? And what are your reporting methodologies in terms of what is it that you’re actually trying to do from the report? Are you just trying to be a purveyor of information? Or is there a hope from the Patchstack piece that some customers will come your way as well? So just those pieces really?
\n\n\n\n[00:52:18] Oliver Sild: Yeah. I guess if the statistics didn’t come from like some internal data that we are not showing anyone, it’s the public CVE’s that we are one of the authorities to generate the publicly or like the internationally kind of standard vulnerability identification IDs. There’s three companies in the space which can do that in the WordPress ecosystem. And we’re one of them. So like this vulnerability information, it’s all public to the, to everyone, we are just showing that’s how much there was in 2020. That’s how much there is in 2021.
\n\n\n\nThere is no kind of translation whether if it was actually not that much of an increase or not. The question isn’t about about like increase, I guess in general, I think the question is about why it was increasing. And the increase isn’t because, at this point the increase isn’t because the WordPress is getting more plugins to the wordpress.org.
\n\n\n\nWe actually, even, I think in the rebuttal piece have shown how much percentage the wordpress.org repo has grown over the year compared to the same period. The thing literally is, there’s just more eyes. There’s more people looking for the vulnerabilities in the plugins and they’re identifying more vulnerabilities.
\n\n\n\nThese vulnerabilities may or may not be in there already for years. It’s the number of vulnerabilities that the 150% of increasing vulnerabilities found in WordPress ecosystem means that there was just 150% more vulnerabilities found in WordPress ecosystem. Basically, it means just that.
\n\n\n\nNow, if you want to give that positive or negative meaning, it is definitely up to you. Of course we could have tried probably present that in a better way and maybe, I’m not sure if we actually wrote in our white paper that we find this a good thing. I need to double check it really quickly, but we usually like anywhere we talk, we always say that it’s a good thing. It is what it is.
\n\n\n\n[00:54:31] Nathan Wrigley: Yeah. It’s interesting because the language that Rob would like is definitely more on the sort of optimistic side, isn’t it? So instead of bringing out the things that are going wrong, he would like to emphasize the things that are going right, so for example, he rewrites something where the illustration is that there’s problems, and he says that a possible alternative headline would be not 0.65% of WordPress sites get an important update. So I guess it’s stressing the negative.
\n\n\n\n[00:54:59] Oliver Sild: Would you read that?
\n\n\n\n[00:55:00] Nathan Wrigley: Yeah. And that’s an interesting thing about human nature, isn’t it? Because you only have to look at newspapers for example, or headlines in articles on the web to realize that well, people are, they’re drawn to controversy to some extent aren’t they? They like the sort of sensational aspect. And so yes, interesting point. Yeah, really interesting point.
\n\n\n\n[00:55:19] Oliver Sild: And in our case, if, when we released the white paper as well, we even saw in some cases where journalists were, we didn’t tell them what, we didn’t actually even send it out in that way that all you need to use, like some sort of headlines, but we did see the journalists just take out some piece of data and they would just make their own kind of headline based on that.
\n\n\n\nIn a way, I think people need to also think. I understand that, okay, let’s then talk about this issue in a so positive way that like nobody would even understand that there is like a problem at all. But is that our goal? If we want to make WordPress ecosystem more secure, we need to talk about those issues.
\n\n\n\nThere are issues and these issues are being solved, and we are showing that there is like increased effort in solving those. Let’s talk about those things. We shouldn’t just let’s try to somehow sugar coat it in a way or
\n\n\n\n[00:56:17] Nathan Wrigley: Thank you. I will definitely mention both of those articles in the show notes. We’re going to have to round it up because we’re approaching the amount of time that we’ve got. Before we go though, obviously we know that you’re at Patchstack, which is at patchstack.com. But should anybody wish to reach out to you personally, are there any good ways for people to do that?
\n\n\n\n[00:56:38] Oliver Sild: Yeah, anyone can reach out to me on Twitter. I think that’s the easiest way to reach out either DM or just tag me. It’s @oliversild. And then yeah, if you want to look at what we are doing. If you’re a plugin developer, you can always get like security testing for you’re plugin through Patchstack. If you’re an agency and you want to have security overview and a vulnerability overview, every single website that you have across your portfolio, then you can use Patchstack for that.
\n\n\n\nAnd for hosting companies, we also have so they would always know if new vulnerabilities are being reported to us by the ethical hackers community. Or if we are adding new items to the database from any other sources. So Patchstack database, Patchstack audits. We’re basically doing anything around WordPress plugins and trying to make the whole ecosystem more secure.
\n\n\n\n[00:57:31] Nathan Wrigley: Oliver Sild, thank you very much for joining me on the podcast.
\n\n\n\n[00:57:35] Oliver Sild: Thanks Nathan.
\nWordPress’ Performance Team has published a feature proposal that would enable WebP images by default, expanding core support for the modern image format.
\n\n\n\nIn July, 2021, WordPress 5.8 introduced WebP support, allowing users to upload and use WebP images in their content. If the proposal is approved, version 6.0 will generate WebP images by default for new JPEG uploads and will use WebP images by default for website content.
\n\n\n\n“WebP was developed as a modern image format that provides superior compression on the web,” WordPress core contributor Adam Silverstein said in the feature proposal. “Images are often some of the largest resources used by websites, and using WebP creates websites that are lighter and faster. Compared to JPEG images, WebP images generated by WordPress are almost always smaller, with a ~30% file size reduction on average (with the same visual quality).”
\n\n\n\nWith WebP enabled by default, WordPress users would not experience any changes to their usual image upload workflow. WordPress would automatically convert JPEG uploads to WebP in the background and use them on the website.
\n\n\n\nAccording to Can I Use, the WebP image format is supported by 94.25% of web browsers. A very small number of browsers, such as Internet Explorer 11 or Safari on MacOS < v11 Big Sur, do not support WebP.
\n\n\n\nThe proposed feature would ship with two filters to control or disable WebP uploads, and a user-friendly plugin would be created to do the same.
\n\n\n\nDespite the significant performance benefits, support for the feature proposal is not unopposed. Several contributors participating in the discussion expressed concerns about email clients and social media platforms not supporting WebP.
\n\n\n\n“I feel like WebP is not yet ready to become a ‘hardcoded default’ in the post_content due to all the reasons mentioned in the previous comments,” Kaspars Dambis said. “Many web clients (which are not just browsers) don’t support WebP formats — RSS clients, email clients, smart TVs, ebook readers, open graph parsers, desktop image viewers, etc. These are all important users of the web.”
Silverstein answered these concerns, confirming that WordPress will continue generating the JPEG image sub sizes as it always has.
\n\n\n\n“One important note about what this feature doesn’t change: JPEG sub sizes are still generated and stored in the same meta fields,” he said. “For that reason, consumers of RSS feeds or REST media endpoints or OG tags for example will continue to use the JPEG sub sized versions.”
\n\n\n\nThe Performance Team contributors are targeting WordPress 6.0 for enabling WebP by default and are seeking approval from maintainers of the image component. Anyone is welcome to test the feature by installing the Performance Lab plugin with the “WebP Uploads” module activated. Testers are encouraged to leave feedback on the Trac ticket or Pull Request.
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\n\n\n\nUsers can currently select text across multiple blocks, but the editor automatically adjusts that selection to all of the blocks themselves, essentially creating a group. The change will allow users to highlight the specific text. This ability should work with any Rich Text block, such as Paragraph, Heading, List, and Quote.
\n\n\n\nAnyone who wants to test this feature early can grab a development copy of Gutenberg from the ticket. Click on the “Build Gutenberg Plugin ZIP” tab.
\n\n\n\nIf there is one thing that any text-based editor should do well, it should be to allow users to manipulate text according to standard conventions. Users should be able to select, copy, cut, paste, and generally move characters and words around as they please.
\n\n\n\nWhen WordPress 5.0 launched its new block-based editor in late 2018, some of the tools that writers had expected were non-existent. Every paragraph, list, heading, and blockquote was a separate entity and not simply a continuation of the text. Blocks were the sludge that plugged the editing flow.
\n\n\n\nThe block system solved a ton of problems that needed solutions. The new post editor even looked sleeker than its classic predecessor. But, those things did not matter much when stuff under the hood did not meet the demands users needed of an editor. Every missing feature that had become a standard to any particular user or another was a blight, another one-star review, on the revolution the block system was meant to bring about.
\n\n\n\nIf a user could not do something as simple as select and delete text across two paragraphs, what good were all the other bells and whistles?
\n\n\n\nIt is now over three years since the launch of the block editor. Perhaps it is too late to win back some who have chosen a different path for their websites. For others, maybe their writing flows have changed so drastically that the news is inconsequential. For those who have been patiently waiting, knowing that WordPress would one day make this right, it is a moment to rejoice.
\n\n\n\nJudging by the response to Matías Ventura’s tweet yesterday, it is a reminder of just how much people have wanted this feature:
\n\n\n\n\nSoon you\'d be able to select text across blocks in WordPress while retaining the fundamental mechanics of content blocks.
— Matías Ventura (@matias_ventura) March 28, 2022
Major kudos to @ellatrx for the steady work that lead us here! pic.twitter.com/e6tL7r434j
The implementation does not yet offer complete coverage of capabilities when selecting text across Rich Text blocks. It currently includes the following:
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Enter key will delete the selected text and create a new paragraph.Backspace key removes the selected text and merges anything left of the latter block with the former.Del key removes the selected text and forward merges the previous text.The difference between Backspace and Del is relevant when dealing with different block types. For example, when highlighting text from a list followed by a paragraph, backspacing will merge the remainder of the paragraph text as a list item. When deleting, the list items become paragraphs.
I did notice a bug when backspacing into a list. It leaves an empty list item, as shown in the above screenshot.
\n\n\n\nThere is still no current method of selecting text from two or more blocks and copying or cutting it. Attempting this falls back to the previous behavior. The copy/cut action grabs the entire block code instead of the text itself.
\n\n\n\nThe new feature does not do away with the ability to partially select text across multiple blocks and manipulate them as a group. Users can still shift their position, copy them, and modify them.
\n\n\n\nInstead, the text-selection feature is an enhancement to the current tools, and it is one that many will be happy to see land in WordPress. It is not a complete set of capabilities, but this is a win for the project and a necessary step forward.
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\n\n\n\nAsia’s inaugural flagship WordCamp was originally scheduled for March 2020 but was the first international WordPress event to be cancelled due to the pandemic. It was cancelled just nine days before it was scheduled to happen, a difficult but necessary decision, despite all the hard work volunteers had invested. At that time, organizers hoped to push the event to the next year, but the pandemic forced it to be put on hold again.
\n\n\n\nThe WordPress community in Asia is quite large and spans across a wide land area with many diverse cultures. Prior to the pandemic, Asia was home to 127 WordPress meetup chapters with 73,000 members across 23 countries. The region had hosted 137 WordCamps in 18 Asian countries and 52 cities.
\n\n\n\nWordCamp Asia organizers began preliminary planning in 2017, inspired by other successful regional camps. Five years later, they have once again opened the call for organizers. They are aiming to build a team of 15 local (Thai) organizers and 30-35 organizers from other parts of Asia. This group will be broken up into teams that will lead audio/visual tech, design, speakers, volunteers, and other practical aspects of event planning.
\n\n\n\nProspective organizers must reside in Asia and have experience organizing meetups or WordCamps. They must also be willing to commit at least three hours per week for planning and meetings.
\n\n\n\n“Because the main venue will be the same place as originally planned, we will be able to reuse some work from 2020,” organizer Naoko Takano said.
\n\n\n\n“We will comply with any COVID-19 guidelines provided by the local government and WordPress Community Team (such as this one) to ensure the safety of the attendees.” If for some reason the event needs to be postponed again, organizers have a much more structured approach to managing this risk and making decisions.
\n\n\n\nAfter five years of planning and so many unavoidable delays, the persistence and resilience of WordCamp Asia’s organizers is admirable. The call to join their team is open until April 30, and selected organizers will be notified by mid-May. Follow @wordcampasia on Twitter for the latest updates or subscribe to the event’s website.
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\n\n\n\nWordPress 6.0 is coming to a WordPress instance near you on May 24th, 2022. The teams are all working hard to get things finished, patched and updated by April 12 before Beta 1 is release. Save the date April 5th, 2022 for a first walk-through with the release team.
\n\n\n\nWorking on the release has been a great opportunity to reconnect with the WordPress documentation team. It’s a lot of work, and if you can spare a few hours before the release, there are a few pages of the End user documentation that would need updating. Connect with the #docs team via WPSlack (account required) or grab one of the Good First issues on the GitHub repo, if you want to help.
\n\n\n\nHave a great weekend!
\n\n\n\nYours, 💕
Birgit
In his 3rd episode of the WordPress Gutenberg Block News, Jamie Marsland covers among other topics, the new pattern directory, Google’s Material Design theme and Automattic’s newest Block theme, Archeo.
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In the 77th round-up posts from the Themes Team, Jason Crist posted about theme-related discussions, fixes, and developments in Gutenberg. He highlighted the new features, with links to PRs
As active discussion, Crist links to the issues:
\n\n\n\nYou’ll also find General Resource links to catch up on FSE and Themes.
\n\n\n\nIn the new workshop, Taking Advantage of Query Loops, Wes Theron explores how to use the Query Loop block to showcase blog posts, pages, categories, tags and more!
\n\n\n\nThe WordPress repository now sports 59 themes made for full-site editing.
\n\n\n\nThe newest Themes are
\n\n\n\nJustin Tadlock gave Archeo Theme a whirl and posted his findings: The Archeo WordPress Theme Blends Mayan History With Magazine-Style Block Patterns
\n\n\n\nThe WPTavern Review of the Ona Theme is available here: DeoThemes Launches Ona Creative, Another Well-Designed WordPress Block Theme, also by Justin Tadclosk
\n\n\n\nAlexander Buffet, frontend developer from Nantes, France and translation contributor, built his first theme as an FSE theme called “Oscura” (demo) for photographers and creatives. It emphasizes white space and is visually subtle to not take attention away from the creations by its site owner. You can also look under the hood on its GitHub repository. Buffet uses well-structured code with multiple template parts, and patterns in their respective directories.
\n\n\n\n “Keeping up with Gutenberg – Index 2022”
A chronological list of the WordPress Make Blog posts from various teams involved in Gutenberg development: Design, Theme Review Team, Core Editor, Core JS, Core CSS, Test and Meta team from Jan. 2021 on. Updated by yours truly. The index 2020 is here
The recording of this week’s Webinar with Grzegorz Ziolkowski and Maciek Palmowski How to automate Gutenberg block development in WP projects is now available on YouTube. On Twitter, Ziolkowski shared additional resources:
\n\n\n\nLee Shadle of creator of the BlockHandbook site, answered the question many developers have: “Is there a fun/easy/lightweight way to add frontend interactivity to custom Gutenberg blocks w/o using React or jQuery?” with “Yes”, and with yet another JavaScript tool: AlpineJS. Shadle published his proof-of-concept code on GitHub. Add Alpinejs to Custom Gutenberg Blocks
\n\n\n\nMunir Kamal, creator of Gutenberg Hub and Editor Plus, published a tutorial on How to Create a WordPress Gutenberg block that displays an Unsplash image.
\n\n\n\nAfter you follow this tutorial, you built a block that generates a random image from Unsplash to be used in a post. It’s an easy to follow along article with code examples and explanations. Personally, I would have favored a custom block that displays media from Openverse. Maybe I find the time to rewrite it for Openverse. Wanna race me? Just kidding.
\n\n\n\nMike Jolley, WooCommerce, updated the developer this week that the Store API is now considered stable. “It not only powers the new Block-based Cart and Checkout experience, but also the various product Blocks as well.” he wrote. The API is now available for 3rd party tools and services, and the article provides use cases and code examples.
\n\n\n\n\nNeed a plugin .zip from Gutenberg’s master branch?
Gutenberg Times provides daily build for testing and review.
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In the recording of the recent WordPress Social Learning meetup, WordPress for Writers: Launching your Writer Website, Destiny Kanno, fledgling writer and WordPress enthusiast, walked attendees through setting up a writer’s website with a literature-focused theme. By the end of this session, participants had the tools you need to
\n\n\n\nusing Full Site Editing, and the Block Editor.
\n\n\n\nThe writers at WPTavern, Sarah Gooding and Justin Tadlock created new articles for their “Building with Block Series”
\n\n\n\nMarch 28, 2022, at 11 am ET / 15:00 UTC
Hello Blocks! Coding a custom block with Wes Theron and Ryan Welcher
March 29, 2022, at 3 pm ET / 20:00 UTC
Beginner’s Guide to Full Site Editing with Sarah Snow
April 1, 2022, 11 am EDT / 15:00 UTC
Block Theme Discussions: JSON Schema with Daisy Olsen
April 6, 2022, 12 pm EDT / 16:00 UTC
Creating A Sidebar For Your Posts Using The Full Site Editing Blank Template with Bud Kraus, JoyofWP
April 6, 2022, 2pm EDT / 18:00 UTC
Builder Basics: Designing with Columns, Group, and Row Blocks (Part 2) with Nick Diego
April 8, 2022, 11 am EDT / 15:00 UTC
Block Theme Discussions: Supports in theme.json with Daisy Olsen
April 12, 2022 2pm EDT 18:00 UTC
Builder Basics: Headers and Footers in Full Site Editing w/ Nick Diego
April 13, 2022, 10 am EDT / 14:00 UTC
Create a Magazine Layout with the WordPress Gutenberg Block Editor with Wes Theron
April 15, 2022, 11 am EDT / 15:00 UTC
Block Theme Discussions: Presets in theme.json with Daisy Olsen
April 19, 2022 2pm EDT / 18:00 UTC
Builder Basics: Exploring Block Layout, Alignment, and Dimensions (Part 2)
April 21, 2022 3 am EDT / 7 am UTC
Using Block Patterns with Wes Theron
April 8, 2022 9 am – 5 pm CDT / 14:00 – 20:00 UTC
WP Career Summit conference for Careers in WordPress, organized by team at Post Status
May 16-20, 2022
WordSesh
A virtual conference. Call for Speaker is open
June 2 – 4th, 2022
WordCamp Europe
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June 20 – 24, 2022
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September 9 – 11, 2022
WordCamp US
in-person conference in San Diego. Call for Speakers is open, deadline April 17th, 2022
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe WordPress pattern directory finally opened its gates to the entire community today. Anyone with a WordPress.org account can log in, go to the pattern creator, and start designing.
\n\n\n\nFor some of us, this has felt like an unbearably long wait. In reality, it took the development team less than a year since the directory launch to put this together. It was no small feat to make it work and put in all the guardrails for such a system in that amount of time.
\n\n\n\nSome community members have already got a head start. Ana Segota of Anariel Design announced via Twitter that three of her patterns had already landed. “More coming soon,” she said.
\n\n\n\nThe pattern directory has the potential to be an onramp for creators who want to contribute to the WordPress project but do not know where to start. The barrier to entry is one of the lowest in the community. There is no requirement to write code or understand all the intricacies of theme design. It is nowhere near as complex as plugin development. It is simply a visual builder that allows sharing art with the world.
\n\n\n\nI have no idea where this thing is going. I hope to see 1,000s of patterns in the directory a year from now.
\n\n\n\nI played a small role in building two of the initial patterns from last year. I was excited about the potential for the directory and happy to contribute in any way. However, I was not entirely satisfied with the process because I did not have the creative freedom I wanted.
\n\n\n\nFor example, my vision for an “about me” columns pattern had morphed into something entirely different:
\n\n\n\nBy the time it was added to the directory, there was hardly any of myself in it. The first designs that launched were tightly curated, and that was OK. It was more about getting production-ready patterns out to users at the time, and I knew that WordPress.org would eventually open it up.
\n\n\n\nToday, I started work anew, rebuilding my original “about me” pattern. I have made some alterations because we now have new spacing controls. And the built-in, Openverse-powered search did not seem to locate some of my early images, despite being available via the Openverse site. Nevertheless, it is a work in progress:
\n\n\n\nUsers can save draft patterns, too. So, if you want to try your hand at designing one but are unsure if you can finish it in one sitting or do not have a fully-fleshed-out idea, there is no need to worry about losing work. You can save it and pull it up later from your patterns page.
\n\n\n\nThe pattern creator runs Twenty Twenty-One under the hood. The classic theme has a few quirks, CSS that often overrules the core WordPress styles. I would rather have seen Twenty Twenty-Two because it sticks much more closely to the global styles standard. At least people who want to try designing off-site will be able to test with a similar setup.
\n\n\n\nPatterns should, ideally, be theme-agnostic. However, in practice, the theme that showcases those patterns — Twenty Twenty-One in this case — can make or break a design. Creators should not design specifically for it, but they should at least check its output.
\n\n\n\nUsing the pattern creator is straightforward. It is merely an instance of the block editor with some modifications specific to the directory. It also provides a quick welcome screen:
\n\n\n\nOverall, my experience with it went reasonably well for a Day 1 launch. Most of the hiccups that I encountered were with the image search. It timed out on occasion, and filtering images was not a perfect experience. Despite being powered by Openverse, it does not offer the same filtering tools.
\n\n\n\nI hope that the pattern creator will eventually tie into the WordPress photo directory. The built-in search is a neat tool, but you sometimes have to wade through dozens or hundreds of outdated images to find something worth using. The photo directory feels fresh and modern. Plus, we should be prioritizing the work of those contributing to WordPress.
\n\n\n\nThere are still many open tickets for the pattern directory, and it will undoubtedly evolve based on feedback and usage. However, this is a solid launch of the pattern creator. Well done to all the folks who made this happen.
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\n\n\n\nThe Store API is a public, unauthenticated API, that provides REST API endpoints for cart, checkout, and product functionality. WooCommerce core developer Mike Jolley explained how the new API is different from the plugin’s REST API:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe main difference between the Store API and WC REST API is that the Store API allows unauthenticated access to store data, for example, products. This makes it suitable for a variety of use-cases, including custom frontends.
This is an unauthenticated API. It does not require API keys or authentication tokens for access.
Another difference is that the Store API has support for Cart data. This allows for cart operations such as adding items to the cart, updating quantities, applying coupons, and submitting orders. Only the current customer’s cart can be accessed.
Data returned from the Store API is always reflective of the current user (cookie-based), whereas the WC REST API allows more extensive access to any data, should you have the correct access rights.
In an interview with HollerWP last year, Jolley said it’s helpful to think of the Store API as for clients and the core REST API as the API for store management.
\n\n\n\n“Keeping them separate like this makes it clear that one exposes data in a public context,” he said.
\n\n\n\nScott Bolinger, co-founder of AppPresser, explained how the Store API fixes a problem with the original WooCommerce REST API.
\n\n\n\n“It [the WC REST API] was never meant for mobile, headless, or any other front end implementation,” Bolinger said. “It was only meant for back end admin stuff like inventory, adding/removing products, etc.
\n\n\n\n“The problem is that there was no alternative, so headless/mobile apps used it for displaying products. With the WC REST API, everything requires authentication, which doesn’t make sense, because products are public on your website. You shouldn’t have to authenticate to see someone’s products.”
\n\n\n\nThe new Store API allows developers to get products, attributes, collections, and other data without authentication, and adds a cart API, making it possible to checkout.
\n\n\n\n“I think most implementations of the WC Rest API that are for the front end should switch to the Store API,” Bolinger said.
\n\n\n\nThe WooCommerce team is still working on making this API suitable for headless and mobile apps. In an ideal world, the best cart API for headless WooCommerce apps would be made by WooCommerce. In the meantime, Bolinger recommended CoCart.
\n\n\n\nCoCart is a customizable, WordPress REST API for WooCommerce that allows developers to build headless (or decoupled) e-commerce stores using their choice of frameworks.
\n\n\n\n“I’m not using the Store API and I don’t see that I will,” Co-Cart founder Sébastien Dumont said. “Both API’s are unique for their individual purposes. WooCommerce’s Store API is designed for the Gutenberg blocks, which only requires a fixed format and is still prone to be used on native storefronts.
\n\n\n\n“I don’t see today’s news affecting CoCart. Most of my users have already known about the Store API while it was still experiential and failed after trying it for headless purposes. It also requires tweaking while CoCart does not”.
\n\n\n\nDumont said the Store API is still missing a lot of valuable information that developers require and that using CoCart saves them considerable development time.
\n\n\n\n“With the WC Rest API, there is no cart or checkout, so it’s cool they added that,” Bolinger said. “Nonces only work when you are on the site though, so for mobile apps or headless WP, you will run into issues. Unfortunately it’s not where it needs to be for headless (yet).
\n\n\n\n“There is a filter to disable nonce authentication: add_filter( \'woocommerce_store_api_disable_nonce_check\', \'__return_true\' ); Even changing this to use something like JWT won’t fully work for headless, at least in my testing. I hope they will address this in the future.”
This particular issue is still open on the WooCommerce GitHub repository. Maintainers seem open to exploring how core can accommodate this. In the meantime, third-party solutions are available to developers building mobile apps.
\n\n\n\nFor a technical breakdown of what’s currently possible with the new Store API, check out Mike Jolley’s announcement post. He demonstrated how you can go through the entire purchase flow using the Insomnia API client- without even visiting the store. The API’s technical documentation and guide to extensibility is available on GitHub.
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\n\n\n\nSince the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, the letter `Z` has been used as a symbol by the Russian government as a pro-war propaganda tool. It\'s also being used by Russian civilians as a sign of support for the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The colors and ribbon of St. George are often used with the ‘Z\', and the Lithuanian parliament has proposed banning and equating them with Nazi and Communist images.
\n\n\n\nEarlier this month, Masha Gessen described the ‘Z\' in The New Yorker as having come “to stand for devotion to the state, murderous rage, and unchecked power.” While Gessen\'s definition stopped short of calling ‘Z\' a hate symbol in early March, it has been affirmed as one since then — definitely in the view of many Ukrainians.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt some point in the past few days, a Russian developer forked the “Stand with Ukraine” plugin, as Nate Conley later pointed out. (There are quite a few pro-Ukraine plugins in the .org repo.) The forked plugin\'s author called it Zamir and made it “display the `Z` symbol in support of Russia.”
\n\n\n\nThe plugin was submitted for review, and it was approved.
\n\n\n\nHere is how the Zamir plugin page looked before it was taken down.
\n\n\n\nWhen Zamir appeared in the WordPress plugin repository, it was very quickly noticed with many negative reactions on Twitter. Apart from complaints about the plugin being morally offensive, many people felt it violated the guidelines plugins must follow to be accepted in the WordPress.org repo.
\n\n\n\nWhile reactions on Twitter exploded, a heated conversation opened in the main #club channel in Post Status Slack. Initially, there was shock and dismay that the Zamir plugin was appearing prominently on the new plugin list for all WordPress.com customers. One of the first to notice the plugin and recognize its significance, Carl Hancock fired off a terse takedown request to the plugin review team, which he shared in Post Status Slack. The request was denied, and Carl shared the response he received.
Among Post Status members, the discussion was focused on whether the plugin should (or could) be removed under current guidelines. There was no disagreement on it being offensive, although not everyone knew about the ‘Z\' symbol\'s emerging significance. The lack of protocols and governance in place to handle a situation like this was noted by several people, including Lesley Sim:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou know what would be cool? If the guidelines had examples or precedents so that we would have something more tangible to go on. Not just subject to everyone\'s interpretations which, clearly, we all seem to disagree on. Kinda like case law in the legal system.
The Making WordPress #pluginreview Slack channel had a Zamir discussion underway at the same time, including an initial response from Mika Epstein to confirm that the plugin had been approved. (Anyone interested in how WordPress gets made should read the open and transparent discussion in the plugin review channel for context.)
Very quickly a number of people in the WordPress Foundation examined the situation and took some time to make a decision. The plugin was taken down, and Josepha Haden Chomphosy posted an explanation of why Zamir violated community guidelines:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhile it is true that there is no current plugin guideline barring plugins that “support” political leanings, this icon symbolizes something more complicated than that. Contributors were right to report this and, with their help and the help of WordPress community members, the plugin has been removed from the directory.
According to Josepha, “The plugin’s description eluded initial plugin checks.” Even if it was an honest oversight, which appears to be the case, it still raises some important questions about review procedures and governance for WordPress.org. To Josepha\'s credit she does this address this:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI am aware that this issue leads to natural questions about clarifying our plugin policies moving forward. I’ll work with the community to explore our guidelines and create a clearer framework for how plugins can be evaluated in the context of current events.
Matt Mullenweg also shared some thoughts in Post Status Slack after the Zamir plugin\'s takedown:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThank you to everyone who raised this issue, regardless of how you did it… Extra thanks to people who did it in a way knowing there are humans on the other side of the screen, and sometimes it may take a few hours to respond to something. This moved pretty quickly, but if it had happened in the middle of the night on a holiday or something similar it could have taken longer.
100% promise there will be mistakes or things we reverse in the future. What\'s important isn\'t trying to avoid mistakes, as that\'s impossible, but responding to them in a thoughtful and hopefully fast way. Please don\'t bash people or teams for making a mistake, we\'re all human and fallible.
Thank you as well to those who didn\'t jump to conclusions based on this one plugin being up for a few hours.
It doesn\'t seem there was any ill-will from anyone involved in the plugin\'s entry into the repo or in the removal of some hostile “reviews” in the plugin support forum before its removal. I hope we can take a lesson from this and reexamine the plugin review policies, including how takedown requests work. The procedures and policies for removal need to be clear to everyone.
\n\n\n.kt-block-spacer-_bb762c-8f .kt-divider{width:80%;}\nThe saddest and most concerning part of this story — and the part of it that is not likely to go away soon — is how anger and suspicion quickly focused a very prejudicial eye on contributors who might be Russian and/or sympathetic to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
\n\n\n\nThe WordPress Plugin Review team and a moderator in the Support Forum who is also on the Russian language Translation Team became the target of hasty scrutiny from the outside. Even within the Make WordPress Slack channels for those teams, there was some emotional and accusatory communication.
That\'s understandable; I had similar suspicions myself. But the reality is the plugin review team is constantly making good-faith efforts as they carry out a very difficult and essential task. They will never please everyone all the time. They are targets of complaints, criticism, and even hateful, violent threats directed at individual members.
The suspicion and distrust that flared up in the Zamir controversy underscores the very serious risks facing all open source projects now. Loss of the trust and goodwill that makes open source possible could kill it. David and I emphasize this in our discussion of “weaponized open-source code.” What a terrible phrase! Even using code as a form of political protest against a specific nation may harm open source by dividing us with deep distrust.
\n\n\n\nIt\'s probably good to have gotten through the Zamir plugin debacle as a relatively harmless learning experience. It could have been worse.
\n\n\n\nAnd it may well get worse. It will definitely get more complicated.
\n\n\n\nOther scenarios come to mind. What if instead of the ‘Z\' — a fairly explicit hate symbol — the flag of the Russian Federation had been used?
So what\'s to be done, constructively? At a minimum, we need the greater transparency that\'s increasingly being called for in the WordPress community. Formal guidelines, processes, and roles will provide clarity about who decides, and how they decide to include or exclude plugins, themes, reviews, etc.
Yes, it will always be messy, and there will always be mistakes. Project and community boundaries necessarily differ and disagree. That is exactly why everyone needs to know what the boundaries are and how they are negotiated.
\n\n\n\n— Dan Knauss
\nIt’s been less than a year since the WordPress Pattern Directory was launched, and we already have more exciting news to share. The Pattern Creator is live! You can now build, edit, and submit your best block patterns to the Pattern Directory—submissions are open to all with a WordPress.org user account!
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\nPattern Directory — List of patterns, and a single pattern detail.\n\n\n\nThe WordPress Pattern Directory includes attractive, handy patterns created by designers that can make your experience building a stunning site much easier. Patterns can save you a significant amount of time and also give you greater freedom when you’re building your site. With patterns, you can make or replicate complex layouts with just a few clicks, and using them is as simple as copy and paste.
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\n\n\n\nAs the name implies, the Pattern Creator allows anyone, from designers to content creators, to make custom patterns: a collection of blocks arranged in any way, for any purpose intended by the creator. Like most things in WordPress, these are available for public use once it’s submitted to the WordPress Pattern Directory. Have a look at these guidelines to learn more about what makes a pattern suitable for listing in the directory.
\n\n\n\nSo what are you waiting for? Check out all the patterns already available or better yet, make your own!
\n\n\n\nIn a widely circulated article this week, Gerald Benischke is making the open-source community take a hard look at the possible consequences of weaponized code. He\'s right to be concerned that everything “open source has achieved over the last 30 years … [is] now at risk of becom[ing] collateral damage.” Why?
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt’s not about sitting on the fence or taking sides in a war. It’s about what open source has achieved over the last 30 years and I think that’s now at risk of become collateral damage.
Gerald Benischke
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many western companies cut their services and sales to some or all Russian customers. Open-source NoSQL database MongoDB is among them.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBenischke also looked at how a modified node library now tries to delete files on Russian IPs.
\n\n\n\nBoth of these actions are potentially destructive, albeit in different ways. Both turn open source into a weapon.
\n\n\n\nLess damaging but more personally intrusive, a community Terraform AWS module changed its code and added requirements after its Apache license. These “Additional terms of use for users from Russia and Belarus” require those users to agree with three statements. One of those statements is “Putin is a dickhead.” Benischke notes this violates part of the Open Source Initiative‘s definition of open source:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups.
OSI, The Open Source Definition
The license must not discriminate against any person or group of persons.
What does it even mean to target people who are “from” a certain country? You might be “from” a country you do not currently live in. And not everyone living or born in a country has citizenship there. How a person defines their origins is completely subjective. Nationality is a legal fiction. Ethnicity and race are socially constructed and imaginary. Currently, 10 Million people are stateless — without citizenship in any nation.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOnce our software can\'t be trusted, what will happen?
Benischke warns about the possible “unintended consequences” of weaponized and discriminatory code. He\'s right it goes beyond protest, especially in the case of the destructive Node library:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“In my mind, the term ‘protestware\' is attempting to legitimize the malicious actions and very much turns open source libraries into weapons to be aimed and fired at your opponent… I do think that these actions are to be condemned — especially as the “delete files based on geofencing IP addresses” has got the potential of causing collateral damage.”
The deeper (and probably the worst) unintended consequence is the loss of trust in the open-source community. Benischke asks if it\'s even open-source code if you can\'t trust it.
\n\n\n\nThe Open Source Initiative (OSI) has a positive, agreeing response to Benischke\'s post. OSI supports “creative” forms of “protestware” that are informational or symbolic, but they distinguish this from weaponized code, which they condemn. However, OSI does not mention trust at all or the consequences of losing it.
\n\n\n\nWhy does trust matter so much?
\n\n\n\nIf you can\'t trust your dependencies, who is in a position to take ownership of them all to ensure their secure functioning? Benischke points out that only a few large companies allied with the most powerful nations could afford to do this. Exclusive multinational blocs using trusted but closed source software might emerge if we go down this path. And it\'s not as if we didn\'t already have enormous challenges with security, maintenance, project sustainability, and the “bus factor.”
\n\n\n\nThis is why Benischke\'s concerns about the death of trust as a lethal poison are not far-fetched or of secondary importance to WordPress and open source. If anything, he understates the precarity of the moment we are in.
\n\n\n\nWhat about you? Let us know in the comments.
\n\n\n.kt-block-spacer-_31bf24-7a .kt-divider{width:80%;}\nIt wasn\'t hard to see the weaponization of open source coming long ago. I just thought it would be done by malign individuals and organizations outside the open-source community.
\n\n\n\nGovernment actors have been exploiting open (and closed) source code to spy on and harm enemies for a long time. I just didn\'t think it would be members of open source projects doing this themselves.
\n\n\n\nAnd now we\'ve experienced this in the WordPress community, with the Zamir plugin. (See our related thoughts on that story over here.)
