While using custom web fonts is a great way to make your site more unique and distinguish your branding, it can also come with certain problems — from privacy to performance. The solution: host your fonts locally on your WordPress Continue reading How to Host Fonts Locally in WordPress (Classic & Block Themes!)
WordPress Full-Site Editing, aka the Site Editor, offers a lot of features, not all of which you might be familiar with. That’s because it’s not only a relatively new addition to the WordPress platform but also under constant development with Continue reading 10 WordPress Site Editor (FSE) Features You Didn’t Know About
To get ready for the final release of WordPress 6.2 on March 28, 2023, an RC4 has been put together to help cover some last-minute fixes. Here’s what’s changed since RC3: Revert changesets [55358] and [55360], restoring the wp_insert_user() function Continue reading WordPress 6.2 Release Candidate 4
Blog comments are an important way of interacting with readers, collecting feedback, and getting ideas for new topics. However, your comment section can also be overrun by spam and turn into a toxic cesspool of people fighting (you know, like Continue reading How to Create a Blog Comments Policy (And Display It on Site)
The world is learning new ways of moving faster with the help of AI, as the increased availability of the technology is poised to transform the way humans work. Generitive AI is decades old but recent advances and new tools Continue reading Navigating the New Era of AI-Assisted Code Generation in WordPress
With much activity happening in the WordPress development space every day, keeping up-to-date with the latest updates can be challenging. The new WordPress Developer Blog is a developer-focused resource to help you stay on top of the latest software features, Continue reading Introducing the WordPress Developer Blog
It’s the final countdown: the third (and last) scheduled release candidate (RC3) for WordPress 6.2 is ready! The WordPress 6.2 release is scheduled for March 28, 2023—just one week away! Now is your last opportunity to test it before the Continue reading WordPress 6.2 Release Candidate 3
Here it is: the second release candidate (RC2) for WordPress 6.2 is ready! WordPress 6.2 is scheduled for release on March 28, 2023—which is only two weeks away. Now is your perfect opportunity if you haven’t tried it out yet. Continue reading WordPress 6.2 Release Candidate 2
WordPress 6.2’s first release candidate (RC1) is here and ready for testing. Reaching this part of the release cycle is a key milestone. While we consider release candidates ready for final release, additional testing and use by the community can Continue reading WordPress 6.2 Release Candidate 1
WordPress 6.2 Beta 5 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended that you Continue reading WordPress 6.2 Beta 5
On March 2, release squad members Anne McCarthy and Rich Tabor presented a live product demo of all the delights coming in WordPress 6.2, set to release on March 28, 2023. A first-of-its-kind event in the world of WordPress releases, Continue reading Your WordPress 6.2 Preview
You know code…but do you know DE{CODE}? Hosted by WP Engine, this 100% virtual event is dedicated to helping WordPress developers build smarter, maximize conversions, and modernize the user experience. This year’s conference includes sessions on how to master migrations, Continue reading DE{CODE} 2023: Developer Focused WordPress Education
WordPress 6.2 Beta 4 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended that you Continue reading WordPress 6.2 Beta 4
There are good arguments to customize many parts of WordPress — but the search results page? What reason could there possibly be to make changes to that? How could this page be any different? The truth is, the WordPress search Continue reading How to Easily Customize the WordPress Search Results Page
On translate.wordpress.org, when a translation is approved in the development part of the project, it is automatically synced to the stable part. Surprisingly, though, this doesn’t happen when the translation has been rejected: It had to be manually rejected in Continue reading Sync translations between Dev and Stable projects
WP Engine’s platform for headless WordPress, Atlas, has seen incredible growth over the past year, thanks to a full suite of products supported by many of our internal teams. Throughout 2022, those teams and products led the way as WP Continue reading 2022 Atlas Year-in-Review
WordPress 6.2 Beta 1 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, you should test Beta Continue reading WordPress 6.2 Beta 1
End-to-end headless eCommerce for WordPress is live! The official BigCommerce Blueprint is now available in the Atlas portal so you can spin up fully functioning headless eCommerce sites in under 10 minutes. Every merchant wants a high-powered, heavily customizable eCommerce Continue reading Introducing the Atlas BigCommerce Blueprint
What new trends can we expect to emerge in blogging in 2023? While blog writing has been around for a long time, and its basic premise doesn’t change much (put words on screen, publish), it does go through developments and Continue reading Top 5 Blogging Trends of 2023 You Definitely Shouldn’t Ignore
The Gutenberg editor has completely changed how we build websites and web pages with WordPress. It allows users to create content and layouts piece by piece and comes with many tools to do so. In this post, we want to Continue reading 8 Best WordPress Gutenberg Blocks (And How to Use Them)