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WordPress 6.5 Release Candidate 1
From wordpress.org Source: Read More The first release candidate (RC1) for WordPress 6.5 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do…
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Gutenberg’s Project Leadership Sits Down with New Outreach Team to Discuss Problems with the Site Editor
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More What do you get when you put a handful of outspoken WordPress developers, agencies, product owners, and community advocates on a video call with both…
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WordCamp Asia 2024: Q&A with Matt Mullenweg
From wordpress.org Source: Read More WordCamp Asia 2024 is just a few days away—starting on March 7 in Taipei, Taiwan. This unique three-day summit will feature a distinguished lineup of…
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WP Briefing: Episode 74: Kickstart (Or Level-Up) Your Contributor Journey
From wordpress.org Source: Read More Explore the impact you can make on WordPress without coding in this WordPress Briefing episode hosted by Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy. She’ll guide you…
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WordCamp Gdynia, Poland
From wordcamp.org Source: Read More With WordCamp Gdynia 2024, we aim to: Foster Community Growth Strengthen the WordPress community by bringing together diverse participants from various backgrounds, skill levels, and…
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Community Roundup Week Ending March 2
From poststatus.com Source: Read More WordCamp Asia Unless you’re reading this on the weekend (you workaholics, you), then you’re probably reading it while I’m either on a plane (a very…
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WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 5, What We Learned, Where We’re Going
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More In this last episode about the Kerala WPPhotos Festival I talk not only about the project, but also where this project is leading us. Next…
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Reflecting on WordCamp Phoenix 2024: Struggles, Successes, and the Road Ahead
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Seven months ago I registered for & scheduled a trip to Phoenix Arizona for a non-WordPress-related event! Crazy, right? As luck would have it, four…
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Acquisition Alert: Kestrel Acquires Seven Barn2 Plugins
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Katie Keith, CEO of Barn2, announced that Kestrel has acquired seven plugins from her company for an undisclosed amount. She had tweeted about her plans…
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The Block Bindings API Brings Dynamic Data to Blocks
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More As the block editor continues to evolve its content management capabilities, the lack of support for custom fields has been one of the key roadblocks…
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Marketing a WordPress Product Live: Session 5
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Transcript ↓ In this podcast episode, Corey Maass and Michelle Frechette discuss plans for a future Rochester meetup presentation on images and open graph, with…
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Business Roundup Week Ending March 1
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Automattic’s AI Content Deal Sparks Criticism Automattic is reportedly in talks to sell access to the content of Tumblr and WordPress.com users to AI companies…
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WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 4, Next Generation Events
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More In the penultimate episode of this series I talk with Julia Golomb from the WordPress Community Team about Next Generation WordPress Events. We’ll include how…
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WordCamp Madrid, Spain
From wordcamp.org Source: Read More Dates: March 7, 2025 – March 8, 2025 Location: Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain Venue: Colegio CEU San Pablo Montepríncipe Website: https://madrid.wordcamp.org/2024/ From wordcamp.org Source:…
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WP 6.5 Beta 3, Help Test • AVIF Support • WC Asia Contributor Day • Contributor Covenant • Overlapping Problems in the Site Editor
From poststatus.com Source: Read More This Week at WordPress.org (February 5, 2024) News WordPress 6.5 Beta 3 Zip uploads not working from Finder/Nautilus/Gnome/etc in WP 6.4.3 Workarounds and testing the…
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WordCamp Sevilla, Spain
From wordcamp.org Source: Read More WordCamp Sevilla 2024 is set to be an exciting and informative event for WordPress enthusiasts and professionals alike. This gathering will focus on two crucial…
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Avada WordPress Theme Patches Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More ThemeFusion’s multipurpose WordPress theme Avada has patched an Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability. Avada is one of ThemeForest’s most popular premium themes with nearly 950k sales. …
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Data Liberation: Meet WordPress.org’s Ambitious Plan for 2024
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More “Imagine a more open web where people can switch between any platform of their choosing. A web where being locked into a system is a…
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WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 3, Attendees
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More In this episode we interview three attendees, one in India, one in Spain, and one in the USA. We have a great conversation about what…
