The WordPress community is ending two days of heated discussions that rapidly descended into a mire of unbridled emotional confrontations across multiple social channels, following a tweet from John Blackbourn that raised concerns about WordPress.com plugin listings outranking WordPress.org on Continue reading Developers Claim Damaged Trust Following Public Confrontations with WordPress Leadership
WooSesh 2023, the virtual conference for WooCommerce store builders, will be broadcast live on October 10-12. This year’s theme is “Next Generation Commerce.” Registration is not yet open, but the speaker lineup and broadcast schedule have just been published. Over Continue reading WooSesh 2023 Publishes Speaker Lineup, Launches Seshies Awards
Version 1.0.0 of the ActivityPub plugin was released this week with major updates that make it possible to have a blog-wide account, instead of just individual author accounts, where followers receive updates from all authors. This new feature allows people Continue reading ActivityPub 1.0.0 Released, Introducing Blog-Wide Accounts and New Blocks
WordPress core developer John Blackbourn sparked a heated discussion yesterday when he posted an image of his WordPress User Switching plugin ranking higher for the WordPress.com listing than the page on WordPress.org. Why has @wordpressdotcom replicated the entire https://t.co/oTA9NDVkFk plugin Continue reading Developers Raise Concerns About WordPress.com Plugin Listings Outranking WordPress.org on Google Search
It has be nearly one year since WordPress silently turned off active install growth data for plugins hosted in the official plugin repository, a key metric that many developers rely on for accurate tracking and product decision-making. “Insufficient data obfuscation” Continue reading WordPress Plugin Developers Renew Demands for Better Plugin Metrics
Earlier this year, the WordPress Training Team published the results from the Individual Learner Survey completed in 2022. The goal of the survey was to identify the most useful and high-impact resources and content for Learn.WordPress.org and guide the future Continue reading WordPress Training Team Seeks Community Feedback on Learning Pathways
10up, a leading development agency and contributor to the WordPress project, has merged with Fueled, a technology consultancy that specializes in mobile and web application development. Together, the companies now employ more than 400 full time team members, forming a digital Continue reading 10up Merges With Fueled, Backed by Insignia Capital
Interview discusses how SEOs, Affiliates and Publishers can get inside of WordPress and make it better The post WordPress Interview: How SEOs & Publishers Can Improve WordPress appeared first on Search Engine Journal. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
photo credit: Brodie Vissers WP Includes is a new initiative that launched this week with the goal of improving equal representation of women at global WordPress companies. It was founded by Human Made COO Siobhan McKeown and XWP Director of Engineering Francesco Marano. “I’ve been in Continue reading WP Includes Launches Women in WordPress Mentorship Program
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), one of the plugins WP Engine acquired from Delicious Brains in 2022, has published the results if its first annual survey. Although ACF reports more than 4.5 million active users, including PRO site installs, the survey only gathered Continue reading ACF’s 2023 Annual Survey Results Reinforce Plugin’s Focus on Improving the Block Building Experience
Gutenberg 16.6 is available with progress on a feature that was formerly called auto-inserting blocks but has now been renamed to block hooks. In a previous release (16.4), Gutenberg introduced auto-inserting blocks as an experimental feature that allows plugin developers Continue reading Gutenberg 16.6 Introduces Block Hooks, Improvements to Toolbars on Nested Blocks
Media Temple (MT) is closing its doors after 24 years in the hosting industry, with the brand now retired and customers fully migrated to GoDaddy. In 2013, GoDaddy acquired MT “to win the hearts and minds of developers,” as then-CEO Continue reading GoDaddy Retires Media Temple Brand
WooCommerce is experimenting with improving the store experience through the addition of the Interactivity API to the WooCommerce Blocks plugin. The new API, which was announced earlier this year, will allow developers to build interactive blocks that support frontend experiences Continue reading WooCommerce Blocks 11.0.0 Adds Product Collection Block in Beta, 10.9.0 Integrates Product Button with the Interactivity API
Human Made, a leading enterprise WordPress agency, is organizing a followup event to the community’s first ever AI for WordPress virtual conference that it hosted in May 2023. The second edition is called “AI: The Next Chapter” and will take Continue reading Human Made to Host “AI: The Next Chapter” Virtual Conference on September 14, 2023
After an accumulation of undisclosed and unpatched vulnerabilities in plugins hosted on WordPress.org, Patchstack has reported 404 plugins to WordPress’ Plugin Review Team. “This situation creates a significant risk for the WordPress community, and we decided to take action,” Patchstack Continue reading Patchstack Reports 404 Vulnerabilities Affecting 1.6M+ Websites to WordPress.org Plugins Team
Kevin Ohashi from Review Signal has published his 2023 WordPress and WooCommerce hosting performance benchmarks. This is his 10th round of capturing performance data from hosting companies that opt into the testing. Ohashi’s methodology tests two metrics through a variety of Continue reading Review Signal Publishes 2023 WordPress and WooCommerce Hosting Performance Benchmarks
WordPress contact form builder vulnerability affects up to +200,000 plus installs requires trivial subscriber user role to launch attack The post WordPress Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder Plugin Vulnerability appeared first on Search Engine Journal. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
Critical vulnerability rated 9.8/10 affects Forminator WordPress Contact Form installed in over 400,000 websites The post Forminator WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Affects Up To 400,000+ Websites appeared first on Search Engine Journal. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
After an in-depth performance analysis earlier this year revealed that translations can impact server response times, WordPress contributors proposed half a dozen technical solutions for consideration to improve performance for the ~56% of sites that use translations. Performant Translations, a feature Continue reading Performant Translations Plugin Now Available on WordPress.org
WordPress releases a free course that teaches how to create a membership site and start earning cash The post WordPress Releases Free Course On Building & Monetizing Membership Sites appeared first on Search Engine Journal. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!