WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy is coordinating a second women and nonbinary release squad for the 6.4 release, which is anticipated to land in November 2023. In 2020, WordPress 5.6 “Simone” was led by an all-women and non-binary identifying Continue reading WordPress Gears Up for 2nd Women and Nonbinary Release Squad
Wordfence has published a security advisory about a severe unauthenticated stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the Limit Login Attempts plugin, which is active on more than 600,000 WordPress sites. The security issue was discovered by Wordfence security researcher Marco Wotschka Continue reading Limit Login Attempts Plugin Patches Severe Unauthenticated Stored XSS Vulnerability
In February 2023, James Giroux founded TeamWP, a project that aims to advocate for open, people-first workplaces in the WordPress ecosystem. His first initiative was to launch the Team Experience Index, a benchmark employee engagement survey designed specifically for people Continue reading TeamWP Launches Team Experience Index To Measure Employee Engagement and Satisfaction in the WordPress Ecosystem
Two security vulnerabilities affect the popular All-In-One Security (AIOS) WordPress plugin The post WordPress Security Plugin Vulnerability Affects +1 Million Sites appeared first on Search Engine Journal. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
As more WordPress plugins for AI-generated content and images, chatbots, and assistants, are landing in the official directory, developers are beginning to explore even deeper integration with the block editor. Moving beyond the prototypical content generators that are cobbled together Continue reading WordPress Developers Are Experimenting With Gutenberg-Native AI Block and Content Assistants
Adobe PDF Embed WordPress plugin finally makes PDF files easy to use on websites The post New Adobe PDF WordPress Plugin Radically Improves User Experience appeared first on Search Engine Journal. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
This week, popular plugin Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), announced the release of version 6.1. This update marks a huge win for functionality of the plugin and WordPress development as a whole. Site developers can now register custom post types and Continue reading ACF 6.1 Adds Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies
Gutenberg 15.5 was released this week with more new features and refinements to WordPress’ full-site editing capabilities. The project will soon be moving on to Phase 3 with real-time collaboration on the roadmap, but there are still many improvements on Continue reading Gutenberg 15.5 Introduces Experimental Grid Layout Support
Support for the WordPress mobile apps is moving to the WordPress.org forums. Previously, users were routed to WordPress.com, even those who were self-hosted, and Automattic employees handled support tickets related to the mobile apps. This move to WordPress.org is part Continue reading WordPress Mobile Apps Get a New Support Forum
The Preferred Languages project is gaining some momentum with this week’s 2.0 release of the feature plugin. In 2017, WordPress Core Committer Pascal Birchler released a prototype that lets users select multiple preferred languages in their settings so that WordPress Continue reading Preferred Languages Feature Plugin Needs Testing
ACF (Advanced Custom Fields) version 6.1 was released this week with support for creating Custom Post Types and Taxonomies. This is a long-awaited feature that users have been asking for since the earliest days of the plugin when it was Continue reading ACF 6.1 Adds Support for Registering Custom Post Types and Taxonomies
iThemes, one of the oldest brands in WordPress that originally launched around theme products nearly 15 years ago, is rebranding to SolidWP. Over the years, the company’s products became increasingly centered on plugins, yet the old brand had so much Continue reading iThemes Rebrands to SolidWP
Twitter suspended WordPress.com’s access to the Twitter API without notice yesterday. Representatives at WordPress.com do not know why their access is currently blocked but are working to regain it. Our access to the Twitter API is currently blocked. As a Continue reading Twitter Suspends WordPress.com’s Access to Twitter API, Breaking Jetpack Social Sharing
Update: We have regained access to the Twitter API, and Jetpack Social should be fully functional on all sites again!Please read our latest post here and reach out to support if you continue to have issues. On April 3, Twitter Continue reading Why Twitter Isn’t Working With Your Blog (Right Now)
Designer and developer Anders Norén has released a new free block theme called Abisko, created to fully support the new design features available in the latest WordPress 6.2 release. The theme was named for one of Norén’s favorite stomping grounds, Continue reading Anders Norén Releases Abisko, a New Free WordPress Theme with 30+ Block Patterns
WooCommerce has announced a 24-hour virtual contributor day that will happen on April 19, 2023. Contributors will be working on the WooCommerce Core and WooCommerce Blocks repositories. To give better coverage over time zones, organizers will have two kickoff times (0 UTC and 12 Continue reading WooCommerce to Host Virtual Contributor Day April 19, 2023
Over the past year a group of WordPress contributors have been working on making it easier for developers to build interactive blocks. These are the kinds of experiences that allow visitors to submit a form and get feedback without reloading Continue reading WordPress Contributors Propose New Interactivity API for Frontend Blocks
image credit: Charles Mingus Sextet – Feat. Eric Dolphy – Take The A Train WordPress 6.2 “Dolphy” was released today, named in honor of American jazz alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and flautist Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. This is the first of Continue reading WordPress 6.2 “Dolphy” Introduces a Revamped Site Editor, Distraction-Free Writing Mode, and Updated Block Inserter
WordPress 6.2 has just been released, and it is the first major WordPress release of 2023. This new version is packed with significant improvements and new features. Many of them focused on the block editor and site editing in WordPress. Continue reading What’s New in WordPress 6.2 (Features and Screenshots)
WordPress accessibility plugin scans and creates reports on unlimited pages – Free The post Yoast SEO Founders Invest in WordPress Accessibility Plugin appeared first on Search Engine Journal. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!