\n\n\n\nThese developments are all very concerning. I hope it\'s not as bad as Heather Burns says it is, but she may be right:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“The .org OSS project is entirely legally controlled by a US company which could, at any time, fall under scrutiny for providing services to Russia, or be brought into the sanctions regime.”
Heather Burns @WebDevLaw
Is this how we need to think now, of globalized, international, open-source projects and communities? In a somewhat paranoid, suspicious way?
\n\n\n\nImagining the worst — the ways open source could be destroyed — reminds me of a conversation I had at the last Post Status Partners Retreat. I asked a WordPress OG why he thought there always seems to be a constant sense of anxiety in the WordPress community — as if a massive disaster is just around the corner. I haven\'t seen that in other projects that are healthy even if they have a much smaller market share — like Drupal, for instance. (Speaking of which, you should check out Amy June Hineline‘s comparison of the Drupal and WordPress communities in her recent chat with David.)
\n\n\n\nMy question led to the response that only WordPress can destroy WordPress, it\'s so big. Then we had some fun imagining “evil” self-sabotage scenarios that might realistically play out if things went sideways. Later I posed this as a thought experiment with other people — imagine a Screwtape Letters take on WordPress. What would a clever demon do to ruin the project by manipulating its insiders?
\n\n\n\nEven in the worst-case scenarios, most people agreed that some massive corporations are so dependent on WordPress, they would take it over in their own — in-house (and likely as good as proprietary) distribution. WordPress would not die. The project as we know it might die. The community would die. The software, at the end of the day, is the most durable thing — but it\'s not worth much to us if it\'s torn away from open source freedoms and an open, cooperative community of contributors.
\n\n\n\nCan an open-source community like ours survive abandoning a fully globalized, international openness — at least as a possibility and ideal? Would survival in that context be worth anything, or be truly open? I don\'t think so. But we\'re now looking at a darkening world where every open-source project has reason to worry about that as a non-zero possibility.
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\nOne of the features I liked about Automattic’s Archeo theme that I reviewed earlier this week was its split-screen single post header. I loved that an author was doing a little something different with the Featured Image block, giving users some variety.
\n\n\n\nThe design was simple. It is a two-column section with an image on the right and the post title and date on the left.
\n\n\n\nIt reminded me to dust off one of the untold numbers of “ideas” folders on my computer. I knew I had built something similar last year. I merely needed to find it.
\n\n\n\nI finally stumbled upon it after a bit of rummaging — I really need to learn how to name things to make them easier to find:
\n\n\n\nMy approach to the problem was different, and I remember why it went to the scrap-heap. It used the Media & Text block instead of Columns. Then, and this is still the case, it is impossible to use the Featured Image inside of Media & Text.
\n\n\n\nThe Columns block is a decent second choice, but it stacks differently on mobile views, with the first column always landing on top. The image takes precedence when using the Media & Text block, regardless of its horizontal position on desktop views.
\n\n\n\nThere is an open ticket to use the post’s featured image within the Media & Text block. There is a similar ticket for using it within a Cover. Both would be solved by addressing an issue that would have farther reach by allowing generic blocks to utilize site or post metadata.
\n\n\n\nAt least for now, we must work with the tools we have.
\n\n\n\nFor this entry in the Building with Blocks series, I will walk you through modifying Twenty Twenty-Two’s single post template to create a similar layout.
\n\n\n\nIt is hard for some people to visualize the result without the post data. As shown in the following screenshot, the editor has placeholders:
\n\n\n\nHowever, those placeholders will be transformed on the front end. How do we know that what we see there will translate correctly and turn out like the following?
\n\n\n\nEven I struggle with this visualization at times. The placeholders used for Post* blocks do not offer me enough direct feedback, so I often refresh an example post on the front end as I build layouts like this. I wanted to note this in case it disorients or even throws anyone else off. It is OK to save and check your work on the front end as you go through this.
\n\n\n\nSide note: I would love to see a plugin that adds dummy post data instead of the default placeholders.
\n\n\n\nTo make this layout change for all single posts, you must go to the site editor via Appearance > Editor in the admin. Select the WordPress logo/icon in the top left corner to open the slide-out panel. From there, click on the Templates link. The next screen should display a list of editable templates. Select “Single Post.”
\n\n\n\nIf you prefer to make this an optional template, you should build this from the template editor. The process is similar, but the UI does have some differences.
\n\n\n\nTwenty Twenty-Two’s header does not work well for the type of layout that we are building. It has a ton of padding at the bottom, and its width is limited. You will want to make a few changes for a more ideal design. Note that this will change the header across the entire site unless you save it as a separate template part. This step is optional, but the final result will look better.
\n\n\n\nIn the Header area of the editor, select the Row block that holds the Site Title and Navigation blocks. From the toolbar, select the “Full width” alignment option. In the block sidebar panel on the right, set the “Padding” option to 2rem or a value of your preference.
Because Twenty Twenty-Two already has the Post Title and Post Featured Image blocks grouped together, there is no need to start from scratch here. Select both with your mouse or keyboard, click the “Transform To” button in the toolbar, and choose the Columns option.
\n\n\n\nIf working from a theme with a different layout, you can manually add a Columns block with a 50/50 setting and insert the Post Title and Post Featured Image blocks in the two columns.
\n\n\n\nWe have gotten some of the boring layout stuff out of the way. Now, you can start adding your own brand of artistry to this thing. I chose a black background and white text for the Columns block. However, feel free to add whatever colors you want. Maybe even try out the border options to mix it up.
\n\n\n\nNow, back to boring layout adjustments.
\n\n\n\nFor this layout to work, there are two changes you should make to the Columns block. First, select the “Full width” alignment from the toolbar.
\n\n\n\nThen, change the “Padding” option in the block sidebar to 0. Zeroing this out allows the featured image to stretch to the edge. This is not a hard requirement if you want a little space around it.
Because we zeroed out the padding in the previous step, the Post Title block will now butt against the side of the layout. Text always needs room to breathe in design, so we need to fix this problem we have created for ourselves.
\n\n\n\nThere are two ways of going about this. The first is to simply add padding to the Column block that the Post Title is in. This should work fine, but WordPress does not handle this well (it does not use box-sizing: border-box for Column blocks). If you add padding here, it will make the left side wider than the right. Unfortunately, this is a little quirk that creates extra work.
The best option is to select the Post Title and transform it into a Group. Then, find the “Padding” control in the sidebar and change it to 2rem or your preferred value.
Some themes may correct the column-padding issue, so give the first option a shot if using something other than Twenty Twenty-Two.
\n\n\n\nNeither WordPress nor Twenty Twenty-Two adds any default margin handling for the Post Featured Image block. The <figure> wrapping element will fall back to the browser’s default (browsers generally add some margin to the top and bottom).
To ensure that the image does not have extra spacing, select it in the editor, find the “Margin” setting in the sidebar, and set it to 0.
The foundation of the layout is in place now. Adjusting paddings, margins, and similar settings is the giant mountain you must conquer to do some of the really cool stuff that is possible. I do not want to limit folks with the rest of the design and would love for everyone to put their own spin on it.
\n\n\n\nI changed the vertical alignment on the Columns block to the “Align bottom” setting for my layout. Above the Post Title, I added a Row with the Post Author Name, Post Date, and Post Categories blocks. I also removed the Separator that Twenty Twenty-Two adds before the content.
\n\n\n\nPlease share customizations you made in the comments if you followed along with this tutorial.
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat if the way we talk about WordPress security focused on public acknowledgement of the security team members\' work, goals, and successes?
This week, Patchstack Security Advocate Robert Rowley has written a response in MasterWP. Robert countered that Patchstack is helping “open source projects reach security maturity.” In a polite “rebutal-but-not-a-rebuttal response,” he explains Patchstack\'s perspective and intentions.
\n\n\n\nAccording to Robert, the large increase in vulnerabilities emphasized in Patchstack\'s report has to do with an increase in code review and bug reporting. WordPress core is secure, and increased attention to vulnerabilities in themes and plugins is a good thing. Patchstack is helping that happen, in their view. “Vulnerability disclosure for the commons” is how they understand what they\'re doing with projects like The Patchstack Alliance.
\n\n\n\nThere are two good, compatible takeaways from this discussion everyone seems to agree on.
\n\n\n\nA noteworthy aside: Robert brought up some numbers we rarely see that I follow closely. The WordPress.org plugin repository grew by less than 3% in 2021, from 58,151 to 59,800 plugins. Themes grew by around 10%. That\'s decent growth in both cases.
\n\n\n\nWhen the discussion began between Robert and Rob, we posed this question here at Post Status: Would WordPress benefit from public relations messaging around security issues?
\n\n\n\nRobert responded in Post Status Slack:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“There are many teams in the open source WordPress project who publicly share details on progress, metrics and planning… I would disagree with calling this PR, that has some other connotations. But I would love to see more regular updates on metrics.”
Robert\'s view of good PR is “public acknowledgement of the security team members and sharing some of the teams plans and goals.”
\n\n\n\nKimberly Lipari joined the Slack convo and wants to flip the narrative:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhy not flip the narrative? Instead of “core vulnerabilities reported” it could be “security code pushed” or “release improvements.” Why not educate on what open source is and updating is a good thing, not something to fear?
Robert agreed with Kim\'s approach and acknowledged it was a mistake to have used the term “vulnerabilities” rather than “security bugs patched.”
\n\n\n\nThis is a good approach moving forward. It doesn\'t matter what company or open source project you are working with. If you are releasing information about security and your product, you need to educate and reassure your audiences. WordPress is not selling the same experience as other (especially non-open-source) web publishing platforms. Wix and Shopify only make public the security information they\'re legally obligated to release. When they do they are often on the defensive. Openness and transparency are our strengths, but it is easy to make them liabilities.
\n\n\n\nDo you have ideas for specific strategies to make openness around security issues something that educates and reassure? Is it a way to attract contributors or draw WordPress users deeper into the community? Could it spread a better understanding and appreciation of open source? Tell us in the comments!
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\n\n\n\nWeglot co-founder Augustin Prot confirmed that the company is profitable with 25k customers paying for its SaaS translation platform and 60k+ websites using the company’s products, including IBM, Microsoft, Spotify, Steve Madden, and Volcom.
\n\n\n\nIn 2021, Weglot passed €10M ARR, primarily through the sale of its WordPress, Shopify, and Webflow products, but the company also has growing user bases on Squarespace, Wix, Magento, BigCommerce, Square Online, and Salesforce.
\n\n\n\nWeglot has a free version of its plugin on WordPress.org for small websites (under 2,000 words) with one translation language. It includes a Gutenberg block that makes it easy for users to position and customize their language switcher. The plugin has 40,000 active installs. Commercial plans range from €99/year for 10,000 words and one translated language to €4,990/year for 5 million words and 20 translated languages.
\n\n\n\nWeglot’s chief competitors are WPML (a commercial product with no free version) and Polylang (700K installs), a free plugin with a pro version that provides additional features and support. Despite having a much smaller WordPress user base and going up against more established competitors, Prot said the company is aiming to “become the category leader for web translation.” Weglot employs a team of 30 people and plans to use the new funding to hire more over the coming year.
\n\n\n\n“We found success by focusing on usability and simplicity,” Prot said. “The SaaS model allows us to develop very quickly on the product side and the plugin is based on users’ and customers’ feedback. If you don’t take that into account they would simply leave. That’s why the SaaS approach favors continuous and fast improvement to make sure we match users’ expectations.”
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\n\n\n.kt-block-spacer-_fa223a-7a .kt-divider{width:80%;}\n Mentioned in the show:The day has finally arrived when a block theme does something interesting with the featured image on single post views. One of my biggest pet peeves is when themers simply dump it at the top of the content and call it a day.
\n\n\n\nI nearly always bolt straight for the site editor to remove the single-post featured image upon installing block themes from some authors. However, after installing Archeo, Automattic’s latest, I simply let it be. At least in this instance, the implementation did not make me wonder if we were ever going to get this whole block-based theme venture right.
\n\n\n\nPerhaps the most impressive thing about the single-post header design is that it works with the limited toolset offered by the current Featured Image block.
\n\n\n\nIf there is one knit-pick I have it is that the post and site titles do not align on the left side of the page, at least on wide-desktop views.
\n\n\n\nSo, the single-post header is well-designed. How does the rest of the theme hold up? I am getting to that, but every now and again, something special about a design catches my eye. And, I cannot wait to let others know about it.
\n\n\n\nAutomattic is the most prolific block theme creator to date. Its Theme Team has rolled out a dozen designs to the WordPress directory over the last year. Many of its initial outings had a familiar feel — tiny variations on a simple base. However, things have livened up recently. Livro, the dark theme that made me dislike dark themes a little less, and Skatepark, a unique experiment in its own right, represented a fresh start after the previous months began to feel stale.
\n\n\n\nArcheo continues that momentum. The theme is bold when it needs to be while making enough use of whitespace to not overwhelm readers.
\n\n\n\nIt is one of the few faithful representations of magazine designs that I have seen. No, I am not talking about the muddied term in some circles that confuses it with news design. It reminds me of those stunning feature layouts that would draw a reader into a story as they flipped through the latest gloss-covered print that arrived in the mail. I am a product of my generation and will always have a sense of nostalgia for the dying art form, and I love seeing web-based implementations of it when they work well.
\n\n\n\nNearly every one of Archeo’s image-categorized patterns captures that essence of a magazine featured article. The following is one of my favorites.
\n\n\n\nThe theme is described as being inspired by Mayan history and culture. Archeo’s patterns are littered with tidbits of historical text and images that make me want to learn more about the subject. Great design can speak to us in ways that we were not expecting.
\n\n\n\nAs an aside, I would love to see creators who describe their designs as “inspired by” something to provide more insight into the subject via a blog post. For those unfamiliar with whatever that subject may be, it would pull back the curtain a bit, giving us a glimpse into why it was important to the designer.
\n\n\n\nArcheo is the first theme that I have seen use the upcoming web fonts API expected to land in WordPress 6.0. Users with the Gutenberg plugin installed should see the theme’s only font, Chivo, gracing the front end and editor. Those without the plugin should see their system’s default sans-serif font.
\n\n\n\nThe following screenshot is of the theme’s 404 template and shows the Chivo font:
\n\n\n\nIt looks far better than the default, at least on Windows. I recommend running this theme alongside the Gutenberg plugin for the ideal result.
\n\n\n\nI am surprised the Theme Team did not include a backward-compatible method of handling web fonts for WordPress 5.9 users. It would not have taken much code: a single hook and a check for whether the wp_webfonts() function exists.
Archeo is now the 59th block theme to land in the WordPress.org directory. I am eager to see more from Automattic’s Theme Team, especially if this will be its minimum standard with future designs.
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\n\n\n\nAfter considerable pushback from the Plugin Review team, WordPress.org has removed a plugin called Zamir, which was created by a Russian developer to display the Z symbol in support of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
\n\n\n\nThe plugin gained attention after Gravity Forms founder and CEO Carl Hancock noticed that it was listed under the “New” list of plugins for WordPress.com customers.
\n\n\n\nHancock contacted WordPress’ plugin team to request its removal but was met with a defense for its inclusion based on what the representative deemed to be a lack of violation of the guidelines. The representative told Hancock via email that “it is permitted as long as it does not devolve into hate speech or encouraging violence.”
\n\n\n\nOutrage over the plugin being hosted on WordPress.org sparked heated conversations on Twitter, Post Status Slack, and in WordPress’ #pluginreview Slack channel where project contributors work in the open.
\n\n\n\nMika Epstein responded to discussion in the #pluginreview channel to confirm that the plugin was allowed to be in the directory:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is an annoying, but allowable, thing at this time. We have no restrictions about plugins that are for ‘support’, as long as they avoid hate speech, encouraging violence, and raising money for military orgs (regardless of which side).We have a number of plugins that people find personally objectionable. Someone might hate a ‘show support for LGBTQ’ plugin after all. In this case, the plugin is a ‘show support for Russia’ and has no violation to the guidelines. Much like the porn-embed plugin that a number of people hate, you don’t have to use it. Hosting plugins here does not now, nor has it ever that I’m aware of, conferred any sort of approve besides it being secure and not violating guidelines at the time of submission.
Meanwhile, the plugin had begun racking up negative reviews and Hancock had managed to get WordPress’ project leadership to take a second look. The plugin was temporarily suspended while leadership considered the matter.
\n\n\n\nThe “Z” symbol has been used by the Russian government as a pro-war symbol and a propaganda tool, and is frequently seen painted on the Russian tanks and military trucks that have invaded Ukraine. It is widely regarded as a symbol of war and violence. The Zamir plugin’s header image includes a black and orange ribbon, the Ribbon of St. George, which is also a symbol of the Russian military. The symbol was banned by Ukrainian lawmakers in 2017 as a symbol of “Russia’s war and occupation of Ukraine.”
\n\n\n\nA few participants in the discussion in the #pluginreview channel seemed blissfully unaware of the symbol and flippant in response to concerns, while others who have been more immediately impacted by Russia’s aggression tried to explain what it symbolizes.
\n\n\n\n“Here is some context about what this plugin is actually in support of, from a person sitting in a city bombed by cruise missiles,” Ukrainian WordPress contributor Andrey Savchenko said.
\n\n\n\n“To be crystal fucking clear, this is way ‘morally offensive’ and ‘abuse directed at any other member of WordPress community’ under item 9 of WordPress plugin guidelines.
\n\n\n\n“For anyone not closely familiar with the context – Z and V, that started as markings on Russian military vehicles invading Ukraine, were adopted by Russian state as symbols of gleeful support for the war, denying it is a war, denying they are killing civilians, and so on.”
\n\n\n\nMany are incredulous that the plugin was even approved in the first place.
\n\n\n\n“I’m completely appalled by having such a thing even being considered for inclusion,” Bas Schuiling said in the #pluginreview channel discussion. “I’m a refugee and fled Ukraine, and this exact symbol is being used to applaud and cheer the murder on my country, friends, and family.”
\n\n\n\n“We’re watching the birth of a hate symbol in real time,” Hancock contended. “You’d have to be living under a rock to not see that.”
\n\n\n\nAfter a lengthy discussion, WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy decided made the call to have the plugin permanently removed from the directory, overruling the plugin team’s decision. She followed up later with a published statement, clarifying why it was removed:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe plugin’s description, “Shows the Z symbol to support Russia,” eluded initial plugin checks. While it is true that there is no current plugin guideline barring plugins that “support” political leanings, this icon symbolizes something more complicated than that. Contributors were right to report this and, with their help and the help of WordPress community members, the plugin has been removed from the directory.
In a separate post on the Make WordPress Plugins blog, Haden Chomphosy said that since Z is an emerging symbol of hate, “it was considered a grey area in initial checks and on further review was removed.”
\n\n\n\n“As a reminder, WordPress guidelines call upon all community members–including extenders like plugin authors– to ‘be kind, helpful, and respectful,’ she said. “A symbol that is connected to an ongoing war and humanitarian crisis is none of those things.”
\n\n\n\nMany of those initially outraged about WordPress.org hosting this plugin are satisfied with the outcome, but it highlighted a disconnect between WordPress’ values and the current processes in place for addressing symbols of hate in extensions.
\n\n\n\n“I’m glad that plugin was removed from the repository,” Hancock said. “It was absolutely the right call. But I wish that it didn’t take rattling cages for that to happen. I think comparisons that were made between this situation and others that may offend people (such as a porn embed plugin) were completely off base.
\n\n\n\n“I would hope that the WordPress Plugin Repository is not a place for plugins used to facilitate the spreading of propaganda and hate symbols that support war crimes and genocide in Ukraine. And that is exactly what the Z symbol has become.”
\n\n\n\nHaden Chomphosy’s statement indicated that the project may be reexamining its plugin review policies in the future.
\n\n\n\n“I am aware that this issue leads to natural questions about clarifying our plugin policies moving forward,” she said. “I’ll work with the community to explore our guidelines and create a clearer framework for how plugins can be evaluated in the context of current events.”
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\n\n\n\nWordCamp Europe is the biggest in-person event in WordPress. Last time the event was held, in 2019, there were over 3,000 attendees and hundreds of volunteers who participated.
\n\n\n\nThe 2020 event, which was due to take place in Porto Portugal was cancelled due to the outbreak of Covid. Ever since then pretty much all WordPress events have been done online. The community has stayed together and kept things going, but it’s time to return to the in-person event.
\n\n\n\nThis is great news, but what can we expect from such an event. Whilst the pandemic is less of a concern than it was just a few months ago, it’s not gone away.
\n\n\n\nOn the podcast today we talk to two of the WordCamp Europe 2022 organisers and discuss what preparations they’ve been making to ensure that the event is as safe as possible. How will social distancing work? Will you need to wear a mask? Will there be social aspects to the event?
\n\n\n\nHopefully the podcast will put your mind at rest about the precautions that have been taken, and possibly help you make up your mind about whether you want to attend in-person, or participate via the live streaming.
\n\n\n\nWe also get into the subject of diversity. A few months ago, some members of the community questioned the makeup of the event in terms of the organising team.
\n\n\n\nWe discuss how the team reacted to this. Whether they thought that the concern was justified and what they’ve been doing since then to address those concerns.
\n\n\n\nHopefully the event will take place this year, and if you enjoy WordCamps, but have never been a part of the organising team, it’s really interesting to pull back the curtain and see some of what’s required to put an event of this scale on.
\n\n\n\n[00:00:00] 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, diversity within the community. 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 WP Tavern.com forward slash feed forward slash podcast. And you can copy that URL into most podcasts players.
\n\n\n\nIf you have a topic that you’d like us to feature on the podcast, well, then I’m very keen to hear from you and hopefully get you, or your idea, featured on the show. Head over to WP Tavern.com forward slash contact forward slash jukebox. And you can use the contact form there.
\n\n\n\nSo on the podcast today, we have Evangelia Pappa, and Bernhard Kau. WordCamp Europe is the biggest in-person event in WordPress. Last time the event was held in 2019, they were over 3000 attendees, and hundreds of volunteers who participated. The 2020 event, which was due to take place in Porto. Portugal, was canceled due to the outbreak of COVID. Ever since then, pretty much all WordPress events have been done online.
\n\n\n\nThe community has stayed together, but it’s time to return to in-person event. This is great news, but what can we expect from such an event. Whilst the pandemic is less of a concern than it was just a few months ago, it’s not gone away. On the podcast today, we talk to two of the WordCamp Europe 2020 organizers, and discuss what preparations they’ve been making to ensure that the event is as safe as possible.
\n\n\n\nHow will social distancing work? Will you need to wear a mask? Will there be a social aspect to the event? Hopefully, the podcast will put your mind at rest about the precautions that have been taken, and possibly help you make up your mind about whether you want to attend in-person, or participate via the live streaming.
\n\n\n\nWe also get into the subject of diversity. A few months ago, some members of the community questioned the makeup of the event, in terms of the organizing team. Some felt that not enough work had been done to ensure that everyone was represented in the decision making of the event. We discuss how the team reacted to this, whether they thought that the concern was justified, and what they’ve been doing since to address those concerns.
\n\n\n\nHopefully the events will take place this year, and if you enjoy WordCamps, but have never been part of the organizing team, it’s really interesting to pull back the curtain and see some of what’s required to put on an event of this scale.
\n\n\n\nIf you’re interested in finding out more, you can find all the links in the show notes by heading over to WP Tavern.com forward slash podcast, where you’ll find all the other podcast episodes.
\n\n\n\nAnd so. without further delay. I bring you, Evangelia Pappa, and Bernhard Kau. I am joined on the podcast today by Evangelia and Bernhard. Hello both of you.
\n\n\n\n[00:03:58] Evangelia Pappa: Hey there.
\n\n\n\n[00:03:59] Nathan Wrigley: Very nice to have you on the podcast today. These two fine people are going to be talking to us today about WordCamp Europe, which is happening later in 2022. There’s a couple of things that we’re going to be talking about, particularly around the two topics of COVID and also about the diversity aspect of the organization of the event. We’ll come to those two things later, but I’m just going to ask you, one at a time to introduce yourself properly. We always do this at the beginning of the podcast. Just to let the listeners know who you are, what’s your relationship with WordPress and so on. So, let’s make a start. Let’s go for Evangelia, let’s begin there.
\n\n\n\n[00:04:34] Evangelia Pappa: Hey there to everyone. My name is Evangelia. I come from Greece. I am a recruitment specialist for WPMU Dev. I like blogging. I love and breathe for the WordPress community, not only the global one. And I’m really happy and passionate about the people and culture.
\n\n\n\n[00:04:54] Nathan Wrigley: Thank you so much and the same question, Bernhard.
\n\n\n\n[00:04:57] Bernhard Kau: Yeah. Hello. I’m Bernhard Kau. I’m located in Berlin, Germany. I’m a WordPress developer for a small agency in Potsdam and, I’m also an active blogger on my blog posts, also a podcaster and longtime contributor to the community. I think it was in 2009. I started.
\n\n\n\n[00:05:13] Nathan Wrigley: Thank you both very much indeed. Now we know that in the recent past, all events have been called off. WordCamp Europe last took place, I believe it was in 2019 in Berlin. Subsequent events have been online. There were possibly attempts made to put things back in the real world, but then they were kiboshed by the reality, the COVID strain, which was spreading throughout the world, but it has been decided that the time is now right to bring this event back. Just very briefly, is it going to be the same event that we would have been attending back in 2020 had COVID not have taken hold of the world.
\n\n\n\nIn other words, are you trying to put on the full scale event, or is it in some way pared back?
\n\n\n\n[00:05:56] Evangelia Pappa: We’re going back to in-person events. In fact, we were going back to the events we didn’t have in 2020. It’s a live event, an in person event. We can host 4,500 people, which is an amazing number judging, from the pandemic that has kept us in lockdown. I’m not quite sure yet if we will be able to have everyone, but at least we will be able to see a smiley faces.
\n\n\n\n[00:06:22] Nathan Wrigley: Okay, and Bernhard.
\n\n\n\n[00:06:23] Bernhard Kau: Yeah, I think in general it’s going to be the exact same when we’ve initially planned in 2020. We’ve canceled in 2020, I think in March. Like around the time, we just decided just after WordCamp Asia postponed their events and for 2021, we, in the beginning said it’s going to be online as well.
\n\n\n\nWe think now is the time to have an in-person event again. And we hope that we get the same amount of attendees we were expecting in 2020. But we cannot tell if that’s going to happen. And also if all attendees will be able to join the event, but we probably come to that a bit later.
\n\n\n\n[00:06:57] Nathan Wrigley: I guess only time will really tell whether that’s the case or not. In terms of the organization of the event, it strikes me that many people listening to this podcast, perhaps they’ve never attended a WordPress event and they may very well of course be new to the WordPress community. So maybe just if we spend a very brief amount of time discussing the structure of the organization team. In other words, explain how it is that you came to be involved, and perhaps emphasize the fact that everybody involved in the event is a volunteer. So let’s go for Evangelia.
\n\n\n\n[00:07:26] Evangelia Pappa: This is a very important topic because we will need to share stories with Bernard. I was with the WordPress Greek community since 2015 and it was pure luck. I mean, I met the community in 2015 and I was just attending a meetup to see what exactly is. What is WordPress? What is a WordPress meetup? What is that community I’m reading about? My skillset at that point had to do with PR and media, as I was working as a radio producer and as a generalist at that point. And I started writing the press releases that had to do with events of the WordPress Greek community, and suddenly I became a member of the organizing team. After two local WordCamps in Athens, the team that has become a family decided that we should volunteer to a bigger event to see how exactly it is happening. And we had never been to a WordCamp Europe, so we decided to apply as volunteers altogether. Since we were selected, we traveled to Belgrade and this was our first experience with WordCamp Europe. When we finished, let’s say WordCamp Europe in 2018 in Belgrade, we decided we would like to apply as organizers and some of us are organizing WordCamp Europe for around two, three years now.
\n\n\n\n[00:08:47] Nathan Wrigley: Thank you very much, and Bernhard.
\n\n\n\n[00:08:49] Bernhard Kau: Yeah. Usually becoming an organizing team member for WordCamp Europe, you probably have been a volunteer before for WordCamp Europe, or you’ve been an organizer for a local WordCamp. We really want to see some experienced organizers in the team. It’s not a necessity. So we even have some people very new to the community.
\n\n\n\nIn fact, in Berlin, we even had one in the local team who never attended a WordCamp himself before joining the organizing team, but he was organizing a local meetup in a city in Germany. But because it’s a huge time investment, we really need people dedicated enough to spent nine months organizing an event that size. A usual WordCamp, a local one, is maybe four or five months of organizing and WordCamp European is a whole lot different, and this is also why we need people being willing to go all the way from the beginning to the end and organizing events. And quite naturally, there’s always things happening that become more important than organizing a WordCamp, and so those people drop off because they just volunteer their time, they’re not getting paid. Yeah that’s also natural. And from the 2020 organizers we initially had for Porto, many of them continued. Some take a break. I personally took a break in 2021 because it was an online event. And I could see myself in better health for the in-person events once it’s going to happen.
\n\n\n\nAnd so many of the organizers that were initially on board for 2020 are back again, but some didn’t have the time again to join the organizing team for this year. So, we are a bit smaller in size, but still we have quite a good team to organize this year’s event.
\n\n\n\n[00:10:35] Nathan Wrigley: How many people do you have currently, and how many people did you have previously? You mentioned that it was smaller this time. I’m just curious to know what kind of numbers we’re dealing with on the volunteer side, whether that’s organizers who are doing the event prior to the actual event, as well as those people who show up and volunteer their time during the event. How many people in total are you looking at there?
\n\n\n\n[00:10:54] Bernhard Kau: So organizers plus volunteers, I would say it’s around 260 to 300 people.
\n\n\n\n[00:11:01] Nathan Wrigley: Okay. That gives us a really good metric as to just how large it is. Needless to say it’s incredibly complicated to sort out and incredibly complicated to put on. It’s a marvelous event, but there’s so many moving parts. It must be really difficult to get right. And so rewind to whenever it was now, I can’t remember the exact month of the year, but WordCamp Asia was about to have its first meeting and we all know the story, COVID spread throughout the world, and WordCamp Asia was canceled. The events around the world, the whole thing just rippled and all of those events were canceled and it feels to me like WordCamp Europe is one of the first, if not the first, I think there’s been a, maybe a couple in the United States that have happened more recently. But you’ve taken the decision that you’re going to bring it back. And, as with all these things, safety and keeping everybody updated about the situation and how you are hoping to maintain safety is going to be important.
\n\n\n\nAnd that’s a big component of this podcast episode, to reassure people as to what you’ve done. So, let’s get into that discussion.
\n\n\n\nIn terms of the organization team, what are some of the key things that you would like the audience to hear? If they were hovering over the hotel booking button or the airplane purchasing button, or maybe just getting the ticket itself, and something in the back of their mind is niggling them. They’re potentially a little bit worried thinking about all of the different things that could happen that have happened over the last few years. What are some of the main things that you could highlight, which would assuage their fears and let them know that you’re taking the safety in terms of COVID seriously.
\n\n\n\n[00:12:40] Evangelia Pappa: To be honest because I am at this let’s say situation at the moment, trying to book my accommodation and flights for a Porto. I did make a list with the things that I would need to have ready or have with me do to arrange my travel. But first of all I felt safe to go there. Not everyone feels safe because we have been through two very difficult years, but this is the reason because we are also humans and we do care about safety and health, not only of the attendees, but also our families.
\n\n\n\nWe are going to come back home after the event and we don’t want to contaminate anyone or give COVID to our family and put anyone in danger. We are taking measures for the venue and for the event, measures that are regulations of the Portuguese government, and also some extra measures right now that are mandatory, like the facial masks, which is not a measure that is mandatory in other countries most probably. We do have hand sanitizers that will be available inside the venue. And we will keep also social distancing guidelines, at the moment is to respect the distance of two meters.
\n\n\n\nWe also know that the regulations are changing. So we are keeping an eye and monitoring the whole situation and the restrictions in Portugal. And at the same time, it’s not only you know, about the event and the venue, but we need to be careful a little bit outside, and before we get to the venue or while traveling. And also make sure we have whatever is needed to travel for the entry to Portugal.
\n\n\n\n[00:14:25] Nathan Wrigley: Thank you very much Bernhard. Anything that you would like to add into that?
\n\n\n\n[00:14:29] Bernhard Kau: Yeah. In the organizing team, we agreed that the bare minimum would be any regulation the Portugal government would put in place. But on top of that, we really want to make sure that everyone is safe. We have parents within the organizing team, just having a new child and, they want to come home to a family and not having bad feelings about infecting them.
\n\n\n\nAnd so we also take additional measurements that might not be necessary by like government law, but we still think they are something we want to have. Serving food outside, not inside, because we really want to have a strict mask mandate and eating with a mask is not possible. So we’ve moved the catering to outside.
\n\n\n\nYou have fresh air and it’s safer to eat without a mask being outside and not inside. So things like these. We really try to make the best possible measures to keep everyone safe. And we probably also provide some testing stations where people can get themselves tested, if they feel that they want to know if they are infected or not. We really want to make everyone feeling safe, attending the event.
\n\n\n\n[00:15:33] Nathan Wrigley: Let’s just drill down into a few of those. You mentioned that there was going to be social distancing. Maybe the word in forced is the wrong word, but the request to be socially distant. So in an ideal world, in all of the indoor components of WordCamp EU this year, you’re going to be asking people to stay whatever the minimum safe distance is, be that a couple of meters or six feet or whatever it works out to be. That’s going to be a request. And I think I heard the word mask being used as well. So if you’re in an indoor space, there’s going to be a supposition that you’re going to be wearing a mask as well. Is that right? Did I hear that correctly?
\n\n\n\n[00:16:09] Evangelia Pappa: You will need to wear your mask, covering all over the nose and your mouth. Also went in closed spaces and outside the venue. At the moment though, the Portuguese government requires the face mask covering only in closed spaces, but we will also see how that goes in the future. At the moment the facial mask is mandatory in and outside of the venue. We’d like to see people wearing it, that if they don’t wear it correctly, we might popup, pinging on your shoulder and asking you to wear it properly.
\n\n\n\n[00:16:42] Nathan Wrigley: Thank you. The event arena itself is a simply magnificent piece of architecture. I believe, forgive me if I’ve got this wrong, it’s called the Superblock Arena and it’s a giant dome, and so the central auditorium where I guess some of the larger events will take place are going to be in that gigantic auditorium, but there’ll be many smaller. spaces in use as well. And I would imagine a lot of people would want to know whether or not you’re kind of limiting the amount of people that can go into certain spaces at certain times. So for example, this room over here we’ve only got a capacity for 15 people and you may not sit in this chair, but you can sit in this one so that we maintain the social distancing. Is that all happening as well? You’re limiting the numbers that can go into different parts of the building. Is that happening?
\n\n\n\n[00:17:31] Bernhard Kau: We are limiting the number of people who could go into the arena and that we would allow as attendees. I think the arena has a capacity of well over 7,000 people. And we are not going to have 7,000 attendees. And also we have different floors. So like the place we were talking about is the main floor.
\n\n\n\nAnd this is going to be split between an exposition, area and track one. And then one level lower, we have the second track and we also have the workshop rooms and those rooms are quite large and we would not allow too many people into the workshops. So there’s enough space between attendees. So it’s not really a fully packed area. And also we have lots of area around. There’s a huge, a nice park around and we’d like to see attendees browsing through the park and enjoying everything around. So only when they go to visit the sponsors or some of the sessions or workshops, they go inside. And as we said earlier, we have the catering outside and also things like WP Cafe would be located outside. So it’s really attendees going in and out. And if they need to. distance themselves a bit, they can find places around.
\n\n\n\n[00:18:43] Nathan Wrigley: It’s lucky that you’re doing it in Portugal and not Great Britain. You may have found it quite difficult to have the outdoor component quite so easily, but I presume the weather in Porto, Portugal is going to be fairly predictable.
