{"id":5320,"date":"2023-05-31T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/?p=5320"},"modified":"2023-05-31T09:36:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T13:36:33","slug":"capacitor-month-recap-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023","title":{"rendered":"Capacitor Month: livestreams, plugins, and avocados – oh my!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

May marked Capacitor\u2019s 4th birthday, so to celebrate – we cranked out tons of awesome Capacitor<\/a> content. From livestream tutorials to community features, it was a birthday party to remember. Here\u2019s what you may have missed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The past, present, and future of Capacitor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We kicked off the celebration with a stroll down memory lane with CEO and co-founder Max, who explained to us how the name Capacitor came to be<\/a>. (Hint: it involves avocados \ud83e\udd51)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-founder Ben Sperry also walked us through how he came up with Capacitor\u2019s visual identity<\/a> and branding. He even takes us through some of the older iterations and explains how we got the logo we know and love today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In looking toward the future, we announced Capacitor v5<\/a>, which is packed with features and enhancements to make for an even smoother developer experience. We also reintroduced Federated Capacitor<\/a> (formerly known as Portals for Capacitor) for those who have large teams and complex applications. In short, Federated Capacitor empowers development teams to work at their own pace on their designated features without needing to worry about other teams\u2019 speed or schedules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learning to build with Capacitor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When you build with Capacitor, the possibilities are endless – and our community showed us just that. Ionic Developer Expert Robin Genz wrote up a super easy-to-follow tutorial<\/a> about how quickly and easily a new plugin can be developed and integrated into your Capacitor app. Ionic\u2019s Logan Brade also took us through how to build a new Capacitor media plugin<\/a>, and even hosted a livestream<\/a> to walk through it in real-time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We announced the integration of Kapa.ai<\/a> into our Discord server, making it easier than ever to get help whenever you need it. Whether you\u2019re just starting to build with Capacitor or are a seasoned professional, Kapa is great for answering almost any questions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the month we also hosted a number of Discord Days<\/a>, where our engineers hung out on Discord live to answer your questions as they came up. Between the Discord server<\/a> and our forum<\/a>, community members from all over the world are eager and ready to lend a helping hand as you build with Capacitor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It takes a village<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We say it time and time again – Capacitor is made infinitely better by the enthusiastic community behind it. We highlighted a few of those community members throughout the month (and they\u2019re just the tip of the iceberg)! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SQLite<\/a> plugin is a community-maintained plugin utilized by countless apps. We have Qu\u00e9au Jean Pierre to thank for its creation and are grateful to everyone who helps maintain it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aaron Saunders<\/a> is a long-time community member that continues to make awesome educational content around how developers can leverage Capacitor in different ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simon Grimm<\/a>, another Ionic Developer Expert and founder of Ionic Academy, has created lots of dedicated courses for others to learn from. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter what you\u2019re trying to build or how you want to build it – there\u2019s a way to make it better with Capacitor, and the community<\/a> can help. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fantastic tools and where to find them<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our team has been hard at work improving Capacitor, particularly in developing new plugins that will make development even smoother. In expanding our presence in the mobile app security landscape, we built an SSL pinning plugin<\/a> that helps defend apps from man-in-the-middle attacks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But we haven\u2019t just focused on enterprise – we\u2019re still heavily focused on the community. Those who joined our livestream<\/a> got a sneak peek at the latest OSS plugin coming to Capacitor. \ud83d\udc40 We understand that some of the most critical app features need the ability to run while the app is in the background, and soon, they\u2019ll be able to do just that! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazing plugins are no good if you can\u2019t find them, so we\u2019re thrilled to announce the new and improved Plugin Registry<\/a>. Now, no matter what problem you\u2019re trying to solve, you can easily find the perfect plugin for it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re elated to see the continued growth of both Capacitor and the community around it. With 1.5 million monthly installs (and growing), we can\u2019t wait to see what the future holds. We\u2019re just getting started. \ud83d\ude80<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

May marked Capacitor\u2019s 4th birthday, so to celebrate – we cranked out tons of awesome Capacitor content. From livestream tutorials to community features, it was a birthday party to remember. Here\u2019s what you may have missed:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":5321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"publish_to_discourse":"1","publish_post_category":"26","wpdc_auto_publish_overridden":"","wpdc_topic_tags":"","wpdc_pin_topic":"","wpdc_pin_until":"","discourse_post_id":"564091","discourse_permalink":"http:\/\/forum.ionicframework.com\/t\/capacitor-month-livestreams-plugins-and-avocados-oh-my\/233843","wpdc_publishing_response":"success","wpdc_publishing_error":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,123,122],"tags":[151],"class_list":["post-5320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-perspectives","category-product","tag-capacitor"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCapacitor Month: livestreams, plugins, and avocados - oh my! - Ionic Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Capacitor month comes to a close, but here's a roundup of everything you may have missed as we celebrated the project's 4th birthday!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Capacitor Month: livestreams, plugins, and avocados - oh my!