Category: External News
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Business Roundup Week Ending September 15
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Experts Fear Crooks Have Now Cracked Vaults Stolen in the 2022 LastPass Breach After analyzing a series of cryptocurrency thefts targeting tech-savvy individuals, security experts…
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WooSesh 2023 Publishes Speaker Lineup, Launches Seshies Awards
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More 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…
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ActivityPub 1.0.0 Released, Introducing Blog-Wide Accounts and New Blocks
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More 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…
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Openverse Wins the 2023 OEG Open Infrastructure Award
From wordpress.org Source: Read More WordPress is excited to announce that Openverse has been awarded the 2023 Open Education Award for Excellence in the Open Infrastructure category! The Open Education…
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How to Solve: “Avoid an Excessive DOM Size” in WordPress
From codeinwp.com Source: Read More Google Lighthouse’s ‘Avoid an excessive DOM size’ warning is a performance metric you’ll want to look out for. The Document Object Model (DOM) aspect of…
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Developers Raise Concerns About WordPress.com Plugin Listings Outranking WordPress.org on Google Search
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More 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…
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Jadro Joins the CodeinWP Family!
From codeinwp.com Source: Read More We’re excited to announce that Jadro, a Full Site Editing WordPress theme found it’s new home here on CodeinWP. From codeinwp.com Source: Read More
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5 Best Elementor Alternatives That Actually Solve Your Problems
From codeinwp.com Source: Read More If you’re looking for a user-friendly page-building solution for WordPress, Elementor is a popular choice. But it has a few drawbacks. For instance, it can…
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WordPress Plugin Developers Renew Demands for Better Plugin Metrics
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More 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…
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5 Best Squarespace Alternatives: Cheaper and More Functional
From codeinwp.com Source: Read More Sometimes, there’s a real need to look for the best Squarespace alternatives. Of course, Squarespace is incredibly popular, especially among YouTubers. However, it’s not a…
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WordPress Training Team Seeks Community Feedback on Learning Pathways
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More 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…
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10up Merges With Fueled, Backed by Insignia Capital
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More 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…
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Jobs & Career Roundup Week Ending September 8
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Resources You can follow my weekly tweet thread where I post ten companies that are hiring in WordPress. Apply for open positions through Riza Maulana’s WP Remote…
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Member Spotlight: Jeremy Fremont
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Jeremy Fremont is the director of business development at Multidots, a leading WordPress development organization. He enjoys life to the fullest and loves that on…
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Community Roundup Week Ending September 8
From poststatus.com Source: Read More DEIB in WordPress Continues Underrepresented Gender Release Team After WordCamp US I sat down (via Zoom, of course) with Josepha Haden Chomphosy, the Executive Director…
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The Month in WordPress – August 2023
From wordpress.org Source: Read More August 2023 marked another exciting chapter in WordPress, with the Community Summit and WordCamp US bringing the community together for meaningful discussions, knowledge sharing, and…
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WP Includes Launches Women in WordPress Mentorship Program
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More 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…
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ACF’s 2023 Annual Survey Results Reinforce Plugin’s Focus on Improving the Block Building Experience
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More 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…
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Launching a WordPress Product in Public: Session 22
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Transcript ↓ In this episode, Cory Miller and Corey Maass discuss preparations for WordCampUS and designing business cards for the event. They receive feedback on…
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Launching a WordPress Product in Public: Session 21
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Transcript ↓ In this episode, Cory Miller and Corey Maass discuss the progress with their product and plans for marketing. They mention ordering stickers and…
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Business Roundup Week Ending September 8
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Navigating the Coming Changes in WordPress in 2024 Crucial WordPress updates are planned for next year, including the phasing out PHP 5, the rise of…
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Gutenberg 16.6 Introduces Block Hooks, Improvements to Toolbars on Nested Blocks
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More 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…
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GoDaddy Retires Media Temple Brand
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More 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.…
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Community Summit Recaps, Multilingual Documentation, Performant Translations
From poststatus.com Source: Read More This Week at WordPress.org (September 4, 2023) Discover the latest from the WordPress community. From the future of WordPress & Gutenberg’s next steps to intriguing…
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WooCommerce Blocks 11.0.0 Adds Product Collection Block in Beta, 10.9.0 Integrates Product Button with the Interactivity API
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More 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…
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Human Made to Host “AI: The Next Chapter” Virtual Conference on September 14, 2023
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More 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…
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Relive WordCamp US, WordPress 6.3 Out, Twenty Twenty-Four Time? 🗞️ September 2023 WordPress News w/ CodeinWP
From codeinwp.com Source: Read More We are back with another roundup of all the latest WordPress news and gossip from the past month. Whereas the previous few months had been…
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WP Briefing: Episode 61: Community, Summit, all at Washington D.C.
From wordpress.org Source: Read More Join WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy as she discusses the latest from the Community Summit and her takeaways from the 2023 event in Washington,…
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WCUS 2023 Takeaways by Members
From poststatus.com Source: Read More I asked members in our #WCUS-2023 channel for their takeaways from WordCamp US 2023: “WordCamps are like an old denim jacket. Even if you haven’t…
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Patchstack Reports 404 Vulnerabilities Affecting 1.6M+ Websites to WordPress.org Plugins Team
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More 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…
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Review Signal Publishes 2023 WordPress and WooCommerce Hosting Performance Benchmarks
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More 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…
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Community Roundup Week Ending September 1
From poststatus.com Source: Read More 100 Years is a Very Long Time Last week WordPress announced its 100-Year Plan. When I think of 100 years… Well, honestly, I don’t think…
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Jobs & Career Roundup Week Ending September 1
From poststatus.com Source: Read More The WPCareerSummit is coming soon: October 20! We want the best speakers with the greatest and most up-to-date information to share. Our attendees are coming…
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Business Roundup Week Ending September 1
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Do you have sites among the 75% of all WordPress sites still running MySQL 5.7 or earlier? If so, read this! MySQL 5.7 is reaching…
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ChatGPT & WooCommerce: 5 Ways to Use AI in Your Online Store
From codeinwp.com Source: Read More There are a lot of ways to leverage ChatGPT for WooCommerce. However, if you aren’t well-versed in using AI tools – in particular ChatGPT –…
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Kolkata CareerCamp
From wordcamp.org Source: Read More Kolkata CareerCamp takes place in the ‘City of Joy’ on 6th January, 2024 as a part of the GenNext Pilot Project. While the model of…
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3 Steps How to Do Keyword Research With ChatGPT
From codeinwp.com Source: Read More Learning how to do keyword research with ChatGPT is easier than you might think. Even though the AI tool wasn’t designed with Search Engine Optimization…
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Performant Translations Plugin Now Available on WordPress.org
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More 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…
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Top Agencies Join Forces to Publish Free Guide on WordPress for Enterprise
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More A collection of leading WordPress agencies have launched a collaborative project to promote the platform to large-scale organizations. Big Bite, in partnership with 10up, Alley,…
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WordPress 6.3.1 Maintenance Release
From wordpress.org Source: Read More WordPress 6.3.1 is now available! This minor release features 4 bug fixes in Core and 6 bug fixes for the block editor. You can review a summary of…