\n\n\n\nAn important question I suppose to ask is, whether or not you guys have actually seen this space because it’s very easy on a piece of paper or on a computer screen to take a look at what the venue looks like, but actually being there in person and imagining it on a piece of paper are two very different things. So have people from the committee been, looked around, made judgments based upon being there in the real world?
\n\n\n\n[00:19:19] Bernhard Kau: We just had a venue visit last month and a huge number of our organizing team was there, I think it was 15 people, something like that. I don’t know the exact number. And some organizers have been there multiple times. I was not there, unfortunately myself, because in 2020, when we decided to go online, I was not going to see the venue.
\n\n\n\nAnd then this year, just two weeks before I was going to go to Portugal, I got to COVID myself, canceling my travel plans. But those organizers who went there, they took pictures. They even had a video walkthrough. So all the organizers who were not able to go to the place, they have a pretty good impression of what it looks inside.
\n\n\n\nAnd those teams really need to know how it looks. Like the sponsor’s team, the content team. They really know how to arrange things And we also have a company helping us with many of the logistics and they have been to the arena multiple times. So they really have a good plan on how to make things in the best way possible in the arena and the park around.
\n\n\n\n[00:20:20] Nathan Wrigley: Thank you. That’s great. Evangelia, it sounded like you needed to add something to that.
\n\n\n\n[00:20:24] Evangelia Pappa: A team that is seeing the venues very often in every WordCamp Europe is always a local team. That is the one also that selects the venue after a very careful research, when they apply for the call for her city. Because you see, we are always in search of a venue that can provide us certain things.
\n\n\n\nThe ability of people that have certain issues to be able to enter and navigate a big space that can host a specific amount of people and stuff like that. So, they have already checked the venue before they apply for the called for host city, and also, they need to visit it often in order to check other things that are necessary.
\n\n\n\nAnd usually we have two visits, two venue visits for the rest of the team, where the team leads are available to the visit, or they send a representative of the team. I wasn’t able this year to the venue, visit too. But I had a representative of the team to check for the spaces that my team would need so we can discuss further. It’s not only, the plans, for floor plans.
\n\n\n\n[00:21:28] Nathan Wrigley: Thank you very much, indeed. Now the next question is, obviously the answer that you give here is subject to change, but assuming that WordCamp Europe were to happen over the next week or so, do you know what the restrictions are right now in Portugal, in terms of, let’s say, for example, as Bernhard, you just said you had COVID relatively recently. Do you know what the restrictions are in terms of accessibility, your ability to fly into Portugal? Should you have had COVID and I guess, it’s a question nobody wants to probably happen to them, but nevertheless, if you were to catch COVID in Portugal, do you know what your options are there in terms of repatriating yourself and getting yourself home? Do you have to isolate in a hotel or wherever you may be settled for a period of time before you can come out and resume normal life?
\n\n\n\n[00:22:21] Bernhard Kau: I cannot tell you what would happen if you get COVID while being in Portugal. The local team could probably answer the question. For entering Portugal, as of today, you need to have proof of full vaccination. That’s between 14 and 270 days old. You can also have a proof of recovery from COVID 19. That’s quite usual in European countries. It’s not so normal in other countries that a proof of recovery is also treated the same as the vaccination. And you also need to present a negative pre-departure test. So it’s a PCR test or a rapid antigen test, that’s not older than 24 hours. And for me, when I was planning to travel to Portugal, I would just get a test at the airport, like an antigen test. And that would be enough to enter the country. But Portugal is lowering restrictions right now. And, our local team leads was telling us that they are at level one and level zero would be no restrictions. And they will soon be at level 0.5. So they are about to lift all restrictions.
\n\n\n\nSo I would assume that even having a negative tests for entering the country would not be in place anymore when we have the event, but you’d never know. It’s still a long time to go. I mean for your own safety, it’s probably good advice to have full vaccination, if it’s possible for yourself.
\n\n\n\nIf there’s no medical condition hindering you from being vaccinated. And then also when I see my family or people, I know that’s not as healthy. I just get myself tested. So I’m safe that I’m not infecting someone. So that would be my advice to get yourself tested before you travel to Portugal, because you don’t want to get stuck in another country, you being infected and then you might not know how to isolate in a hotel room or something. And then how many days you need to stay there before you can leave. But that’s something I don’t really know, like the restrictions in Portugal, if you are getting infected and then traveling back to your country.
\n\n\n\n[00:24:21] Nathan Wrigley: Yes, but thank you. That was an excellent answer nevertheless, and like everything else, if you are planning to travel, just make sure you’ve got the necessary documents. And now along with the ride, is have your documents. Your travel insurance, your passport, and also some proof that you have been inoculated or that you have had COVID or that you are COVID free. So that’s just another thing to add into the itinerary of things, which you must bring along. But thank you. Yeah, that’s great.
\n\n\n\nYou mentioned that there was going to be testing stations in the venue. Is that, presumably they are what we call in the UK at least anyway, lateral flow tests. So you just had a different word for it, but they’re going to be freely available are they, or is it, do we need to pay for those? How does that work?
\n\n\n\n[00:25:03] Bernhard Kau: Those will be freely available for attendees. If they choose to get a test and we would not have testing mandatory for everyone entering. And we would probably need to have some kind of proof that you are not positive. So either recovery, vaccination, something like this, which would be checked when you get your tickets. Your badge for the event. But we would not have a mandatory test for every single day for every attendee, that would just be too much. But if you feel you would want to get tested, we have some testing next to the venue. So you don’t have to go to a public testing place somewhere in Portugal.
\n\n\n\nBecause I also think that they are not free for people not located in Portugal. So that Like be a high cost. And then also let’s say we have 4,000 attendees and they all want to get tested in the testing centers around the venue. That would be quite a lot of work for them. And we probably would have attendees coming late because they need to wait for some hours to get their test.
\n\n\n\n[00:26:04] Evangelia Pappa: At the moment, we will have this option and also if someone has symptoms of COVID like fever, or they have a difficulty breathing or a cough or they feel they have an issue or they test positive. They can contact immediately the Portuguese national health service. We have listed the telephones on our website too, and we will have someone available to assist them when they are outside of the venue and, also, they can call 1 1 2, that is the number for emergencies. At the moment, people that test positive need to be isolated. However, previously it was mandatory also for the high risk contacts. This limitation has been eliminated, it has been removed. So now only people that test positive for COVID will be required to be in isolation.
\n\n\n\nAt the same time another measure like the digital certificate that was required for entry into restaurants, bars places like that. Was required and now is no longer required. However, it is required if you’re traveling, like we said previously, and you need to cross the borders or you need to pick a flight or something like that. And also the capacity limits of closed spaces has been eliminated. Previously there was a capacity limit and according to the last measures, this does no longer exist. Looking at the situation right now seems like the pandemic is phasing beyond, things are improving daily.
\n\n\n\nSo we have the hope that if variation prevails among the others, it will be lot easier on people, and also more restrictions will be eliminated until we get to the event date.
\n\n\n\n[00:27:49] Nathan Wrigley: Now, I know that we all love WordPress and we love attending WordPress speakers, presentations and so on, but another thing we love is the after-party. I suspect that this is a very large reason why many people attend these events. It’s just such good fun. Now that, I’m presuming, has been modified in its scope and in its limitations, and what have you. So just very briefly, the social side of things, how is that different now?
\n\n\n\n[00:28:14] Bernhard Kau: Yeah, basically the same applies as for the conference days. So we would have foods and drinks served outside. So we make sure that’s if you eat or drink something and you cannot wear your mask at the same time, you do that outside. And for the party itself we have it inside, it’s in the same area as track one was the same day.
\n\n\n\nSo like after the closing remarks, we would move everything out and then this area would be for the after party. And it’s quite huge space, so there’s enough space for those who want to go inside and listen to music. And those who want to talk to other people, they would probably go outside because it’s quiet outside, and there they can also have drinks and food.
\n\n\n\n[00:28:52] Nathan Wrigley: Okay. This section wasn’t a part of the show notes when I originally wrote down the questions, I was going to be asking you but, in the last couple of weeks, we’ve had really seismic events happening in Europe. On the Eastern side of Europe. We’ve had the events happening in the Ukraine. And I don’t know if there are any thoughts as to whether this will change anything, whether or not the event has any posture on that at all. I don’t really have a question around that. Just whether or not the Ukrainian situation has forced something to be changed on the WCEU side?
\n\n\n\n[00:29:26] Evangelia Pappa: At the moment the war is not changing anything regarding the event. Location dates, restrictions remain the same for everyone. We can say how things might end up in the future. It will depend also, for example, in the Portuguese government, in case they have any restrictions for citizens from Russia for example. As things that are floating at the moment, and it might not change anything regarding the event.
\n\n\n\nHowever, this is a very tough topic and being Europeans, we have a really big history of wars on this continent. And some of them are really recent. It definitely does not make us happy and it does affect everyone. Mentally, mostly, in the rest of the continent. As many of us have colleagues there, relatives, friends and we wake up and sleep with the news everyday.
\n\n\n\nTalking about the WordPress side of things and the community. Both countries, Ukraine and Russia have active local workers, communities, and our organizing team in WordCamp Europe includes members from Ukraine and Russia? This is a very difficult period. One thing that makes us proud during this whole situation is to say that we have members of the organizing team that are offering their help actively and our hearts and minds at the moment are with our people over there.
\n\n\n\nIf we have any information about further restrictions that might be, we will definitely inform everyone through the website and the social media. At the moment, nothing is changing regarding the event.
\n\n\n\n[00:31:03] Nathan Wrigley: Okay, moving on then, that’s the first part of our discussion. And this next part will probably be a little bit shorter, but nevertheless, equally important. After the event website had gone live with the organizing committee details and the speakers being announced and the sponsors and all of that. There was some conversation that arose, I believe, but I could be wrong about this, I believe it began on Twitter. Where questions were raised about the event. I’m not sure specifically around which aspect of the event, whether it was the speakers or whether it was the event organizers. Maybe it was both or one or the other, I’m not entirely sure.
\n\n\n\nBut there were questions raised about the diversity of the event. I know that upon those questions being raised, the response you gave was pretty swift, and there was a lot of soul searching going on. I don’t know who wants to answer it first, but really, do you want you to summarize what the concerns that members of the community were raising about WordCamp EU and the diversity of it.
\n\n\n\n[00:32:08] Evangelia Pappa: It was a social media post on Twitter that started the whole conversation. And it was based on the diversity of the organizing team Which is something that was a really difficult discussion and a really difficult thing this year. You see this organizing team and this conference in 2022, it’s coming back after two years of lockdowns. It was really difficult to get it started to find people that were able to commit.
\n\n\n\nSo the problem that this Tweet was raising was that there was not any black person among the organizers. However, where I come from for example we don’t even say black, because it’s considered, a form of racism. When we saw that Tweet, it was really difficult for us.
\n\n\n\nNobody had reached out. Nobody asked why we don’t have people of skin color or why we have, for example only Europeans and North Americans or anything regarding diversity. But suddenly we are being called out on social media. It gives the team, the feeling of being chased unfairly.
\n\n\n\nEurope has a different background and history regarding many things. Before we start a discussion about diversity, or inclusion, which is definitely important. If you do not discuss, we cannot fix anything. But you need to have some knowledge about how things worked out when we started organizing. How things are progressing during organizing the event.
\n\n\n\nAt the same time, you need to take a look at the background of the organizing team and also the background of Europe. Location, culture, demographics, history, and all this factors that can help identify what is the diversity we need to aim to. So definitely, seeing it from the point of view of someone that resides in the United States.
\n\n\n\nIt’s not a good thing to see an organizing team that doesn’t include a person of skin color. I’m not quite sure if I’m using the correct word, because I’m not a native speaker in English. So, I hope it is the correct word, but I don’t want to use the black color, because, where I come from, it’s not a nice thing to call people like that. I understand where the person that started the Tweet comes from, and I understand also the people that were replying on threads and the whole discussion. However, we should make a larger discussion to understand how diversity factors and what metrics are different in the US and in Europe and in Asia, for example. Because there is not any continent that doesn’t need to take care of diverse.
\n\n\n\n[00:34:59] Nathan Wrigley: Bernhard, anything to add to that?
\n\n\n\n[00:35:02] Bernhard Kau: Yeah. As I mentioned earlier, we had quite a tough time getting the organizing team together because many of the organizers have been on the organizing team in 2020 before we canceled the in-person events and went to an online event. You can also see on the 2020 page on the organizers page there’s the in-person team, and then there’s the online event team.
\n\n\n\nAnd you can see that back then, it also was a quite diverse team. But it was really hard to convince all the organizers who’ve committed themselves in 2020 to rejoin the team. So we really had to find people who are willing to invest that huge amount of time into organizing and WordCamp Europe, and for us, diversity is not just dictated by skin color or by gender or something.
\n\n\n\nIt’s also by origin, from which country applicants are coming from also in terms of how experienced are people. We don’t want to be gatekeepers only inviting the same organizers over and over again. So we really want to have some experienced organizers, but we also want to welcome new organizers. And then it might be that you have to reach out to people.
\n\n\n\nBut for 2022, it was really hard to find people that were in the organizing team in 2020 to rejoin. And that was one of the many factors why we are not as diverse as we’ve been in the past. And it’s true that reaching out to people is important, but in these times it’s really hard. And also, many organizers weren’t really sure, and it was back in September, I would say when we asked people and back then the COVID situation was not as positive in quotes as today. So people were really not sure if WordCamp Europe in-person is going to happen at all. And if they would be able to help organizing it.
\n\n\n\n[00:36:51] Evangelia Pappa: People are not able to commit at the moment. Not only their time, but it also costs some money. I know it doesn’t sound, really romantic. But being volunteers, we’re not being paid for the time that we offer while organizing. And at the same time we have to be present at the event. So this means accommodation. This means travel expenses. And even if someone wants to assist is not able to travel to the event and knows it in advance, then they know they will not be selected. This is one thing. Because, practically, there are funds, companies that can fund someone and help them do this trip, but not everyone knows it, or not everyone is willing to ask for this kind of help. And this is really important. At the same time, as Bernard said, feeling not safe, and also not believing that the event is going to be in person was one of the reasons that people were turning our invitations down, and this is totally understandable.
\n\n\n\nDuring two years we had so many online events, not only WordPress related, but, we had so many online events. We did everything online, zoom meetings with the companies you work with, with clients with everyone. So, you were stuck on a display. People still when we started didn’t believe we are going to go for an in-person event.
\n\n\n\nFrankly, they were saying, I don’t want to do an online event again. I don’t want to be part of it. I don’t want to commit myself, and then in the end we end up with an online event. And I understand that it was tiring for many people, online events have different duties than in person events, and it wasn’t so easy to get it going and get the ball rolling.
\n\n\n\n[00:38:43] Nathan Wrigley: Thank you very much. So since that tweet was posted and this diversity debate began. Are you able to tell us the ways that you’ve interacted with those people? The lessons potentially that may have been learned, but also the things which you are now doing differently. Measures that affect this particular event, or perhaps you’ve put things on hold and you’ve got procedures, which might be different for the next WordCamp Europe, whether or not you’re both involved I don’t know, but things that would be done differently the next time around. So, essentially I’m wrapping that up all in the phrase of, are there any lessons that you’ve learned here?
\n\n\n\n[00:39:22] Bernhard Kau: I think the lesson that the whole WordPress community learned is that diversity is important. And it’s something the whole community has to have an eye on. It’s not just the organizing team, and it’s something that can help an organizing team to solve because being a diverse team is not just posting a call for organizers form and waiting for people to respond.
\n\n\n\nIt’s how you promote the call for organizers. How do you maybe find people you invite directly into the organizing team? And there are some great resources and some great initiatives. There’s the diversity training program which targets more towards speakers. The same things can be applied to organizers as well.
\n\n\n\nAnd I have been taking part in this training and many other organizers as well. So we really know how to make sure that the next organizing team is even more diverse as the current one. But for this event, we cannot change the organizing team. It was hard enough to get enough people. We also had help from some companies. Volunteering some employees to us. So we have enough people to get all the workload done we have in the organizing team. But for other things, it’s a bit easier, like for the call for speakers and call for volunteers there it’s easier to have a diverse group of people. And this is always something we kept in mind.
\n\n\n\nSo in the past we’ve increased the number in the gender ratio. But as I said earlier, diversity is not just dictated by gender. So we really want to have a very diverse group of speakers. So in terms of gender and experience and all of that. And the content team really focuses on that a lot and has focused a lot in the past. And the volunteers, I would say every year, you can see that the volunteers group is really diverse. We have people from all around the world because being an organizer, you need to be within some time zones. It’s really tough to have someone from, I don’t know, Australia in the organizing team, we had some people from that time zone back in 2019, which is really a challenge.
\n\n\n\nBut for volunteers it’s really easy to invite everyone to become a volunteer because they all have to travel to Porto and time zones are not a huge tissue. But for the organizing team, that’s really something that can be challenging.
\n\n\n\n[00:41:42] Nathan Wrigley: Thank you has the debate on Twitter, has it led to a conversation? In other words, when that was mentioned on Twitter, presumably it was a calling out of something that people felt needed addressing. Did you engage with those people and ask for their opinion and what it was that they thought needed to be looked at? How has that conversation, that debate move forward over the last several weeks?
\n\n\n\n[00:42:06] Evangelia Pappa: Regarding having a discussion with the people on Twitter. We don’t want to use the social media for such conversation as some of the social media, not good enough, and not the proper way of communication for such discussions. And the reason is for example, Twitter has a limitation of characters. It’s not easy to make a discussion over there for diversity. That is a huge topic and really important for the whole community. So we had to have another way to discuss this and move forward with a whole situation. You see, diversity means you belong here and you’re not the only one. So you give people the opportunity to representation and the feeling of inclusivity.
\n\n\n\nIt is one of the things that makes a community viable and creative. It means that people with different backgrounds are able to express themselves freely. They are able to stand behind their ideas. They have a voice. And this is very important. And it is a goal that takes time. It’s not a post a post on Twitter that, you know, can make things different, there is no a quick hack.
\n\n\n\nWe can only focus on the work that is needed to make it happen. And it takes time. It’s not going to happen from one day to the other. It takes time and we need to work on this. So we have asked for help from WordCamp central. We have asked for resources, the ones that Bernard mentioned previously, and we’d like to thank everyone for this help.
\n\n\n\nAnd a great open discussion has been opened to the make WordPress website which is a discussion well to follow closely about diversity in WordPress events. This was the way, not WordCamp Europe, but WordPress community in general approached the people that felt underrepresented and opened this topic about WordCamp Europe, because it’s not only about WordCamp Europe it’s about all the WordCamps and also local events like meetups.
\n\n\n\n[00:44:02] Nathan Wrigley: I think that I’ve asked all of the questions that I would like to ask. Just one quick thing. We were talking previously about hybrid events and the fact that people were possibly a little bit fed up of being online, but for those people who, for example, are unable to attend WordCamp Europe, is there a plan this time around to have any of the sessions broadcast live?
\n\n\n\nIn my parlance I’m terming that a hybrid event live mixed with online. Is that going to be happening at WordCamp Europe this year? Or is it just live with WordPress TV to look at them after the fact?
\n\n\n\n[00:44:38] Bernhard Kau: We’ve been livestreaming WordCamp Europe, I think since 2017, when we were in Paris. Maybe even in Vienna. So we had live streams for a long time. What would make WordCamp Europe really a hybrid event is the opportunity to connect the online world with the offline world. So for example, we are planning to have in the Q and A after a session, someone taking questions from the online audience and asking the speakers onstage some questions from the online audience so they feel more connected to what’s happening in Portugal. We cannot have every aspect of the events being put into the online world as well, but we really try to make it more hybrid. So those were just watching on our websites. They can also participate in some way, and we are still figuring out in the many different ways how we can make as many aspects of the WordCamp Europe also available for the online world, but at least for the Q and A, this is a plan we already agreed on. So we would have questions from the online audience after the speakers onstage.
\n\n\n\n[00:45:47] Nathan Wrigley: Lovely. Thank you very much. If anybody wanted to reach out to both of you, either of you, are you able to share the best place to do that? That could be a Twitter feed or it could be an email address, whatever you’re comfortable with. So I’ll start with Bernhard.
\n\n\n\n[00:46:04] Bernhard Kau: I think that the best and easiest way is either by my personal block or through Twitter. You probably have to put that into the show notes, my exact Twitter handle. It’s second cowboy, but it’s K A U. So my my last name that’s my Twitter handle and yeah, my blog post and my block is listing as well. So that’s probably the best way to get in contact with me.
\n\n\n\n[00:46:26] Nathan Wrigley: Thank you very much and Evangelia.
\n\n\n\n[00:46:29] Evangelia Pappa: If someone needs to get in contact with us as organizers of WordCamp Europe, they can always find us at europe @ wordcamp dot org, which is the official email of WordCamp Europe. If someone needs to talk to us directly, social media I think is the best way at the moment. And. Twitter or Facebook or something like that.
\n\n\n\nMine is, Evangelia Pappa my handle on Twitter, so they can find me over there too.
\n\n\n\n[00:46:55] Nathan Wrigley: I will make sure to put all of those into the show notes, which can be found on the WP Tavern website. Bernhard, Evangelia, thank you so much for talking to me about WordCamp Europe today. I really appreciate it.
\n\n\n\n[00:47:09] Bernhard Kau: Thanks for having us.
\n\n\n\n[00:47:10] Evangelia Pappa: Thank you for having us.
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WordPress managed hosting company WP Engine has joined Acquia, Fastly, Gatsby, Netlify, and Pantheon to begin booting Russian companies off their platforms.
\n\n\n\nIn addition to the joint protest, each organization has also pledged support to the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), a non-profit that documents internet censorship around the world.
\n\n\n\n“As part of that effort to increase our support, we are adopting a stronger stance against the actions of the Russian government while supporting the ideals we hold true as an Open Web company, which is why WP Engine has joined with other Open Web companies Acquia, Fastly, Gatsby, Netlify, and Pantheon to stand with Ukraine,” WP Engine said in a statement. “WP Engine has ceased all business with Russian companies that were using our platform.”
\n\n\n\nThese stricter measures came after the company had already donated to Polish and Ukrainian humanitarian funds, matching employee funds. WP Engine condemned Russia’s invasion in its first published statement on the matter:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs the world watches in horror, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to leave heart-wrenching destruction in its wake. It is truly shocking that in 2022, a major world power would launch an unprovoked attack on a sovereign nation, causing the largest humanitarian crisis in Europe since WWII.
As they face unimaginable hardships, we stand firmly with the Ukrainian people and condemn the actions of the Russian government in Ukraine.
Similarly, Acquia tweeted earlier this week that the company “will not provide software or services to organizations based in Russia.”
\n\n\n\nThe coalition of organizations is sanctioning Russia in a similar way to Namecheap, and many other companies, that have terminated service for Russian customers. The world has never seen anything like it with the number of companies across every industry willingly sanctioning the Russian market without a government requirement to do so. Widespread outrage against Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has provoked a massive response from corporations and private enterprises.
\n\n\n\n“The net effect of so many companies exiting or pausing operations in Russia means the government sanctions might almost become a moot point. “It’s a chicken and egg story,” Leo Feler, senior economist at UCLA Anderson School of Management, told TIME magazine. “If enough businesses abandon the Russian market on their own, the Russian market is also going to shrink. You don’t need sanctions to do it if everyone self-sanctions.”
\n\n\n\nIn the world of open source software, individuals, companies, and projects are grappling with the ethical implications of staying neutral versus imposing some form of sanctions. One misguided attempt at “protestware” was included as a dependency for a popular npm package with malicious code that deletes data by overwriting files for users based in Russia and Belarus. People are desperate to make a difference for those suffering in Ukraine, but they don’t always know the most effective way to direct their efforts.
\n\n\n\nThe Open Source Initiative (OSI) has taken a firm stance on the immutability of the freedoms and protections that open source licensing confers.
\n\n\n\n“Civil society has many non-violent ways at its disposal to resolve conflicts and it’s important to explore all possible avenues,” OSI Executive Director Stefano Maffulli said.
\n\n\n\n“When it comes to open source software, however, the Open Source Definition is clear: There must be ‘no discrimination against persons or groups’ and ‘no discrimination against fields of endeavor.\'”
\n\n\n\nMaffulli elaborated on these thoughts in an interview with The New Stack, noting that limiting distribution is one option for protesting but that this could hurt Russian citizens more than “the Russian military and powerful elites who certainly have the means to develop workarounds.”
\n\n\n\nLimiting distribution would likely be far more difficult than denying service to Russian businesses, which is why this tactic has been more readily adopted. Businesses are using whatever means they have within their spheres of influence to make an impact.
\n\n\n\nThe WordPress project stopped short of explicitly condemning the aggression and has focused more on the humanitarian crisis and supporting peacebuilders. The project produced a special edition of its WP Briefing podcast to address the situation in Ukraine earlier this month.
\n\n\n\n“The downstream humanitarian crises of the invasion are unimaginable,” WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg said.
\n\n\n\n“And seeing destruction in the world we live in is confusing, disconcerting, and difficult.”
\n\n\n\nMullenweg invited the WordPress community to stand “with those in the world working to end conflict and working toward a world of peace, promise, and opportunity.”
\n\n\n\nMany companies have followed this same approach with efforts aimed at providing relief for refugees and economic support for Ukrainians who are still fighting. WP Engine, Acquia, Fastly, Gatsby, Netlify, and Pantheon were compelled to go beyond their humanitarian efforts to put some pressure on Russia. It’s not yet clear whether disempowering Russian companies will have any bearing on the outcome of this conflict.
\n\n\n\nAfter a nearly month long war that has left cities like Mariupol in ashes, with Russia’s war crimes on full display across media outlets around the world, companies are coming under more pressure to act.
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\n\n\n\nThe problem with the feature is that it is not always clear when you are editing a reusable block. WordPress will display its name in the toolbar, list view, and breadcrumbs nav. However, the only clear message that it is a shared instance is in the sidebar panel, which only appears if open.
\n\n\n\nBefore WordPress 5.7, users had to click an “Edit” button to make changes to a reusable block. At least in that scenario, it was somewhat clear that the content was different from the main post or page content. However, 5.7 rolled out a “click-through” method for editing. The first click selects the wrapper element around the saved block, requiring a second click to edit any inner content. This change has made it far too easy to inadvertently edit global content.
\n\n\n\nI am familiar enough with the editor that I doubt I would slip up with this problem. However, I still hand sites over to friends and family from time to time. Most never discover the feature, but those who do inevitably make these global changes when they did not intend to. I have also heard enough client-related horror stories from others to know it is a legitimate issue.
\n\n\n\nThere is an open ticket to bring a locking mechanism to reusable blocks, and there has been a patch for it since June 2021. However, there has not been much movement in the last several months. In the meantime, at least we have the Lock Reusable Blocks plugin.
\n\n\n\nComet’s solution takes a different approach from earlier versions of WordPress and the proposed patch. Instead of giving users the option to edit in-content, they are blocked from doing so altogether:
\n\n\n\nThe plugin grays out the reusable block and adds two buttons over the top when selected in the editor. The first button enables editing, but it does so by opening a new browser tab/window and taking the user to the editor for the block itself. This approach makes it clear that the content is separate from the post.
\n\n\n\nWordPress’s reusable block management screen is hidden by default, but there are a few plugins that enable it.
\n\n\n\nThe plugin’s second button in the overlay allows users to convert the reusable block to regular blocks. Doing this takes it out of the global scope and can be safely edited without affecting other uses.
\n\n\n\nI want to like the reusable blocks feature in WordPress. I understand how it could be one of the platform’s most powerful tools. However, its implementation has yet to live up to the potential it showed four years ago when under development in Gutenberg.
\n\n\n\nIf we could fix the accidental-editing issue and the longstanding problem with wide alignments not working (I could not write this post without at least noting that ticket), it could start down the path of becoming the feature it was always meant to be.
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\n\n\n\nFortunately, enabling user registration in WordPress is simple. Once you complete the process, you can share a registration link with visitors so they can sign up at any time. WordPress will take care of the rest. This includes saving user data, assigning roles, and submitting email confirmations.
\n\n\n\nIn this article, we’ll talk about when it makes sense to offer users the option to sign up on your website. Then we’ll show you how to enable and disable user registration.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBefore we continue, it’s important to have some familiarity with the six user roles WordPress offers. Each user account is assigned a specific role, and as the administrator (the top user role), you have full control over assignment and permissions.
\n\n\n\nThe default WordPress user roles are:
\n\n\n\nThe default WordPress user role system is designed primarily for blogging. You can expand on existing user roles with plugins or by modifying your WordPress setup. Depending on your choices, you might end up with dozens of available user roles.
\n\n\n\nWhen a visitor creates an account, they’re assigned a user role and a corresponding set of permissions. You have control over what role new users are assigned, and can change them if needed.
\n\n\n\nBy default, users won’t be able to register on a new WordPress website. This is primarily because a lot of sites won’t need this feature. If you’re running a one-author blog, for example, there’s little reason to provide this option. If your goal is to collect emails for marketing, there are plenty of choices that don’t require user registration.
\n\n\n\nIt does make sense under other circumstances, though. If you have a team of authors, you can enable registration and assign Author and Editor roles to specific users. For online stores, you can enable custom user roles like Customer and Shop Manager.
\n\n\n\nHere’s the standard registration form:
\n\n\n\nThere are few downsides to enabling user registrations. You can avoid most potential problems by not giving accounts access to more permissions than they need.
\n\n\n\nStill, one issue you should consider is spam registrations. This is when bots or attackers register fake accounts on your website. They may do this so they can fill your comments sections with affiliate links, try to modify your content, or even steal user data.
\n\n\n\nFortunately, there are several ways to prevent spam registrations on your website. So you shouldn’t let that concern stop you from implementing this feature if it suits your needs.
\n\n\n\nEnabling user registration in WordPress is simple. If you want to make it easy for visitors to register, you’ll also need to provide them a link to the signup page. Let’s see how you can do this in just a few steps:
\n\n\n\nFirst, log in to your WordPress site and navigate to Settings → General in your dashboard. Scroll down until you see the option that reads Membership. Tick the Anyone can register box.
\n\n\n\nBefore you save your changes, take a look at the New User Default Role option. By default, WordPress assigns the Subscriber user role to new accounts, but you can modify this depending on your needs.
\n\n\n\nIf you’re using WooCommerce, you might prefer to set the default role to Customer instead. That way, new users will be able to track their purchases through their profiles.
\n\n\n\nOnce you enable registration for your WordPress site, you’ll need to provide visitors with a link to the signup page. You can find this page by navigating to the following URL:
\n\n\n\nyourwebsite.com/wp-login.php?action=register
\n\n\n\nYou have multiple options for adding this link to your website, but your best bet is to use the main navigation menu. To modify this menu, go to Appearance → Menus → Edit Menus. Next to Select a menu to edit, you’ll see a list of existing options.
\n\n\n\nOne of those should be called something like “main navigation.” Select the primary menu and WordPress will show you the links it contains under Menu structure.
\n\n\n\nThe above menu includes links to three pages, which are Homepage, Shop, and Checkout. To add a link to the registration page, select the Custom Links tab in your left-hand panel.
\n\n\n\nThen add your site’s registration link in the URL field, and type something like “Sign up” in the Link text field. Click on Add to Menu.
\n\n\n\nBy default, any new links that you add to the menu will appear last. If your site design displays a horizontal menu, the Signup link will show up as the last entry on the right. If your navigation is vertical, the Signup link will appear at the bottom.
\n\n\n\nIf you want to change the order, you can easily do so by dragging and dropping the menu items. Then click on Save menu, and that’s it. When you check out your website again, you should see a Sign Up option in the main navigation menu.
\n\n\n\nKeep in mind that you can use any text you want for the link to the user registration page. “Sign Up” is usually a safe bet, but you can also opt for “Register Now,” “Sign Up Now,” or other variants.
\n\n\n\nIf you want your user registration process to be as clear and user-friendly as possible, you may want further customization options. In that case, your best choice is to use a plugin like User Registration.
\n\n\n\nWith User Registration, you get access to a drag-and-drop builder that enables you to easily add new fields to your registration page. This plugin comes with a collection of pre-built fields. This includes options that let you choose your country, upload a profile picture, and more.
\n\n\n\nAfter installing and activating the plugin, go to User Registration → User Registration in your WordPress dashboard. The plugin will automatically generate a basic signup form, which you can select and edit.
\n\n\n\nUser Registration will show you a preview of its basic registration form. You can use the menu to the left to select the fields you want to include. Then you can rearrange them on the right.
\n\n\n\nAdditionally, if you select any field in the right-hand panel, the plugin will show you its customization settings (or Field Options) to the left. These settings enable you to choose which elements are required, as well as what labels and descriptions to include.
\n\n\n\nWhen you’re done tweaking your registration form, click on Update form. Then copy the shortcode above the form editor.
\n\n\n\nYou can use that shortcode to embed the new registration form on any page on your website. Simply add a Shortcode block to your chosen page.
\n\n\n\nPublish the page, and it should look something like this on the front end:
\n\n\n\nSince you’re using a custom registration page, you’ll also need to update the Sign Up link in your main navigation menu. To do so, replace the link with the URL for this new page (for more details, refer back to Step 2.) Then, test the link on the front end of your site to ensure that it leads to the new registration page.
\n\n\n\nAfter a user registers, you might need to update their role manually. This may occur if you set the default role to Subscriber.
\n\n\n\nTo update a user’s role, go to Users → All Users and locate the account you want to modify. If there’s a large number of users, you might need to search to find the right account.
\n\n\n\nWhen you’ve located the desired account, hover over it and click on Edit. That will open a new page for editing account settings. While you’re there, you can also manually update the Nickname, First Name, Last Name, and more.
\n\n\n\nMost importantly, you’ll need to use the drop-down menu next to Role to select a new permissions level for the account. After altering the user’s role, save your changes.
\n\n\n\nDisabling user registration in WordPress is simple. If you’re having problems with your website due to an influx of fake users or you just want to disable registration temporarily, you can do it in a few clicks.
\n\n\n\nGo to Settings → General in your WordPress dashboard. Look for the option that reads Anyone can register and deselect it.
\n\n\n\nAfter you disable the setting, save your changes. If you have a user registration link in your site’s main navigation menu, remember to remove it as well. That way, visitors won’t try to register while the option is turned off. If they attempt and fail to register, it may create confusion.
\n\n\n\nWordPress makes it easy to enable user registration on your website. You also get full control over what roles to assign to new users. As the administrator, you can edit existing users, change their roles, and even delete them.
\n\n\n\nOnce you enable user registration in WordPress, you can link to your registration page anywhere on your website. A great place to add a registration URL is in your main navigation menu. Some plugins even enable you to create fully-customized registration pages, so you can ask users for pertinent information when they sign up to your site.
\n\n\n\nOf course, the more users who join your website, the harder it can be to deal with spam. Fortunately, Akismet can help keep your site spam free. That way, real users will be able to enjoy engaging with each other in the comments sections. Sign up for an Akismet plan and watch spam disappear!
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\n\n\n\nHere’s what you need to build this simple page:
\n\n\n\nThis five-minute video walks through the sale page setup:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe reason I selected this theme is because it makes it easy to build a one-page website without all the extra unnecessary page elements. It has no header, navigation menus, or widgets by default, so you don’t have to figure out how to turn all that stuff off.
\n\n\n\nFirst, create a new page and then select the theme’s ‘About me’ pattern from the pattern explorer:
\n\n\n\nReplace the image with your product image and replace the text with product info. Customize the button text to “Buy Now” or whatever you want for the purchase button.
\n\n\n\nAdd testimonials below the product. If you search in the block inserter, you can find the Testimonial Block and install it from there.
\n\n\n\nThis plugin enables users to accept credit card payments via the Stripe payment gateway. Even those who have not established a business entity can use Stripe for a small project like this. Select “Individual/Sole proprietor” when activating a Stripe account.
\n\n\n\nIf you need PayPal or another gateway, just look for a block plugin that offers what you need. If I was setting up a full-blown e-commerce store with multiple products, I would probably use WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, or another more complex plugin. Accept Stripe Payments seemed simpler for this project.
