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WooCommerce Blocks 9.1.0 Introduces Products Block in Beta
WooCommerce Blocks version 9.10 was released today, hitting a major milestone for the development of …
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New WordPress Sandbox Project Demos: Test-Drive Themes and Plugins in the Browser
WordPress Sandbox, an experimental project that uses WebAssembly (WASM) to run WordPress in the browser …
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Course: A New Free Block Theme Compatible with Sensei LMS
Sensei LMS, Automattic’s teaching and learning management plugin, has released a new free block theme …
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The Block Editor Is Coming to WordPress’ Support Forums
The block editor was introduced to WordPress in 2018 and has matured into a more …
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Google Rolls Out December 2022 “Helpful Content” Update
Google is in the process of rolling out its December 2022 “helpful content” system update, …
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Jetpack 11.6 Adds Block Pattern Support to Forms
Jetpack has introduced a major update to its Form block in the latest version 11.6 …
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ChatGPT Creates a Working WordPress Plugin – On the First Try
ChatGPT passed 1 million users today and Twitter is brimming with a steady stream of …
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The WP Community Collective Launches Nonprofit to Fund Individual Contributors and Community-Based Initiatives
The WP Community Collective (WPCC) officially launched today as a new nonprofit organization dedicated to …
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UK Publishers File £13.6 Billion Lawsuit Against Google Alleging Market Abuse
A group of 130,000 businesses publishing around 1,750,000 websites and applications in the UK have …
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Take the 2022 WordPress Survey
The 2022 WordPress Survey is now open to anyone using WordPress – from beginners to …
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Two New WordPress Plugins Improve Block Editor Accessibility and WCAG Compliance
WordPress Core Committer Jb Audras, CTO of the France-based Whodunit agency, has released two new …
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ElasticPress 4.4.0 Adds New Status Report Page and Instant Results Template Customization
10up has released version 4.4.0 of ElasticPress, its enhanced search plugin that speeds up searching …
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WordPress Versions 3.7-4.0 No Longer Get Security Updates
In September, WordPress’ Security Team announced it would be dropping support for versions 3.7 through …
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Gutenberg 14.6 Adds List View for Editing Navigation Block, Introduces New Automatic Color Palette Generator
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Gutenberg 14.6 was released last week with a long list of small but impactful refinements …
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Meetup.com Removes Accessibility Overlay In Response to WordPress Community’s Concerns
Meetup.com has removed its accessibility overlay, a recent addition to the company’s website that raised …
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Dig Into the Open Web
As the American Thanksgiving holiday is coming up, I am so grateful for all of …
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BuddyPress 11.0.0 to Limit JavaScript and CSS Asset Loading to Community Pages Using a Filter
BuddyPress will soon be improving the way it loads its JavaScript and CSS assets so …
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New Tool Checks If Google Fonts Are Hosted Locally
Earlier this year, WordPress’ Themes Team began urging theme authors to switch to locally hosted …
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WordPress Launches Developer Blog In Beta
WordPress.org will soon be launching a blog for developers. The blog went into beta at …
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State of the Word 2022 Will Be Livestreamed from New York City on December 15
Matt Mullenweg’s annual State of the Word (SOTW) address will be delivered in New York …
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Divi 5.0 Aims to Bring Greater Compatibility with Gutenberg
Divi, the popular commercial WordPress theme and page builder created by Elegant Themes, has announced …
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Jetpack Search Adds Free Tier and 3-Month Free Trial
Jetpack Search, a plugin that enhances WordPress’ search capabilities, has added a free tier and …
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Loudness: A New Block Theme from Automattic
Automattic has released a new block theme called Loudness that is available on both WordPress.com …
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WordCamp Asia 2023 Announces Speakers, Unveils Wapuu Mascot
WordCamp Asia 2023, the first flagship event to take place in Asia, is just a …
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Meetup.com Raises Concerns with New Accessibility Overlay
Meetup.com raised some concerns with the WordPress community (and the broader community of accessibility professionals) …
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WordPress.com Adds Support for New Pocket Casts Block
WordPress.com has expanded its library of blocks to include a new Pocket Casts block that …
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WordPress to Explore Using GitHub Codespaces for Improving Contributor Experience
WordPress lead developer Helen Hou-Sandí has proposed using GitHub Codespaces to improve the contributor experience. …
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Gutenberg’s Roadmap for a “Font Library” Will Give Users an Interface for Registering and Managing Web Fonts
WordPress’ Create Block Theme plugin, which is used for creating a new theme, blank theme, …
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WooCommerce 7.1 Adds Cart Block Cross-Sells, Includes High Performance Order Storage Behind a Feature Flag
WooCommerce 7.1 was released yesterday, delivering on time with the highly anticipated custom order tables …
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Gutenberg 14.5 Introduces New “Document Overview” Panel, Improves Block Spacing Controls
Gutenberg 14.5 was released today with a modest set of enhancements and dozens of bug …