Tag: wptavern.com
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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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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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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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‘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 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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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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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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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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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…
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WordPress 6.5 Is Around the Corner; Test Beta 2
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress 6.5 Beta 2 was released yesterday, featuring exciting capabilities and dozens of updates and bug fixes. The first major release of 2024, WordPress 6.5…
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WordPress 2023 Survey: Block Editor on the Rise, Positive Feeling about Contributing Drops
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More The results of the 2023 WordPress Annual Survey are in, revealing a steady growth in the adoption of the Block Editor, along with a lukewarm…
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Freenginx’s Stand Against Corporate Limits: Potentially A New Era for WordPress Hosting
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More The LatestIn a recent development within the world of web servers, the highly regarded service Nginx has undergone a significant transformation. Russian developer Maxim Dounin…
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Interactivity API Prepares for its Official Debut in WordPress 6.5
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More tl;dr The Interactivity API is merging into WordPress 6.5. It revolutionizes site interactivity by standardizing the development of interactive elements. This makes it easier for…
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Look Who’s Back: jQuery 4.0.0 is Now in Beta
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More We weren’t here to report it in real-time, but on February 6, jQuery Core Team Lead Timmy Willison announced that jQuery 4.0.0 is now available…
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Bricks 1.9.6.1 Patches Critical RCE Vulnerability
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More First disclosed by security researcher Calvin Alkan of snicco, the vulnerability impacts all versions of Bricks Builder before version 1.9.6.1. Identified as a Remote Code…
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EU Regulatory Success Prompts Open-Source CMS Leaders to Form Alliance
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More The regulatory landscape that the WordPress community finds itself in today is vastly different from where we’ve been. Governments are accelerating their regulatory oversight of…
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It’s alive!
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Okay I have reviewed all the applications, and invited seven people to participate in a $25/hr trial contract where they will have full access to…
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State of the Word 2023: ¡Hola WordPress!
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Exciting day for the WordPress community! In a groundbreaking move, Matt Mullenweg delivered the first-ever State of the Word address from the charming city of…
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What’s Next?
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More First, I’d like to repeat my comment to Sarah: Sarah, you are amazing. Your insightful writing and journalism has been a gift to the WordPress…
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Last Call
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More This has been an emotional, bittersweet morning for me, reading through old posts, as I close the book on my time at this beloved publication.…
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WooCommerce 8.3 Makes Cart, Checkout, and Order Confirmation Blocks Default on New Installations
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WooCommerce 8.3 was released today, featuring Cart, Checkout, and Order Confirmation blocks as the default checkout flow for new installations. This is a major milestone…
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Elementor Pro Pricing Update Slashes Features in the Essential Plan for New Customers
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Elementor, the most popular website builder plugin for WordPress with more than 5 million active installations, has announced major changes coming to the features included…
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WordCamp Asia Extends Sponsor Application Deadline
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More The WordCamp Asia organizing team has extended its call for sponsors until Thursday, November 30, 2023. In an update on the official website, organizers explained…
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Brainstorm Force Invests in LatePoint Bookings and Appointment Scheduling Plugin
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Brainstorm Force, makers of the popular Astra theme, has invested in LatePoint, a commercial booking and appointment scheduling plugin for WordPress. LatePoint is used on…
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ElmaStudio Releases Moog: A Free Block Theme for Blogs
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Moog is one of the latest free block themes to be released on WordPress.org. It features a minimal and bold layout with a responsive, masonry…
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WordPress 2024 Roadmap: 3 Major Releases with a Focus on Collaboration Features
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy has published a proposed schedule for 2024 that includes three major core releases. The dates have not yet been…
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WordPress 6.4.1 Fixes a Critical cURL/Requests Bug
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress contributors have worked quickly over the past 24 hours to prepare a 6.4.1 maintenance release after a critical bug emerged from a change in…
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WordPress Contributors Target Upcoming 6.5 Release for Merging Performant Translations Into Core
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress’ Performance team is proposing merging Performant Translations into core in time for the upcoming WordPress 6.5 release. After an in-depth performance analysis earlier this…
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WordPress 6.4 Introduces Twenty Twenty-Four Theme, Adds Lightbox, Block Hooks, and Improvements Across Design Tools
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress 6.4 “Shirley” was released today, named for famed American jazz pianist and singer Shirley Horn. This release introduces a new batch of writing and…
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Jetpack 12.8 Launches Jetpack Creator for Monetizing Content and Subscribers
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Jetpack 12.8 was released this week, introducing Jetpack Creator, a new product under the Growth category that sits alongside the recently launched Newsletter product. Jetpack…
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Newspack Plugin Update Checker Lets Users Update from GitHub
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Adam Schweigert, an independent media and technology consultant, has released a plugin called Newspack Plugin Update Checker that enables self-hosted Newspack users to keep their…
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WordPress Theme Handbook Updates Chapter on Block Templating
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress contributors have updated the Theme Handbook to include a new chapter on block templating. The chapter covers how the WordPress block template system works,…
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Add Icons to WordPress’ Core Button Block
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Nick Diego, a developer advocate at Automattic and core contributor, is the author of the popular Icon Block plugin that enables users to add custom…
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Wordfence CLI 2.0.1 Update Adds Free Vulnerability Scanning
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Wordfence CLI 2.0.1 introduced free vulnerability scanning this week. The new CLI product was launched at WordCamp US two months ago with malware detection capabilities,…
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WooCommerce Rebrands as Woo
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WooCommerce is rebranding to “Woo,” a shorter, more playful version of the company name that many customers are already using. Automattic acquired WooCommerce in 2015,…