\n\n\n\nThe video does not show how to configure the plugin’s settings, but you will need to add your Stripe API keys and make a few selections for your one-product store.
\n\n\n\nGo to Stripe Payments >> Add New Products. Add a title, default currency, price, variations, shipping cost, product URL (for digital products), and thank you page URL, if any of these are applicable to your product. The plugin includes support for setting the quantity available and enabling stock control. Make sure to select “Collect Both Billing And Shipping Addresses” for physical products that need to ship.
\n\n\n\nI am not advocating using this specific commerce plugin. It’s just one I saw with a Stripe block that wasn’t necessarily aimed at providing a full e-commerce engine. A surprising number of plugins still only support shortcodes and have no block available. In this instance, even though the plugin includes a block, I didn’t want to have to re-style the button’s output. Each product provides a URL that you can paste into the block editor. Once your product is created, paste the product link on the checkout button’s text.
\n\n\n\nThe last step is to test out the purchasing process. You can use Stripe ‘s Test API keys and test credit card numbers to make sure it is working before making it live. The checkout form launches in a modal window and customers will be redirected to a “Checkout Result” page after the credit card payment. This page can be further customized in the block editor.
\n\n\n\nIf you want to expand beyond this basic single-product website, the Accept Stripe Payments plugin allows you to add multiple products or do different things like collect donations or create “Authorize Only” products.
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\n\n\n\nWhen I first reviewed the Ona parent theme, WordPress 5.9 had yet to be released, and users were required to install the Gutenberg plugin to test it. Developers were still rapidly launching features in a push to get a production-ready version of the block-based templates and global styles features.
\n\n\n\nOna was unlike any other block theme submitted to the directory at that point. If not paying attention, one could mistake it as a classic theme. It was well-designed in its own right, regardless of the system under the hood. However, most block themes were bare-bones experiments for a system struggling to launch. Ona carried a promise that block themes did not need to suck all the life out of design to function.
\n\n\n\nAt the time, the theme had bugs that were not of its own making. Depending on a user’s site structure, default images could return a “404: Not Found” result. The Pattern block did not exist in either WordPress or Gutenberg, and themes had no surefire way of inserting dynamic data. However, Ona now uses this feature to create beautiful default templates.
\n\n\n\nNot only does the Ona parent do this, but the Ona Creative child theme reuses and rearranges those patterns without needing to write nearly as much new code. The front page template adds a custom header but inserts two existing patterns to set its design apart from its parent:
\n\n\n\nBut, there are also some missed opportunities with Ona Creative. While it uses patterns from its parent theme, there are sections in its front page template that would have made perfect patterns themselves. Users may like the default posts Query block and want to use its layout on other pages.
\n\n\n\nThe following testimonial section definitely makes sense as a pattern:
\n\n\n\nAt this point, I am not sure if directly inserting most block code in theme templates is an ideal path. If it is good enough to be in a template, why not make it reusable? I have hardly seen cases where theme templates should not just be made up of one or more patterns.
\n\n\n\nThe most significant issue I have with Ona and Ona Creative is that they eschew the block-style system in favor of custom classes. For example, the theme has two classes that it adds to the Cover block in this section of its front-page template:
\n\n\n\nThe first styles the inner border, and the second creates a hover effect that zooms in on the background. There are two ways for users to recreate this design on the Cover block elsewhere. Either copy and paste one of the blocks in the pattern or manually type the classes under the “Advanced” section of the block options sidebar.
\n\n\n\nThe same is true for the cursive handwriting style used in some sections. Users must manually add the ona-alt-font class instead of picking it from the design tools. I am willing to give a pass on this because font-family selection should be handled via the Font Family block control. However, this is not yet supported for blocks like Heading and Paragraph in WordPress.
Both are cases of the old way of designing themes, requiring users to jump through hoops to recreate a specific look. Themers need to leave this way of thinking back in the classic era. The block system has a standardized block styles feature that allows users to select these classes visually. If they are registered via the theme, users can recreate that same design with literally any block that supports them.
\n\n\n\nThere is a simple question to ask when deciding whether to register a block style: Is the class on a block in a pattern or template? Except in some rare use cases — usually involving headers and navigation — the answer is almost always that the custom class should be a block style.
\n\n\n\nI may be a bit nit-picky about the implementation of some features. The space is still largely unexplored — Ona Creative is only #56 out of 58 block themes in the directory. This does not take away from how well-designed it is.
\n\n\n\nAnd the one thing that DeoThemes continues to get right is the design. Ona Creative deserves to grace the front end of many WordPress sites. Its development team has kept up with changes to the block system, the typography is on-point, and it simply looks good.
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\n\n\n\nWhy This Is Important: Drupal and WordPress are both mature open source PHP/MySQL CMS platforms that emerged in the early 2000s. They share a common goal and have similar communities, but there are notable differences between them. There are opportunities for each community to learn from the other.
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\n\n\n\nAmy June: So I have, um, some housekeeping to tell you my gardener has not made his appearance yet, so we may have all kinds of visitors. So my name is Amy, June Heinlein. Amy, June being one word, title, camel case. I\'d like to point that out because if you just yell Amy down the street, I probably won\'t turn around and answer
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: Me or June either probably goes.
\n\n\n\nAmy June: Exactly, exactly. Um, so I\'ve been working in open source since about 2016. I started in the Drupal community and then, um, a couple years later started in the WordPress community. I am a self-described non coder, but very prolific con contributor to both of those communities. Along with the accessibility community, specifically in Drupal, I am a very huge advocate.
\n\n\n\nReducing the barriers to non code contributions. Um, and in WordPress, that\'s not nearly as much of an issue because when I entered the WordPress space, um, WordPress is already a big ag advocate for lots of different kinds of things. Contributions. Um, many of them being non code. Um, recently I\'ve switched over and I\'m working in the wider open source community and I help curate articles for source.com.
\n\n\n\nUm, and so I work with all sorts of different communities now, but my love is still in those, um, that content management system of WordPress and Drupal
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: So you were in Drupal first, so what got you into the WordPress space,
\n\n\n\nAmy June: took a job with canopy studios. They\'re an agency that does WordPress and Drupal. I suckered and the CEO into hiring me exclusively to give back to the community.
\n\n\n\nYeah, I could be her corporate citizenship. And, um, when I started a week, one on Monday, she says, oh, Hey, so we do WordPress. How would you like to go to work camp us on Friday? I was like, oh,
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: is it free? Do I get to miss work?
\n\n\n\nAmy June: Yeah, that was my first start. And let me tell you, the people I met there, I met you, I\'ve met everyone, you know, um, established relationships, but that\'s, that was my initial exposure to WordPress community was at WordCamp us.
\n\n\n\nI had had the obligatory blog, you know, when my kids were little or my, or my girlfriend would get married, that kind of thing, but I never worked on WordPress. It was just, you know, just opening the blog and putting pictures up before.
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: So when it comes to contributions, It\'s big on advertising, uh, or getting people motivated to contribute and truthful to the same way from your experience, both being in Drupal and WordPress, how would you compare how they handle, um, their contribution events and recruiting?
\n\n\n\nAmy June: First off for the crowd of admirers listening at home, my space and both WordPress and Drupal is mostly in contributions, starting off in Drupal contributions. Um, it\'s very code centric. Um, it\'s all about the tools and the resources to get ramped up into contributing to. Core contributions. Um, so when I helped organize a Drupal contribution days at like the local and the regional, and even at the national level, which I do now, um, it\'s all about the tools and the processes and the mentoring that involves around, uh, revolves around code.
\n\n\n\nUm, looking back at that first word camp us, I went to, um, in, in Nashville, uh, the. The big thing I noticed when I walked into contribution day was how there were all of these tables around contributions and code was only one of those tables where it was like the complete opposite from when you go to a contribution day at Drupal con.
\n\n\n\nSo you have marketing. You have translations, you have events, you have Drupal TV, you have all of these tables and one table for code. And at first I thought that was really. Different, you know, cause we all, when we\'re used to one thing and going into another, it takes us a little bit to wrap our head around things.
\n\n\n\nBut you know, I\'ve been advocating for non-covered contributions or lowering the barrier to code contributions in the Drupal space that walking into the word camp, us contribution space was like, wow, it\'s already set up where everyone can continue. I liked to go to camps and I like to organize, and I, you know, I enjoy the Drupal space.
\n\n\n\nThat\'s something that I took away from word camp us is when I did start. Going to more camps. Um, and the Drupal space and setting up contribution days was having, uh, issues available for non coders. You know, not just in the code, not just like documentation tasks, but Hey, we have a slide deck that this initiative team wants to work on, you know?
\n\n\n\nAbsolutely no code contributions for non coders. And I don\'t mean that in a reductive sense, just, you know, we all want to come to camps and we all want to contribute, you know, but there\'s, there\'s people who don\'t code. There\'s our marketers, there\'s our human resources. There\'s our salespeople, you know, there\'s our, um, there\'s our designers, you know, and giving them the space to be able to.
\n\n\n\nCome to that extended day, you know, that day after camp and go to the, you know, go to the picnics and the, just the more activities to get involved with the whole community, I think is really valuable. And that\'s what that word word camp U S space showed me. And that was really inspiring to me. So when I sat down at the code table at WordCamp us, I didn\'t know how to contribute back as a non coder.
\n\n\n\nSo. That is something I think that the WordPress side could learn from the Drupal side is maybe providing some tools that would reduce the barrier to code contribution to people who don\'t historically code.
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: So you could code, you just were a little bit lost in like where to start,
\n\n\n\nAmy June: right. Or, you know, do I have to have a local environment set up, you know, do I have to do I have to use Vagrant?
\n\n\n\nYou know, all of these, like. Because those are kind of complex things. When you\'re maybe just new to WordPress, maybe you don\'t know how to set up the local environment. Maybe you don\'t know how to write a patch, you know, and having those resources really more human readable, or maybe having a tool that is browser-based versus locally based would help lower that barrier a little bit more.
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: What is Drupal pod?
\n\n\n\nAmy June: Drupal pod does it allows folks to spin up an environment. That\'s, browser-based spins up this environment online where you can test drive your Drupal site. It applies the merge requests. It provides an integrated development environment and IDE like vs code. So you can share the URL with like, I could spin up a Drupal pod site right now, share the URL with you.
\n\n\n\nAnd we could both be participating on. Issue at the same time in real time, exploring and, uh, sort of reviewing each other\'s code and having an instance up online that way we wouldn\'t have to take the time to like, maybe get something like D dev or Lando or, you know, um, one of those, uh, like DVE up on our local machines it\'s right there and shareable with the URL.
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: Oh. So we can collaboratively. Test out a patch and in, and this is I\'m assuming this fairly quickly and without much technical know-how because it is an actual browser extension for Chrome or Firefox,
\n\n\n\nAmy June: right? It\'s for Chrome or Firefox. We don\'t have it working on anything else, but you can do a patch. You can do a fork, you can do a branch.
\n\n\n\nUm,
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: it\'s all running on the cloud, that is pretty impressive.
\n\n\n\nThere\'s
\n\n\n\nAmy June: documentation on it. There it\'s still sort of our new tool. You know, this is something new that we\'re doing at Drupal con this year. We\'re, um, as, as mentors, we\'re learning the process. You know, this is, this is only the second year. We\'re really working on merger requests versus patching too.
\n\n\n\nSo there\'s a learning curve with mentors teaching this, but every year we really struggle with first time contributions and the tooling and the processes. So we\'re hoping with Drupal pod being browser-based a lot of those. Cumbersome tasks for onboarding or eliminated because it\'s a browser extension versus, you know, is it a windows machine?
\n\n\n\nAre they running Linux? You know, uh, do we have to, you know, go against, you know, a VPN or some of these things that people have on their machines. So we\'re hoping. Having that browser-based really makes it just a whole lot easier. And then two, you know, instead of like having to peer share a local tool, you know, the bandwidth it takes to, you know, download an extension and just have something running browser-based versus downloading tools will alleviate a lot of those pains we have with, with, with, with internet, uh, during the event.
\n\n\n\nI have a tool that I that\'s very near and dear to my heart called simply test, uh, dot Emmy. And that\'s another tool that\'s, browser-based where we, um, the environment\'s a little bit. In Drupal, as opposed to WordPress, you know, we have contributed modules that are kind of mirrored the plugin system, but a lot of them are free and you can test drive plugins.
\n\n\n\nBut also with simply test me, you can also test patches. And again, it\'s a browser-based environment that really reduces the barrier to contributions as well. I would love to see some of these browser based tools being extended further out into the wider CMS.
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: How do you compare the mentorship sides that you\'ve seen in your, in your observations between Drupal and WordPress?
\n\n\n\nAmy June: We do have one. Um, so we have a mentoring cohort where we have, you know, Drupal core, um, Mentoring leads where there\'s a group of us. There\'s maybe 10 of us that work on processes and documentation, and really leading the initiative all year long. Um, and with that, what that means is we. Have weekly meetings where we talk with other mentors, we\'ve run mentoring summits, where we do mentor the mentoring.
\n\n\n\nUm, we run two flagship events, one being Drupal con us and the other one being Drupal con Europe. Um, if Drupal con Asia happens, we help with that one as well. And we really concentrate on those, uh, two or three, you know, uh, uh, continental events rather than the local and regional events because, um, the local regional load events, um, Uh, can be run, um, by the local and regional organizers, but at the slash ship events, we make sure that we have enough mentors to have a contribution day, be very successful.
\n\n\n\nUm, and with that, we run first time contributor workshops. And again, you know, Drupal\'s a little bit more code centric. And so we run first time. Contributor meant first time contributor workshops, where we talk about tools. We talk about documentation. We talk about non code participation. We, um, go into demos of, you know, how do you do a merge request?
\n\n\n\nHow do you review a patch? How do you do issue queue triage? And these are all things that we teach all year long, um, to the other mentors who want to join in to our monthly meetings. And then as we get closer to events, we meet a little bit more often, like we\'re, you know, we\'re about a month and a half out from Drupal con in April.
\n\n\n\nSo we\'re starting to meet weekly. Um, really trying to. Discover who\'s coming to triple con you know, who\'s going to be around who\'s, you know, cause there\'s. There can be mentors for all sorts of different spaces. We have mentors that help when people arrive to the event, you know, making sure they make it to the right space because we have, you know, uh, a mentored contribution room.
\n\n\n\nWe have a first time mentor contribution room, and then we have just the general contribution space. So making sure have people that are welcoming and lead people in the right direction. And then people leading people in the right direction when they\'re ready to graduate and go into another room, you know, making sure we have.
\n\n\n\nTable leads, you know, um, that people are, are, are paired up with, you know, folks of similar skill sets or passions. And then we always want to stress too, that you don\'t have to know everything to be a mentor. You just have to have the passion to be able to figure out how to get the answer yourself. You know, you don\'t have to know everything, but you have to kind of just know how to figure it out, you know?
\n\n\n\nWe always know a little bit more than someone else, you know, and, and we really try to, uh, encourage people to, if you\'ve contributed once you\'re qualified to be a mentor.
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: Oh yeah. That seems pretty, pretty a straightforward way of getting a lot more people on board that much more quickly and boosting their self-esteem too, because.
\n\n\n\nAmy June: Yeah. And then we, we, we try to be empowering as the event takes place. Like, you know, right now we\'re planning, Drupal con and our, our event is Monday through Thursday, but the mentored event is on Wednesday afternoon. So Monday and Tuesday, we have a booth to encourage people to sign up, to be a mentor.
\n\n\n\nAnd then Monday afternoon, we have a couple of events that like how to triage issues or here\'s the tools or mentor the mentor. So we have a couple of, you know, we call them birds of a feather over there, you know, Box where we\'re sit down with the mentors and, and answer questions and really sort of get to know one another.
\n\n\n\nAnd then that way they feel supported when we go into the main event too. So we, we really build up that empowerment as the week goes on.
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: You\'ve probably observed in the WordPress space. There\'s been a lot of discussion, especially recently, um, open-source contributions, uh, people having being compensated for their time, um, efforts or just playing, getting.
\n\n\n\nHow does Drupal handle giving credit or what\'s their credit system light?
\n\n\n\nAmy June: So I am a huge fan of incentives. Um, we don\'t all need them, but sometimes the agencies and the organizations we work for a need them, all of us, I would hope understand that, you know, if we use open source, open source depends on us, you know, and all of us have this idea of, we should contribute 10 to 20%.
\n\n\n\nAnd we hope that our employers in our organizations, that we work for feel the same way. And you know, sometimes agencies need more than just corporate citizenship. And Drupal has this really robust incentive program where they have this marketplace where. When someone like, I\'m just going to use me as an example.
\n\n\n\nWhen I get back to Drupal, I give, I concentrate and I work on a core issue and I get a credit for working on that core issue. I could get the credit because I opened the issue. I could get the credit because I contributed the solution. Or maybe I wrote a test for the issue, or maybe I, you know, designed a logo, any sort of thing.
\n\n\n\nI could get a contribution. When the issue is closed, I have the choice of taking a box that gives an organization that I mark on my profile as my employer. I can give them attribution for the credit as well. So at the end of the year, Drupal has these stats of, you know, their top contributors, but also the agency.
\n\n\n\nWho employed those top contributors, they have metrics of who contributed their own time and volunteered. And then they have this marketplace where a person looking to hire an agency. You go to this marketplace and the marketplace is your position on the marketplaces ranked on how much you give back to Drupal.
\n\n\n\nAnd then their, their ranking is also. Broken down into, you know, a core credit gives you a little bit better ranking than if you work on like a contributed module or on a community module. And then the last couple of years, they\'ve also opened spaces for community projects. So say you run a camp like Drupal camp Asheville.
\n\n\n\nWell, Drupal understands that there\'s more than code contributions. Some people are camp organizers and dedicate hundreds and thousands of hours of their lifetime organizing camps. And sometimes, you know, can a person\'s first. Exposure to communities at the local camp level. And that\'s just as important as code.
\n\n\n\nAnd so we\'ve actually put those into the credit system as well. So people who are speaking at camps and training at camps and writing documentation for, you know, things like get pod or, you know, um, from, uh, doing podcasts. So they, they have this really robust and rich incentive program, which I think has really.
\n\n\n\nDriven more organizations to pay for more of their employees times to give back to open source, because especially during the pandemic, we know that time is a privilege. As more of us are at home as caregivers, we don\'t have that luxury of, you know, quote unquote free time after our 40 hours a week. So we noticed a drop in the, the numbers of diverse based.
\n\n\n\nWho are contributing to our projects because more of them are caregivers. You know, we definitely seen a drop in women contributing to our projects because you know, their home, their mothers, you know, and these are broad blanket statements. Of course ,
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: but that makes sense.
\n\n\n\nAmy June: But yeah, so.
\n\n\n\nI know that the few agencies I\'ve really worked close with have seen that. And they\'ve added, you know, instead of only having, you know, one hour of community time a week, they\'ve added it to two or three because they seen that that time is a true privilege.
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: So if there was one thing that you could maybe based off of what Drupal\'s is doing on the lessons from it, what\'s one thing that you would heavily suggest for WordPress to make an adjustment to regarding contribution.
\n\n\n\nAmy June: Okay, so this is two, and I know you just said one, but there\'s two things that I really think I would really love to see on the code contribution side. The barriers really reduced like something like the browser-based solutions for helping contribute to core. And then also, like there is a little bit of a, of a program for, uh, incentivizing agents.
\n\n\n\nProviding their employees around to contributions. There\'s the five for five. Is that what it\'s called five for the future? It\'s in a way that\'s sort of hidden, it needs to be more pronounced. So when people are looking for those, it needs to be incentivized more. Right. You know, like I said, like, I hate to, I hate to be like this incentivized program, but you know, has to be some sort of.
\n\n\n\nIn your face visual. Cause I know like I give back to WordPress and I have these little ticks on my profile, but there\'s no ticks on my company\'s profile. Right. They\'re only on mine and then not every camp I\'ve talked with or not every project I helped contribute to gives me a tick. So as much as I give, like say I, you know, the whole time I worked with a company where I, you know, donated 25% of my time for WordPress, I only have.
\n\n\n\nFive kicks on my WordPress profile. So it\'s not, it\'s not very reflective of how much work I actually did for WordPress.
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: I see, I know we track, I know WordPress does track a kiss man at state of the word does show. I mean, we do have, we do know how many contributors. I guess are associated with companies because they do track number of employees per company, obviously automatic is the biggest, and then there\'s Yost and there\'s a few other ones, but it sounds like to me, this is an on Drupal site.
\n\n\n\nIt\'s more integrated into, into maybe not a leaderboard, but at least a kind of like an ongoing. System. I like the top 40 and music or something where
\n\n\n\nAmy June: it\'s, it\'s okay to say leaderboard. Like, I love seeing my name on that top 40 slide when it came up, you know,
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: is that cause any problems or any conflicts or any burnout, anything or is it just people just kind of accept the leaderboard and what the,
\n\n\n\nAmy June: I don\'t think so because, because th they also break it down into who\'s paid and who\'s not, you know, because there definitely is a.
\n\n\n\nUh, something to say about the, the non-paid contributions. There\'s a lot of people who give back on their own dime, you know, and they do break that down as well.
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: Yeah. So tell me, as we wrap things up here, tell me a little bit about this Drupal con that\'s coming up.
\n\n\n\nAmy June: Okay. So it is the last week in April, and it will be in Portland, Oregon in-person, which is very exciting
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: Is this the first in-person event for Drupal?
\n\n\n\nNo,
\n\n\n\nAmy June: I, I just got back from Florida Drupal camp. That was the first in-person Drupal event. Um, well, in, in north America anyway, we were the last triple event in north America. Um, and I think it was sort of funny that we were the first one coming back in 2020. Um, we\'re not quite sure how many people were going to expect, you know, people are still up in the air about the state of all of the things going on in the world, you know? So, um, we don\'t know whether or not to expect more people because people haven\'t seen one another or less people because of all of the things going on in the
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: world. Perfectly understandable. Everybody it\'s come back when you feel comfortable or come, when you feel comfortable.
\n\n\n\nThat\'s same thing for what I\'ll say for work camp us as well. No one\'s should be shaming. Anybody else or wondering why someone isn\'t physically. Um, it could be physical reasons. Emotional. Some people have been awhile.
\n\n\n\nAmy June: We\'re kind of mixing things up a little bit, you know, we\'re still doing summits and a lot of interactive sessions and contributions every day.
\n\n\n\nUm, we\'re abiding by the local, uh, the local laws around vaccination and masks, you know, so whatever you know, Portland is doing at the time is what we\'re going to go by. As far as you know, our, our vaccination stuff. Um, I\'m really excited. I haven\'t seen a lot of these people in a long time. Um,
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: I\'m drawing a blank on his name now dries for… drees.
\n\n\n\nIs he give his, uh, state of Drupal at this one. Oh,
\n\n\n\nAmy June: okay. Yeah. So actually the jury\'s note will be the only. Uh, streaming session. That\'s
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: where, that\'s how I remember it because whenever, whenever, and I believe it\'s free, I think pretty sure to just broadcast like that. Um, and that\'s, I don\'t miss that. Uh,
\n\n\n\nAmy June: yeah, you\'re right.
\n\n\n\nI always forget about that one. Cause it\'s always been, but that, yeah, that\'ll be the only streaming event will be the teres. now,
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: because your Drupal concept will have so many tracks and it\'s how many days is it? Three. Wow. That\'s let\'s that\'s longer than a WordCamp. EWAS yeah, that\'s amazing. Yeah. I don\'t miss his, um, livestream.
\n\n\n\nKeynotes usually lasts about an hour. Lots of just like how Matt does a state of the word. Uh, the Drupal version equivalent has a ton of information. I like the statistics that he shares, so I definitely will not be missing that. And I\'ll put a link in the show notes for the event, and specifically, as soon as I can figure it out.
\n\n\n\nWhere on the website or any blog posts that has that kind of link or to expect that, um, maybe on the calendar or something like that. I\'ll definitely put that in there as well. I, I honestly believe all of the open source. CMS is the WordPress, the Drupal\'s and the gym was in we\'re all kindred spirits in terms of opensource.
\n\n\n\nAmy June: Uh, I actually have the privilege of working on the contributor team with word camp us this year. So I\'m hoping to bring some of the ideas, um, with me and maybe start like a mentorship program too. So very excited
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: WordCamp US has always been. Open to trying new things. I remember in 2019 before the, that was the last one before the pandemic, we had an entire track just based off of community aspects of things like, you know, diversity planning, meetups, that sort of thing.
\n\n\n\nI thought that went pretty well. And who\'s to say what we could have expanded that to, if we could have gone beyond 2019. Um, uninterrupted. Um, so I really would look forward to see, because it\'s a different landscape. Now. We haven\'t had word camps. Um, we haven\'t had physical work camps and more than two years, we, a lot of the momentum for contributions for WordPress came from live events.
\n\n\n\nYou know, in one way, we\'ve kinda been a little bit of, um, handicapped in terms of, of what we\'ve been used to. Get new contributions in or get fresh ideas, experimented with fleshed out. So I\'m really looking forward. And maybe we can talk about that later, as it\'s closer to where camp us, I would love to hear some of the things that are getting, going to be publicly announced and what some of the thinking has gone on behind it.
\n\n\n\nSo, yeah,
\n\n\n\nAmy June: and my Gardner came just on cue. Okay. Thanks a lot, David. I appreciate that.
\n\n\n\nDavid Bisset: No, thank you for voluntarily contributing your time and go talk to your. Okay. If I sit there, have a good night. Thank you. Have a good one.
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Episode 27
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:00:00]
\n\n\n\nHello everyone, and welcome to the WordPress Briefing: the podcast where you can catch quick explanations of the ideas behind the WordPress open source project, some insight into the community that supports it, and get a small list of big things coming up in the next two weeks. I’m your host, Josepha Haden Chomphosy. Here we go!
\n\n\n\nToday, we’re talking about who WordPress is built for. I was talking to a group of contributors last week and we encountered some questions around just who WordPress is built for. And it’s a question that you’ll find any time that you’re working on user testing or on triaging tickets, and especially when that comes up when you look at the big picture, roadmap sorts of things. The easiest answer for this question is, of course, everyone because WordPress’ mission is to democratize publishing and that should be available to everyone.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:01:11]
\n\n\n\nHowever, everyone is a really big target and certainly doesn’t help get your mind around the people that you’re wanting to actually build it for, the people that you actually want to be able to use your product, your software on a day-to-day basis. So let’s take a look at the one question that can help us figure out who it’s built for today and how we get it to being something that’s built forever.
\n\n\n\nFirstly, there’s a basic premise of open source that informs this thought. And that premise is that we are citizens of a community of contributors therefore the decisions are made by the people who show up. In general, I believe that to be true, though, I also believe that some basic qualifications are needed.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:01:50]
\n\n\n\nSo with that in mind, the one question that can help us figure out who a software is built for is this: how do your active contributors see themselves? I would bet that most contributors to open source software projects, like WordPress, are developers of some sort, it is sort of written right into the definition of the project.
\n\n\n\nIf you work on software, then you need developers. And what I love about WordPress, in particular, is that we do work to include contributors who are not developers. Yet it still remains true that there is a fairly high level of technical knowledge required to actively contribute.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:2:25]
\n\n\n\nWhich kind of brings us to the second half of the original question of how can we make sure that WordPress can be something that’s built for everyone? The answer to this one is easy to say, hard to do, and that is to make sure to include them as co-creators in the development process.
\n\n\n\nWe’ve talked about co-creators in open source before. It’s this idea that people who use the software every day are likely to know the biggest pain points. So if you want your software to be used by people who don’t know HTML, talk to a bunch of people who don’t know HTML about how it is to use your software.
\n\n\n\nIf you want your software to be mostly used by enterprise agencies, talk to enterprise agencies, but also ask them what their clients hate, because everyone has more than one stakeholder. And I know that I said this already, but it bears repeating that, obviously, this is all very easy to say and hard to do.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:3:20]
\n\n\n\nSo what is my best guess for the how-to-do part for WordPress? There are three things.
\n\n\n\nThe first is testing. This not only helps bring in new contributors and helps train future contributors, which I’ve talked about on the podcast before. But testing also gives us a higher chance of actionable feedback from folks who don’t necessarily spend time directly in the WordPress project.
\n\n\n\nFrequently the feedback that we do get that is just kind of undirected and ad hoc is exactly that– it is undirected and ad hoc and is then hard to follow up on and make sure that we understand what was wrong and how we can help fix it. And so testing is important for that. And testing it turns out is important for a bunch of things. When you’re working in open source.
\n\n\n\nThe next thing is support. So checking in with support teams at hosts, as well as the hardworking support teams in the project. And that can really help us to get early indications of what difficulties exist now. They have routinely seen problems and issues that are raised in support forums, and from their everyday users that they are providing support to.
\n\n\n\nThat probably could be fixed in WordPress if we had a good understanding of just what was not going right, how many people really needed it to go better, and what our targets were to fix that particular problem.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:4:45]
\n\n\n\nAnd the third thing is communication. I know that I’ve gone on record in many places as saying that most of our problems at the end of the day are communication problems. And I’m going on record about it again here in this podcast, establishing better communication patterns with users is key.
\n\n\n\nThat can be a multi-year project in itself. And even after that, it’s going to be an ongoing journey. But it is one of the many things that WordCamps and other WordPress events have given to us over the years, an opportunity to really hear from and see the struggles that people who are not building with WordPress every day, or literally building WordPress every day are actually having.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:5:34]
\n\n\n\nSo now that you’ve heard my small list of way too big things, that brings us to our regular small list of big things. The first thing is that WordCamp Europe is still looking for volunteers. If you’ve never done that before, I think it’s quite fun. You get to meet a lot of people and the team of organizers is super fun, but I’ll leave a link for you in the show notes.
\n\n\n\nWe also have a new code-free way to contribute through the photo directory. That team is just getting started and still is working toward building out its programs. So now’s a good time to drop in and just kind of see what they are up to. And finally, a reminder that we do have contributors who are affected by the war in Ukraine right now. I will reshare the list of humanitarian organizations in case you missed them a couple of weeks ago as well.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:6:21]
\n\n\n\nAnd that my friends is your small list of big things. Thank you for tuning in today for this WordPress Briefing. I’m your host, Josepha Haden Chomphosy. I’ll see you again in a couple of weeks.
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\n\n\n\nThank you for keeping in touch between weekend editions. I am always grateful to read your comments and ideas. I learn so much. Keep ’em coming👍 .
\n\n\n\nI just finished testing the submission process for the block pattern directory. It’s a great experience. It showcases how the block editor can be used outside the content creation process. It is also a test case to for integrating Openverse into a media library and how to handle custom post types with the block editor. If you are eager to learn more about either of the topics the code is public and available on GitHub.
\n\n\n\nI hope to see you at the Gutenberg Developer Hours on Tuesday.
\n\n\n\nBe well,
\n\n\n\nYours, 💕
Birgit
Hector Prieto coordinated the release of the 12.8 version of the Gutenberg Feature Plugin. In his release notes What’s new in Gutenberg 12.8? (16 March), he highlights the following topics:
\n\n\n\nMany of the other changes are subtle, vital changes to the interface, to make the users feel more comfortable.
\n\n\n\nAs always, WPTavern’s Justin Tadlock wrote about it, too: Gutenberg 12.8 Launches the Web Fonts API, Improves Group Nesting, and Adds Keyboard Shortcut for Links
\n\n\n\nMary Job and I recorded our Gutenberg Changelog episode 63 last night and it should already travel to your podcast app. We really hope that we figured out the sound issues now, although technology wasn’t cooperating very well. We still had fun chatting about family and travel, off the record.
\n\n\n\n “Keeping up with Gutenberg – Index 2022”
A chronological list of the WordPress Make Blog posts from various teams involved in Gutenberg development: Design, Theme Review Team, Core Editor, Core JS, Core CSS, Test and Meta team from Jan. 2021 on. Updated by yours truly. The index 2020 is here
Beatriz Fiahlo is a product designer at Automattic and open-source contributor, among others she worked on the new News theme on WordPress.org and the site of the Block Museum of Art.
\n\n\n\nIn her most recent post and video, Designing a theme in the WordPress Editor, Fiahlo recounts how you can create a theme by just using the Site Editor. “We’re finding that it’s more and more possible to design a fully-featured theme using just the Site Editor, skipping that Figma step entirely. This takes us from a rough idea to a working theme in just a matter of hours, and doesn’t require opening a code editor at all.” she wrote about the theme design process at Automattic. She also had a few tips along the way.
\n\n\n\nThis week’s Gutenberg Block News show with Jamie Marsland landed. First, Marsland demos the new theme export features. Go from modifying and existing theme via Styles, to uploading it as a new theme in six steps:
\n\n\n\nCheck it out and learn about Marsland’s Theme of the Week, the review roast and more.
\n\n\n\nNeed a plugin .zip from Gutenberg’s master branch?
Gutenberg Times provides daily build for testing and review.
Have you been using it? Hit reply and let me know.
Lesley Sim, founder of the Gutenberg first Newsletter Glue plugin and used her on the Gutenberg Times, published an in depth tutorial on how to build your own paid newsletter on WordPress with Paid Memberships Pro. If you ever wondered what it took to create a Substack-like tool for writers, educators and consultant, this could be your blueprint.
\n\n\n\nIn the series Building Blocks, Justin Tadlock walks you through his tutorial How To Build a Recipe Card via the WordPress Block Editor. The end product is a pattern, created all with existing blocks and available to copy/paste into your site via a GitHub Gist the wp-recipe-card-pattern.html
\n\n\n\nAnne McCarthy started the 3rd round of Full-Site Editing (FSE) Questions. “If possible, please focus questions specifically around WordPress 6.0 as those will be the most high impact to address ahead of this upcoming release.” she wrote. You can either submit your questions via the Survey Form or leave a comment on the post by March 30th, 2022.
\n\n\n\nAlex Shiels from the Meta Team just announced that the Block Pattern Directory will soon be open for public submissions. You are invited to test the submission process before it goes live. You can create your block pattern using a stand-alone front-end block editor, using all core blocks, except theme blocks, for instance site title or tag) and dynamic, site related blocks, like a query loop.
\n\n\n\nOpenverse is integrated as media library, and you can use images released with the Creative Commons license “CC0 license, no attribution needed”, to keep everyone out of licensing troubles.
\n\n\n\nOnce you hit the submit button for your English block pattern, volunteer translators on the Polyglot team will make it available as well for other locales.
\n\n\n\nAfter the WordPress Photos Directory, the Block Pattern Directory is another opportunity for creative people, non-developers to contribute to the WordPress community.
\n\n\n\nSarah Gooding on WPTavern wrote about it in her article: WordPress.org to Launch Pattern Creator to Expand Pattern Directory.
\n\n\n\nJamie Marsland has 10 WordPress Gutenberg Block Editor Tips That Save You Time. From disabling the pre-publish step, over the List View to the Slash command, you’ll find a great array of tips and tricks for the new and power user alike in Marsland’s video. Personally, I also enjoyed the Mac Shortcut to get a list of Emojis to use in your content 😉.
\n\n\n\nWhere are WordPress Block Plugins used on my site? Rene Morozowich looked for the clues in the database and shares what sure discovered. She walks you through the process can code.
\n\n\n\nIf you are uncomfortable with raw database tables and SQL you can also install the plugin Find my Blocks. This plugin provides you the list of used blocks, the post, and pages, you used them on and the unique identifier of each block. You can use the search in WP-Admin > All Posts enter the unique identifier string into search box, and you will get a list of posts where you used a particular block. I described the process in detail on GitHub, commenting on the tracking issue for Block Manager enhancements.
\n\n\n\nPascal Birchler, core contributor at Google, explored building Gutenberg Blocks with BentoJS components. His tutorial, How to create WordPress Gutenberg blocks with BentoJS, is part of the official BentoJS documentation. Birchler and Alain Schlesser, maintainer of WP-CLI are meeting up at CloudFest in Germany, to explore the use of BentoJS with the block editor.
