Have you ever built a WordPress site on your own, only to find it lacks a professional touch? Ever wished there was a way to hire real WordPress experts for custom WordPress tasks without breaking the bank? If you’re like Continue reading Announcing WPBeginner Pro Services: Custom WordPress Site Design, Maintenance & More at Affordable Prices
Today, I’m extremely excited to share that Envira Gallery, NextGen Gallery, Photocrati Theme, and Soliloquy Slider are joining Awesome Motive, and they’re now part of the WPBeginner family of products. Envira Gallery and Soliloquy were part of Awesome Motive, and Continue reading Welcome Envira Gallery, NextGen Gallery, and More to the WPBeginner Family of Products
I am thrilled to announce that SiteGround has become a Gold Level Global Community Sponsor for 2023! Once again, a big thank you to all the sponsors that support the WordPress community programs and events. Gold level ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
Did you know that WordPress Community Support, thanks to our generous Global Sponsors, provides a stipend to cover the cost of meetup venues? Knowing that venue costs have increased significantly, particularly in some parts of the world, WPCS will be Continue reading Announcement: Increasing Meetup Venue Support Funds
tl;dr An update on the team which is a lot of onboarding, making tools work for multiple people at once, and more documentation than you can shake a stick at. As much of the WordPress community knows by now, I Continue reading Plugin Review Team Update
The WordPress Foundation is once again offering the Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship for travel to WordCamp US 2023. Kim was a valued and committed contributor to the WordPress open source project, and this is the WordPress Foundation’s way of honoring her. The Foundation’s Continue reading Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship for WordCamp US 2023
Since 2006, WordCamps have been a staple way that WordPress enthusiasts meet. The Community team has long held that the purpose of all WordCamps, and WordPress events broadly, was to connect WordPressers, inspire them to do more with WordPress, and Continue reading The Next Generation of WordCamps
The Community Team chat takes place the first Thursday of every month. This meeting is meant for all contributors on the team and everyone who is interested in taking part in some of the things our team does. Feel free Continue reading Community Team Meeting Agenda for 4 May, 2023
Based on feedback and conversation, we have narrowed down the submitted ideas into three goals for 2023. Create resources to improve our Contributor Event experience. Expand our contributor training and support. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
Last fall @adityakane brought us a question about how meetups can share useful events with their communities without posting them as meetup events. With his continued help, and the help of many other Community team members, a page was created Continue reading New Handbook Page: Sharing External Events with Your Meetup
Based on feedback, @devinmaeztri and I have updated and simplified the previous information into this one post. The goals of these changes are: change the role names so they are more universally translatable simplify the number of applications needed to Continue reading Updates to the Community Team Contributor Roles and Journey
Come together across the globe on May 27, 2023 to celebrate WordPress’s 20th anniversary! Regardless of how you use WordPress or where you call home, you are invited to celebrate this great milestone. Plan a larger party that includes your Continue reading It’s Time to Plan Your WP20 Anniversary Celebration!!
The Community Team chat takes place the first Thursday of every month. This meeting is meant for all contributors on the team and everyone who is interested in taking part in some of the things our team does. Feel free Continue reading Community Team Meeting Agenda for 6 April, 2023
tl;dr – If you use a tool to generate code (be that a website that generates settings pages, or something complex like an AI to build the whole plugin), remember that YOU are responsible for licensing. All code hosted on Continue reading Use of Code Generators Must Remain GPL Compatible
Last month, I shared a proposal in the Make/Project blog, to revamp the Contributor Working Group of the Make/WordPress Community Team in order to build a WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program. Feedback on the proposal was quite positive! Folks supported the Continue reading Launching the Contributor Working Group: Call for Volunteers
tl;dr: I will be stepping down from plugin reviews by 1 July, 2023. I will be stepping down from plugin reviews this year. I have been a part of this team for over a decade (and the rep for the Continue reading Advance Notice of Retirement
WordPress 6.2, scheduled for March 28, 2023, is now ready to be translated on translate.wordpress.org! The new strings are in the development projects. The strings for WordPress 6.1 have been moved to projects/wp/6.1.x. The import of WordPress 6.2 introduced 260 Continue reading WordPress 6.2 ready to be translated
I am excited to announce the Global Community Sponsors for 2023! Thank you to all the sponsors that support the WordPress community programs, including WordCamps and WordPress Chapter Meetup groups. Gold level Bluehost ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
Thank you for the incredible response to our call for topics for the 2023 Community Summit, which will be held August 22-23, 2023, in National Harbor, Washington, DC. The Community Summit is an intimate, in-person gathering of contributors from across Continue reading Apply to Attend the 2023 Community Summit
tl;dr: Twitter will begin charging for API access, possibly as early as the 9th of February. If your plugin integrates with the API (be it v1.1 or v2), PLEASE make sure you look into the changes and how they might Continue reading Twitter API Changes