After being in the WordPress world for 15 years, I’ve made some incredible friendships and I’ve heard some crazy stories in regards to their WordPress business. Recently one of those friends reached out to share his latest experience, and I’m Continue reading The Perils of Hiring: A Cautionary Tale from A WordPress Business Owner
From February 3-10 the Kerala, India WordPress community hosted an International Photos event, to both boost the number of photos at https://wordpress.org/photos as well as increase the number of contributors. In this series we’ll talk with organizers, volunteers, and participants Continue reading WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 2, Volunteers
There are currently very few options for individual users to control how their content is used for AI training, and we want to change that. That’s why we’re launching a new tool that lets you opt out of sharing content Continue reading More Control Over the Content You Share
Sometimes success means having to say goodbye. That’s sort of what happened to the FSE Outreach Program, newly launched as plain Outreach. The longtime facilitator of this initiative, Automattic Product Wrangler Anne McCarthy, announced the upcoming changes in September 2023: Continue reading FSE Outreach Experimental Loses Two Words, Gains New Life
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Matias Ventura, Gutenberg’s Lead Architect, recently made a pitch to incorporate some 3rd-party blocks in the Gutenberg GitHub repository: “There’s a growing subset of blocks that we may contemplate creating that are either more niche or—for various reasons—not necessarily an Continue reading Proposal: Host 3rd-Party Blocks in Gutenberg’s GitHub Repository
tl;dr WooCommerce 8.6, delayed due to an Order Attribution Tracking issue, has been released. It features a new Product Details block style, six new layouts for the Product Collection block, and a sales column for marketing analytics. For developers, it Continue reading WooCommerce Releases 8.6 & 8.6.1
Over the past four months, some exciting developments have been bustling in the dynamic mergers and acquisitions arena of WordPress. To catch everyone up let’s grab a beverage of choice and take a stroll down the calendar of memories. In Continue reading Navigating the Nexus: A Chronicle of Recent WordPress Acquisitions
WordPress 6.5 Beta 2 was released yesterday, featuring exciting capabilities and dozens of updates and bug fixes. The first major release of 2024, WordPress 6.5 will officially launch on March 26, 2024. Now’s the best time to start poking around, Continue reading WordPress 6.5 Is Around the Corner; Test Beta 2
WordPress has released the beta for the release of version 6.5 for testing. We have been watching the development closely and are quite excited to report on all the new features expected to be released in this version. It will Continue reading What’s Coming in WordPress 6.5 (Features and Screenshots)
The results of the 2023 WordPress Annual Survey are in, revealing a steady growth in the adoption of the Block Editor, along with a lukewarm response to upcoming Gutenberg enhancements. Automattic-sponsored contributor Dan Soschin posted a breakdown of the results: Continue reading WordPress 2023 Survey: Block Editor on the Rise, Positive Feeling about Contributing Drops
The Latest In a recent development within the world of web servers, the highly regarded service Nginx has undergone a significant transformation. Russian developer Maxim Dounin has made waves by announcing a new fork of the Nginx web server and Continue reading Freenginx’s Stand Against Corporate Limits: Potentially A New Era for WordPress Hosting
tl;dr The Interactivity API is merging into WordPress 6.5. It revolutionizes site interactivity by standardizing the development of interactive elements. This makes it easier for developers and enhances user experiences. It enables dynamic interactions like shared data across blocks without Continue reading Interactivity API Prepares for its Official Debut in WordPress 6.5
We weren’t here to report it in real-time, but on February 6, jQuery Core Team Lead Timmy Willison announced that jQuery 4.0.0 is now available in beta. jQuery 4.0.0 has been in the works for a long time, but it Continue reading Look Who’s Back: jQuery 4.0.0 Is Now in Beta
Critical vulnerability in the popular Bricks visual website builder being actively exploited The post Bricks Builder For WordPress RCE Vulnerability appeared first on Search Engine Journal. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
First disclosed by security researcher Calvin Alkan of snicco, the vulnerability impacts all versions of Bricks Builder before version 1.9.6.1. Identified as a Remote Code Execution (RCE) flaw, it poses a critical security risk, allowing attackers to potentially gain unauthorized Continue reading Bricks 1.9.6.1 Patches Critical RCE Vulnerability
The regulatory landscape that the WordPress community finds itself in today is vastly different from where we’ve been. Governments are accelerating their regulatory oversight of technology and introducing new legislation regularly to try and catch up with the pace of Continue reading EU Regulatory Success Prompts Open-Source CMS Leaders to Form Alliance
Respondents to the annual WordPress survey express frustration with the Gutenberg editor and poor site performance The post WordPress User Survey Indicates Rising Frustration appeared first on Search Engine Journal. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
WordPress plugin by SiteOrigin patched a stored XSS vulnerability affecting up to +600,000 websites The post WordPress SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle Plugin Vulnerability Affects +600,000 Sites appeared first on Search Engine Journal. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
A high severity Denial of Service vulnerability patched in WordPress backup plugin with +200,00 installations The post WordPress Backup Plugin DoS Vulnerability Affects +200,000 Sites appeared first on Search Engine Journal. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!