\n\n\n\nBentoJS website | Pascal Birchler’s GitHub repo for the Gutenberg Carousel.
\n\n\n\nMunir Kamal, author of the Editor Plug plugin and founder of the Gutenberg Hub, posted a tutorial on How to create a Custom Block Category, a section in the Inserter that can hold your group of blocks.
\n\n\n\nBen Ritner, founder of Kadence Theme and now part of Liquid Web and StellarWP, was this week’s guest on the Torque Social Hour with DocPop and Nick Diego.
\n\n\n\nThe Kadence blocks plugins was available even before the block editor was merged with WordPress 5.0 and has now over 200,000 active installations.
\n\n\n\nOn the show, Ritner discussed the realities of a WordPress theme developer and listed a few major features that he found missing in Gutenberg, before Ritner would consider it a site builder. “How there is no responsiveness in any of the Core Blocks is blowing my mind. How are we working on full site editing and not handling that key aspect of web development?”
\n\n\n\nRitner also explained, why his team doesn’t yet consider making a child theme for the full-site editing experience. “It’s not ready yet”. Kadence created a design library early on, so there is no need for Block patterns in the theme. Once they create a child theme for full site editing, they will recreate some of their templates as Block Patterns.
\n\n\n\nThese are only a few insights you get from the show. It was a candid discussion that is well worth your time.
\n\n\n\nSpeaking of responsiveness. The Gutenberg contributors have been tackling this for quite a while. You can follow along on these issues on GitHub, chime in and test.
\n\n\n\nJustin Tadlock discovered a New Plugin for Writing WordPress Theme JSON Files via YAML by Sascha Paukner, a web developer from Berlin, Germany. In his article, Tadlock walks you through on how to use the Theme YAML plugin. For some developers YAML is an easier format than JSON.
\n\n\n\nIt seems the feature of configuring the block editor via the theme.json file sparks great creativity for tooling. If you are searching for other tools check out this list:
\n\n\n\nYou also might be interested in our post How to disable theme features and Lock Block Templates for Full-Site Editing in WordPress
\n\n\n\nMisha Rudrastyh shared their insight on Learning Full Site Editing with Kubrick Block Theme. Riad Benguella rebuilt the long-time default theme as block theme. Rudrastyh’s walk explains how the pieces fit together.
\n\n\n\nDavid Dwyer published a demo plugin how he was able to integrate the create-block script with Tailwind CSS. Say hello to ‘Tailwind Blocks’. The plugin started its existence with the recommended @wordpress/create-block script and auto enqueues all JS and CSS (including Tailwind styles).
\n\n\n\nIn this week’s Twitch stream, Ryan Welcher invited his follower “Let’s add Tailwind CSS to our custom blocks and create a create-block template for it.”
\n\n\n\nNyasha Green of MasterWP posted an interview with Anne McCarthy on WordPress’s coolest new project: the Museum of Block Art. Green wrote about her response to the museum: “Speaking for myself the best thing about this project is that it reminds us that we are artists. Even those us of who are not designers, or the best at Front End work. We still create masterpieces in the form of code, websites, apps, etc. I think you have created that link that makes us go to ourselves, “Hey we are making art!” And I for one am very grateful for it. “
\n\n\n\nAre you interested in Automating your Gutenberg Block development? The next Buddy.works webinar will take place on March 23 at 17:00 PM UTC / 1 pm Eastern / 10am PT.
\n\n\n\nWith Grzegorz Ziolkowski, Open Sourcerer @ Automattic and Maciek Palmowski, WordPress Ambassador @ Buddy.
\n\n\n\nYou will learn
\n\n\n\nIf you are a developer working with code, the Gutenberg Developer Hours are for you. The next event will take place March 22nd, 2022 16:00 UTC / noon ET.
\n\n\n\nMarch 22, 2022, at 3 am ET / 19:00 UTC
Intro to Theme Blocks with Wes Theron
March 23, 2022, at 1pm ET / 17:00 UTC
Builder Basics: Exploring Block Layout, Alignment, Dimensions, and Spacing with Nick Diego
March 25, 2022, at 11 am EDT / 15:00 UTC
Block Theme Discussions: Custom Fonts with Daisy Olson
March 28, 2022, at 11 am ET / 15:00 UTC
Hello Blocks! Coding a custom block with Wes Theron and Ryan Welcher
March 29, 2022, at 3 pm ET / 20:00 UTC
Beginner’s Guide to Full Site Editing with Sarah Snow
April 1, 2022, 11 am EDT / 15:00 UTC
Block Theme Discussions: JSON Schema with Daisy Olsen
April 6, 2022, 2pm EDT / 18:00 UTC
Builder Basics: Designing with Columns, Group, and Row Blocks (Part 2) with Nick Diego
April 8, 2022, 11 am EDT / 15:00 UTC
Block Theme Discussions: Supports in theme.json with Daisy Olsen
April 12, 2022 2pm EDT 18:00 UTC
Builder Basics: Headers and Footers in Full Site Editing w/ Nick Diego
April 15, 2022, 11 am EDT / 15:00 UTC
Block Theme Discussions: Presets in theme.json with Daisy Olsen
April 19, 2022 2pm EDT / 18:00 UTC
Builder Basics: Exploring Block Layout, Alignment, and Dimensions (Part 2)
Featured image: DC Metro-ChinaTown platform by Sara Marcondes found on the WordPress photos directory
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\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Hello, and welcome to our 63rd episode of the Gutenberg Changelog podcast. Today we’ll talk about Block Pattern Directory, the Web Fonts API, and Gutenberg 12.8. I’m Birgit Pauli-Haack, curator at the Gutenberg Times and WordPress developer advocate. And I’m here with my co-host, Mary Job, WordPress advocate and support engineer at Paid Memberships Pro. Good evening, Mary. How are you today?
\n\n\n\nMary Job: I’m doing very good, Birgit. Thank you. It’s almost 9:00 P.M. my time, so that’s great.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Oh, Friday night, that’s what you do for fun, right?
\n\n\n\nMary Job: Yes, this is… All right, so we have a couple of announcements. Anne McCarthy published a third round of questions about full site editing experience. Now that all features for full site editing are available in a better version, what are the questions you have? If you have them, please submit them via the survey form that we’re going to share once this episode is published. You can also find it on the Make WordPress Test blog.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Awesome. Yeah. So there was a first round and a second round, and now this is the third round. And I think that it has gotten quite some improvements since the first round of questions, and the vision for full site editing becomes probably clearer and hopefully answer the questions that you have. So, Alex Shiels and the Meta team invite you to test the Block Pattern Directory, especially the submission. They have created the pattern creator page where you can then, completely with a block editor, create block patterns. So the block pattern creator page, Alex wrote, will allow designers and content creators to build, edit, and submit their best block patterns to the directory.
\n\n\n\nApproved patterns will be added to the directory where they will be instantly available to the authors of millions of WordPress sites. So for Alex Shiels, I did some testing and also wrote a few notes for the documentation. And it’s not yet ready for you to submit dynamic blocks or patterns for dynamic blocks, like the ones that you use for templates or header, footer, or query loop. And another caveat is that all patterns need to be submitted in English before the translators then can make them available for different locales. That’s kind of, yeah, some that are two things you need to know before you start creating your patterns, but check it out.
\n\n\n\nWe will of course have links in the show note, or when you go to WordPress.org/meta, M-E-T-A forward slash, you see the latest page there is the invitation about the coming soon pattern submission. Only in this phase before it’s really public there is an approval process in there, but the team is actually working to make that instant so that there is no review process in there. But they’re also implementing a report process. So that’s really exciting that people can now submit their best patterns and other people can use it. There’s some great creativity going on as we saw with the block museum, block-museum.com. That came out two weeks ago. So there’s a lot of things happening on the block patterns.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: I think this is a great idea, Birgit, because it’s going to open up a chance for people to contribute more to WordPress. This is also an opportunity for people who want to contribute. It’s a good one.
\n\n\n\nAnd on community contributions, we have David Dwyer just published a demo plugin on how he was able to integrate the quick blocks with Tailwind CSS. We’re going to also put the link to this GitHub repository in the show notes to say hello to Tailwind blocks, it’s a streamlined way to develop blocks using Tailwind CSS. The plugin is scaffolded using the recommended at WordPress/script, block scripts and autos and CSS, including styles.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Yeah. And I just wanted to add that Ryan Welcher this week did a live Twitch stream to create actually a template for the create block scaffolding tool for these tailwind styles. That’s also a link we will share in the show notes and let’s see how far he came with it.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: Yeah.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: If you have a withdrawal from Grzegorz , and you are interested in automating your Gutenberg block development, put the next buddy works webinar on your calendar. It’s for March 23rd, at 1700 UTC, 1:00 PM Eastern, 10:00 AM Pacific. And it’s with Grzegorz Ziokowski, the open sorcerer at Automattic and Maciek Palmowski, WordPress ambassador at Buddy. And you will learn how to start a WebPress block development, how to leverage JavaScript developer tools for the WebPress plugin and block development and how to automate your development workflow and maximize confidence in the code and monitor itself. You also learn how to configure the pipeline of deployment with Buddy to automate the process. As always links are in the show notes and yeah, hopefully I can make it to see Grzegorz again.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: Oh yes. That’d be good to see him again. I miss him already, even though we didn’t spend so much time together on the show. So the next Gutenberg developer hours would take place on March 22nd, at 1600 UTC. At noon Eastern, you can pick part in the fourth Gutenberg developer event and meet up with Fabian Kagy, Tammie Lister and Joni Halabi on the expert panel.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Yes. Hope to see everybody there. So that brings us to the section of what’s released. And if you are on automatic updates of minor releases, WordPress 5.9.2 security and maintenance release has already landed on your site near you. And if you haven’t yet, update now, don’t wait.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: Woo commerce release also the security and maintenance version, and you can automatically update from version 3.5 to 6.3. If you don’t get the plugin automatically, please update now.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Don’t wait.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: At all.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Yeah. And that brings us to Gutenberg 12.8. Hector Prieto handles the 12.8 release from release candidate to the final release this week on Wednesday, March 16th. And so there are a few enhancements, not so much particular new features. It’s not an entirely spectacular release because it’s still does some bug fixing for 5.9, but we can start with the enhancements.
\n\n\n\nAnd the navigation block has now improved loading and place holder states. And it also has improved user interface feedback for the navigation block. So it makes it easier to handle that.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: Yes, the media and text block also add announcements. You can now display the media where you are uploading the same way it works for the cover image and the other gallery images.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Yeah. And that’s really interesting because then you can continue working and know that that’s uploaded. There’s also a link completer for inline links to post, and this is more for power users, but I think other people who use the keyboard quite a bit is so you can add a link to internal on your site pages and posts by just having two left square brackets in sequence. Yeah. Put them in. And then it brings up a search of modal where you can pick the page or the post that you want to link to.
\n\n\n\nThis is very interesting and it’s really for the power users and it doesn’t put more weight on the user interface. It has a nice balance and it doesn’t affect performance. So this is a great add on to the keyboard shortcuts that we know, too. It’s an auto completer so you can kind of select things from search. It’s similar, like the slash command where you put the forward slash and then for the inserter and this is just for the links. Check it out and try it out and see how it maybe improves your speed on linking things in. It takes the link. If you select it takes the title of the page as the link text. So that saves a lot of time.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: Yes, I personally recommend if you haven’t, you should download full site. You use full site editing on the local site and practice with it and play with it, at least that’s what I’m doing before it becomes mainstream. It’s a good idea to get used to how it works, it’s sustainability, the future, WordPress, so there is no point waiting. You can test it out now and be part of the development process. The site editor also got an enhancement. You can now export app to your team expert, the theme.json file, your index, the PHP and style of CSS. This is great.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Yeah. And it’s really interesting. Yeah. Now a non coder can actually create themes and with the site editor and then so under the three.menu on the right hand side and the sidebar where you also go to the code editor or change the top toolbar kind of thing, there’s also now in the site editor, a menu items that has export and you click on it and then it grabs everything into the theme.json, the index PHP, styles as all, and other files that are in the current theme and downloads it as a zip file to your hard drive. And then you could make just some changes on the styles CSS and give it a new name, zip it again, and upload it. That is kind of the first process of having these no code theme development or theme designers work with the site editor at that. It will be quite have an impact on the WordPress ecosystem.
\n\n\n\nI also wanted to give a shout out to Jamie Marsland. Just before I headed into the recording of this Changelog, I saw his new Gutenberg block news show on YouTube. And he’s in his show from March 18th, he’s actually demoing the exact process on how to export and import the theme that you create with the site editor. So it’s a fantastic video and of course we link it in the show notes, but just should subscribe to Jamie Marsland’s YouTube channel because he comes out every Friday with this new news show and shows you a few things that are new in the WordPress in the block editor.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: I think this is great because it means that you don’t have to recreate your design every time as a person who is no code. You don’t have to recreate your design every time you’re trying to build a site. You could just start with the templates that you already have and then take it from there.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Exactly, exactly. It’s a great tooling for site builders that work with clients and that have that want to streamline their process. Yes.
\n\n\n\nSo what’s also in there and is the new webfonts API finally landed in Gutenberg then that has been in the works for quite a while. And does API is the first step in helping people to load fonts in a performance friendly and privacy friendly, future proof manner. Something that has been very difficult before and with the few weeks left until the WordPress 6.0 beta release, it would be really helpful to give it a wheel, test this API for your sites, especially theme developers, and also plug-in developers. The tooling still needs to be built. The UI is meant the user interface. So, but it’s definitely good to have it in there so it will land in WordPress 6.0. Yeah, go get the 12.8 and start working on it for testing on your site or others.
\n\n\n\nWhat also is new in Gutenberg? And it doesn’t have any ramification for a user, but for contributors, it definitely makes life easier because the WordPress preference panel has been isolated into a package and then all the editors use the same preference panel. So there’s some code reuse and some streamlining of the editor handling. So the widget editor, the site editor, the post editor and the standalone editor can now use this preference panel exclusively. So that is definitely… So the preferences are the things like, do you want to have the two step publish process? Do you want the toolbar on top? They are which blocks are enabled or disabled. This is definitely a step towards something that has been on the wishlist of a lot of people using the editor that the choices that you make are not going to go away when you delete the cache off your browser or close the browser and it’s emptied. And when you come in again, it shows you the welcome guide again, and you have to do some of the preferences, put them in again.
\n\n\n\nAnd having that in one package now is the first step to kind of, for the contributers to figure out how those choices can actually be persistent, like being in the user meta panel or something like that. So this is definitely a progression. I know that that has been on the wishlist for definitely three years, if not four, of many people, that those selections are actually persistent. There is a plugin actually out there by Mario Jensen, who has the preference all make them persistent in the user meta fields. I’ll share the link again in the show notes, just so those can kind of bridge the times waiting for that to land in core.
\n\n\n\nWe talked about the create block scripts before. There is another item in the Changelog that the script now supports more plugin held head of fields to add additional information to the plugin that comes out of it. So that is definitely an additional step there.
\n\n\n\nSpeaking of create blocks, there’s also a new confirmed problem for showing the plugin options. So you can type them in and also improve the custom project template configuration that how you integrate your own custom templates with the scaffolding tool. The release shows all the different ways how this works now. And I’m sure either Ryan Welcher or some other developer will walk us through what that exactly means, but for now, know it’s in the Gutenberg plugin, 12.8.
\n\n\n\nDoes that conclude our release today? Yes, it does. There are certainly a few code quality PRs that contributors might want to look at. And also for some tools, especially testing, there have been some changes there and build tool that just has some minor fixes. Yeah. So, that’s the end. Well, thank you. It was that big of a release as we had before, but anything that kind of jumped at you, Mary, that you want to talk about that we haven’t yet?
\n\n\n\nMary Job: Oh, I think we’ve pretty much covered everything for this episode.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Yes. And before we end the show, I want to remind everyone the Gutenberg Developer hours, the next one is on March 22nd, at 1600 UTC on Meetup for registration. And if you listen to this at a later date, I know a few people kind of binge listen to this, but kind of weeks later, so check out the Meetup group, WordPress Social Learning, because there are where the Gutenberg Developer events happen are announced. That’s also where other social learning discussions happen like Nick Diego does some builder building blocks series. Ryan Welcher does some create block tutorials, beginners ones, and then also for no code site builders, there are additional tutorials on there and discussions. All right.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: Yes. And if you want to join in for my side of the continent, that will be 10:00 PM, 10 to 11, say between nine to 11:00 PM our time. You should definitely join in. I look forward to seeing you there. As always, the show notes are there.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Oh, sorry.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: Yeah.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Good point. Thank you very much for pointing that out. So, I just want to recap the Gutenberg Developer hours are actually… We scheduled four events as a trial. There was a proposal at the core make blog in October, and we finally got it implemented to have four events trial. And as it turns out, we probably will have more events. So there will also be to better times for other time zones. Yeah. So for Europeans, it’s definitely relatively late and it’s also, I don’t even know what the time it would be for the Asia Pacific people, but we definitely will schedule different dates and also different time for different time zones, the future ones. We might take a break in April, but then in May, we will start out with new Gutenberg Developer hours in all different time zones.
\n\n\n\nAnd if you are a practitioner, you work for an agency as a block developer or a site builder or build themes, and you want to be part of our expert panel that answers the questions from the audience, it’s totally audience driven event. So the people that attend, give us the questions sometimes ahead of time. We sort through them and then say, okay, these are all the questions for block development and these are all the questions for theme development. And these are all the questions that are more conceptual or architectural. And then we work through them and have a discussion about them amongst the panel or with the people in the audience. It’s a meeting style rather than a webinar style. So yeah. Join us either on March 22nd or when we have the next one on schedule. Sorry. Yeah.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: That would be great. That would be great, Birgit because, so there’s a saying where I come from that it’s very difficult to please everyone. And I know that it commits is trying. Cracking time zone is very tricky, so we definitely understand, but we will do what we can to make it better and to be able to set everyone. As always the show notes for our episodes, they will be published GutenbergTimes.com/podcasts. And if you have questions or suggestions or news you want us to include, send them to Changelog@GutenbergTimes.com. That’s Changelog@GutenbergTimes.com.
\n\n\n\nBirgit Pauli-Haack: Wow. Thank you so much, Mary. And this is it for me. This is episode 63. And just in case you’re looking for it on the podcast website, you all have a great time and I’ll talk to you in two weeks. Thank you.
\n\n\n\nMary Job: Thank you.
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\n\n\n\nHistorically, these guidelines have generated lengthy discussions, as many vocal opponents found them to be needlessly prohibitive. WordCamps began as local, city-based events, and organizers were not allowed to put together a regional WordCamp without jumping through a lot of extra requirements. These included having experienced event organizers that represent all WordPress communities in the region. The guidelines state:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBefore applying to organize a regional WordCamp, there should be at least 3 cities in your region (but very possibly more) with a local group that meets monthly, and that have hosted at least one WordCamp. The size of your region (in geography and population) will affect the expected number of established communities.
In 2017, WordPress Community Support (WCS) shut down WordCamp Netherlands in favor of city-based WordCamps, sending the Dutch community into an uproar. The region, which is roughly the size of Maryland, had successfully held six editions of WordCamp Netherlands before WCS decided not to approve its application.
\n\n\n\nThe camp was reinstated in 2018 after organizers agreed to meet additional requirements in the guidelines outlined above. This was not without a significant struggle, as the project moved to shed its “one-size-fits-all” approach to WordPress events. WordCamp Netherlands is once again on the schedule for 2022 as an in-person event.
\n\n\n\nIn 2017, WordPress Community Manager Hugh Lashbrooke proposed the idea of micro-regional WordCamps, which makes exceptions to the meetup requirements for regional camps in situations where neighboring cities share meetup organization responsibilities. The idea received widespread support, as it makes sense in certain instances.
\n\n\n\n“Exception is the keyword here,” WordCamp Netherlands organizer Marcel Bootsman said at the time. “If these local communities are active and healthy, let them organize a WordCamp. Be happy with the fact that people want to organize.”
\n\n\n\nWordPress is slowly coming around to this idea – that volunteer-run events thrive better with more flexible guidelines that allow for cultural and geographical differences.
\n\n\n\nIn 2020, the Community team relaxed a number of guidelines, including some for regional online WordCamps, in order to help keep communities connected during a difficult time.
\n\n\n\n“This resulted in a bunch of online regional WordCamps in Centroamerica, Greece, Finland, India, Italy, Japan, Spain, and Taiwan, among others,” Community Team Representative Hari Shanker said. “These events were quite successful in bringing together local communities even despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
\n\n\n\nNow that WordPress events have taken a hard hit, the Community Team is considering loosening these restrictions for in-person regional events.
\n\n\n\n“Some local communities have also approached WordCamp Central, expressing their interest in organizing regional events,” Shanker said. “At this time, our organizers are still encouraged to plan smaller city-based WordCamps over larger regional events (especially in the light of COVID restrictions that are still in place in many regions). However, I strongly feel that the Community Team should revisit the existing guidelines for regional events due to a renewed interest in the same.”
\n\n\n\nShanker is asking for feedback on the discussion before April 4, 2022. A few contributors and organizers have already weighed in.
\n\n\n\n“Switzerland is such a small country that having separate WordCamps for Geneva, Lausanne, Bern and Zurich seems to be unnecessarily complicated,” Mark Howells-Mead said. “By re-establishing WordCamp Switzerland – which takes place in a different city each time and which was organized as a regional event until 2015 – we can better ensure that the visibility of the event and repetitive work can be more efficiently organized.”
\n\n\n\nMarcel Bootsman once again called on the Community Team to use common sense as a guide when evaluating whether a region is fit to host a WordCamp.
\n\n\n\n“We’ve had quite a few discussions about regional WordCamps in The Netherlands,” Bootsman said. “Let me just say I’m happy WCNL is back on the agenda, and I hope regional/local (city based) WordCamps are evaluated according to the country geographical size, and the feedback of the people organizing them.”
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\n\n\n\nTo use, theme authors only need to create a new theme.yaml file and begin adding their custom configuration in the human-friendly YAML format. The plugin will convert it into JSON and save it to the theme.json file.
As someone who has had his fair share of headaches writing directly in JSON, I have never been happier to look at the following in my code editor:
\n\n\n\nThat is pretty.
\n\n\n\nI just wish I had thought of this plugin idea first. I routinely work with YAML files when dealing with other systems and convert the data to PHP and JSON. It just made sense as soon as I saw the plugin description.
\n\n\n\nJSON is not the easiest-to-write format when dealing with configuration files, which is what the theme.json file is. It works well for cross-language data storage, but I sometimes cringe when opening a JSON file to type in, especially if it has 100s or 1,000s of lines. Plus, you cannot leave inline comments to remind yourself or others why a particular decision was made or a setting configured.
Is YAML better? It has its pros and cons, and in my experience, parts of the syntax can become complex for the unfamiliar. However, supporting inline comments alone is worth it.
\n\n\n\nThe plugin’s documentation was bare-bones at best. It said nothing about how it worked under the hood. I had questions. Is there a setting for the conversion? Is it automatic? Does it happen on every page load?
\n\n\n\nI peaked under the hood so that you do not have to. The plugin automatically searches for a theme.yaml file in the active theme’s root folder when a page is loaded. If found, it will check its last modified time and store the value in the database. If there are new modifications, the plugin parses theme.yaml, converts it to JSON, and writes it to the theme.json file.
If the active theme is a child, it will also automatically run through this process for its parent.
\n\n\n\nThe downside to the plugin is that it leaves the resulting JSON minified, which is tough to read. This is OK when you have the theme.yaml file on hand. However, when submitting to the WordPress.org theme directory, this “build” file would typically be something a theme author would not bundle in their theme ZIP.
I firmly believe in shipping code that is readable and editable to whoever receives a copy. There are a couple of options for theme authors to do this. They can ship both the theme.json and theme.yaml files or change the following code in the plugin’s main file:
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$themeJson = json_encode($themeObject, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);We merely need to toggle on the JSON_PRETTY_PRINT flag for the json_encode() function:
$themeJson = json_encode($themeObject, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);I hope the plugin developer will consider this change in a future version or allow theme authors to filter it.
\n\n\n\nThere are other solutions for theme authors who shy away from theme.json. I have split my JSON into manageable chunks across multiple files in the past. Then, I used a webpack plugin for merging them during my watch/build process.
I recommend using the JS YAML Parser or a similar package for those who prefer YAML but want integration with their build system.
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\n\n\n\nFortunately, there are various ways to create a custom WordPress user registration form. With the right tool, you should have no problems capturing leads, building your mailing list, and reaping the many other benefits of user registrations.
\n\n\n\nIn this post, we’ll discuss why registration forms play a huge role in running a successful website. We’ll then cover four ways to create an effective form.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInternet users typically create accounts with websites by entering their personal information into registration forms. You’ll find these forms across the web, including on forums, online job boards, membership websites and social media sites.
\n\n\n\nAn admin can create user accounts in the WordPress dashboard by navigating to Users → Add New, but this process requires time and effort, especially if you have thousands of users.
\n\n\n\nThe admin also needs to know all of the user’s personal information and assign them a password. This can become a security vulnerability if the new member doesn’t change their login information immediately.
\n\n\n\nBy creating a public user registration form, you can significantly reduce your admin’s workload. You can also improve your website’s security since the admin doesn’t know the passwords for the user accounts.
\n\n\n\nAdditionally, if you offer memberships, a quick and easy registration form is essential for capturing leads and driving conversions. You might even generate a profit by charging your members.
\n\n\n\nMany online stores also use registration forms to encourage brand loyalty. After completing the signup process, customers may be more inclined to visit your store again.
\n\n\n\nIn addition, many registration forms collect personal information, like customer postal addresses. You can then use this data to auto-complete subsequent forms. This feature can improve the checkout experience, potentially reducing cart abandonment rates.
\n\n\n\nYou might even use this information to target visitors with personalized content, advertisements, or email marketing. For instance, you could create targeted email campaigns.
\n\n\n\nThese segmented campaigns typically deliver 74.53 percent higher click rates than non-segmented ones. Your targeted campaigns may include exclusive coupon codes for products that customers have previously purchased. The emails could also include new blog posts that subscribers may be interested in reading.
\n\n\n\nNow that we’ve explored the pros and cons of each approach, let’s see some solutions in action. Here are four different ways to create a custom user registration form for your WordPress website!
\n\n\n\nYou can create a basic user registration form with WordPress built-in settings. This feature is quick and easy to set up and requires no extensive configuration.
\n\n\n\nNote that the built-in WordPress registration form simply collects a user’s email address and password. You can’t add more fields without diving into your site’s code. This means that you miss out on capturing important information.
\n\n\n\nFor example, if you’re running an eCommerce site, you may want to record a visitor’s postal address. It isn’t possible to get this data with the WordPress built-in registration form, potentially impacting the effectiveness of your membership functionality.
\n\n\n\nThe built-in registration form will also appear on a separate page, without an easy way to change its location. For a more seamless user experience, many sites choose to embed registration forms within their content. They may even add the feature to recurring areas, like the website footer.
\n\n\n\nFeaturing this form alongside your site’s content is a great way to encourage signups. This isn’t possible using WordPress built-in features unless you’re willing to edit your website at the code level.
\n\n\n\nAs an open-source platform, WordPress gives you complete access to its source code. This openness lets you extend the core software and add extra features.
\n\n\n\nIf you’re comfortable editing WordPress at the code level, it’s possible to customize the built-in registration form. This option has more flexibility without weighing down your site.
\n\n\n\nIt can also help you control the data that customers enter into your forms. This is particularly true when comparing this method to using a third-party plugin or external form-building tool.
\n\n\n\nNote that writing custom code requires a considerable amount of technical knowledge. Editing WordPress at the code level can also be risky. For example, if you make a mistake, you could take down your site or cause conflicts with existing themes, plugins, or WordPress core. Or you could even create a security vulnerability that hackers might take advantage of.
\n\n\n\nTo minimize the dangers, we recommend implementing all of your changes through a site-specific plugin. You can then deactivate this plugin if it causes issues on your website.
\n\n\n\nStill, it’s wise to create a full backup before making any changes at the code level and test them on a staging site so you can spot and resolve issues before rolling out changes to a live site.
\n\n\n\nYou can also offer user registration with a third-party tool like Google Forms. Typically you’d be able to share the same form across multiple locations and platforms by opting for a cloud-based service.
\n\n\n\nFor example, you might embed the form in your WordPress website, email marketing campaigns, and social media pages.
\n\n\n\nWith cloud-based platforms, you can often view your responses in a single, centralized location. This setup can make it easier to analyze your results and share them with your team members.
\n\n\n\nStill, it may be difficult to seamlessly integrate third-party forms with your website. You’ll also need to ensure the form perfectly complement’s your site’s branding.
\n\n\n\nAnd not all third-party form builders are correctly optimized for mobile, including some big names like Google Forms. This limitation means that people visiting your site on mobile devices may not have the best user experience. With over 90 percent of the global internet population using a mobile device to go online, a lack of form optimization is a significant drawback.
\n\n\n\nDepending on your chosen tool, third-party forms may also negatively impact your site’s speed. This is bad news for conversion rates and your website’s overall performance.
\n\n\n\nYou can also create a wide range of custom WordPress user registrations forms with a plugin. These tools often give you complete control over your form’s design and the type of information you collect.
\n\n\n\nSome plugins can impact your site’s performance or conflict with other software. So, we recommend researching potential plugins carefully.
\n\n\n\nIf you’re downloading the plugin from the official WordPress repository, then you can check out its most recent reviews.
\n\n\n\nWe recommend paying special attention to the most recent feedback. A plugin may have a positive average star rating, but an influx of recent negative reviews can indicate an issue with the latest release.
\n\n\n\nBefore you can start accepting registrations on your site’s front-end, you’ll need to enable signups on the back-end.
\n\n\n\nTo do this, navigate to Settings → General. Now, find the Membership section, and select the accompanying Anyone can register checkbox.
\n\n\n\nWhile you’re here, you can configure the role for new signups. This setting restricts the actions members can perform on your site and the data they can access.
\n\n\n\nTo keep your site secure, it’s wise not to automatically assign roles that give visitors elevated privileges, like Author or Editor. Instead, consider using Subscriber.
\n\n\n\nAfter making these changes, click on Save Changes. WordPress is now ready to accept signups, so the next step is giving visitors a way to register with your site.
\n\n\n\nMany websites offer membership functionality. With this in mind, it’s unsurprising that there are multiple ways to create a user registration form in WordPress. Here are four options:
\n\n\n\nOut of the box, WordPress has everything you need to add a basic registration form to your website. The form page is similar to the standard WordPress login screen for accessing the admin dashboard. Although it appears on a separate page, you can link to it from any widget-enabled area on your website.
\n\n\n\nTo create this link, navigate to Appearance → Widgets. Now, find the area where you want to add the Register URL, like Footer Column 1 or Below Header. Then, click on this section to expand it.
\n\n\n\nNow, select the + icon and search for the Meta widget. When it appears, give it a click.
\n\n\n\nTo save your changes, click on Update. Now, if you check out your site’s front-end, you should notice a brand-new Register link.
\n\n\n\nClicking on this link will take visitors to a separate page with WordPress’ built-in user registration form. If the person already has an account, they can select the widget’s Log In URL instead. This will take them to a similar form to sign into their account.
\n\n\n\nIt’s impossible to edit the built-in registration form using the standard WordPress tools and interface. Fortunately, you can edit the registration page with WordPress hooks.
\n\n\n\nHooks are functions that you can apply to any Action or Filter. WordPress will perform Actions when a specific event occurs. In contrast, Filters can modify certain functions.
\n\n\n\nTo customize the WordPress built-in registration form, it’s a good idea to make your own site-specific plugin. It will contain all of your custom code.
\n\n\n\nPlacing all of this functionality in a separate plugin can ensure that you don’t lose your modifications whenever you update your site’s theme. This setup will also make it easier to activate and deactivate the registration form feature if required.
\n\n\n\nTo start, connect to your server via File Transfer Protocol (FTP) using a client like FileZilla. Once you’ve made this connection, navigate to your site’s /wp-content/plugins/ folder.
\n\n\n\nCreate a new file with a descriptive name like registration.php. Next, open this file in your computer’s default text editor.
\n\n\n\nYou can now implement all of your hooks. This step will vary depending on the user data you want to collect. You’ll find a demo over at the WordPress Codex, plus a breakdown of some of the hooks you may want to use.
\n\n\n\nThere are various third-party form creation tools. Google Forms is a popular option that stores all data in your Google Drive account, where it’s easily accessible.
\n\n\n\nTo create a custom WordPress user registration form, head to the Google Forms website. You can then either make your form from scratch or use one of Google’s ready-made templates.
\n\n\n\nTo start, give your form a descriptive title. You can then add fields using the + icon.
\n\n\n\nIf you’re creating a long registration form, you may want to group your questions into sections. You can achieve this with the Add Section icon.
\n\n\n\nBefore visitors can sign up, you’ll need to make your form public. In the upper-right corner, click on the three dots, and then select Add Collaborators.
\n\n\n\nIn the subsequent popup, click on Change. You can now make this form accessible to anyone who visits your website.
\n\n\n\nNext, select the Send button. This opens a popup containing an embed link:
\n\n\n\nTo add this form to your website, copy the embed code. Then, switch to your WordPress dashboard and navigate to the page or post where you want to use this form. You can then open the page and insert a new Custom HTML block.
\n\n\n\nPaste your embed code into this block. You can now update or publish this page, and your form will be ready to accept registrations.
\n\n\n\nFinally, head back to Google Forms and open your user registration form to view your responses. From here, select the Responses tab, and you can see all of the submitted information.
\n\n\n\nWhen it comes to WordPress, there’s a plugin for almost everything — and building a user registration form is no exception. You can create a wide range of forms using Contact Form 7.
\n\n\n\nAfter activating this plugin, navigate to Contact → Add New. Now, give your form a descriptive name.
\n\n\n\nContact Form 7 automatically creates fields for collecting the user’s name and email address. It also adds a space for them to write a message and a subject line. Since we’re creating a user registration form, you’ll likely want to delete those last two fields.
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\n\n\n\nMalicious third parties often try to exploit user registration forms. In fact, one in five account registrations is fraudulent. If hackers create an account on your site, they might use it to launch more sophisticated attacks or even flood your website with spam. With this danger in mind, securing your registration against attackers is essential.
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\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:00:00]
\n\n\n\nHello everyone! And welcome to the WordPress Briefing: the podcast where you can catch quick explanations of the ideas behind the WordPress open source project, some insight into the community that supports it and get a small list of big things coming up in the next two weeks. I’m your host, Josepha Haden Chomphosy. Here we go.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:00:40]
\n\n\n\nI was checking the list of upcoming events recently as part of just my regular work and saw that the call for organizers for WordCamp Asia is open. On the one hand, it made my heart skip a beat with excitement. That event is six years or so in the making. And on the other hand, it reminded me of February 10th, 2020, the day that Matt told me that we had to proactively cancel WordCamp Asia. That week was truly heartbreaking for me as well as I think the entire organizing team.
\n\n\n\nBut it also, fortunately, was prescient. As I think back over the two years since then, I’m grateful for our community wranglers and deputies who have consistently hosted important discussions about how to return to in-person events safely. And with two of our major flagship events returning this year, I’m here to summarize, sort of, what the rules and guidelines are.
\n\n\n\nBut certainly I hope that you come away from this with an idea of what’s being done to keep everyone safe as we are best able.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:01:44]
\n\n\n\nFirstly, before we dig into specifics, I want to be clear upfront that the guidelines for COVID-aware events are mandatory, unless otherwise stated. For folks who’ve been attending WordPress events, or participating in the community for a long time, this is a change. As a program, we have always done our best to be flexible with guidelines so that we can prioritize local knowledge. But our responsibility is to the long-term success of this community and this program. So moving forward with in-person events that risk the health of our community members poses risks to the program itself. So with that in mind, let’s learn what we’re going to see at events for the rest of the.