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Automattic Faces Scrutiny Over AI Access Policy
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More This article is a joint effort by James Giroux & Jyolsna. After unconfirmed reports of Google entering into a content licensing agreement with Reddit for…
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Joosts and Mariekes
From poststatus.com Source: Read More When working at Yoast with my husband, Joost de Valk, I often divide customers into the Joosts and the Mariekes. The Joosts were like my…
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‘Support Inclusion in Tech’ is Fundraising to Sponsor More Marginalized WordPress Contributors
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Support Inclusion in Tech (SiNC) is now fundraising on the Open Collective (OC) Foundation’s platform. Spearheaded by Winstina Hughes, SiNC assists underrepresented WordPress contributors and…
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The Perils of Hiring: A Cautionary Tale from A WordPress Business Owner
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More 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…
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WordPress Youth Day
From wordcamp.org Source: Read More Es un evento organizado por la comunidad WordPress Nicaragua y apoyado por la comunidad global de WordPress, enfocado en niños y adolescentes. WordPress Youth Day…
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WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 2, Volunteers
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More 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…
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WordPress 6.5 Beta 3
From wordpress.org Source: Read More WordPress 6.5 Beta 3 is here and ready for testing! This beta version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run,…
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FSE Outreach Experimental Loses Two Words, Gains New Life
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More 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…
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WordCamp US
From wordcamp.org Source: Read More Dates: August 26, 2025 – August 29, 2025 Location: Portland, Oregon Venue: Oregon Convention Center Website: https://us.wordcamp.org/2025/ From wordcamp.org Source: Read More
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WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 1, Organizers
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More This article is available in Video, Audio, and transcribed text. Audio Edition Transcription [Music] Hello, my name is Topher DeRosia. This episode begins a five-part…
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Jobs & Career Roundup Week Ending February 23
From poststatus.com Source: Read More In the Spotlight Post Status professional member Chris Hinds is in the spotlight this week. Chris is COO and co-founder of Equalize Digital, creators of the Accessibility…
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Community Roundup Week Ending February 23
From poststatus.com Source: Read More I’m excited! In case you missed it, things are changing a bit here at Post Status, as I take on the role of Executive Director.…
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Member Spotlight: Chris Hinds
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Chris Hinds is COO and co-founder of Equalize Digital, creators of the Accessibility Checker plugin and a well-known accessibility solution provider in the WordPress space.…
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Our Evolving Roles & Team at Post Status
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Dear Post Status Community, I’m writing to share some news about my evolving role and great news about additions and growth on our team at…
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Proposal: Host 3rd-Party Blocks in Gutenberg’s GitHub Repository
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More 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…
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Marketing a WordPress Product Live: Session 4
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Transcript ↓ In this podcast episode, Corey Maass and Michelle Frechette discuss the strategic pivot of the podcast to concentrate on marketing a WordPress product.…
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Business Roundup Week Ending February 23
From poststatus.com Source: Read More WordPress Performance Team Releases 2 More Speed-Focused Plugins The Core Performance Team released two plugins that accelerate lazy loading and pre-render predicted page navigation. The…
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Changes in the plugin business in the last 15 years
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Note from Joost: Marieke and I have decided to start taking turns writing this weekly column, to even better reflect the multiple words within WordPress.…
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WP 6.5 Beta 2, Help Test • Interactivity API • Plugin Dependencies • PHPCS 3.9.0
From poststatus.com Source: Read More This Week at WordPress.org (February 5, 2024) News WordPress 6.5 Beta 2 WP Briefing: Episode 73: Inside the Interactivity API Zip uploads not working from…
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WooCommerce Releases 8.6 & 8.6.1
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More 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…
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Navigating the Nexus: A Chronicle of Recent WordPress Acquisitions
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More 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…