Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve seen the drama that’s been unfolding in the wonderful world of WordPress the last couple of weeks. Today, its megalomanic founder, Matt Mullenwegg — who seems to be devoted to make sure everyone feels the extent of his wrath — made a change that impacts all users…
I’ve been using it for over a year. I’ve also been (carefully) offering it on my website for almost a year. I didn’t actively promote it, because it wasn’t mature enough yet, IMO. Now, it finally is. Introducing: WP Help Scout Docs or, Help Scout Docs for WordPress.
Last week WP 6.5 was released, introducing the Font Manager among other things. Helping an old lady cross the street, that’s what it felt like to add Font Manager support to OMGF Pro v3.12. The Font Manager’s performance was severely lacking, so I decided that OMGF Pro should be the hero to save the day….
With WordPress 6.5 set for release tomorrow, you must’ve been wondering about its fancy, new Font Manager and if it can replace OMGF and/or OMGF Pro. I’ve kept an eye on its development for the past months and I figured now was the right time to publish my findings.
The greatest compliment you can receive is if your ideas are copied. Right? Recently Cloudflare released their (Beta) “Fonts” service, to “enhance website font privacy and speed.” Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Let’s compare OMGF’s and CloudFlare Fonts’ features and see if one is better than the other.
I’ve been making a mess of things lately, haven’t I? It’s okay, you can say it. After introducing ~20% of my users to a “beautiful” 500 error in OMGF Pro’s last update, now, updates in the WordPress admin screen are broken! For all my premium plugins no less! Isn’t it great? And yes, you can…