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\n\n\n\nFor any WordPress event that is gathering more than 50 people, the new mandatory guidelines are:
\n\n\n\nNumber one, follow local laws and guidelines. If your area has suggested guidelines on top of the mandatory ones, follow those.
\n\n\n\nSecond, is if you are in a location where laws or guidelines require or permit venues to limit admission based on a person’s vaccination status and masking, then events can only happen in venues that are willing to provide staff to check for vaccination status at the door. And then also to remind participants to wear masks during the event.
\n\n\n\nAnd the third thing is if your area or venue legally cannot check vaccination status, your area must pass the in-person checklist, which I will link in the show notes below. But that in-person checklist has to be passed at the time of the application and then again at the time of the event. And in addition to that, the venue must be willing to provide staff who will remind participants to wear masks and check for temperature during the event.
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\n\n\n\nOrganizers in these areas must be prepared to move online or cancel if the region fails the safety checklist, which again, will be linked in the show notes below. So those are the three things and they are pretty dense, but also I think allow for a fair amount of flexibility. There is also a tidy flow chart linked in the sidebar of make.wordpress.org/community that will help you to decide what sort of event your own area can support right now.
\n\n\n\nSo those are the mandatory guidelines for WordPress events in general right now, but you probably also have a few specific questions. So I’ve got the three most common questions ready to go with answers from Angela Jin who helped me to kind of pull together the information for this particular podcast props to Angela. Thank you.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:04:25]
\n\n\n\nSo, first question, anything specific to know about WordCamp Europe? WordCamp Europe will be following these guidelines as well. All attendees and participants are expected to wear a mask while they are at the event and catering will be offered outside so people can remove their masks to eat.
\n\n\n\nThe second common question is how will these guidelines change as countries and local governments begin deescalating restrictions and safety measures? We should consider these guidelines to be subject to evolution based on what the team is hearing and seeing from the community. But right now we intend to keep these stricter guidelines in place until we see how the loosened rules play out elsewhere.
\n\n\n\nAnd then a third frequent question is what’s going to happen to all these online events?
\n\n\n\nThe community team will continue to support online events right now. So if your community doesn’t feel ready to have an in-person event, but still wants to kind of get everyone together that is still allowed, and still encouraged. And finally the community team will continue to keep a close eye on situations around the world.
\n\n\n\nIf it becomes safe to do so, and your community is interested, they of course will be happy to chat with you about a WordCamp. There is an application that I will share the link to in the show notes below as well. In case that is something that your community is wanting to look into.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:05:54]
\n\n\n\nOh, and I have a little postscript also. I know I was like finally, and now I’m doing a finally, finally. That’s what postscripts are about. P.S. If you have not stopped by the community team’s site or any of their meetings, they’ve been doing a really great job of keeping things moving through two years of unpredictable changes. If you are a community team member, I want to offer you a huge thanks. Thank you so much for helping us to stay aware and able to move forward.
\n\n\n\nIf you are an organizer, pat yourself on the back. I want to thank you for pivoting with us, moving through online events, even though they are not at all the same as in-person events and certainly they don’t share the reasons that we get people together sometimes.
\n\n\n\nAnd finally, if you are an end to end attendee, if you go to WordPress meetups or you go to any sort of WordPress online events or WordCamps, anything like that, thank your local organizer. They have been doing this probably for a while, and I’m sure that they are looking forward to getting back to in-person events themselves, but even, so they have been putting in a lot of volunteer hours to help make sure that we all know how to use WordPress.
\n\n\n\nAnd so find them, thank them, and I’m sure that they’ll appreciate it.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:07:20]
\n\n\n\nAnd with that, it is time for our small list of big things. Number one, WordCamp Asia has a call for organizers open! This event will be in 2023. And I think that we all simply cannot wait. So I’ll link the call for organizers in the show notes. And then of course you can follow that whole site to stay up to date on what’s happening there.
\n\n\n\nThe second thing is, while we’re on the topic of events, there’s also an open discussion about how we can best support organizers who are getting back to in-person events. We’d like thoughts from both organizers and attendees. So feel free to drop by and leave a note in the comments section. And while you’re over there, the third thing in my small list of big things, there’s also an open discussion about regional events. So go over there, get all your thoughts about WordPress events together. Get them all sorted out in one go. Just leave comments, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. All over the place.
\n\n\n\nAnd that my friends is your smallest of big things. Thank you for tuning in today for the WordPress Briefing. I’m your host Josepha Haden Chomphosy.
\n\n\n\nAnd I’ll see you again in a couple of weeks.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:08:54]
\n\n\n\nSo my most embarrassing WordCamp story actually has to do with where I was supposed to be versus where people thought I was supposed to be. This was early on in my time with WordPress, with Automattic. And I had convinced someone, I had convinced a colleague and friend of mine to go to my home WordCamp, WordCamp Fayetteville over there in Arkansas.
\n\n\n\nAnd then I didn’t go. But I knew I wasn’t going, I knew I was going to WordCamp Boston, but he did not know that I was not going to go. And so he arrived at WordCamp Fayetteville, WordCamp Northwest Arkansas. I can’t remember what it was called at the time. And immediately was confused about where I was and why I wasn’t there.
\n\n\n\nAnd so there was this excellent moment of mass confusion among states where the folks at WordCamp Fayetteville started tweeting about how I had convinced this contributor to go to that event and then didn’t show up. And then the folks at WordCamp Boston, we’re looking at all of those tweets, because if you are a WordCamp organizer, you are always looking at the tweets from all the other WordCamps happening in your weekend.
\n\n\n\nAnd people got very confused about why I was in Boston while they were thinking that I was in Fayetteville, even though the tweets were talking about how, like, I wasn’t in Fayetteville. They probably didn’t say that it was probably more along the lines of like, “Hey, let’s share a photo with Josepha” to, like, make fun of the fact that I wasn’t there.
\n\n\n\nAnd so I caused mass confusion in multiple states. That’s probably my most embarrassing WordCamp story. You’re welcome. Bye!
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\n\n\n\nThe youngest of five siblings, Juan became highly motivated, trying to follow the steps of his siblings. Having a computer at home, he started to make connections that laid the foundation for his career as a developer. His interest in computers grew through that access to a machine running MS-DOS – the one with the black screen command line! Mastering this became a challenge to him and something to share with others. Through doing this, he found a way to more social interaction and new friendships.
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He said: “I started learning some super easy stuff that made me feel like Houdini at that time. I could save a game play, something intangible, on a floppy disk and carry that piece of plastic and magnetic material back home. I was saving the play or game in a square object and then loading that back at home. I now realize, those were my first interactions with computer commands. Without being conscious of it, my friends and I were sharing pieces of code in a unique way.”
\n\n\n\nThis interest grew further through computer magazines and experimenting as “there was always something new to learn.” Although sport became a big part of Juan’s life in his teens, he kept up his computer learning. Taking a new direction, he found online tutorials enabling him to learn how to play the guitar. This led to setting up a punk rock band with his friends.
\n\n\n\n“Education has always been important in my family, and thanks to my parent’s efforts, I attended a school where I learned to express myself in another language.” The school had hired a satellite internet connection in the mid-nineties and had HTML on the computer studies program. These facilities were not that common in Argentina or many other countries either at that time. Also, his parents had the foresight to secure a rare internet connection at the house in 1997.
\n\n\n\nJuan recalled: “Browsing around the Internet opened a new universe in my mind. This new universe was extremely fantastic but also extremely expensive. I needed to make the most of every second online.”
“It was a whole new world and one thing led to the other. I started learning a bit of everything, editing graphics, scripting and so on. I still remember my first website in the fantastic sunset strip, Geocities.”
After high school, Juan moved to the city along with his brother and began to study IT at University. When he was asked by a friend to work at a software company, he decided to try that whilst continuing his studies. Through his job he had the chance to explore web-related opportunities, and with a friend from university, they started managing teams and projects across Latin America and Spain.
Juan describes this experience as one of the most fulfilling in his life. He was able to travel abroad for work, experience remote working, manage teams, present projects and speak formally in front of senior people. As the company grew at a fast pace, they learned how to set up and run a large organization. Eventually, he decided to drop out of his university program and focus on the opportunity of learning first hand.
One of the key early learning from working internationally was that business and web development could be just as fast-moving and successful in Argentina as in other places. “I realized there’s no such thing as a secret sauce for success. Projects are backed by people’s talent and time, and you can find that in any latitude.”
By his mid-20s, Juan decided he wanted to try building something from scratch. He created a social network for photo sharing in Latin America, which was used by more than 30,000 people across Latin America and Spain in its time. Through this, he discovered that other people had a blog and he did not want to be left behind. The discovery of WordPress was to change the focus of his life.
Spending some time traveling around Europe, Juan found himself ‘surrounded by uncertainty’ and worried about what the future could bring. “I had some clues, but under uncertainty, the more you ask the less you answer. I started thinking about embracing the following philosophy: I didn’t want to be part of a large company, I didn’t want to continue studying and I wanted to travel as much as I could.” He did not realize at that time how this vision for his life was to mirror what he would find in WordPress.
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As he explored the options with the software, Juan was unsure of how intellectual property worked and wanted to be respectful of other people’s work. “I didn’t understand open source yet, and I wasn’t sure if I was stealing from others. That was my first interaction with GPL and open source. I was truly amazed by how I could learn from others and improve things created by others or by myself.”
\n\n\n\nHe realized: “WordPress was the way to go if I wanted to pursue a dream of traveling, skipping winter, and working at the same time; what we now call a digital nomad. I already knew how to work remotely, I could work for companies located anywhere, as long as they could communicate in English or Spanish.”
\n\n\n\nJuan started his own web agency, where he provided services to small and medium-sized companies abroad in the USA, UK, and Australia. He built his reputation and developed strong relationships in WordPress. “The experience couldn’t be better. I was learning, having fun, making a living out of it, and at the same time exploring the world.”
\n\n\n\nIn mid-2012, he discovered the full power of the WordPress community firsthand. In his spare time he started developing themes and from all he heard, wanted to attend a major event with lots of others in WordPress, a WordCamp. He took the plunge and booked for WordCamp in Edinburgh, in the UK. He said: “I got to meet many super talented people, and the atmosphere of the event was awesome. A place where competitors were also colleagues. Seeing the humility of somebody like Mike Little, the co-founder of WordPress, was amazing.”
\n\n\n\nHe added: “While there, unconsciously, I started dreaming of holding something like that in Argentina – the joy of hosting the WordPress community in my home country.”
\n\n\n\nBack home, while browsing the Codex, he happened to see that WordPress was turning 10. A lot of meetups were going to be organized worldwide to celebrate the birthday. But there was nothing organized in Argentina. This was a catalyst for starting a local meetup. Together with a colleague, he organized an Argentinian 10th birthday meetup.
\n\n\n\nMore than 20 people showed up. “There was a common denominator. We all loved WordPress, it was part of our day-to-day life. We wanted to share experiences, make new friends and continue growing from what we could learn from others. That day we were a group of people with shared interests. That’s the simplest way to define a community, isn’t it?” This early meetup led to the formation of what is now called WordPress Argentina.
\n\n\n\nIn his desire to skip winters and do more traveling, his next adventure was to take him to visit family working in the US and attend one of the biggest WordCamps in the world in San Francisco. His interest kept growing and he traveled across Europe to be part of the first edition of WordCamp Europe in the Netherlands in 2013.
\n\n\n\nHe said: “There’s almost nothing I could write to fully express what you experience in such events. They are the main WordPress events worldwide. The best part: I made a lot of good friends from many different places. I’m glad I have more excuses to continue traveling.”
\n\n\n\nOnce again in Argentina, our organization started growing thanks to the energy of the whole group, we started hosting formal meetups. In May 2015, we crowned all these efforts with a new WordCamp in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
\n\n\n\n“Organizing such an event in my home country with many of the contributors I had met from the very first meetup was an experience I will always keep with me.”
\n\n\n\nJuan believes one of his biggest contributions to open source was as part of being able to expand the community in Argentina and to share this with other Latin American and Spanish speaking countries. He also contributes as a volunteer translator in the Polyglots Team, to the Make WordPress Support team, and contributes to code blocks and Gutenberg. “I am really excited about seeing the future of Gutenberg as it is the future of WordPress.”
\n\n\n\nThroughout his time contributing, Juan believes in helping to set the foundations and encouraging others to give their time and talents. He is keen to share that contributing does not have to be the same all the time and that you can have breaks and focus on one area in a particular period too. He gives the example of how in his spare time he watches Trac, where tickets about the software are logged, and looks where he might be able to help or think of solutions.
\n\n\n\nHe said: “Anytime I find I can contribute to or make improvements in code-related areas, I will do as it is important to keep giving to the community. I enjoy crawling over meta, trac, GitHub and the different places that are requesting help. There is always somewhere you can help. At the moment, my focus is code and translations. I always try to save time to help these two areas. It is like you give and you get, you learn things. You meet amazing people and opportunities arrive.”
\n\n\n\n“Life is about experiences, it is about the people you surround yourself with and trying to do what you love. What you can find in an open source project like WordPress is an environment full of people who work with a tool they love. An environment that is ready to help and to give advice. Follow what makes you happy, try to be surrounded by people who make you better, try to empower others, try to give back. Try. Make your own path.”
\n\n\n\nHelp share these stories of open source contributors and continue to grow the community. Meet more WordPressers in the People of WordPress series.
\n\n\n\nThank you to Juan Aldasoro (@juanfra) for sharing his story.
\n\n\n\nInterviews and feature by Abha Thakor (@webcommsat) and Surendra Thakor (@sthakor). Reviews by Mary Baum (@marybaum), Chloe Bringmann (@cbringmann), Meher Bala (@meher), Anjana Vasan (@anjanavasan) and Yvette Sonneveld (@yvettesonneveld).
\n\n\n\nThanks to Josepha Haden Chomphosy (@chanthaboune) and Topher DeRosia (@topher1kenobe) and others for their support of this initiative.
\n\n\n\nThis People of WordPress feature is inspired by an essay originally published on HeroPress.com, a community initiative created by Topher DeRosia. It highlights people in the WordPress community who have overcome barriers and whose stories might otherwise go unheard. #HeroPress
\nIt’s been less than a year since the WordPress Pattern Directory was launched, and we already have more exciting news to share. The Pattern Creator is live! You can now build, edit, and submit your best block patterns to the Pattern Directory—submissions are open to all with a WordPress.org user account!
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\n\n\n\nWho is WordPress actually made for? Join our host, WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy, as she explores this controversial question and three things that can help find the answer.
\n\n\n\nHave a question you’d like answered? You can submit them to wpbriefing@wordpress.org, either written or as a voice recording.
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Episode 27
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:00:00]
\n\n\n\nHello everyone, and welcome to the WordPress Briefing: the podcast where you can catch quick explanations of the ideas behind the WordPress open source project, some insight into the community that supports it, and get a small list of big things coming up in the next two weeks. I’m your host, Josepha Haden Chomphosy. Here we go!
\n\n\n\nToday, we’re talking about who WordPress is built for. I was talking to a group of contributors last week and we encountered some questions around just who WordPress is built for. And it’s a question that you’ll find any time that you’re working on user testing or on triaging tickets, and especially when that comes up when you look at the big picture, roadmap sorts of things. The easiest answer for this question is, of course, everyone because WordPress’ mission is to democratize publishing and that should be available to everyone.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:01:11]
\n\n\n\nHowever, everyone is a really big target and certainly doesn’t help get your mind around the people that you’re wanting to actually build it for, the people that you actually want to be able to use your product, your software on a day-to-day basis. So let’s take a look at the one question that can help us figure out who it’s built for today and how we get it to being something that’s built forever.
\n\n\n\nFirstly, there’s a basic premise of open source that informs this thought. And that premise is that we are citizens of a community of contributors therefore the decisions are made by the people who show up. In general, I believe that to be true, though, I also believe that some basic qualifications are needed.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:01:50]
\n\n\n\nSo with that in mind, the one question that can help us figure out who a software is built for is this: how do your active contributors see themselves? I would bet that most contributors to open source software projects, like WordPress, are developers of some sort, it is sort of written right into the definition of the project.
\n\n\n\nIf you work on software, then you need developers. And what I love about WordPress, in particular, is that we do work to include contributors who are not developers. Yet it still remains true that there is a fairly high level of technical knowledge required to actively contribute.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:2:25]
\n\n\n\nWhich kind of brings us to the second half of the original question of how can we make sure that WordPress can be something that’s built for everyone? The answer to this one is easy to say, hard to do, and that is to make sure to include them as co-creators in the development process.
\n\n\n\nWe’ve talked about co-creators in open source before. It’s this idea that people who use the software every day are likely to know the biggest pain points. So if you want your software to be used by people who don’t know HTML, talk to a bunch of people who don’t know HTML about how it is to use your software.
\n\n\n\nIf you want your software to be mostly used by enterprise agencies, talk to enterprise agencies, but also ask them what their clients hate, because everyone has more than one stakeholder. And I know that I said this already, but it bears repeating that, obviously, this is all very easy to say and hard to do.
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\n\n\n\nSo what is my best guess for the how-to-do part for WordPress? There are three things.
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\n\n\n\nFrequently the feedback that we do get that is just kind of undirected and ad hoc is exactly that– it is undirected and ad hoc and is then hard to follow up on and make sure that we understand what was wrong and how we can help fix it. And so testing is important for that. And testing it turns out is important for a bunch of things. When you’re working in open source.
\n\n\n\nThe next thing is support. So checking in with support teams at hosts, as well as the hardworking support teams in the project. And that can really help us to get early indications of what difficulties exist now. They have routinely seen problems and issues that are raised in support forums, and from their everyday users that they are providing support to.
\n\n\n\nThat probably could be fixed in WordPress if we had a good understanding of just what was not going right, how many people really needed it to go better, and what our targets were to fix that particular problem.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:4:45]
\n\n\n\nAnd the third thing is communication. I know that I’ve gone on record in many places as saying that most of our problems at the end of the day are communication problems. And I’m going on record about it again here in this podcast, establishing better communication patterns with users is key.
\n\n\n\nThat can be a multi-year project in itself. And even after that, it’s going to be an ongoing journey. But it is one of the many things that WordCamps and other WordPress events have given to us over the years, an opportunity to really hear from and see the struggles that people who are not building with WordPress every day, or literally building WordPress every day are actually having.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:5:34]
\n\n\n\nSo now that you’ve heard my small list of way too big things, that brings us to our regular small list of big things. The first thing is that WordCamp Europe is still looking for volunteers. If you’ve never done that before, I think it’s quite fun. You get to meet a lot of people and the team of organizers is super fun, but I’ll leave a link for you in the show notes.
\n\n\n\nWe also have a new code-free way to contribute through the photo directory. That team is just getting started and still is working toward building out its programs. So now’s a good time to drop in and just kind of see what they are up to. And finally, a reminder that we do have contributors who are affected by the war in Ukraine right now. I will reshare the list of humanitarian organizations in case you missed them a couple of weeks ago as well.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:6:21]
\n\n\n\nAnd that my friends is your small list of big things. Thank you for tuning in today for this WordPress Briefing. I’m your host, Josepha Haden Chomphosy. I’ll see you again in a couple of weeks.
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\n\n\n\nHello, everyone, and welcome to a special edition of the WordPress Briefing. I have Matt here with me today because we want to acknowledge that we are once again at the start of a very difficult time. Neither of us would presume to know what it’s like to be at the heart of such massive disruption in our lives. But who would we be if we didn’t stop and check in with you all, the project that we hold so dear? And with that, I’ll hand it right over to you, Matt.
\n\n\n\nMatt Mullenweg 00:27
\n\n\n\nHello everyone. First, I want to thank Josepha for inviting me to join the WordPress Briefing to share what’s been on my mind in light of recent global events.
\n\n\n\nMatt Mullenweg 00:37
\n\n\n\nI’ve been listening and watching events escalate in Ukraine, often in a state of shock. The scale alone is hard to take in. I mean, in the last 7 days, more than 500,000 people have fled their homes, more refugees are expected every day. The downstream humanitarian crises of the invasion are unimaginable.
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\n\n\n\nAnd seeing destruction in the world we live in is confusing, disconcerting, and difficult. In my experience, open source and WordPress bring people together; people from other countries and cultures, people that we know as friends and colleagues. Technology connects us, regardless of where we are. Nothing can negate the bad things happening in the world, but when I see how this community of contributors collaborates, regardless of borders, you all remind me of the good in the world every day.
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\n\n\n\nI firmly believe that the web can be an equalizer and a force for good in the world. To me, the WordPress project is the epitome of goodness—everyone has a voice, a platform, and a community. You have the power to make your corner of the world, and the web, a sanctuary for those who need it—especially now.
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\n\n\n\nIf you or someone you know is affected by this war, I encourage you to be present as the ramifications unfold. While we may all feel fatigued and have a sense of languishing from the past two years of the Covid pandemic, the gift of time and support for one another cannot be overstated. I’m confident that every single person in the WordPress community will approach the situation in Ukraine with sensitivity and understanding.
\n\n\n\nMatt Mullenweg 02:07
\n\n\n\nI invite you to join me in standing with those in the world working to end conflict and working toward a world of peace, promise, and opportunity. If you’re looking for a way to help support the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, I will offer some suggested NGOs, or Non-Governmental Organizations, that provide assistance to local peacebuilders in the region.
\n\n\n\nMatt Mullenweg 02:26
\n\n\n\nIn closing, please know that my thoughts are with everyone in our community. I know that my words here can’t change anything there, but I hope that we all remember that words of support are never unwelcome. And we can never know when a little human kindness can help someone share the invisible heaviness in their heart.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 02:44
\n\n\n\nThanks for that, Matt. My friends, there are links in the show notes to some of the groups that Matt referenced. And that is it for this special edition of the WordPress Briefing. I’m your host, Josepha Haden Chomphosy. Be safe, be kind to yourself and others, and I’ll see you again in a couple of weeks.
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\n\n\n\nOverall, February has been a busy month for WordPress. To begin with, it was thrilling to see the enthusiasm for the release of WordPress 5.9 Joséphine from January continue last month, and that’s not all.
\n\n\n\nWe have many exciting updates to share, so keep reading to learn about the latest achievements from the WordPress community.
\n\n\n\nThe Core Team launched three new versions of Gutenberg last month. All come with new features, code quality improvements, and bug fixes.
\n\n\n\nThe redesign of WordPress News, which was first announced by Matt Mullenweg, Co-Founder of WordPress, in State of the Word 2021, went live on February 16, 2022.
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\n\n\n\nWordPress gave Tonya Mork a new lease of energy after a health crisis from which she nearly died. She had spent two decades as an electrical and software engineer in high tech automated manufacturing. But when she discovered the WordPress software, teaching it to others became her new purpose. Through this discovery, she has gone on to help thousands of developers understand and build code in great depth.
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For the first 22 years of Tonya’s life, she rose through the ranks from enlisted personnel in the US Navy to a highly sought after chief engineer with a multi million-dollar industrial automation engineering firm.
\n\n\n\nHowever, while she was working in engineering, her life was to change dramatically. In 2007, Tonya started to face health challenges that had an impact on all that she had known.
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One day, she woke up at home ready to visit a client’s facility where her firm was building a robotic system. She said: “As I headed for the door, I fell to my knees, as this wave of pain crushed down on my chest.”
\n\n\n\nDoctors diagnosed her with a very rare heart disease that caused her blood vessels to spasm, cutting off blood to whatever was downstream of the blockage.
\n\n\n\nA few months later, she was diagnosed with a second rare and more serious condition, related to the migraines from which she had been suffering. Combined with her heart condition, this made every migraine attack life-threatening.
\n\n\n\nFor nearly seven years, the unexpected changes to her health left her mostly homebound and constantly monitored. This meant she had to close her engineering firm and say goodbye to staff and clients.
\n\n\n\n“My career defined me. It was my canvas and my art. When it was gone, I was lost. I didn’t recognize myself.”
\n\n\n\nBut in her darkest hour, she found her strength. Tonya made a choice to move forward, and make the most of her life.
\n\n\n\n“When you are at rock bottom, you have to make a decision or else it will consume you. My decision was that I chose to be happy,” said Tonya.
\n\n\n\nOne of Tonya’s first steps was to start writing a blog using WordPress. In this she shared insights on how to find peace and joy in any situation. She wrote about kindness and helping one another.
\n\n\n\nThe joy of making solutions through WordPress became a way for Tonya to accept her new life and not feel as limited by her health. She wanted purpose, and in WordPress, she found just that.
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In 2013, Tonya’s health deteriorated further. She was admitted into intensive care and was diagnosed with a third rare disease, this time related to her autoimmunity. She was not expected to survive this time.
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\n\n\n\nShe had first used WordPress for her engineering firm’s intranet. But when she discovered the software’s full potential and the collaborative opportunities of open source, it opened a new world.
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During the years which followed, she donated her time to build some WordPress websites and plugins. She said: “Through giving my time, I was able to do something other than sit in isolation.”
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She said: “Finding WordPress helped me to find myself again. Here in this community, I was able to feel like a person again, not a sick one, but a professional with something to give.”
As her interest in the software grew, Tonya decided to start a non-profit where she turned to WordPress to build the websites. This re-sparked her interest in programming. She said: “I wanted to really know the code and understand what made it tick.”
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Tonya went on to work with big and medium size WordPress companies helping their developers and supporting them in raising their firms’ leverage with WordPress.
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Tonya’s passion for the software and getting people involved in its growth continued. For the WordPress 5.9 release in 2021, she took on the role of both the Core Tech Lead and the Release Coordinator. As this was a big release and included the first major implementation of Full Site Editing, it had many moving parts and hundreds of contributors. She was able to share the skills she had learned in communication and project management from her days streamlining and documenting engineering software and processes.
\n\n\n\nIn the first 24 hours of WordPress 5.9 landing, it had more than 10 million downloads—and 17 formally reported bugs.
\n\n\n\nNow in what Tonya describes as her third chapter. She said: “I’m a very different person from the engineer I used to know. What really matters in this world is when you reach out and make a difference in someone’s life.”
\n\n\n\nShe feels she has found her purpose in this life. “I’m on a mission to give back and make a difference. Teaching is how I will do it. And in WordPress I have found my professional home, and I have all this software knowledge that I just want to share.”
\n\n\n\nHelp share these stories of open source contributors and continue to grow the community. Meet more WordPressers in the People of WordPress series.
\n\n\n\nThank you to Tonya Mork (@hellofromtonya) for sharing her story.
\n\n\n\nInterviews and feature by Abha Thakor (@webcommsat) and Mary Baum (@marybaum). Reviewed by Chloe Bringmann (@cbringmann), Nalini Thakor (@nalininonstopnewsuk), Meher Bala (@meher), and Anjana Vasan (@anjanavasan). Photo editing Reyez Martínez (@rmartinezduque) and Jean Baptiste Audras (@audrasjb).
\n\n\n\nThanks to Josepha Haden Chomphosy (@chanthaboune) and Topher DeRosia (@topher1kenobe) and others for their support of this initiative.
\n\n\n\nThis People of WordPress feature is inspired by an essay originally published on HeroPress.com, a community initiative created by Topher DeRosia. It highlights people in the WordPress community who have overcome barriers and whose stories might otherwise go unheard. #HeroPress
\nWordPress 5.9.1 is now available!
\n\n\n\nThis maintenance release features 82 bug fixes in both Core and the block editor.
\n\n\n\nWordPress 5.9.1 is a short-cycle maintenance release. The next major release will be version 6.0.
\n\n\n\nYou can download WordPress 5.9.1 from WordPress.org, or visit your Dashboard → Updates and click “Update Now”.
\n\n\n\nIf you have sites that support automatic background updates, they’ve already started the update process.
\n\n\n\nFor more information, browse the full list of both Trac and GitHub changes in the release candidate post, or check out the version 5.9.1 HelpHub documentation page.
\n\n\n\nThe 5.9.1 release was led by Jb Audras and George Mamadashvili.
\n\n\n\nSpecial props to @sergeybiryukov for running mission control.
\n\n\n\nThank you to everyone who helped make WordPress 5.9.1 happen:
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\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:00:00]
\n\n\n\nHello everyone, and welcome to the WordPress Briefing. The podcast where you can catch quick explanations of the ideas behind the WordPress open source project. Some insight into the community that supports it and get a small list of big things coming up in the next two weeks. I’m your host, Josepha Haden Chomphosy – here we go!
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\n\n\n\nI have a non-mailbag mailbag question that I would like to answer for y’all today. Non-mailbag because no one actually emailed me about it and mailbag because Twitter is basically like a giant mailbag. And I do get a lot of DMS about this particular topic. If you want to send something to my actual WP Briefing mailbag, you can send it to wpbriefing@worpress.org.
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\n\n\n\nBut the question that I frequently get asked in my DMS on Twitter is: what is Five for the Future? It’s not always that tidy the question, but that still is the question we’re answering today. So if you take a casual survey of active contributors to the WordPress project, the high-level answer that you’re likely to get to that question is “a way to remind people to give back to the project.” Or, if you run in more business-y circles, you might hear that it is an initiative that encourages companies to give back 5% of their resources.
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\n\n\n\nAnd both of those answers are true. So a quick mini-history lesson; the original concept of Five for the Future came from Matt Mullenweg in 2014. There’s a lovely blog post on it that I will link in the notes below, but it was essentially a call to any companies experiencing success with WordPress to contribute back to the project and make sure that the project was a success.
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\n\n\n\nThe initial program then included outreach recognition, et cetera, proposed in 2017 by Tracy Levesque and Ian Dunn. Then that was defined and formalized with the help of the WordPress community in 2018. And then, in 2019, we had our first trial run with entire dedicated teams sponsored by companies inside the WordPress ecosystem.
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\n\n\n\nSo that’s the mini-history lesson chronology of this program. The intentions that informed the work of building the program in 2017 have become a bit lost to the ages. So I’m here to share it with you. The basic heart and soul of the Five for the Future program is to make sure that there is a way to refresh the commons of the WordPress community and ecosystem.
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\n\n\n\nAnd as a result, ensure that the common resources of WordPress are available long after we have stopped being available to care for them. If you are familiar with the concept of the tragedy of the commons, Five for the Future was created to help avoid that tragedy. There were two original goals for formalizing the program.
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\n\n\n\nThe first one was to acknowledge companies that participated in Five for the Future by sponsoring contributors to work on the WordPress project. And the second was to motivate more companies to sponsor more volunteers. Either by hiring them and paying them to contribute or by assigning their existing employees to contribute to the WordPress project.
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\n\n\n\nOf course, it’s hard to quantify participation and hard to qualify what should be seen as an impactful contribution, which is why when the program was originally created, it was in partnership with team reps and community members who were active at the time. There are many posts around that discuss the next steps for this program.
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\n\n\n\nAnd as I’m looking through them, the next steps revolve around some of the hardest and most important questions that we have to answer as a project and as stewards of open source. Those questions are things like:
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\n\n\n\nAnd if you’re familiar with Elinor Ostrom’s award-winning work, Governing the Commons, you may also be wondering how this particular program aligns with her eight principles designed to sustain organizations like ours.
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\n\n\n\nAs an aside to that last question, this particular program does not have all eight principles accounted for, but among WordPress’s many programs, we do account for most of them. Although imperfectly, as is the way with human beings, that’s probably a whole episode unto itself, I did want to quickly answer that particular question.
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\n\n\n\nSo to get back to my non-mailbag, mailbag question, if I had to tell you in the span of an elevator ride what Five for the Future was, this would be my answer. It is a v1 program with a dual goal of boldly declaring the need to refresh the shared resources of WordPress and offering the ways and means for communities and individuals alike to participate in refreshing those resources.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:05:45]
\n\n\n\nIf you want to learn more about the Five for the Future initiative, you can check out wordpress.org/5. Like literally just the number five. Or, if you want to learn more about the program that has grown from the Five for the Future initiative, you can check out the white paper that’s linked in the notes below.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:06:11]
\n\n\n\nAnd that brings us now to our small list of big things. Number one on my small list, the planning post for WordPress 6.0 is out. I’ve included a link in my massive list of links below. But it includes our best guess at timing, features that we intend to include, and a call for volunteers as well. So if you are looking for ways to give back, that is a clear and immediate option.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:06:38]
\n\n\n\nThe second thing on the list is if you are a team rep, don’t forget that we have daylight saving time ending and starting depending on your hemisphere within the month. If you move meetings, if you’re in a team that moves your meetings, discuss it now so that folks have time to adjust their calendars.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy [00:06:55]
\n\n\n\nAnd the third thing on my small list of big things is that there’s a suite of Full Site Editing courses that are now available on learn.wordpress.org. I will add that to my giant list of links below, but I encourage you to wander on over and see what all the fuss is about. I think the courses are excellent. They’re great for folks who don’t quite know what Full Site Editing is yet, but then also they give you a few intermediate tips and tricks as you’re getting your legs underneath you.
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\n\n\n\nSo, that my friends, is your small list of big things. Thank you for tuning in today for the WordPress Briefing. I’m your host, Josepha Haden Chomphosy. I’ll see you again in a couple of weeks.
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\n\n\n\nI have always believed that what we would be shipping at this point in our project would prove the plausible promise of what we were doing in phase one. That’s definitely what I’m seeing from what was shipped in 5.9, as well as what we plan to ship in May with 6.0. And the people who need the most support right now are absolutely our users, your clients, no matter whether they were not keeping up with WordPress developments or simply were waiting to see what all the fuss was about.
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\n\n\n\nThere will be people who look to you as someone who has been here a while to help them make sense of what they’re seeing. And what I find so exciting about this adoption, sort of, work in the WordPress project is that this is the time when we as practitioners of WordPress, no matter whether you are a designer or a developer or builder, business coach. This is the time when we get to guide others through the hardest parts of our learning processes.
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\n\n\n\nThe process of helping people to learn new technologies relies not only on your hard-won expertise but also on the belief that the future is worth fighting for. Enabling someone’s success is an investment in the future and investment for that person or for WordPress or your community. All investments are welcome here.
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\n\n\n\nFortunately, table stakes are just that you care. And speaking of future investments, the second focus is open source alternatives for site building necessities. So things like images, forms, stores, themes, etc. It literally just things you need to build a site. I would like to start by saying that I am completely aware of the fact that 99% of WordPress users will never care about open source freedoms and philosophies in the same way that WordPress maintainers and contributors care about open source freedoms and philosophies.
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\n\n\n\nYou could substitute the name of any other open source project right there, and the statement would still be true. And yet, I will always believe that people should have the rights and freedoms that open source brings to them even if they do not know they are there. And so it makes all the sense in the world to me that as a project and open source community, we should strive to make choosing Open Source as easy as possible.
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\n\n\n\nAnd finally, open source stewardship is one of the focuses for this year. This one is obviously about supporting open source as a concept and maintaining WordPress as a project. But I also think that it is relevant to our current global circumstances. Open Source suddenly became very visible to the public eye last year following the Log4J vulnerability, and ever since then, I’ve been hearing consistent concern over how We make sure that WordPress is sustainable moving into the future. Fortunately, this is a topic that’s near and dear to my heart. And I have been delighted to see so many community members bringing that conversation to the forefront.
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\n\n\n\nThere is a lot that is done in the WordPress project to keep us from the tragedy of the commons. But that work honestly never ends. Not only does it not end, but as we get bigger, there is more and more that we can and should be doing to keep us around for the long term. And, of course, for the keen readers of my posts, there’s a bonus focus.
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\n\n\n\nThe bonus focus is, of course, that WordPress turns 20 years old next year. This year, we will also be seeing some preparatory work for that major milestone as well.
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\n\n\n\nSo that brings us today to our small list of big things. There is a redesign of the News Page coming. We’ve been talking about this over on make.wordpress.org/design for a bit since like June of last year or something. But it’s coming in the next few weeks. I’ll share a link to the GitHub repo in case anyone has any specific things that they see as they are reading through all of our many news stories that come out on that particular page. I think it’s beautiful, and I’m very excited to take a look at it.
