WordPress.com is making a strong bid for Google Domains customers after the the product was sold to Squarespace in a deal reportedly worthy $180 million. Shortly after the sale was announced, WordPress.com pitched Google Domains customers, reminding the public that Continue reading WordPress.com Makes a Bid for Google Domains Customers, Offering 1 Million Free Transfers
Transcript [00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in Continue reading #86 – Dan Walmsley on How WordPress Can Adapt to the Reality of AI
Jetpack 12.4 was released today, launching the plugin’s Newsletter product. It allows users to send blog posts as newsletters, without the hassle of having to copy and paste from the WordPress editor into another newsletter service’s campaign editor and reformat Continue reading Jetpack Launches Newsletter Product
Earlier this year, WordPress contributors announced that they are working on a new Interactivity API that will allow developers to build interactive blocks. This API will support the kinds of frontend experiences that let visitors interact with content and get feedback Continue reading Start Testing WordPress’ New Interactivity API
After a recent in-depth performance analysis earlier this year showed that translations can have an impact on server response times, WordPress contributors are proposing half a dozen technical solutions for consideration to improve performance for the ~56% of WordPress sites Continue reading WordPress Performance Analysis Finds Translations May Significantly Slow Down Sites
If you use the Ninja Forms plugin and your sites aren’t set to get automatic plugin updates, add a round of updates to your weekend plans. Patchstack is reporting multiple high severity security vulnerabilities in the plugin, including the following: Continue reading Ninja Forms Version 3.6.26 Patches Multiple High Severity Security Vulnerabilities
WordPress meta contributors have just logged an important milestone in their efforts to explore replacing Slack communication with Matrix, an open source federated chat system. The team hosted a meeting on the Meta Slack channel and the corresponding #meta:community.wordpress.org Matrix room Continue reading WordPress Launches Slack/Matrix Bridge
ClassicPress, the fork that has been keeping WordPress 4.9 on life support for those who don’t want to use the block editor, will soon be moving into version 2.0 after the community voted to re-fork a newer version of WordPress Continue reading ClassicPress Community Considers Re-forking WooCommerce for Classic Commerce v2
Gutenberg 16.3 was released today as a maintenance release but includes several new tools that make pattern management smoother and easier for users. Most notably, custom user patterns now have a dropdown menu for renaming, duplicating and deleting them. Patterns Continue reading Gutenberg 16.3 Adds New Tools for Patterns
WordPress 6.3 RC2 has been released and is ready for community testing. Since RC1 landed a week ago, 15 changes have come in from the Editor and Trac, including bug fixes for footnotes, internationalization fixes, a missing command for opening the distraction free Continue reading WordPress 6.3 RC2 Released, Watch the Live Product Demo
Transcript [00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in Continue reading #85 – Giulia Laco on the Importance of Typography for Your Websites
WordPress Playground, an experimental project that uses WebAssembly (WASM) to run WordPress in the browser, was number 1 on Hacker News recently and was also featured on TechCrunch. Word is getting around about how easy it is to fire up a Continue reading Learn How to Use WordPress Playground
Mojeek, a UK-based privacy-oriented search engine, has added Openverse to its image search. For more than 15 years, Mojeek has provided independent, unbiased search without tracking or building profiles on users. It is one of just a handful of genuine Continue reading Mojeek Search Engine Adds WordPress’ Openverse to Image Search
Unless you are some kind of wizard with the block editor, starting a WordPress website from a blank slate can be overwhelming and ultimately defeating. Mike McAlister, maker of the free Ollie theme, is developing an onboarding experience that aims Continue reading Ollie Theme Previews New Onboarding Wizard in Development
WordPress’ Recommended Hosting page is a hotly contested piece of online real estate, and has recently come into focus again following the removal of SiteGround from the listings. When the change was highlighted during a recent Meta team meeting, Audrey Continue reading WordPress Contributors Demand Transparency and Objective Guidelines for Listings on Recommended Hosting Page
Transcript [00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in Continue reading #84 – Aaron Reimann on WordPress’ First Twenty Years
WordCamp US 2023 is happening next month in National Harbor, Maryland. The Contributor Day will kick off the event on Thursday, August 24, preceding the conference days. It is open to any attendee, including those who have never contributed before Continue reading WordCamp US 2023 Contributor Day Signup Is Open
Gutenberg 16.2 was released with a number of important changes to pattern management. Most notably, Reusable blocks have been renamed to Patterns, and the Library section of the Site Editor has been renamed to Patterns. This release also introduces a Continue reading Gutenberg 16.2 Brings Improvements to Pattern Management, Introduces Vertical Text Orientation
As the dev notes for the upcoming WordPress 6.3 release are rolling out, there are so many exciting features that have not yet been highlighted. The new development mode, initiated by declaring the WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE constant, is one that will be particularly Continue reading WordPress 6.3 to Introduce a Development Mode
Bluehost launched its new WonderSuite product this week, which introduces a setup and site creation experience guided by AI. In September 2022, the hosting company debuted its managed WooCommerce packages after acquiring YITH, a WordPress plugin company with more than Continue reading Bluehost Launches WonderSuite Product with AI-Powered Site-Building Guide