Roots updates from March, Bud is 30% faster 🎉

ben · April 5, 2022, 11:09am

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Releases

Acorn v2.0.3 — package discovery bugfix
Acorn v2.0.4 — wp acorn optimize bugfix
Acorn v2.0.5 — wp-cli URL scheme bugfix
Bud v5.5.0 — SSL support
Bud v5.6.0 — 30% faster macOS notifier fix
Bud v5.7.0 — client error overlay, wp-admin local dev fixes
Sage v10.1.0 — linting removed by default
Sync Script v1.2.0 — support for --no-db and --no-assets added
Trellis CLI v1.6.0 — lots of small fixes

Thank you to everyone who contributed in March @bbuilds, @catgofire, @evance, @joshf, @slowrush, @toddsantoro, @UnlocDavid

WordPress plugins and tools

wp secure all — Single-command WordPress security
GitHub - KevinBatdorf/gutenberg-rust-starter: Gutenberg + Rust + TypeScript — Gutenberg + Rust + TypeScript
Performance Lab – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org — The first version of the WordPress performance team’s plugin is out
State Of WordPress Security In 2021 via patchstack

General web/dev resources

difftastic — a diff that understands syntax
valet isolate — Laravel Valet to soon support different versions of PHP per site
Safari 15.4 is finally out — :has(), lazy loading, accent-color, and more
Devzat — Chat over SSH
gh-prs — gh cli extension to display a dashboard of PRs (h/t @knowler via Slack)
SketchyBar (macOS) — Highly customizable status bar replacement (h/t @knowler via Slack)
Corset: Cascading binding sheets — an alternative to frameworks like React and Vue using a CSS-like DSL
Global Ray — Use dd() , dump(), and ray() in any PHP file on your system
When or If — The CSSWG is debating what to name a conditional structure
GrowthBook — Open-source feature flagging and A/B testing platform

Blade tips

Roots-related jobs

See more from the jobs category, and check out our new monthly Who wants to be hired? topic

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https://mariadb.com/ (h/t @nicbovee via Slack)
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WordPress package changes

The roots/wordpress Composer package will be switching to the “no-content” WordPress release with WordPress 6.0. Please add any comments or questions on the GitHub issue.

Special thanks

Thanks so much to everyone that has sponsored Roots via GitHub or Patreon. We are extremely grateful to also have received two one-time anonymous donations this past month: one for $250 and one for $500

If you’re able to, please considering sponsoring Roots on GitHub & come join us on Roots Slack (soon to be Discord ).

This might be the only email I say this in: we’re restarting work on Clover this year, and folks that are sponsoring Roots at the $7 tier will get access to the GitHub repo when development begins on it again. Once that happens, we’ll be adding a new $20 sponsorship tier which will be the monthly amount required in order to gain access to Clover on GitHub, along with early access to any other future projects (Bedrock Pro… ), and any other sponsor-only packages we create.

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