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\n\n\n\nThe second thing is that planning is underway for WordPress 6.0; that release that we’re doing in May. I’ll add the project page link to the show notes. I’ve had a few raised hands for that release squad. But if you’re interested in participating in the release, I encourage you to keep an eye out on make.wordpress.org/core for updates and any news about how to get involved.
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\n\n\n\nAnd my third thing is actually that, in general, there are a lot of opportunities to contribute right now. There are discussions about projects, goals, and dreams happening all over the place. I’ll link in the show notes below the unofficial project “firehose” where you can see all the headlines and quickly find discussions that might be interesting to you.
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\n\n\n\nAnd that, my friends, is your small list of big things. Thank you for tuning in today for the WordPress Briefing. I’m your host Josepha Haden Chomphosy, and I’ll see you again in a couple of weeks.
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Check out the WordPress 5.9 Field Guide to learn more. Lastly, everyone’s invited to participate in a retrospective of the WordPress 5.9 Joséphine release!
\n\n\n\nAre you interested in contributing to WordPress core? Join the #core channel, follow the Core Team blog, and check out the team handbook. Also, don’t miss the Core Team’s weekly developer chat on Wednesdays at 8 PM UTC.
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Introducing 5.9, “Joséphine”. Named in honor of acclaimed international jazz singer Joséphine Baker, this latest, most versatile WordPress release is here: download it or update it directly from your dashboard.
As a lifelong civil rights campaigner, Joséphine Baker believed that all people could live in harmony together, just as different instruments in a jazz band blend together to make a whole piece. Turn on a playlist from your favorite music service and enjoy her famous renditions of “You are the greatest love”, “Sans Amour”, and “Love is a Dreamer” as you discover all the features of this brand-new WordPress release.
It puts you in control of your whole site, right in the WordPress Admin.
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And say hello to the first default block theme in the history of WordPress. This is more than just a new default theme. It’s a brand-new way to work with WordPress themes.
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The WordPress Pattern Directory is the home of a wide range of block patterns built to save you time and add to your site’s functionality. And you can edit them as you see fit. Need something different in the header or footer for your theme? Swap it out with a new one in a few clicks.
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\n\n\n\nThank you to all contributors who tested the RC2 release and gave feedback. Testing for bugs is a critical part of polishing every release and is a great way to contribute to WordPress.
\n\n\n\nHelp test WordPress 5.9 features – this post provides a guide to set up your testing environment, a list of testable features, and information about how to submit feedback you find as you go.
\n\n\n\nSkilled in languages other than English? Help translate WordPress into more than 100 languages! Thanks to every locale that is working on translations.
\n\n\n\nDevelopers and those interested in more background to the features can find more in the Field Guide. You can also follow the 5.9 development cycle and timeline.
\n\n\n\nIf you have found a bug, you can post the details to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums.
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\n\n\n\nHello, everyone, and welcome to the WordPress Briefing. The podcast where you can catch quick explanations of the ideas behind the WordPress open source project, some insight into the community that supports it, and get a small list of big things coming up in the next two weeks. I’m your host, Josepha Haden Chomphosy. Here we go!
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\n\n\n\nYesterday marked three years since the WordPress project welcomed me as their executive director. As I start my fourth year, I’ve spent a bit of time considering what the next five years will bring us. WordPress will turn 19 this year, which means that we will soon be a whopping 20 years old; for some of the people who have been with the project since the beginning, that can represent two-thirds of their whole life. And even if you were not that young when you got here, two decades as an open source project is really a cause for celebration.
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\n\n\n\nI am not in that group that has been here forever. I showed up for the first time in 2009, as a community organizer, self-sponsored, and I learned so much about myself as a person and as a leader while I was doing that. So when I arrived as a sponsored contributor in 2015, I already knew exactly what made this work so fulfilling for me was these three things:
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\n\n\n\nFirst, the ability to lend a hand in those moments where I wish someone had lent a hand.
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\n\n\n\nSecond is the delight of seeing people’s first successes and the joy of watching them grow over time.
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\n\n\n\nAnd the third was a chance to be part of something great, which turned out to be something greater; greater than me or you or a CMS.
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\n\n\n\nThis list is still at the heart of what I feel I get out of the WordPress project. But it has also grown substantially in my seven years as a sponsored contributor. I now also love how we as a community of contributors get to foster a better way to lead and a better way to collaborate. And through those things help people find a way to have a better life. Not just through WordPress, the CMS, but through WordPress, the people, and WordPress, the project.
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\n\n\n\nAnd so when I think of what I want for WordPress in its 19th year, so that we can head with confidence and dignity into our 20th year, it is this:
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\n\n\n\nI want you to remember that you are not alone here. People come together in the world often because of a shared location. But WordPress fosters this beautiful experience of bringing us together because of what we care about. Whether you care about PHP standards, diversity in technology, helping people with their first big wins, making WordPress more secure. I mean, if what you care about is being able to write the most arcane and complex apps on top of WordPress that the world has ever seen. Then there are others out there who want to do that with you, too. We have so many things to connect about. And fortunately, we support a great piece of software for getting our thoughts out in the world. Take some time to see who else shares your thoughts and potentially learn a bit about the view from the other side.
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\n\n\n\nAnd speaking of the other side, I also want us to approach our discussions as the US versus the Problem TM. WordPress may be 20 years old, and we may stand on the shoulders of giants, but right now, the people who are here you, you are explorers and creators and guides toward the best possible future for WordPress. The tension that we witness between teams is always about the best possible answers for the people who use our software. It is about securing the freedoms of the open web for everyone who comes after us whether they know they need those freedoms or not.
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\n\n\n\nAnd finally, I want us to expand our reasons for doing this at all. If you are a member of the community of contributors, We frequently talk about how we give back because WordPress gave to us. Or if you are part of a Five for the Future group. You have heard that companies who have experienced success because of WordPress should commit 5% of their resources back to the project to ensure WordPress’ long-term success. But the reason that I keep doing this, and hopefully a new reason for you to keep doing this is that we can take part in securing opportunities for future users of WordPress.
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\n\n\n\nYes, I want WordPress to be the best CMS. Yes, I want this community to be vibrant and engaged. Yes, I want WordPress to be a shining beacon of how to work remotely. And I want all of that because I know it is our careful and tireless stewardship of this project that lets us continue to lend a hand in those moments where people wish for someone to lend a hand.
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\n\n\n\nThose are my hopes for WordPress in 2022 to move us forward into WordPress of the future. I hope you all will come with me and we can continue our journey together.
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\n\n\n\nThanks again for listening. I’m Josepha Haden and this is the WP Briefing. See you again in a couple of weeks.
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\n\n\n\n“Release Candidate” means the new version of the software is ready for release. It helps the community check that nothing is missed, given the thousands of plugins and themes and differences in how millions of people use the software.
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\n\n\n\nThank you to all of the contributors who tested the RC1 release and gave feedback. Testing for bugs is not just a critical part of polishing every release, it is also a great way to contribute to WordPress.
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\n\n\n\nCan you write in another language other than English? You can help translate WordPress into more than 100 languages! Release Candidate 1 marked the hard string freeze point of the 5.9 release schedule. Thanks to every locale that is already involved with translations.
\n\n\n\nDevelopers and those interested in more of the background to the features can find more in the Field Notes. More developer notes will be added as the release progresses to its final stage. You can also follow the 5.9 development cycle and timeline.
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\n\n\n\nThank you to all of the reporters above for privately disclosing the vulnerabilities. This gave the security team time to fix the vulnerabilities before WordPress sites could be attacked. Thank you to the members of the WordPress security team for implementing these fixes in WordPress.
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We said goodbye to 2021 with the annual State of the Word, along with the release of WordPress 5.9 Beta 4, among many other exciting updates. Read on to learn more about the latest community achievements.
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The Core Team launched two new versions of Gutenberg last month. Both come with new features, code quality improvements, and bug fixes.
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\n\n\n\nIf you missed the event’s livestream, you could watch the State of the Word recording and the Q&A session on WordPress.tv.
\n\n\n\nAre you looking for some 5.9 resources to share with your local community? Check out the WordPress 5.9 Talking Points for Meetup Organizers post.
\n\n\n\nShare your feedback on WordPress 5.9.
Don’t miss the following upcoming WordCamps: WordCamp Birmingham, Alabama 2022, WordCamp Genève 2022, WordCamp Vienna 2022, and WordCamp Europe 2022.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Call For Sponsors and Call For Speakers for WordCamp Europe 2022 are open! Read this post to learn more about the Organizing Team’s plans for the first in-person WordCamp Europe in three years.
Have a story that we could include in the next ‘Month in WordPress’ post? Let us know by filling out this form.
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\n\n\n\nWordPress 5.9 also brings more refinements to the developer experience. To keep up with the latest updates and discover more about how the community works to continually improve the software, please subscribe to the Make WordPress Core blog. In particular, the developer notes tag will keep you up to date on changes that might affect your products or how you use the software.
\n\n\n\nPlease test your plugins and themes against WordPress 5.9 and update the Tested up to version to 5.9 in your readme file. If you find compatibility problems, please post to the support forums, so volunteers and developers can help you figure them out before the final release.
\n\n\n\nThe WordPress 5.9 Field Guide will be out very shortly. It will give you a deeper dive into the major changes.
\n\n\n\nDo you speak a language that is not English? You can help translate WordPress into more than 100 languages! Release Candidate 1 marks the hard string freeze point of the 5.9 release schedule. Thanks to every locale that is already involved with translations.
\n\n\n\nIf you think you have found a bug, you can post to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums. If you are comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, you can file one on WordPress Trac, where you can also check the issue against a list of known bugs.
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Collins Agbonghama started his journey to becoming a web developer by reading the football news headlines on a friend’s mobile phone. His fascination with development and learning continued to grow, and he now makes a living using WordPress and the web.
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Collins began his exploration of the internet while attending Secondary School in Nigeria, or High School as it is known in some other countries.
\n\n\n\nA friend at the school had a simple mobile phone which could browse the internet. Collins had his first introduction to the World Wide Web through access to this device. He became hooked by reading headlines on a sports site about a famous English Premier League Football Club, Chelsea, a soccer team which he has long supported.
\n\n\n\n“Being a very inquisitive person, I wanted to learn how the web works as well as have my own website. I was able to buy a classic mobile phone through the menial jobs I did after school,” he said.
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\n\n\n\nHe took to Google to learn how to actually build a site. He discovered he needed something called an ‘email address’ to sign-up for site builders. Google Search came to the rescue again, and he created the first email account for his first website.
\n\n\n\nA desire for a website was the catalyst for further learning, starting with HTML and CSS from an online provider. His interest in building sites with more advanced tools grew, and then he came across WordPress.
\n\n\n\nUsing his savings, he bought the cheapest hosting plan from a local Nigerian web host. He installed WordPress and started writing tutorials for a mobile device platform. He built the site, created the lessons, and started his entry into WordPress all on a mobile phone.
\n\n\n\nThis led to him having the confidence to start building sites for others, and he was able to earn a small income from that.
\n\n\n\nCollins said: “I couldn’t go to the university because of my precarious financial situation. I continued to do menial jobs during the day and started learning PHP in the evenings and at night using my mobile phone via online learning platforms.”
\n\n\n\nHe was later able to get an old laptop, which helped him access ebooks to learn more and practice his coding.
\n\n\n\nKeen to share this learning, he started blogging about what he was learning on his website.
\n\n\n\nCollins said: “I later took up a job teaching children at a school primarily because I got tired of the menial jobs and wanted to earn enough to take care of my internet data plan. After a while, I became fairly proficient in PHP and even took up a job to build a school management system.”
\n\n\n\nCollins’ blog wasn’t making money through advertisements, but he discovered opportunities to write tutorials for other platforms.
\n\n\n\n“I started writing PHP and WordPress development tutorials and got paid a few hundred dollars per article. In Nigeria, that’s quite a lot of money. I was able to improve the life and wellbeing of my family and myself,” he said.
\n\n\n\nAfter getting into a higher education program to study computer science, his life dramatically changed. He decided to stop writing and began to focus on building and selling WordPress plugins. His first one was a user and profile plugin for WordPress sites.
\n\n\n\n“Thankfully, after a year, it started making enough revenue for me to live pretty comfortably here in Nigeria because the cost of living here is relatively low,” he said
\n\n\n\nToday, Collins has several plugins which have given him a sustainable source of income. He’s also a Core and Translation volunteer contributor to the WordPress.org Open Source project.
\n\n\n\nI am thankful for WordPress because without it, I’m really not sure I would have been able to live a decent quality life.
Collins Agbonghama
Who knows what would have become of me?
“I am also thankful for the community. I have made lots of friends that have been very supportive and helpful in my journey.”
\n\n\n\nHe added: “I tell people, life won’t give you what you want. You demand from life what you want. You make these demands by being determined and never giving up on your dreams and aspirations.
\n\n\n\n“If you are poor, perhaps because you came from a humble and poor background, it is not your fault. You can’t go back in time to change things. I implore you to be strong, determined, and work hard.”
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet more WordPress community members in our People of WordPress series.
\n\n\n\nThanks to Michael Geheren (@geheren), Abha Thakor (@webcommsat), for writing this feature, to MeherBala (@meher) for follow-ups and photo-editing, and to Chloe Bringmann (@cbringmann) and Nalini Thakor (@nalininonstopnewsuk) for the final proofing. Thank you to Collins Agbonghama (@collizo4sky) for sharing his Contributor Story.
\n\n\n\nThanks to Josepha Haden Chomphosy (@chanthaboune), Topher DeRosia (@topher1kenobe) and others for their support of this initiative.
\n\n\n\nThis People of WordPress feature is inspired by an essay originally published on HeroPress.com, a community initiative created by Topher DeRosia. It highlights people in the WordPress community who have overcome barriers and whose stories might otherwise go unheard. #HeroPress
\nWordPress 5.9 Beta 4 is now available for testing!
\n\n\n\nThis software version is still under development. Please do not run this software on a production site; install it on a test site, where you can try out the newest features and get a feel for how they will work on your site.
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\n\n\n\nOption 1: Install and activate the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (select the “Bleeding edge” channel and “Beta/RC Only” stream).
\n\n\n\nOption 2: Direct download the beta version here (zip).
\n\n\n\nOption 3: When using WP-CLI to upgrade from Beta 1, 2, or 3 to Beta 4 on a case-insensitive filesystem, please use the following command sequence:
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\n\n\n\nwp core update --version=5.9-beta4 --forceThe current target for the final release of 5.9 is January 25, 2022, which is only five weeks away. Your help testing this beta is vital: the more testing that happens, the more stable the release, and the better the experience for users and developers—and the entire WordPress community.
\n\n\n\nSince Beta 3, 20 bugs have been fixed. Here are a few of the changes you will find in Beta 4:
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\n\n\n\nTesting for bugs is vital for polishing the release in the beta stage and a great way to contribute.
\n\n\n\nPlease post to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums if you find a bug. If you’re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, file one on WordPress Trac, where you can also find a list of known bugs.
\n\n\n\nIn the coming weeks, follow the Make WordPress Core blog for 5.9-related developer notes that will cover these items in detail.
\n\n\n\nSo far, contributors have fixed 326 tickets and 108 new features and enhancements in WordPress 5.9. More bug fixes are on the way with your help through testing.
\n\n\n\nProps to @cbringmann, @psykro, @hellofromtonya, @marybaum, @webcommsat, @audrasjb, @costdev and @meher for contributions to this post.
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\n\n\n\nHave yourself A Merry Little Christmas
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 00:10
\n\n\n\nHello everyone, and welcome to the WordPress Briefing. The podcast where you can catch quick explanations of the ideas behind the WordPress open source project. Some insight into the community that supports it and get a small list of big things coming up in the next two weeks. I’m your host Josepha Haden Chomphosy. Here we go!
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\n\n\n\nSo, ages and ages ago, when I first started this podcast, someone basically requested that Matt and I do a duet for the last podcast of the year. A Christmas carol duet; him on the saxophone and me on voice. I obviously did not get that coordinated I don’t even know why I said obviously. I’ll tell you right now I did not get that coordinated. I was a very busy lady this year. So I don’t have a Matt on saxophone. Still, I did think that maybe it might be nice just for me to sing a teensy little Christmas carol for you all just because it seems especially poignant the words this year, especially after the 2020, 2021 COVID, all the things and trying to get back in person. So I’m going to sing you all one little verse from Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
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\n\n\n\nLet your heart be light
\n\n\n\nFrom now on our troubles
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\n\n\n\nHave yourself a merry little Christmas
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\n\n\n\nHere we are as in olden days
\n\n\n\nHappy golden days of yore
\n\n\n\nFaithful friends who are dear to us
\n\n\n\nGather near to us, once more
\n\n\n\nThrough the years we all will be together
\n\n\n\nIf the fates allow
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\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 03:34
\n\n\n\nAlright, my friends, that was from my heart to yours if you happened to listen. If you skipped a few seconds to get through it, which I would totally understand, that is also fine. But I did want to just kind of wrap up the year to let you all know that I am so incredibly grateful for all of the people who show up for the WordPress project to make it a success. I have made so many friends and wonderful acquaintances throughout my time here with the WordPress project. And especially in my three years as the project’s Executive Director. You all have put a lot of trust in me and a lot of faith. And I know that we have gotten so much done together in the last few years. And I am equally sure that we’re going to get so much done in the years to come. And so thank you all so much for your continued work with WordPress and the way that you just bring your best at all times.
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\n\n\n\nOne other little thanks I want to give. Over the course of this year, I’ve had an excellent team that works with me on this podcast. I have editing and design folks and people who’ve joined me here and there, folks who helped me with my production. So big thank you to Dustin, Bea, I realize your name is Beatriz in the actual credits, but I call you Bea, and so thank you. Also, a huge thank you to Chloé, who does all of our production and wrangling every couple of weeks. A big round of applause and kudos to that tiny but tough team that helps me get this all done.
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\n\n\n\nThat’s to go on top of the general thanks to the WordPress project. And if you all are celebrators, I hope you have a wonderful holiday season. If you are not celebrators, I hope that you have a wonderful end to your year and that everything you wanted to get done, you did get done, and that you can start 2022 with a fresh slate. Again, this is the WP Briefing. Thank you so much for listening. I’m your host Josepha Haden Chomphosy, and I’ll see you again in 2022.
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\n\n\n\nBroader topics covering the tech landscape including web3, merger and acquisition activity, as well as the growth and support of open source software, rounded out the energetic presentation.
\n\n\n\nThe one-hour multimedia presentation was followed by an interactive question and answer session where Matt fielded questions that were submitted ahead of the event, as well as questions from the livestream and studio audience.
\n\n\n\nDiscover everything that was covered by watching the official event recording and join the ongoing #ILoveWP conversation on Twitter!
\n\n\n\nSpecial thanks to @dansoschin for review and edits!
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\n\n\n\nFor even more ways to test, you can also refer to this official Full Site Editing post from @annezazu.
\n\n\n\nIn the coming weeks, follow the Make WordPress Core blog for 5.9-related developer notes that cover these items in detail. So far, contributors have fixed 316 tickets in WordPress 5.9, including 100 new features and enhancements. More bug fixes are on the way with your help through testing.
\n\n\n\nProps to @psykro, @estelaris, @hellofromtonya, @marybaum, @webcommsat, @cbringmann, @costdev, and @audrasjb for contributions to this post.
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\n\n\n\nProps to @psykro, @estelaris, @hellofromtonya, @marybaum, @webcommsat, @cbringmann, @davidb, @audrasjb, and @pbiron for contributions to this post.
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As always, contributors across various teams are working hard to ensure the upcoming release of WordPress 5.9 doesn’t disappoint. With State of the Word 2021 coming up soon, there are many exciting things in the works. Read the November 2021 edition of the Month in WordPress to learn more about what’s happening.
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe want to hear from you! Suggest your 2022 goals for the Global Community Team by December 6, 2021.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 2021 WordPress Annual Survey is out! Please respond to the survey, so your WordPress experience is reflected in the results.
\n\n\n\nGive back to open source. Please donate to the WordPress Foundation’s mission this holiday season.
Have a story that we could include in the next ‘Month in WordPress’ post? Let us know by filling out this form.
\n\n\n\nThe following folks contributed to November 2021’s Month in WordPress: @anjanavasan, @harishanker, @rmartinezduque, @callye, @jrf, @webcommsat, and @nalininonstopnewsuk
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\n\n\n\nWant to know what’s new in version 5.9? Read on for some highlights.
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Going to a WordCamp can be a life-changing experience, as Devin Maeztri discovered. Every event she attends is a further step on a journey of discovering the WordPress community and its many opportunities.
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Devin’s first experience with camps came when she volunteered impromptu at an Indonesian event, WordCamp Denpasar, Bali in 2016.
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After experiencing several events, Devin had questions: “At WordCamps and Meetups, you hear stories about how WordPress powers the web. How it changes the lives of so many people, how it helps dreams come true. It made me think, considering WordPress is that powerful, why are there not even more people in Indonesia using websites, and more using WordPress? Why aren’t more talented Indonesian WordPress users, developers, designers, and business owners taking part in WordPress.org projects? Language, for me, was the main answer.”
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\n\n\n\nAfter talking with others about how WordPress could be even more useful in Indonesia, Devin felt she had to make a personal commitment to reviving the polyglot project in Indonesia. With another volunteer contributor and through promotion, the local polyglot team got bigger and the interest in translation grew. She also took on the responsibility of a General Translation Editor for the language.
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Through the efforts of Devin and the other translation editors, Indonesia took part in WordPress Translation Day in 2020, and in 2021 held sprints and learning sessions spanning the whole 30 days of the event.
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\n\n\n\nDevin has gone on to support the work of the Diversity Speaker Training group in the Community Team, translating materials and promoting initiatives in Indonesia. She is keen to encourage others to get involved with this initiative which helps increase the diversity of presenters at Meetups and WordCamps.
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In her professional roles, Devin is an advocate for WordPress as a tool for people with a wide variety of skill sets. She does not code, but uses the platform extensively for her projects. In 2014, she signed up for a free account on WordPress.com to keep and share notes about what she saw or was thinking about as she commuted on public transport to work. This site did not turn into a blog, but instead introduced her to other opportunities and the vast capabilities of the platform.
\n\n\n\nWith a background in environmental activism, Devin has worked for international development organizations on everything from policymaking to campaigning.
\n\n\n\nBehind the desk, she worked with policymakers and organized conferences and meetings. That meant doing a lot of writing and translating and working with people on the ground who were impacted by the policies. “My work on the ground usually involved researching, movement building and community empowerment,” she noted.
\n\n\n\nHer work with events inspired Devin to get involved in WordCamps and Meetups and share her energy for making things happen. As in her professional work, she felt WordPress was an opportunity to work and share with people about something that can make a positive impact on someone else’s life.
\n\n\n\n“For me, everything comes from the heart. I do things that I feel so strongly about. Things that call me, and things that I am good at but still giving me room to learn and become better at. WordPress can be the perfect place for this.”
\n\n\n\nWhile she was between jobs, Devin was encouraged to volunteer at WordCamp Denpasar 2016. With some help, she created an online CV. She also learned to manage a WordPress site, navigate the wp-admin, and make the content appeal to potential employers.
\n\n\n\nShe eventually got a job as a campaigner to build a movement online and offline. The brainchild of many university friends in America, who used digital campaigns to go global, the campaign used WordPress.
\n\n\n\nDevin worked alongside a digital campaigner and helped shape the content, the call to action, and the user experience. She also had to use the wp-admin to make some amendments. As a global movement, it developed its resources in English, so she also reviewed the work of the translators she worked with.
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She left her job as a campaigner at the end of 2018 to concentrate on freelancing – and to spend more of her free time contributing to the WordPress community. She also took up the initiative to help street cats in Jakarta.
\n\n\n\nDevin said: “So, I am busy helping these cats but also learning how to fundraise using a website. I’m learning to use online forms, set up a payment service provider, work on SEO, and do other new things I need to learn to grow my initiative. I do have the privilege to learn directly from a personal guru. The same person who convinced me to volunteer at WordCamp Denpasar, and who I married in 2018.”
\n\n\n\nDevin was so enthused by being a contributor for WordPress, she took part in the video shorts following the Translation Day events.
\n\n\n\nShe is also active in other Contributor Teams and decided to become a Community Team Deputy to support meetups in new cities across Indonesia and perhaps future WordCamps.
\n\n\n\nShe said: “One of the things that I like about WordPress is that it is very welcoming and open to people like me, who don’t code at all. At the same time, it shows me a different way of looking at the world.”
\n\n\n\nDevin believes in the power of WordPress to give ‘everyone a chance to learn new things’ and allows her to contribute and share her knowledge and experience. “By contributing, I hope to make a difference in someone’s life. I hope they feel the benefit of using WordPress and want to give back to create a healthier WordPress community.”
\n\n\n\nHelp share these stories of open source contributors and continue to grow the community. Meet more WordPressers in the People of WordPress series. #ContributorStory.
\n\n\n\nThank you to Abha Thakor (@webcommsat) and Mary Baum (@marybaum) for the interviews and writing this feature, and to Devin Maeztri (@devinmaeztri) for sharing her story. Thanks to Meher Bala (@meher) for work on the images, and to Chloé Bringmann (@cbringmann) and Collieth Clarke (@callye) for proofing.
\n\n\n\nThanks to Josepha Haden Chomphosy (@chanthaboune) and Topher DeRosia (@topher1kenobe) for their support for the series.
\n\n\n\nThis People of WordPress feature is inspired by an essay originally published on HeroPress.com, a community initiative created by Topher DeRosia. It highlights people in the WordPress community who have overcome barriers and whose stories might otherwise go unheard. #HeroPress
\nIn episode 21 of the WordPress Briefing, Executive Director, Josepha Haden Chomphosy, talks all things block themes with developers and theme specialists Maggie Cabrera and Jeff Ong.
\n\n\n\nHave a question you’d like answered? You can submit them to wpbriefing@wordpress.org, either written or as a voice recording.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 00:11
\n\n\n\nHello, everyone, and welcome to the WordPress Briefing, the podcast where you can catch quick explanations of the ideas behind the WordPress open source project, some insight into the community that supports it, and get a small list of big things coming up in the next two weeks. I’m your host, Josepha Haden Chomphosy. See, here we go!
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 00:40
\n\n\n\nWell, today, folks, in our podcast, I am joined by a couple of special guests. I know it’s been a bit since I’ve had a guest, so I’m very excited to introduce you to who I have with me today. Today, I have Maggie Cabrera and Jeff Ong. They both are working on themes, and especially the future of themes as we move into this low code, no code block based experience of editing things in WordPress. And there have been so many questions lately about what does the landscape of being a theme developer turns into once we move fully into this excellent promise of user empowerment for Gutenberg? I figured who best to come and talk to us about that than these two. So welcome, Maggie. Welcome, Jeff. I’m really excited to have this conversation with you today.
\n\n\n\nJeff Ong 01:39
\n\n\n\nThank you for having us. Excited to be here.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 01:45
\n\n\n\nI’m just gonna hop right in, and we will see what happens. The first thing that I want to chat about, I hear so many questions and so much discussion about patterns in a lot of different places. Like obviously, the work that I helped to steward the most is around like the Block Pattern directory and various other user-facing tools. And so I have never really been able to give a really solid answer about like patterns and how they work inside themes. And so I wondered if you all had anything that you could offer to our listeners to help clarify what is the power of patterns inside themes in the future? Implementation of themes?
\n\n\n\nJeff Ong 02:34
\n\n\n\nI can try to start unless, Maggie? Okay. Well, if you take a look at what I’ve been doing for the last couple of months working on Twenty Twenty-Two. And if you look at that theme, it’s mostly just the collection of patterns. Patterns. As you know, if you read the description, the theme, it’s designed to be the most flexible and kind of like flexible theme ever, dare I say ever created.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 03:04
\n\n\n\nI think you can dare to say it.
\n\n\n\nJeff Ong 03:03
\n\n\n\nAnd, you know, I think a huge part of that is because of the Full Site Editing being launched, introduced in 5.9. And also that theme itself ships with all of these patterns in it that work with the overall design, but really can be configured to your own kind of unique liking and kind of taste and ultimately, what you want to accomplish, whether that’s I want to make a portfolio, I want to make, you know, a single-page website promoting like my podcast, or there are patterns for that kind of shipping with the theme. And they’ve all been kind of designed and tailored to work with the typography choices at a baseline level with the color choices at a baseline level, but can very easily be tweaked. And you can kind of rely on them to work with the editor. And I guess, kind of zooming out for a little bit, not just about Twenty-Twenty Two.
\n\n\n\nJeff Ong 04:04
\n\n\n\nBut like patterns as this idea that a theme, hopefully, what it is, it’s a collection of different design options or layout options that are ultimately presented as patterns to the user, the patterns are just a really easy way to basically say “I want you this layout, like two columns of text or with like some images here.” Basically, a theme becomes a way of packaging the patterns together in a way that feels like a coherent piece of a coherent website. And I think that’s a pretty powerful idea. I know that the patterns directory is also opening up making those patterns pretty widely available. But I think a theme you could think of as like a curation of those patterns in a way that makes sense. And I think Twenty-Twenty Two is a really good example. I mean, I’m biased.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 05:03
\n\n\n\nI also think it’s a good example. Maggie, did you have anything that you wanted to add to that?
\n\n\n\nMaggie Cabrera 05:08
\n\n\n\nYeah, What I really like about patterns is how it empowers the user, even if they don’t really have like a deep knowledge of code, or they’re not used to the more complex blocks. When the theme developer gives you this pattern about using the query block, for example, it lays out your posts in a very compelling manner. And you can edit it if you want it or just use it out of the box. And you have this dynamic blog that it’s, like, such a big important part of your website. Like if you want to have a page where you have, you have maybe a podcast website, and you want to showcase your podcasts differently than your regular blog posts. So you can use a different gray pattern for that. And it’s like, really, really easy to use, even if you’re not familiar with it.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 06:07
\n\n\n\nOne of the things that I have found compelling about this new version of themes and kind of the way that themes are planning to look in the future; it’s going to be like a super throwback, so everyone get ready for me to sound old, my guests and my listeners alike. It reminds me of my original days of blogging on the web. I was not a developer and even though I had this really short stint of working with JavaScript in my career, at some point. Like no one actually would ever look to me and be like, that one is excellent at design and fixing everything with code, like I was just killer at searching for the right pieces of code, right.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 06:57
\n\n\n\nAnd so I remember sitting there on Zynga, which is, of course, now powered by WordPress, I absolutely just went out and found bundles of code that are now what we would consider themes and modified the small pieces that I needed to change in order to like really suit what I wanted to have happen on the site at the time. And they’re like, I knew I could break it all. Really easily. But also, it was, it was not scary to think about breaking it. Like it was clear how I could fix it if I really broke it. The content, like what I had written, was separate from everything to do with the way that it was looking. And so like, I wouldn’t destroy all of my work, just because I didn’t put a semicolon in the right place, or whatever it was in that moment. And so like, this future of themes really reminds me of this a lot where someone has curated how it can look how it should look. And you can just like add in modular pieces that will augment what was already intended, but still kind of work. And if it’s not gonna work, it’s kind of easy to fix too. So like, I’m excited. That was a really exciting time in my learning of the web and certainly was formative in my career, as we all now see. And so yeah, I think that’s really exciting.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 08:20
\n\n\n\nI did have actually another question that this conversation has kind of brought up for me. I have, obviously just use the term modular, which no one has ever used in the context of themes for WordPress. And I know that there is a lot there are a lot of terms kind of wandering around about themes right now. And especially as we’re moving into what themes can look like in the future. There was block based theme as a term for a while. And now it’s block themes. There was like this floating around the term, universal themes. And now we’re looking at just like block themes forever. And so I wondered if y’all could give us a just like a clear understanding of these terms that had been being used and maybe are going out of fashion? Like, are they important for us to keep knowing?
\n\n\n\nJeff Ong 09:11
\n\n\n\nSo yes, the history of terms around themes. And obviously, even my knowledge only goes back so far. But it was around when we started doing the block based themes meeting. And trying to I think that’s where that term kind of came from is like, oh, let’s, let’s start talking about this idea that themes can be completely made up out of blocks. And what does that mean?
\n\n\n\nJeff Ong 09:33
\n\n\n\nI think over time, it wasn’t just block themes, because, you know, previously, there were themes and even default themes that used and took into account the fact that blocks existed. So there was some confusion there. Enough time has gone on where we focus on this idea that themes whose templates are ultimately made out of blocks are block themes. And to me, it’s kind of as simple as that. Its themes that supply a set of templates that previously in the past were a collection of PHP and various template tags and whatnot is all transitioned to themes made up including other blocks, as well as themes that supply styles through theme.json configuration instead of supplying it in raw CSS. To me this idea is really crystallizing around like this is a block theme, one that is really, at its core, supplying a set of templates, and styles through a language that WordPress understands natively, and can allow it to be configured and customized in a really powerful way. And then maybe someday in the future, they’ll just be called themes again. If we do a good enough they will just be called themes.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 10:57
\n\n\n\nI’m gonna, I’m gonna take us into a philosophical area now that you’ve just put us in there. You said, someday they’ll be called Themes. Again, I’ve talked about this on this podcast a few times. And for anyone who’s worked with me for any length of time, like you all probably heard this from me as well. But like, adjectives are so frequently the realm of things that are not what you expect, right? Because like you have coffee, and then decaf coffee, no one’s like caffeinated coffee, because that’s what you expect out of it. And so when you’re like themes, and block themes, it makes it look like block themes are secondary, which at the moment, they are, ish. But in the future, I think you’re probably right, there will be a time when the modifier isn’t necessary anymore because it will be hopefully a much better way for people to kind of change the way that their themes work and make it more usable for users and people who are, you know, having to manage their own site without necessarily wanting to or being able to, like, have a Maggie in the room to fix everything that they break.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 12:08
\n\n\n\nMaggie is nowhere near me. And so she’s never been in the room when I’ve broken anything. But I believe that Maggie on one occasion, at least, has come in and helped me fix something that I definitely broke. I’m an excellent breaker of WordPress things. Maggie, did you have anything you wanted to add to that question?
\n\n\n\n12:29
\n\n\n\nYeah, I guess, maybe clarify a bit, what universal themes are because, yeah, maybe some people have heard about the term but they don’t really know what they are. And maybe just clarify that. The term was born when developing block themes wasn’t something that you could actually do for production websites like you could build them to test some experiments, but they weren’t really ready for users to use. So universal themes want to grasp the power of love themes while still being ready for users. So the way they do it is they are block based, like we used to call them in the sense that the templates are made of blocks. But they are also able to be customized using the customizer, which is the old way of customizing themes, instead of using the site editor. So they can have a balance between two worlds between the worlds of classic themes and block themes. But they are, at heart, a temporary concept. They are bound to be blocked themes in the future, but with maybe a foot in the past, where they can actually serve users who are not ready for full-on site editor. But they are bound to be full block themes in the future.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 14:00
\n\n\n\nThere’s a really interesting concept in there. So universal themes, it sounds like are basically kind of like an on-ramp for people who are not really ready to fully commit to this for any number of reasons. Like we never want to say that we know the reason that people would be a little bit shy to get started with this. But like it’s kind of like an on-ramp, it’s a safe way to get back to something that they do know, in the event that what they don’t know, really hinders their progress makes it hard for them to get the work done.
\n\n\n\nMaggie Cabrera 14:31
\n\n\n\nI think I wouldn’t say that they are for people shyer to get into new stuff rather than developers who want to embrace the new stuff before it’s even really ready. They really want to embrace the power of the blocks instead of doing things the old way. But even if it’s not fully ready.
\n\n\n\nJeff Ong 14:54
\n\n\n\nThey still need to support the old way of doing things.
