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Exodus Begins? BuddyPress Lead Developer Quits WordPress Altogether
Source: WPShout Mathieu Viet, the driving force behind BuddyPress, has made a heartfelt announcement: he’s stepping away from the WordPress ecosystem…entirely. From wpshout.com Source: Read More
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WordCamp Asia Seeks Host City Applications for 2026
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordCamp Asia, one of WordPress’s premier flagship events, is seeking a host city for its 2026 edition. Previous editions were held in Bangkok and Taipei,…
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Business Roundup Week Ending November 29
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Federal Judge Signals Support for WP Engine in WordPress Dispute In a San Francisco federal courthouse on November 27, Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín signaled her intention…
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Mary Hubbard commits to transparency in first call with WordPress community
From therepository.email Source: Read More In her first public call with the WordPress community, the project’s new Executive Director, Mary Hubbard, faced tough questions and addressed them head-on, even offering…
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I Wanted to Follow the First Hearing in the WP Engine v Automattic Lawsuit So That You Didn’t Have To
Source: WPShout If you’ve been following the WordPress world lately, you might have heard about the small little lawsuit between WP Engine and Automattic. Jokes aside, it’s the kind of…
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WP Engine v. Automattic: Judge Inclined to Grant Injunction, Orders Status Quo
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More The highly anticipated preliminary injunction hearing in the WP Engine v. Automattic case took place yesterday at the Northern California District Court. Presiding Judge Araceli…
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Judge Signals Support for WP Engine Injunction
From therepository.email Source: Read More A decision on whether Automattic will face a court-ordered injunction is expected after Monday, as a Northern California court considers WP Engine’s claim that Automattic…
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WordCamp Asia 2025 Announces Two Scholarships for Attendees
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordCamp Asia 2025, in partnership with The WordPress Foundation and WordCamp Central, has announced two scholarship opportunities for the upcoming event in Manila, Philippines. These…
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WordPress.org Releases New ‘Secure Custom Fields’ Plugin With ACF Pro Features
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More In the latest chapter of the ongoing dispute between Automattic and WP Engine, a new plugin “Secure Custom Fields” (https://wordpress.org/plugins/secure-custom-fields/) has been added to the…
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WordPress.org Forks ACF Pro in Unprecedented Move Against WP Engine
From therepository.email Source: Read More In an extraordinary escalation of his public feud with WP Engine, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg has overseen the release of a forked version of the…
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Mary Hubbard, New Executive Director of WordPress.org Engages in Open Q&A With the Community (and Matt Mullenweg)
Source: WPShout Last Monday, Mary Hubbard wrote her first P2 message announcing her one-hour Q&A call on Friday. The Zoom event was announced on the Make WordPress Slack channel, and…
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Did WordPress.org Just Release the “Forked” PRO Version of ACF for Free?
Source: WPShout Something truly unexpected happened in the WordPress community just before the weekend – a “product release,” sort of. You’ve probably already guessed what I’m talking about from the…
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Post Status Happiness Hour Session Fifteen
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Transcript ↓ In this episode of the Post Status Happiness Hour, host Michelle Frechette interviews Ryan Logan from Influence WP, a platform aimed at fostering…
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Core Team Announces WordPress Release Schedule for 2025 and Issues Call for WP 6.8 Volunteers
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Automattician Héctor Prieto has revealed the schedule for WordPress releases in 2025. Similar to 2024, three major releases are planned: WordPress 6.8 – Beta 1…
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Marketing a WordPress Product Live: Session 24
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Transcript ↓ In this episode, Michelle Frechette and Corey Maass discuss their ongoing project focused on website and product development. They reflect on their progress,…
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Automattic Acquires Harper; Founder Elijah Potter Joins the Team as Code Wrangler
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Automattic has acquired Harper, a grammar checker tailored for developers. Its founder, Elijah Potter, will join Automattic as a Code Wrangler, contributing significantly to the…
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Business Roundup Week Ending November 22
From poststatus.com Source: Read More PressConf Scheduled for April 2025 PressConf is an event designed for professionals driving the WordPress economy planned for April 23-26 in Tempe, Arizona. It serves…
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WP Engine dismisses Mullenweg’s ‘forking’ events claim as baseless
From therepository.email Source: Read More WP Engine has rejected Matt Mullenweg’s recent claim that the hosting company is attempting to fork WordPress events as “crazy” and baseless. Mullenweg, co-founder of…
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PeepSo Leaves WordPress Plugin Repository
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Matt Jaworski, Co-Founder of PeepSo.com, has announced that PeepSo is leaving the WordPress plugin repository. Moving forward, all updates for the plugin will be served…
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WordPress 6.7.1 Maintenance Release
From wordpress.org Source: Read More WordPress 6.7.1 is now available! This minor release features 16 bug fixes throughout Core and the Block Editor. WordPress 6.7.1 is a fast-follow release with…
