Over the past several weeks, I have received around four dozen emails, texts, PMs, and other messages related to Black … Continue reading Something To Be Thankful For →

On Monday, WordPress core contributor Jonathan Desrosiers published a detailed post on the Make WordPress Core blog about the upcoming … Continue reading Getting Your WordPress Plugins and Themes Ready for PHP 8 →

WordPress 5.6 development is winding down as we begin to close out the beta testing round, inching toward the final … Continue reading WordPress 5.7 Wish List: Save Block Editor Settings Per User →

On November 11, StudioPress announced an open beta for its Genesis Block Theme. This is a pivotal moment, or at … Continue reading Genesis Block Theme Beta, StudioPress Pursuing a Block-First Future →

In early September, WP Engine announced the launch of Genesis Custom Blocks, a block-creation plugin made possible by its StudioPress … Continue reading Build Editor Blocks for Clients With the Genesis Custom Blocks Plugin →

Gutenberg 9.4.0 was released this week with many small improvements to existing features, while work on full site editing continues. … Continue reading Gutenberg 9.4 Introduces Button Width Selector and Typography Controls for List Block →

Six weeks ago, WordPress 5.6 release lead Helen Hou-Sandí breathed new life into two almost-forgotten features around the WordPress website … Continue reading WordPress To Combine Its Long-Neglected Theme Previewer With Starter Content →

Local 5.9.2 was released this month with a new image optimization feature. The Pro version of Flywheel’s local WordPress development … Continue reading Local 5.9.2 Adds Image Optimization via New Free Add-On →

That is the question posed by Ian Atkins in a recent ticket for WordPress. “I’ve experienced a few plugins change … Continue reading Should WordPress Notify Users of Plugin Ownership Changes? →

The Conservative Treehouse, a political publication hosted on WordPress.com for the past 10 years, is moving to a new host … Continue reading WordPress.com Gives Conservative Treehouse the Boot, Citing TOS Violations →

The “version 1.0” launch of block patterns in WordPress 5.5 was overall successful. However, it was easy to overlook the … Continue reading Proposal to Create an Expanded View or Overlay for the Block Patterns Inserter →

Version 1.0 of the WPGraphQL plugin is now available in the official plugins directory on WordPress.org. This is the first … Continue reading WPGraphQL 1.0 Released, Now Available in WordPress.org Plugins Directory →

WordPress development company POSIMYTH is getting set to announce its venture into block development in the coming days. The new … Continue reading The Plus Addons for Gutenberg Plugin to Launch Soon →

Twenty years ago, every aspect of developing a website and putting it online was more complex than it is today … Continue reading Google Webmasters Central Rebrands to Google Search Central →

Envato has passed $1 billion in community earnings after 14 years in business. The company reached the goal a year … Continue reading Envato Passes $1 Billion in Community Earnings While Continuing to Aggressively Market Its Elements Subscription Against Marketplace Authors →

A few days ago, I came across a small library of blocks. As always, I was interested in seeing what … Continue reading Do Not Build Theme-Specific Block Plugins for WordPress, Please →

In yesterday’s twice-monthly meeting, the WordPress Themes Team made a couple of important changes to the official theme directory guidelines. … Continue reading Themes Team Removes Outdated CSS Guidelines, Adds Stricter Requirement for Links in Content →

Six months ago, Google announced its plans to introduce a new ranking signal for Search, based on page experience as measured by Core … Continue reading Google Search to Add Page Experience to Ranking Signals in May 2021 →

Earlier today, release lead Josepha Haden announced the team was pushing back the release of WordPress 5.6 Beta 4 to … Continue reading WordPress 5.6 Beta 4 Delayed, Auto-Updates Implementation Changed →

The Biden-Harris presidential transition team has launched a new Twitter account and a website powered by WordPress. BuildBackBetter.com is hosted … Continue reading Biden-Harris Transition Website Launches on WordPress →

WordPress 5.6 will ship with the latest jQuery library next month. This is a major update that all plugin and … Continue reading WordPress 5.6 Will Ship With Another Major jQuery Change →

Yesterday, Munir Kamal released version 2.1 of the Editor Plus plugin. The biggest change is a complete overhaul of its … Continue reading Editor Plus 2.1 Overhauls Block Controls UI and Adds Lottie Animations →

WooCommerce 4.6.2 was released yesterday with a fix for a vulnerability that allowed account creation at checkout, even when the … Continue reading WooCommerce Patches Vulnerability that Allowed Spam Bots to Create Accounts at Checkout →

Automattic released over 100 block patterns to its users on WordPress.com last week. Patterns are a set of blocks that … Continue reading WordPress.com Drops Over 100 Block Patterns, Carving a Path the Design Community Should Follow →

Frontity has launched a partnership program to support the maintenance of its open source framework for building React-based WordPress sites. … Continue reading Frontity Inks Partnership with 10up →

Version 9.3 of the Gutenberg plugin dropped earlier today. It is the first version of the plugin during the WordPress … Continue reading Gutenberg 9.3 Provides Indicator of Where Full-Site Editing Is Going, a Future Without Widgets and Customizer Screens →

WordPress 5.6 is set to add a UI that allows users to opt into auto-updates for major versions of core. … Continue reading WordPress 5.6 to Add UI for Enabling Major Version Auto-Updates, Contributors Discuss Adding a Filter to Hide It →

Last Thursday, Automattic announced its new Spearhead theme to WordPress.com users, which primarily focuses on podcasters. However, the team has … Continue reading Automattic Releases Spearhead, a Seedlet Child Theme Aimed at Podcasters and Content Creators →

WordPress has opened its 2020 Annual Survey, a short set of questions designed to collect more information on how different … Continue reading WordPress 2019 Survey Results Show Professionals Slow to Adopt Block Editor, 2020 Survey Now Open →

These plain canvas-like themes have until now been a choice for those who prefer it (those who like to design … Continue reading Full-Site Editing Is Not the End of Artistic WordPress Themes →