\n\n\n\nMaggie Cabrera 14:58
\n\n\n\nLike being backward compatible and being ready for any kind of user.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 15:05
\n\n\n\nSo mostly for developers, everyone who heard me just talking about how it was a great thing for users, ignore it.
\n\n\n\nMaggie Cabrera 15:12
\n\n\n\nIt’s also good for users; If they feel secure in using the customizer.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 15:20
\n\n\n\nWell, I think that there’s something important here that we certainly learned with the adoption of Gutenberg in 5.0. Right, which is that there is certainly one method of helping people to adopt things, which is to go like the art of war style, and kind of smash their rice pots and burn all their boats, like, that’s one way. Which works for a lot of companies in the world, I’m sure. But WordPress has always had kind of a commitment, not even kind of, has always had a commitment to backward compatibility. And like, we know that a lot of the work on Gutenberg is going to represent some breaking changes around the around workflows and around the user experience the interface, especially like, we know that. But the opportunity to like have a thing that gives you an early taste of what’s coming but also the ability to keep kind of working in your old space where you need to, I think it’s an excellent way to bring people forward into the future of things, I have never been a fan of the just like cut off all avenues and hope that they stay with your method because of course, like you can’t cut off all the methods. You can’t cut off all the ways people can get away from you. And even if we could, it wouldn’t be in line with how WordPress hopes to kind of help people through some tough stuff like making your first website is hard. If you are doing it as part of, an overall campaign that’s supposed to bring in leads for you or generate revenue like you don’t want to necessarily play with that in a way that could break things and be risky for you in the long term. So I think all the tools that we offer to help people kind of move forward with the technology move forward with the CMS as it’s moving forward, I think it’s really smart. And so universal themes are one of those things, but also not around to stay. As we move into non modified themes, just the word themes that happen to be based in blocks. If I’ve confused anyone, please email me at wpbriefing@wordpress.org. And tell me how I confused you. And I will do a follow-up to unconfuse everyone.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 17:40
\n\n\n\nSo speaking of the way that we help people kind of move forward with WordPress and with the technology. So much has been done in the CMS in the past 12 months in the past 18 months to be able to move themes into this same future as the rest of the editor. Right. So like, for folks who have not been listening to me for the last five years, you may not know this. So I’m going to tell everybody now, like one of the pain points that Gutenberg overall is solving is the fact that you for a long time had to learn five different editing interfaces to get one thing done in WordPress, right. And so like the advent of blocks and moving it into more and more spaces in the CMS is intended to really flatten the editing experience by making the type of user interaction the type of workflow really similar across all of the editing interfaces in the CMS. And so themes are a natural extension of that, where we can take similar user patterns and workflows, and work them out into themes. So over the last 12 months or so probably a little bit more, there’s been a lot of work on the CMS to move us forward in that that is now enabling the work that we want to be able to do to move things forward ahead. And so, I mean, this is probably our last question. Is there anything that you all want to offer to people who maybe saw themes early on or saw Gutenberg early on and felt like this is just not for me, in that in that context of like, how far it’s moved ahead in the past 12 months or so.
\n\n\n\nJeff Ong 19:23
\n\n\n\nSo you’re asking like, what in the last 12 months has maybe like really surprised me or like sticks out to me as something that like, Wow, look how far we’ve come?
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 19:36
\n\n\n\nYeah, yeah. So like, if you’re looking at what is the one thing that you saw in the last 12 months, that changed in the CMS that really enabled something wonderful for themes or from the other side of it. Like if someone had looked at themes or WordPress 18 months ago, and now they’re looking at it and seeing this new and different way to do things with the look and feel of their site, like what is one thing that they should be aware of? On either side of that question,
\n\n\n\nMaggie Cabrera 20:05
\n\n\n\nI think there’s more than one thing that has really evolved through this last year, year and a half. Like the maturity of some of the blocks is astounding now, like navigation blog, for example, was really bare-bones at the start and now it’s full potential, and it’s really looking really great. I would say the same thing about those days or the features on fire, like how basic it was at the start, was full potential. But now it’s really, really mature in terms of how much you can do with it. Like, I think the example, the perfect example of that is the work that Kjell [Reigstad] has done on Twenty-Twenty Two with the alternative theme.json files, where just changing that file basically feels like a new theme, with just the configuration and the styles. And without writing any CSS without changing any templates. It’s really, really amazing how that can turn into a reality. And it’s so easy for users to tinker with that if they want to. And it’s much easier than having to delve deep into CSS and changing everything in like 2000 lines of code.
\n\n\n\nJeff Ong 21:23
\n\n\n\nYeah, I probably would echo most of that. What the thing that astounds me is global styles and how the UI can be shipping a theme or default theme with basically like, 20 lines of CSS, and have it be one of them. A beautiful, beautiful, like crisp and sharp, like, experience. It’s super fast. And it’s like, what this is a theme, you know, I thought a theme was supposed to supply all the styles like no, like, it’s just yeah. And workers do for you. Exactly. And like that. That’s pretty amazing to think in the last 12 months, we can go from, you know, shipping 1000s of lines of CSS to you none, it’s like, Wow, pretty cool.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 22:10
\n\n\n\nWell, my friends, thank you so much for joining me today. This has been a really interesting conversation. I hope that all y’all out listening. Also find it interesting. As I mentioned, if you have any follow-up questions, absolutely. Send them to me via email. And I collect all of my questions that I get through the year for answering at the end of the year, mostly because I don’t get lots of questions that people want to be answered on this. Everyone just asked me their questions on Twitter and in Slack, which is fine as well.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 22:41
\n\n\n\nSo, Maggie, Jeff, thank you both for joining me. And I’m sure that we’ll talk to you all again soon.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 22:56
\n\n\n\nThat brings us now to our small list of big things. In the last episode, I got all excited about being in the beta phase. But today, I’m rolling that back a little bit. As part of our usual open source processes, a group of contributors did a deep dive review on the WordPress 5.9 release and found a workflow that needed some refinement. So we are delaying the beta.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 23:19
\n\n\n\nSince we are in the midst of a major commerce slash/sales season, and of course, a lengthy holiday season, that delay also means that it makes sense to delay WordPress 5.9 final release a little as well. And so we are delaying that all the way into 2022 to January 25. For me, the trade-off works really well there. Every decision that we make in open source, of course, has some balance to it. It’s great for these aspects, it is less great for these aspects over here. But for myself, the opportunity to make sure that we have a really excellent experience for our users and also an opportunity to kind of avoid all of the chaos and hustle and bustle of the end of the year. Really, it seemed like a no-brainer for me. So in case you want to learn a little bit more about why we made the decision and get some insight into the actual milestones and where they have moved now, I’ll include some posts in the show notes below in case you want to read more and of course, if you have any additional questions you can always ask.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 24:33
\n\n\n\nThe second small list of big things is that the first back to people WordCamp. I don’t think that’s what we’re calling it. Our first back to people WordCamp is happening in a couple of weeks actually. WordCamp Sevilla is happening in person on December 11. And I’m so excited I wish I were local, but I’m not so if you are local stop by their website and pick up your ticket.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 24:55
\n\n\n\nAnd the third thing on our smallest a big things is that it is, of course, charitable giving season. I don’t know if you do your charitable giving at the end of the year or if that’s even part of your general ways of giving back. But I can think of two or three charitable organizations inside the WordPress ecosystem. There’s of course the WordPress Foundation, but also Big Orange Heart and HeroPress. If there are others out there, I certainly do want to know about them. WordPress Foundation also does additional giving on behalf of just like the open web and open source as a whole. So if you’re the sort of person who does their charitable giving at the end of the year, just a reminder that you have some options inside the WordPress ecosystem if you were trying to figure out some new places to donate to in 2021.
\n\n\n\nJosepha Haden Chomphosy 25:42
\n\n\n\nAnd that is your small list of big things. Thank you so much for tuning in today for the WordPress Briefing. Thank you again to our special guests, Maggie and Jeff. I’m your host Josepha Haden Chomphosy, and I’ll see you again in a couple of weeks.
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\n\n\n\nPronunciation: \"Novarum\" = (No - var - um) The var piece is pronounced like the word car, but with a V.
\n\n\n\nAnd what does it mean?
\n\n\n\nObjectively, the word \"novarum\" is Latin and the inflection of the word novus which means new. So literally translated, Novarum Roofing means New Roofing, which kind of works if your in the business of replacing old roofs with new ones.
\n\n\n\nBut for me, Novarum also has a deeper meaning. It is a reference to the first social justice work I ever read back in my college days at the University of Dallas in Irving, not the UTD campus located in Richardson. The name of the work is Rerum Novarum written by Pope Leo XIII in 1891 which offered up some of the first critiques and warnings about capitalism. The biggest take away for me then, is the notion that economics should be viewed as a moral science, as well as a mathematical science, because it is the study of interactions between people exchanging goods/services for private benefit. And after accepting the proposition that economics has a moral component to wrestle with, the next step is to figure out what the guiding moral virtue should be. Which in my reading of Rerum Novarum, I walked away with believing the guiding moral value should be equitable transactions.
\n\n\n\nSo what is Novarum Roofing? We are a company that replaces old roofs with new roofs while adhering to our core value of aiming for equitable transactions.
\n\n\n\nThank you for reading and for your interest in this company. We look forward to working with you.
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We offer roof financing through Enhancify!
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
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Let Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
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Protect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
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Receive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Say hello today!
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Brandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
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\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nWhen you file a claim, Novarum makes sure you get the best roof. We specialize in impact resistant shingles. The best Texas roofer puts the longevity of your roof first.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges. We strive to be the best Texas roofer by practicing equity.
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Brandon V. saw need for a safety conscious roofer in DFW.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will give you an honest assessment of the condition and needs of your roof and a professional recommendation for what to do next. Every roof needs to be assessed based on its own individual merits. It is more than worthwhile to get an assessment before filing an insurance claim. Novarum is a Dallas roofer who serves all of Texas.
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\"When it comes to your home we know how important it is to to work with an expert who is transparent and makes honest recommendations that are best for you as a homeowner. Give us a call.\"
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Novarum Roofing is a Dallas roofer who serves all of Texas.
\nWhen it comes to your home we know how important it is to to work with an expert who is transparent and makes honest recommendations that are best for you as a homeowner. Give us a call.
\nBrandon will give you an honest assessment of the condition and needs of your roof and a professional recommendation for what to do next. Every roof needs to be assessed based on its own individual merits.It is more than worthwhile to get an honest assessment before filing an insurance claim.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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Novarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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We offer roof financing through Enhancify!
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\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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We offer roof financing through Enhancify!
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Brandon will give you an honest assessment of the condition and needs of your roof and a professional recommendation for what to do next. Every roof needs to be assessed based on its own individual merits.
\n\n\n\nIt is more than worthwhile to get an honest assessment before filing an insurance claim.
\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
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Let Novarum Roofing take care your home.
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\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon V. He lives in .. with his wife and ..... He named Novarum Roofing for the... He believes in... He has been working on roofs since..
\n\n\n\n\nWe serve residential and commercial customers in the DFW area and beyond.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon V. He lives in .. with his wife and ..... He named Novarum Roofing for the... He believes in... He has been working on roofs since..
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon V. He lives in .. with his wife and ..... He named Novarum Roofing for the... He believes in... He has been working on roofs since..
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
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\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
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\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon V. He lives in .. with his wife and ..... He named Novarum Roofing for the... He believes in... He has been working on roofs since..
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
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\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon V. He lives in .. with his wife and ..... He named Novarum Roofing for the... He believes in... He has been working on roofs since..
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
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\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
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\n\n\n\n\nReliable
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\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon V. He lives in .. with his wife and ..... He named Novarum Roofing for the... He believes in... He has been working on roofs since..
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
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\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nSign up for our mailing list. We offer deals and roof maintenance advice whether your roof is new or. Every newletter subscriber gets a...
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\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon V. He lives in .. with his wife and ..... He named Novarum Roofing for the... He believes in... He has been working on roofs since..
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur roofs come with a warranty
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Your home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon V. He lives in .. with his wife and ..... He named Novarum Roofing for the... He believes in... He has been working on roofs since..
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nSign up for our mailing list. We offer deals and roof maintenance advice whether your roof is new or. Every newletter subscriber gets a...
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur roofs come with a warranty
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\n\n\n\n\nBook your new roof this month!
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\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care your home.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon V. He lives in .. with his wife and ..... He named Novarum Roofing for the... He believes in... He has been working on roofs since..
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nSign up for our mailing list. We offer deals and roof maintenance advice whether your roof is new or. Every newletter subscriber gets a...
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur roofs come with a warranty
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\n\n\n\n\nAfter a hail storm roofing companies from all over poor into a neighborhood to start knocking doors and drum up some work.
\n\n\n\nAs a homeowner it is important to know who these people are and what incentivizes them.
\n\n\n\nAs a homeowner it is important to be aware that the intention of the initial door knock and/or inspection is to start a sales process that has the following steps:
\n\n\n\nStep 1: Show property owner the damage and create urgency to replace roof.
\n\n\n\nStep 2: Advise property owner to file an insurance claim.
\n\n\n\nStep 3: Sales rep offers to meet with insurance adjuster for the initial insurance inspection.
\n\n\n\nStep 4: After the insurance company agrees to pay for a full roof replacement, then its time to put a deal together for a new roof based on the insurance proceeds.
\n\n\n\nStep 5: Get a signed contract from property owner to replace the roof.
\n\n\n\nStep 6: Perform the agreed upon work and collect payments.
\n\n\n\nNow, there is nothing inherently wrong or bad about this sales process provided that in Step 1 there is a real honest conversation about the extent of roof damage that is found, the options of repair and replacement are discussed, and a fair and equitable roof replacement contract is put together for the homeowner.
\n\n\n\n\n','Who is looking at my roof?','','inherit','closed','closed','','511-revision-v1','','','2021-04-26 14:34:58','2021-04-26 14:34:58','',511,'https://novarumroofing.com/?p=514',0,'revision','',0),(510,2,'2021-04-24 03:11:00','2021-04-24 03:11:00','\nSo what in the heck does \"Novarum\" even mean and how do you pronounce it?
\n\n\n\nPronunciation: \"Novarum\" = (No - var - um) The var piece is pronounced like the word car, but with a V.
\n\n\n\nAnd what does it mean?
\n\n\n\nObjectively, the word \"novarum\" is Latin and the inflection of the word novus which means new. So literally translated, Novarum Roofing means New Roofing, which kind of works if your in the business of replacing old roofs with new ones.
\n\n\n\nBut for me, Novarum also has a deeper meaning. It is a reference to the first social justice work I ever read back in my college days at the University of Dallas in Irving, not the UTD campus located in Richardson. The name of the work is Rerum Novarum written by Pope Leo XIII in 1891 which offered up some of the first critiques and warnings about capitalism. The biggest take away for me then, is the notion that economics should be viewed as a moral science, as well as a mathematical science, because it is the study of interactions between people exchanging goods/services for private benefit. And after accepting the proposition that economics has a moral component to wrestle with, the next step is to figure out what the guiding moral virtue should be. Which in my reading of Rerum Novarum, I walked away with believing the guiding moral value should be equitable transactions.
\n\n\n\nSo what is Novarum Roofing? We are a company that replaces old roofs with new roofs while adhering to our core value of aiming for equitable transactions.
\n\n\n\nThank you for reading and for your interest in this company. We look forward to working with you.
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After a hail storm roofing companies from all over poor into a neighborhood to start knocking doors and drum up some work.
\n\n\n\nAs a homeowner it is important to know who these people are and what incentivizes them.
\n\n\n\nAs a homeowner it is important to be aware that the intention of the initial door knock and/or inspection is to start a sales process that has the following steps:
\n\n\n\nStep 1: Show property owner the damage and create urgency to replace roof.
\n\n\n\nStep 2: Advise property owner to file an insurance claim.
\n\n\n\nStep 3: Sales rep offers to meet with insurance adjuster for the initial insurance inspection.
\n\n\n\nStep 4: After the insurance company agrees to pay for a full roof replacement, then its time to put a deal together for a new roof based on the insurance proceeds.
\n\n\n\nStep 5: Get a signed contract from property owner to replace the roof.
\n\n\n\nStep 6: Perform the agreed upon work and collect payments.
\n\n\n\nNow, there is nothing inherently wrong or bad about this sales process provided that in Step 1 there is a real honest conversation about the extent of roof damage that is found, the options of repair and replacement are discussed, and a fair and equitable roof replacement contract is put together for the homeowner.
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon V. He lives in .. with his wife and ..... He named Novarum Roofing for the... He believes in... He has been working on roofs since..
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nSign up for our mailing list. We offer deals and roof maintenance advice whether your roof is new or. Every newletter subscriber gets a...
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur roofs come with a warranty
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
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\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon V. He lives in .. with his wife and ..... He named Novarum Roofing for the... He believes in... He has been working on roofs since..
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nSign up for our mailing list. We offer deals and roof maintenance advice whether your roof is new or. Every newletter subscriber gets a...
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur roofs come with a warranty
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBook your new roof this month!
\n\n\n\n\nWe offer..
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon V. He lives in .. with his wife and ..... He named Novarum Roofing for the... He believes in... He has been working on roofs since..
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nSign up for our mailing list. We offer deals and roof maintenance advice whether your roof is new or. Every newletter subscriber gets a...
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur roofs come with a warranty
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBook your new roof this month!
\n\n\n\n\nWe offer..
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care your home.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon V. He lives in .. with his wife and ..... He named Novarum Roofing for the... He believes in... He has been working on roofs since..
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nSign up for our mailing list. We offer deals and roof maintenance advice whether your roof is new or. Every newletter subscriber gets a...
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur roofs come with a warranty
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBook your new roof this month!
\n\n\n\n\nWe offer..
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care your home.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon V. He lives in .. with his wife and ..... He named Novarum Roofing for the... He believes in... He has been working on roofs since..
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nSign up for our mailing list. We offer deals and roof maintenance advice whether your roof is new or. Every newletter subscriber gets a...
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe offer..
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon V. He lives in .. with his wife and ..... He named Novarum Roofing for the... He believes in... He has been working on roofs since..
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nSign up for our mailing list. We offer deals and roof maintenance advice whether your roof is new or. Every newletter subscriber gets a...
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur roofs come with a warranty
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBook your new roof this month!
\n\n\n\n\nWe offer..
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care your home.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon V. He lives in .. with his wife and ..... He named Novarum Roofing for the... He believes in... He has been working on roofs since..
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nSign up for our mailing list. We offer deals and roof maintenance advice whether your roof is new or. Every newletter subscriber gets a...
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur roofs come with a warranty
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBook your new roof this month!
\n\n\n\n\nWe offer..
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care your home.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nSign up for our mailing list. We offer deals and roof maintenance advice whether your roof is new or. Every newletter subscriber gets a...
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe offer..
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon V. He lives in .. with his wife and ..... He named Novarum Roofing for the... He believes in... He has been working on roofs since..
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nSign up for our mailing list. We offer deals and roof maintenance advice whether your roof is new or. Every newletter subscriber gets a...
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe offer..
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nSign up for our mailing list. We offer deals and roof maintenance advice whether your roof is new or. Every newletter subscriber gets a...
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe offer..
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care your home.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nSign up for our mailing list. We offer deals and roof maintenance advice whether your roof is new or. Every newletter subscriber gets a...
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe offer..
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care your home.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nSign up for our mailing list. We offer deals and roof maintenance advice whether your roof is new or. Every newletter subscriber gets a...
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe offer..
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nSign up for our mailing list. We offer deals and roof maintenance advice whether your roof is new or. Every newletter subscriber gets a...
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe offer..
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nSign up for our mailing list. We offer deals and roof maintenance advice whether your roof is new or. Every newletter subscriber gets a...
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe offer..
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Say hello today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nSign up for our mailing list. We offer deals and roof advice for every roof. Every newletter subscriber gets a...
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Say hello today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nSign up for our mailing list. We offer deals and roof maintenance advice whether your roof is new or. Every newletter subscriber gets a...
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe offer..
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nOur newsletter lets you know about our deals and is a resource for roof advice.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nOur newsletter lets you know about our deals and is a resource for roof advice.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nOur newsletter lets you know about our deals and is a resource for roof advice.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nOur newsletter lets you know about our deals and is a resource for roof advice.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nOur newsletter lets you know about our deals and is a resource for roof advice.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nOur newsletter lets you know about our deals and is a resource for roof advice.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nOur newsletter lets you know about our deals and is a resource for roof advice.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nOur newsletter lets you know about our deals and is a resource for roof advice.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nOur newsletter lets you know about our deals and is a resource for roof advice.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nOur newsletter lets you know about our deals and is a resource for roof advice.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nOur newsletter lets you know about our deals and is a resource for roof advice.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that put human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nOur newsletter lets you know about our deals and is a resource for roof advice.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nOur newsletter lets you know about our deals and is a resource for roof advice.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nOur newsletter lets you know about our deals and is a resource for roof advice.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nYour home\'s health is our number one priority.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nWe are standing by and ready to install your new roof.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines started Novarum Roofing when he saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon is there through the whole job. He provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nOur newsletter lets you know about our deals and is a resource for roof advice.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhether its a low pitch roof replacement, commercial grade gutters, or professional window washing we can help you. Give us a call to schedule a free inspection and receive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhether its a low pitch roof replacement, commercial grade gutters, or professional window washing we can help you. Give us a call to schedule a free inspection and receive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWhether its a low pitch roof replacement, commercial grade gutters, or professional window washing we can help you. Give us a call to schedule a free inspection and receive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow we helped James Joyce get a brand-consistent website that converts visitors into clients.
\nCloser to the metal we’ve got to manage that low hanging fruit but quantity and drive awareness to increase engagement post launch.
\n\n\n\nGroom the backlog show pony, pipeline put in in a deck for our standup today nor keep it lean.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?”
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Whether its a low pitch roof replacement, commercial grade gutters, or professional window washing we can help you. Give us a call to schedule a free inspection and receive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhether its a low pitch roof replacement, commercial grade gutters, or professional window washing we can help you. Give us a call to schedule a free inspection and receive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWhether its a low pitch roof replacement, commercial grade gutters, or professional window washing we can help you. Give us a call to schedule a free inspection and receive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n509-728-8632 | Monday - Friday
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon@novarum.com
\n\n\n\n\nGreater Dallas Fort Worth Area
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509-728-8632 | Monday - Friday
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon@novarum.com
\n\n\n\n\nGreater Dallas Fort Worth Area
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n509-728-8632 | Monday - Friday
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon@novarum.com
\n\n\n\n\nGreater Dallas Fort Worth Area
\n\n\n\n\n509-728-8632 | Monday - Friday
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon@novarum.com
\n\n\n\n\nGreater Dallas Fort Worth Area
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n509-728-8632 | Monday - Friday
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon@novarum.com
\n\n\n\n\nGreater Dallas Fort Worth Area
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhether its a low pitch roof replacement, commercial grade gutters, or professional window washing we can help you. Give us a call to schedule a free inspection and receive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhether its a low pitch roof replacement, commercial grade gutters, or professional window washing we can help you. Give us a call to schedule a free inspection and receive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen it comes to your home we know how important it is to to work with an expert who is transparent and makes honest recommendations that are best for you as a homeowner. Give us a call.
\nBrandon will give you an honest assessment of the condition and needs of your roof and a professional recommendation for what to do next. Every roof needs to be assessed based on its own individual merits.It is more than worthwhile to get an honest assessment before filing an insurance claim.
\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https://novarumroofing.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pexels-pixabay-209266-1024x683.jpg\")
Brandon has 10 years experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He uses this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\nFounder
\n\n\n\n\nRoofer
\n\n\n\n\nAdmin
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 young children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon has 10 years experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He uses this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\nFounder
\n\n\n\n\nRoofer
\n\n\n\n\nAdmin
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon has 10 years experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He uses this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen we aren\'t roofing we..
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\n\n\n\n\nFounder
\n\n\n\n\nRoofer
\n\n\n\n\nAdmin
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon has 10 years experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He uses this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\nFounder
\n\n\n\n\nRoofer
\n\n\n\n\nAdmin
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon has 10 years experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He share this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\nFounder
\n\n\n\n\nRoofer
\n\n\n\n\nAdmin
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon has 10 years experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He uses this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\nFounder
\n\n\n\n\nRoofer
\n\n\n\n\nAdmin
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\nFounder
\n\n\n\n\nRoofer
\n\n\n\n\nAdmin
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon has 10 years experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\nFounder
\n\n\n\n\nRoofer
\n\n\n\n\nAdmin
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\nFounder
\n\n\n\n\nRoofer
\n\n\n\n\nAdmin
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFounder
\n\n\n\n\nRoofer
\n\n\n\n\nAdmin
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFounder
\n\n\n\n\nRoofer
\n\n\n\n\nAdmin
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts human connection and home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https://novarumroofing.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Novarum-symbols-10-1.png\")
Receive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\n![\"\"](\"https://novarumroofing.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Novarum-icons-19.png\"){kind=icon}
Protect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https://novarumroofing.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Novarum-icons-10-1.png\"){kind=icon}
Receive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https://novarumroofing.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Novarum-icons-11.png\"){kind=icon}
We wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFounder
\n\n\n\n\nRoofer
\n\n\n\n\nAdmin
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Rox
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nSo respectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nFrom time to time, we\'ll send discounts and teach you about the Texas roofing industry.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nFrom time to time, we\'ll send discounts and teach you about the Texas roofing industry.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https://novarumroofing.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/brandon-vines-portrait3-01-1024x1024.png\")
Brandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nFrom time to time, we\'ll send discounts and teach you about the Texas roofing industry.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nFrom time to time, we\'ll send discounts and teach you about the Texas roofing industry.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nFrom time to time, we\'ll send discounts and teach you about the Texas roofing industry.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nFrom time to time, we\'ll send discounts and teach you about the Texas roofing industry.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nFrom time to time, we\'ll send discounts and teach you about the Texas roofing industry.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nFrom time to time, we\'ll send discounts and teach you about the Texas roofing industry.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nFrom time to time, we\'ll send discounts and teach you about the Texas roofing industry.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https://novarumroofing.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/brandon-vines-portrait-01-1-1024x1024.png\")
Brandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nFrom time to time, we\'ll send discounts and teach you about the Texas roofing industry.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFounder
\n\n\n\n\nRoofer
\n\n\n\n\nAdmin
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\n\n','About','','inherit','closed','closed','','22-revision-v1','','','2021-03-31 20:52:02','2021-03-31 20:52:02','',22,'https://novarumroofing.com/?p=325',0,'revision','',0),(324,1,'2021-03-31 20:50:37','2021-03-31 20:50:37','\nBrandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFounder
\n\n\n\n\nRoofer
\n\n\n\n\nAdmin
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https://novarumroofing.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/brandon-vines-portrait-01-3-1024x1024.png\")
Brandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https://novarumroofing.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/brandon-vines-portrait-01-2-1024x1024.png\")
Brandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nFrom time to time, we\'ll send discounts and teach you about the Texas roofing industry.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https://novarumroofing.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/brandon-vines-portrait-01-1024x1024.png\")
Brandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nFrom time to time, we\'ll send discounts and teach you about the Texas roofing industry.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
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Protect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https://novarumroofing.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Novarum-icons-10-2.png\"){kind=icon}
Receive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
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We wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Reach out today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\n214-726-5101 | Monday - Friday
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon@novarumroofing.com
\n\n\n\n\nGreater Dallas Fort Worth Area and throughout Texas
\n\n\n\n\nWe share discounts and teach you about the roofing industry in Texas.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon@novarumroofing.com
\n\n\n\n\nGreater Dallas Fort Worth Area and throughout Texas
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon@novarumroofing.com
\n\n\n\n\nGreater Dallas Fort Worth Area and throughout Texas
\n\n\n\n\nLet Novarum Roofing take care of your home.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will give you an honest assessment of the condition and needs of your roof and a professional recommendation for what to do next. Every roof needs to be assessed based on its own individual merits.It is more than worthwhile to get an honest assessment before filing an insurance claim.
\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen it comes to your home we know how important it is to to work with an expert who is transparent and makes honest recommendations that are best for you as a homeowner. Give us a call.
Brandon Vines
When it comes to your home we know how important it is to to work with an expert who is transparent and makes honest recommendations that are best for you as a homeowner. Give us a call.
\nBrandon will give you an honest assessment of the condition and needs of your roof and a professional recommendation for what to do next. Every roof needs to be assessed based on its own individual merits.It is more than worthwhile to get an honest assessment before filing an insurance claim.
\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
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Novarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nWhen you file a claim, we make sure you get the best roof. We specialize in impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nWhen you file a claim, we make sure you get the best roof. We specialize in impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He uses this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nWhen you file a claim, Novarum makes sure you get the best roof. We specialize in impact resistant shingles. The best Texas roofer puts the longevity of your roof first.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges. We strive to be the best Texas roofer by practicing equity.
\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nWhen you file a claim, we make sure you get the best roof. We specialize in impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nWhen you file a claim, we make sure you get the best roof. We specialize in impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nWhen you file a claim, we make sure you get the best roof. We specialize in impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He shares this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nWhen you file a claim, we make sure you get the best roof. We specialize in impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges.
\n\n\n\nAt Novarum Roofing equitable transactions are our #1 core value.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we treat homeowners fairly and honestly when we assess their roof needs. We explain our findings and provide professional recommendations without high pressure sales gimmicks.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we provide the homeowner with the highest quality roofing system and roofing material. We follow state laws and collect insurance deductibles. We present the option to install impact resistant shingles and have and honest conversation about the cost.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we work with your insurance company (when filing a claim is warranted) and are fair to all parties involved. We are fair to the homeowner and considerate of your time and roofing need and we are fair to the insurance company by making honest requests and reasonable demands.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we take all necessary precautions to keep the install crew safe during the job, we pay a fair market rate, and we pay on time.
\n\n\n\nEquity means we pay material suppliers on time and in full to maintain out business health. This protects homeowners from surprise liens from unpaid vendors!
\n\n\n\nEquity means we give back to the community. We strive to be a profitable company so we can fulfill our responsibility to give back the to community who supports us.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nRespectful
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will give you an honest assessment of the condition and needs of your roof and a professional recommendation for what to do next. Every roof needs to be assessed based on its own individual merits. It is more than worthwhile to get an honest assessment before filing an insurance claim.
\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"When it comes to your home we know how important it is to to work with an expert who is transparent and makes honest recommendations that are best for you as a homeowner. Give us a call.\"
\n\n\n\n-Brandon
\nBrandon will give you an honest assessment of the condition and needs of your roof and a professional recommendation for what to do next. Every roof needs to be assessed based on its own individual merits.It is more than worthwhile to get an honest assessment before filing an insurance claim.
\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen it comes to your home we know how important it is to to work with an expert who is transparent and makes honest recommendations that are best for you as a homeowner. Give us a call.
Brandon Vines
Brandon will give you an honest assessment of the condition and needs of your roof and a professional recommendation for what to do next. Every roof needs to be assessed based on its own individual merits. It is more than worthwhile to get an honest assessment before filing an insurance claim.
\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"When it comes to your home we know how important it is to to work with an expert who is transparent and makes honest recommendations that are best for you as a homeowner. Give us a call.\"
\n\n\n\n-Brandon
\nBrandon will give you an honest assessment of the condition and needs of your roof and a professional recommendation for what to do next. Every roof needs to be assessed based on its own individual merits. It is more than worthwhile to get an honest assessment before filing an insurance claim.
\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"When it comes to your home we know how important it is to to work with an expert who is transparent and makes honest recommendations that are best for you as a homeowner. Give us a call.\"
\n\n\n\n-Brandon
\nBrandon Vines has 10 years of experience as a roofing insurance adjuster and project manager. He saw a way to make the Texas roof replacement industry more efficient, and Novarum Roofing was born.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon knows each step from the insurance, roofer and homeowner perspective. He uses this knowledge to benefit the home and the homeowner.
\n\n\n\nThe roof replacement industry in Texas follows a simple formula:
\n\n\n\nWhen you file a claim, Novarum makes sure you get the best roof. We specialize in impact resistant shingles. The best Texas roofer puts the longevity of your roof first.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNovarum is Latin for \"new\" which ties to the new roof installation services we provide. It is also a reference to the 1891 social justice encyclical titled “Rerum Novarum”. In this encyclical, Pope Leo XIII warns against the potential pitfalls of capitalism and encourages equity in economic exchanges. We strive to be the best Texas roofer by practicing equity.
\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nBest
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nBest
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will give you an honest assessment of the condition and needs of your roof and a professional recommendation for what to do next. Every roof needs to be assessed based on its own individual merits. It is more than worthwhile to get an assessment before filing an insurance claim. Novarum is a Dallas roofer who serves all of Texas.
\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\n\"When it comes to your home we know how important it is to to work with an expert who is transparent and makes honest recommendations that are best for you as a homeowner. Give us a call.\"
\n\n\n\n-Brandon
\nBrandon will give you an honest assessment of the condition and needs of your roof and a professional recommendation for what to do next. Every roof needs to be assessed based on its own individual merits. It is more than worthwhile to get an assessment before filing an insurance claim. Novarum is a Dallas roofer who serves all of Texas.
\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"When it comes to your home we know how important it is to to work with an expert who is transparent and makes honest recommendations that are best for you as a homeowner. Give us a call.\"
\n\n\n\n-Brandon
\nBrandon will give you an honest assessment of the condition and needs of your roof and a professional recommendation for what to do next. Every roof needs to be assessed based on its own individual merits. It is more than worthwhile to get an assessment before filing an insurance claim. Novarum is a Dallas roofer who serves all of Texas.
\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"When it comes to your home we know how important it is to to work with an expert who is transparent and makes honest recommendations that are best for you as a homeowner. Give us a call.\"
\n\n\n\n-Brandon
\nBrandon will give you an honest assessment of the condition and needs of your roof and a professional recommendation for what to do next. Every roof needs to be assessed based on its own individual merits. It is more than worthwhile to get an assessment before filing an insurance claim. Novarum is a Dallas roofer who serves all of Texas.
\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"When it comes to your home we know how important it is to to work with an expert who is transparent and makes honest recommendations that are best for you as a homeowner. Give us a call.\"
\n\n\n\n-Brandon
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nBest
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will give you an honest assessment of the condition and needs of your roof and a professional recommendation for what to do next. Every roof needs to be assessed based on its own individual merits. It is more than worthwhile to get an assessment before filing an insurance claim. Novarum is a Dallas roofer who serves all of Texas.
\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"When it comes to your home we know how important it is to to work with an expert who is transparent and makes honest recommendations that are best for you as a homeowner. Give us a call.\"
\n\n\n\n-Brandon
\nNovarum Roofing is a Dallas roofer who serves all of Texas.
\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nBest
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
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Novarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nBest
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
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Novarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nBest
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon will come out and inspect your roof in person. Contact us today!
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHardworking
\n\n\n\nJANET MORRIS
\n\n\n\n\nBest
\n\n\n\nWILLIE BROWN
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReliable
\n\n\n\nSEAN FISHER
\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtect your home, increase its value, and give us a call today.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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Novarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
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\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
\n\n\n\n\nWe wear a mask, practice social distancing, and serve all people.
\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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We offer roof financing through Enhancify!
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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We offer roof financing through Enhancify!
\n\n\n\nLearn more on our Financing page, and feel free to reach out to Brandon if you have any questions.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
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\n\n\n\n\nReceive an assessment that agrees with your priorities and project budget.
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\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Vines saw a need for a roofing company that puts home health first. Brandon provides your roofing quote and is on the job every day to oversee your roof installation. He works hard to be the best DFW roofer. Brandon has more than a decade of roofing experience and lives in the DFW area with his wife and 2 children.
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We offer roof financing through Enhancify!
\n\n\n\nLearn more on our Financing page, and feel free to reach out to Brandon if you have any questions.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNovarum Roofing is the best DFW Roofer. We put your home health above our profits. Protect your home from DFW hail damage with impact resistant shingles.
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