Any WordPress company that builds and maintains themes worth its salt is already doing at least some preliminary work as … Continue reading The Automattic Theme Team Announces Blockbase, Its New Block Parent Theme →

WordPress is celebrating 18 years today since the first release of the software to the general public. That release post, … Continue reading Happy 18th Birthday, WordPress →

Gutenberg 10.7 landed yesterday. Within a few hours, the development team also released version 10.7.1 of the plugin with a … Continue reading Gutenberg 10.7 Integrates With the Pattern Directory, Introduces New Block Design Controls →

Joomla has announced plans to block Google’s Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) by default going forward. The 3.9.2.7 security update, … Continue reading Joomla Blocks FLoC by Default, Drupal Moves to Block FLoC in Upcoming 9.2 Release →

Feedback for round #7 of the FSE Outreach Program opened today. Like round #6, the focus is once again on … Continue reading FSE Outreach #7: Building a Portfolio in the Upcoming Template-Editing Mode →

When I reported on the WP User Avatar plugin’s rebranding and repurposing last week, it came as no surprise that … Continue reading The Price of Admission: WordPress Users Get To Hold Creators Accountable →

My Codeless Website is a new tool that detects if a site was built using a website builder. The app … Continue reading My Codeless Website App Detects Site Builder Tools →

In a mature and ever-growing market of WordPress page builders, Thomas Ehrig decided to bring a new product to the … Continue reading Bricks: Laying Down a Foundation in the WordPress Page Builder Market →

As I was perusing the WordPress plugin directory this morning, I noticed a new block plugin, which is always one … Continue reading You Might Not Need That Block →

GitHub, in partnership with Tidelift, has set aside June 7-12, 2021, as Maintainer Week, a time for open source maintainers … Continue reading Open Source Maintainer Week Begins June 7 with Activities, Events, and Resources →

The internet was set abuzz yesterday after Google officially confirmed that it has been testing a Follow button for websites … Continue reading Google Aims to “Revitalize RSS” and Recapture Users’ Trust with Experimental Follow Button in Chrome →

Tom de Visser, a developer from Amsterdam, released the Post Descriptions plugin last week. It was his first submission to … Continue reading Upgrade Your Publishing Flow with the Post Descriptions WordPress Plugin →

Almost since the dawn of the plugin and theme upgrade mechanisms inclusion in core over a decade ago, third-party developers … Continue reading No More Accidental Custom Plugin Overrides, WordPress 5.8 To Allow Developers To Set Plugin Hostname →

When Sergiu Radu and Andrei Glingeanu launched their free Blocksy theme nearly two years ago, they were surprised by how … Continue reading Blocksy Theme Expands Free Starter Site Collection, Plans to Create New Suite of Blocks →

Less than two weeks after publishing about the broken user experience of the former Dark Mode plugin being renamed and … Continue reading ProfilePress Rebrands and Repurposes WP User Avatar, Now a Membership Plugin, Users Revolt via the WordPress Review System →

Over the weekend, Anariel Design co-founder Ana Segota tweeted that she was nearly ready to submit the company’s first block … Continue reading Anariel Design Launches Naledi, a Block-Based WordPress Theme →

WordSesh 2021, a free virtual event targeted at WordPress professionals, is less than one week away. Sessions will be broadcast … Continue reading Register Now for WordSesh: May 24-28, 2021 →

As has almost become ritual at this point, I am always looking forward to the next testing round for Full … Continue reading FSE Outreach Round #6: Building a WordCamp Landing Page via the Template Editor →

The WordPress community is eager to return to in-person events and organizers are discussing a path to ensure the safety … Continue reading WordPress Community Team Discusses Adding Vaccination Status to In-Person Meetup Safety Checklist →

The Gutenberg development team has taken massive strides in the latest release. Version 10.6 of the plugin introduces several user-facing … Continue reading Gutenberg 10.6 Adds Duotone Filters, Query Pattern Carousel, and Most-Used Tags Selector →

AccessiBe and other similar tools are coming under fire after more than 400 accessibility advocates and developers signed an open … Continue reading Accessibility Advocates Sign Open Letter Urging People Not To Use AccesiBe and Other Overlay Products →

Yesterday, StudioPress announced several changes to its themes and marketplace coming on or around June 8. For those outside its … Continue reading Genesis Framework To Become Free, StudioPress Announces Changes →

Core contributor Jeff Ong announced an upcoming virtual hangout around the concept of universal themes. The meeting could cover much … Continue reading ‘Universal’ WordPress Themes Virtual Hallway Hangout Planned for May 14 →

GiveWP, one of the most popular donation and fundraising plugins with more than 100,000 active installs, has been acquired by … Continue reading Liquid Web Acquires GiveWP →

In today’s WP Briefing podcast episode, The Commons of Images, host Josepha Haden Chomphosy discussed the Openverse project with WordPress … Continue reading Openverse: Why This Project Is Good for WordPress and the Web →

I began my journey into remote work while teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) in South Korea. I was … Continue reading A Laptop and a Dream: Your Home Office Should Meet Your Needs →

Yesterday, WordPress released a core plugin named Classic Widgets. Core contributors Tonya Mork and Andrew Ozz created the plugin under … Continue reading Classic Widgets Plugin Disables WordPress 5.8’s Upcoming Block-Based Widgets System →

Last year, I asked Tavern readers if WordPress should notify end-users when a plugin’s owner changes. The post was not … Continue reading Dark Mode Plugin Repurposed and Renamed to WP Markdown Editor, Change Leaves Users Confused →

Jetpack 9.7 was released today with updates under the hood that ensure the plugin’s blocks are compatible with the full-site … Continue reading Jetpack 9.7 Makes More Features Available without Connecting to WordPress.com →

Going through my routine this week, I skimmed the latest WordPress theme releases and found a new project that supported … Continue reading It Is Time for WordPress Theme Authors To Step Up Their Block Pattern Game →