Automattic has acquired the ActivityPub plugin for WordPress from German developer Matthias Pfefferle, who will be joining the company to continue improving support for federated platforms. Pfefferle, who is also the author of the Webmention plugin, said his new role Continue reading Automattic Acquires ActivityPub Plugin for WordPress
More than 200 users on Mastodon who consider themselves part of the WordPress community, responded to the recent Toot the Word 2023 Survey, which was conducted by the admins of five WordPress-oriented Mastodon instances. The purpose of the survey was Continue reading Toot the Word Survey Finds Mastodon Increasingly Important to WordPress’ Community of Tooters
Catch up on this week’s top news stories in search marketing, social media, AI tools, and WordPress security. The post SEJ Sum-Up: Weekly News Recap for Search, Social, And AI appeared first on Search Engine Journal. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
WordPress 6.2 RC 1 was released today, marking the hard string freeze and readiness for translation ahead of the official release on March 28. There are three weeks remaining for testing. WordPress contributors published the 6.2 Field Guide, which includes Continue reading WordPress 6.2 RC 1 Released and Ready for Testing
Lemmony is a new WordPress block theme designed by the team at Shufflehound, a theme development company based in Europe with commercial products on Themeforest. This is the team’s first block theme on WordPress.org and it is a strong debut. Continue reading Lemmony: A Free WordPress Block Theme with 30+ Patterns
Jetpack 11.9 was released this week with support for sharing posts to Mastodon. The new button allows readers to click an icon to launch a sharing window that will ask the user to enter the full URL of the Mastodon Continue reading Jetpack 11.9 Adds Sharing Button for Mastodon, Updates Stats Dashboard Design
WP Statistics WordPress plugin, with 600,000+ active installs, patched a CSRF vulnerability The post WP Statistics WordPress Plugin Patches CSRF Vulnerability appeared first on Search Engine Journal. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
WP Engine is beta testing its new Pattern Manager plugin for creating and maintaining patterns. The plugin is intended for WordPress professionals – developers, agencies, and freelancers, who could benefit from having an interface and system for pattern management. “There Continue reading WP Engine Pattern Manager Plugin Now in Beta
Vulnerability discovered in Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder plugin affects hundreds of thousands of WordPress websites The post Elementor WordPress Contact Form Plugin Vulnerability Exposes Up To 200,000 Sites appeared first on Search Engine Journal. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
WordPress contributors have updated the legacy default themes to bundle Google Fonts locally in the theme folder, instead of loading them from Google’s servers. In years past, loading fonts from the the Google CDN was the recommended practice for performance Continue reading WordPress’ Legacy Default Themes Updated to Bundle Google Fonts Locally
If you’re not yet excited about the upcoming WordPress 6.2 release, you will be after watching the new live demo product video that was recorded last week. The demo was presented by Anne McCarthy and Rich Tabor, and moderated by Continue reading WordPress 6.2 Product Demo Video Now Available
Representatives of the WordPress Themes Team are looking to carry forward the momentum contributors found in creating the Twenty Twenty-Three theme’s style variations by launching a new Community Themes initiative. Leading up to WordPress 6.1’s release, 19 designers from eight Continue reading WordPress Themes Team Proposes Community Themes Initiative
Last month’s Twitter outage gave Mastodon a boost, as the company also announced unpopular changes to its API access. People from the WordPress community continue to trickle into the fediverse, with many going so far as to shutter their Twitter Continue reading WordPress Community on Mastodon Launches “Toot the Word” Survey
MonetizeMore, an ad revenue optimization company, has acquired the Advanced Ads plugin and will be hiring the team behind the products. The plugin’s ad management tools are used by more than 150,000 websites to create, display, and rotate ad units, Continue reading MonetizeMore Acquires Advanced Ads Plugin
Wordfence has published the details of two stored XSS vulnerabilities the company responsibly disclosed to the developers of the All In One SEO plugin in January 2023. The vulnerabilities potentially impacted more than 3 million users on versions 4.2.9 and Continue reading All In One SEO Patches Multiple Stored XSS Vulnerabilities in Version 4.3.0
WordPress 6.2’s Openverse integration is getting some last minute changes after contributors expressed concerns about it hotlinking images by default. The new feature allows users to quickly insert free, openly-licensed media into their content. It also allows users to upload Continue reading WordPress 6.2 Openverse Integration Updated to Upload Inserted Images
Today, I’m extremely excited to share that WP101 is joining Awesome Motive, and they’re now part of the WPBeginner family of products. WP101 is one of the most trusted premium WordPress video training providers in the market. Over 3 million Continue reading Welcome WP101 to the WPBeginner Family of Products
Gutenberg 15.2 is now available with support for revisions when editing templates and template parts. The Site Editor can be an intimidating place if you’re new to making changes there. A few clicks can make a drastic impact and some Continue reading Gutenberg 15.2 Introduces Revisions for Template Editing
AIOSEO WordPress plugin contains two vulnerabilities affecting versions up to and including 4.2.9 The post All In One SEO WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Affects Up To 3+ Million appeared first on Search Engine Journal. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
WordPress 6.2 Beta arrived a few days ago and it is expected to be released on March 28th, 2023. It will be the second major release of 2023 and will come with significant new features and improvements. We have been Continue reading What’s Coming in WordPress 6.2 (Features and Screenshots)