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Analysis of WP Engine Data Sparks Debate as Automattic Disputes Leak Claims
From therepository.email Source: Read More An analysis of websites hosted by WP Engine — drawn from a CSV file available for download on Automattic’s WP Engine Tracker website — has…
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WP Engine Updates Its Original Legal Complaint Against Automattic and Matt Mullenweg
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More After Automattic launched the WP Engine Tracker website to monitor the number of websites departing WP Engine hosting, WP Engine updated its ongoing lawsuit against…
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PressConf to Reunite WordPress Business Community in Arizona
From therepository.email Source: Read More The WordPress community will soon welcome the successor to a much-loved business-focused conference with PressConf, a new U.S.-based event organized by Raquel Manriquez. Scheduled for…
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WordPress 6.7.1 Scheduled for November 21, 2024, to Fix Bugs in WordPress 6.7
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress 6.7, “Rollins,” was released on November 12, 2024, but WordPress.org experienced increased error rates after the release. Several users reported getting 502 “Bad Gateway”…
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Celebrating 5 years
From therepository.email Source: Read More Five years ago today, we sent the first issue of The Repository to 49 subscribers. In that newsletter, we covered the State of the Word…
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WordPress 6.7 “Rollins” Released, Including a New Default Theme
Source: WPShout On November 12, WordPress 6.7 was released for WordPress users everywhere to enjoy. Keeping with the jazz theme, WordPress 6.7 goes by the name “Rollins,” named after Sonny…
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Post Status Happiness Hour Session Fourteen
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Transcript ↓ In this episode of the Post Status Happiness Hour, host Michelle Frechette interviews Maddy Osman, founder of Blogsmith Content Agency and author of…
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Business Roundup Week Ending November 15
From poststatus.com Source: Read More How Agencies Can Deal with Uncertainty Created by “The Recent Unpleasantness” For the last 2 months, I’ve begun my monthly WordPress News Roundup on Solid…
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WP Engine Expands Legal Fight Against Automattic and Matt Mullenweg with Antitrust Claims
From therepository.email Source: Read More WP Engine has expanded its lawsuit against Automattic and Matt Mullenweg to include antitrust allegations, accusing the rival hosting company and its CEO of holding…
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WordPress 6.7 “Rollins” Released With New Default Theme, WordPress.org Experiences Outage
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress 6.7, code-named “Rollins,” was released on November 12, introducing a new default theme, Twenty Twenty-Five, zoom out view, and new powerful APIs. The announcement…
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WordPress 6.7 “Rollins” Debuts Twenty Twenty-Five, Zoomed Out View, Block Bindings UI
From therepository.email Source: Read More WordPress 6.7 “Rollins,” named after jazz legend Sonny Rollins, was released yesterday. Known for his seven-decade career and over 60 albums, Rollins remains one of…
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WordPress 6.7 “Rollins”
From wordpress.org Source: Read More Each WordPress release celebrates an artist who has made an indelible mark on the world of music. WordPress 6.7, code-named “Rollins,” pays tribute to the…
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Automattic Launches ‘WP Engine Tracker’ to Monitor Sites Leaving WP Engine, Sparking Controversy
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More The ongoing WordPress-WP Engine dispute has escalated with Automattic launching a new website – WP Engine Tracker, to track the number of websites leaving WP…
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Design Team Unveils New WordPress Design System Figma Library
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Automattician James Koster has announced the launch of a new WordPress Design System library for Figma, the popular tool the design team uses to create…
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WordPress Brand Tone and Voice Survey Results Are In: “It’s Not a Unified Brand”
From codeinwp.com Source: Read More Over the past month, we ran a survey here on WPShout to explore how users perceive the voice and tone of the WordPress brand. We…
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Automattic’s New ‘WP Engine Tracker’ Site Fuels Ongoing Tensions with WP Engine
From therepository.email Source: Read More In a fresh escalation of hostilities, Automattic has launched WP Engine Tracker, a website revealing how many sites have left WP Engine since WordPress co-founder…
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Marketing a WordPress Product Live: Session 23
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Transcript ↓ In this episode, Michelle Frechette and Corey Maass delve into their experiences with product marketing for a WordPress plugin focused on open graph…
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Business Roundup Week Ending November 8
From poststatus.com Source: Read More ChatGPT Unveils Game-Changing, Real-Time Search Features SearchGPT brings real-time search capabilities to ChatGPT, transforming it into a more dynamic tool. Users can now take advantage…
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Core Contributors Voice Concerns Over Mullenweg’s Control and “Culture of Fear” in WordPress Community
From therepository.email Source: Read More Veteran WordPress core committers and contributors have described a “culture of fear” within the project, driven by co-founder Matt Mullenweg’s “outsized control” and the potentially…
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Festinger Vault Crowdfunding Legal Battle With Automattic After Contentious Site’s Shutdown
From therepository.email Source: Read More Martin Groot, the developer behind Festinger Vault, has launched a public campaign to fund his legal fight against Automattic after the company forced the temporary…