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Capacitor month comes to a close, but here's a roundup of everything you may have missed as we celebrated the project's 4th birthday!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ionic Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-31T13:35:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-31T13:36:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cap-month-reacap-feature-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2240\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1120\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jacklin Altman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ionicframework\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ionicframework\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jacklin Altman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jacklin Altman\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6fbceef43a19a3a9c39b94e1db65abb6\"},\"headline\":\"Capacitor Month: livestreams, plugins, and avocados – oh my!\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-31T13:35:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-31T13:36:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023\"},\"wordCount\":728,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cap-month-reacap-feature-image.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Capacitor\"],\"articleSection\":[\"All\",\"Perspectives\",\"Product\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023\",\"name\":\"Capacitor Month: livestreams, plugins, and avocados - oh my! - Ionic Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cap-month-reacap-feature-image.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-31T13:35:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-31T13:36:33+00:00\",\"description\":\"Capacitor month comes to a close, but here's a roundup of everything you may have missed as we celebrated the project's 4th birthday!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cap-month-reacap-feature-image.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cap-month-reacap-feature-image.png\",\"width\":2240,\"height\":1120},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Capacitor Month: livestreams, plugins, and avocados – oh my!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"ionic.io\/blog\",\"description\":\"Build amazing native and progressive web apps with the web\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ionic\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/white-on-color.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/white-on-color.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":854,\"caption\":\"Ionic\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/ionicframework\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6fbceef43a19a3a9c39b94e1db65abb6\",\"name\":\"Jacklin Altman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-2.24.26-PM-150x150.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-2.24.26-PM-150x150.png\",\"caption\":\"Jacklin Altman\"},\"description\":\"Product Team\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/author\/jacklin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Capacitor Month: livestreams, plugins, and avocados - oh my! - Ionic Blog","description":"Capacitor month comes to a close, but here's a roundup of everything you may have missed as we celebrated the project's 4th birthday!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Capacitor Month: livestreams, plugins, and avocados - oh my!","og_description":"Capacitor month comes to a close, but here's a roundup of everything you may have missed as we celebrated the project's 4th birthday!","og_url":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023","og_site_name":"Ionic Blog","article_published_time":"2023-05-31T13:35:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-05-31T13:36:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2240,"height":1120,"url":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cap-month-reacap-feature-image.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Jacklin Altman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ionicframework","twitter_site":"@ionicframework","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jacklin Altman","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023"},"author":{"name":"Jacklin Altman","@id":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6fbceef43a19a3a9c39b94e1db65abb6"},"headline":"Capacitor Month: livestreams, plugins, and avocados – oh my!","datePublished":"2023-05-31T13:35:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-31T13:36:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023"},"wordCount":728,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cap-month-reacap-feature-image.png","keywords":["Capacitor"],"articleSection":["All","Perspectives","Product"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023","url":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023","name":"Capacitor Month: livestreams, plugins, and avocados - oh my! - Ionic Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cap-month-reacap-feature-image.png","datePublished":"2023-05-31T13:35:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-31T13:36:33+00:00","description":"Capacitor month comes to a close, but here's a roundup of everything you may have missed as we celebrated the project's 4th birthday!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cap-month-reacap-feature-image.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cap-month-reacap-feature-image.png","width":2240,"height":1120},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/capacitor-month-recap-2023#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Capacitor Month: livestreams, plugins, and avocados – oh my!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/","name":"ionic.io\/blog","description":"Build amazing native and progressive web apps with the web","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/#organization","name":"Ionic","url":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/white-on-color.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/white-on-color.png","width":1920,"height":854,"caption":"Ionic"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/ionicframework"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6fbceef43a19a3a9c39b94e1db65abb6","name":"Jacklin Altman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-2.24.26-PM-150x150.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-2.24.26-PM-150x150.png","caption":"Jacklin Altman"},"description":"Product Team","url":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/author\/jacklin"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cap-month-reacap-feature-image.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5320"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5325,"href":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5320\/revisions\/5325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}