It seems that Andrew Starr is quietly building a legion of block themes. He is the sole developer behind UXL Themes and has released six of them in the past year, with most landing in the last few months. Framboise, Continue reading UXL Themes Releases Framboise, a Colorful Child Theme Variation of Alara
Google is burying FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts) in its sea of abandoned experiments. FLoC’s proposed mechanism for replacing third-party cookies grouped people together and labeled them using machine learning. The controversial origin trial caused a group of WordPress contributors to Continue reading Google Abandons FLoC in Favor of New Topics API, a Replacement for Third-Party Cookies
After a short delay, WordPress 5.9 “Josephine” has finally arrived with the long-awaited full-site editing features that give users more control over site design and page templates. This release is named for American-born jazz singer Joséphine Baker, who found success Continue reading WordPress 5.9 “Josephine” Released, Introduces Full Site Editing and New Twenty Twenty-Two Default Theme
WordPress 5.9 was released earlier today, and it is the first major release of 2022. This new release contains significant updates, which include a whole new way to build websites. In this article, we’ll show you what’s new in WordPress Continue reading What’s New in WordPress 5.9 (Features and Screenshots)
If you happened to be browsing WordPress.org on Sunday, you might have been in for a shock. The website got a bit of an upgrade. A partial one, at least, as developers implemented a new global header and footer across Continue reading WordPress.org Gets New Global Header and Footer Design
Earlier this month the WordPress Community Team proposed stricter guidelines for hosting in-person events, as the pandemic continues to warrant vigilance and a nimble approach to ensuring attendees’ safety. The updated guidelines were published today with an important change that Continue reading WordPress Community Team Updates COVID-19 Safety Guidelines to Relieve Volunteers of Enforcement Burden
WP Career Summit is a new event hosted by the Post Status community that will take place on April 8, 2022. The summit is the first of its kind in the WordPress space – an event entirely focused on job Continue reading WP Career Summit Opens Registration, Calls for Speakers and Sponsors
Established this year by Destiny Fox Kanno and Joe A. Simpson, Jr, the BlackPress Meetup group will host its first event next week. It will be a meet-and-greet social hour for attendees. The session will run from 7pm to 8pm Continue reading BlackPress Meetup To Host Meet and Greet Mixer on January 27
BuddyPress 10.0.0 “La Pino’z” was released today, named for a popular pizza chain in India with more than 350 restaurants. This major release introduces a Site Membership Requests feature, which can be enabled in the Options screen of the BuddyPress Continue reading BuddyPress 10.0.0 Released, Introduces Site Membership Requests and Visual Improvements to Activity Logs
Todo lists. Checklists. While there are differences in their purposes, their output is essentially the same. They are lists of items with boxes to tick off, and a plugin like David Towoju’s Todo Block allows users to create them. Todo Continue reading Create Todo and Checklists in the WordPress Editor With New Plugin
Gutenberg 12.4 landed in the WordPress plugin directory earlier today. With the push to get WordPress 5.9 out the door next week, it can be easy to forget all the development behind the scenes, waiting to make its appearance in Continue reading Gutenberg 12.4 Includes Accessibility Improvements, Categories Reminder, and a Tag Cloud Outline Style
Block themes are trickling into the official WordPress Themes Directory at a slow rate ahead of full-site editing’s debut in WordPress 5.9. There are now 39 themes that support site editing features, up from 28 in December 2021, when Matt Continue reading Why Aren’t More WordPress Theme Authors Creating Block Themes?
The WooCommerce development team announced today that they have started working on an implementation of custom tables for orders, a long-awaited improvement that promises significant performance gains for stores. Adding custom tables for orders is a complex undertaking that will Continue reading WooCommerce Aims to Produce MVP of Custom Tables for Orders by Q3, 2022
Raise your hand if you have seen this before. Yet another social sharing plugin. But, with the block system, all things are new again. Some things simply need to be ported over from their former PHP-based equivalents. Others are fresh Continue reading Nick Diego Forks Core WordPress Block, Creates Social Sharing Plugin
WordCamp Birmingham’s organizers announced today that the in-person event planned for the first week in February is now postponed until April or May. Organizers had been planning the event since August 2021 and had just announced the last group of Continue reading WordCamp Birmingham Postponed Due to Rising Local COVID-19 Infection Rates
Last week, Wicked Plugins launched version 1.0 of its Wicked Block Builder. I have kept my eye on this plugin since its November 2021 beta release. The project promised that developers would be able to “effortlessly build custom blocks,” and Continue reading Wicked Plugins Launches UI-Based WordPress Block Builder
Sometimes the sweetest things in life are the simplest. Automattic’s latest block theme landed in the review queue yesterday, and I had to give it a spin. What I found was a minimally-elegant design that I fell in love with. Continue reading Automattic’s Livro Is a Minimal Block Theme for Writers
Extendify has simplified access to its pattern library with a new plugin that offers patterns and full-page layouts for WordPress sites using Gutenberg-friendly themes. The company has high expectations for the product, publishing it under the name “Extendify” as its Continue reading Extendify Launches New Pattern Library Plugin
The advent of block themes delivers more creative power into the hands of users, but there are times when theme authors may want to lock down key elements of a design and its designated content areas. First introduced in Gutenberg Continue reading WordPress 5.9 to Introduce New API for Locking Blocks
Mounting concerns about loose safety protocols at upcoming WordPress events, and the prevalence of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, have prompted the Community Team to be more explicit in its COVID-19 safety guidelines. The team is proposing additional measures previously Continue reading WordPress Community Team Proposes Stricter COVID-19 Safety Protocols for In-Person Events in 2022