Tag: wptavern.com
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WordCamp Asia 2024 Opens Call for Speakers
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordCamp Asia 2024 is happening in Taipei, Taiwan, next year from March 7-9, at the Taipei International Convention Center (TICC). With the dates locked in and venue…
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WordPress Remembers: A Memorial To Those We Have Lost
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress is honoring contributors the community has lost over the years through a new memorial page called WordPress Remembers: WordPress dedicates this page to the…
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BuddyPress 12.0 to Introduce Community Visibility Feature that Restricts Access to Members Only
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More BuddyPress 12.0 is set to introduce a new Community Visibility feature that gives site administrators the option to restrict access to the community sections of…
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WordPress.com Makes a Bid for Google Domains Customers, Offering 1 Million Free Transfers
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress.com is making a strong bid for Google Domains customers after the the product was sold to Squarespace in a deal reportedly worthy $180 million.…
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Jetpack Launches Newsletter Product
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Jetpack 12.4 was released today, launching the plugin’s Newsletter product. It allows users to send blog posts as newsletters, without the hassle of having to…
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Start Testing WordPress’ New Interactivity API
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Earlier this year, WordPress contributors announced that they are working on a new Interactivity API that will allow developers to build interactive blocks. This API will…
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WordPress Performance Analysis Finds Translations May Significantly Slow Down Sites
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More After a recent in-depth performance analysis earlier this year showed that translations can have an impact on server response times, WordPress contributors are proposing half…
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Ninja Forms Version 3.6.26 Patches Multiple High Severity Security Vulnerabilities
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More If you use the Ninja Forms plugin and your sites aren’t set to get automatic plugin updates, add a round of updates to your weekend…
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WordPress Launches Slack/Matrix Bridge
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress meta contributors have just logged an important milestone in their efforts to explore replacing Slack communication with Matrix, an open source federated chat system. The…
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ClassicPress Community Considers Re-forking WooCommerce for Classic Commerce v2
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More ClassicPress, the fork that has been keeping WordPress 4.9 on life support for those who don’t want to use the block editor, will soon be…
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Gutenberg 16.3 Adds New Tools for Patterns
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Gutenberg 16.3 was released today as a maintenance release but includes several new tools that make pattern management smoother and easier for users. Most notably,…
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WordPress 6.3 RC2 Released, Watch the Live Product Demo
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress 6.3 RC2 has been released and is ready for community testing. Since RC1 landed a week ago, 15 changes have come in from the Editor and Trac,…
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Learn How to Use WordPress Playground
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress Playground, an experimental project that uses WebAssembly (WASM) to run WordPress in the browser, was number 1 on Hacker News recently and was also featured…
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Mojeek Search Engine Adds WordPress’ Openverse to Image Search
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Mojeek, a UK-based privacy-oriented search engine, has added Openverse to its image search. For more than 15 years, Mojeek has provided independent, unbiased search without…
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Ollie Theme Previews New Onboarding Wizard in Development
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Unless you are some kind of wizard with the block editor, starting a WordPress website from a blank slate can be overwhelming and ultimately defeating.…
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WordPress Contributors Demand Transparency and Objective Guidelines for Listings on Recommended Hosting Page
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress’ Recommended Hosting page is a hotly contested piece of online real estate, and has recently come into focus again following the removal of SiteGround…
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WordCamp US 2023 Contributor Day Signup Is Open
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordCamp US 2023 is happening next month in National Harbor, Maryland. The Contributor Day will kick off the event on Thursday, August 24, preceding the…
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Gutenberg 16.2 Brings Improvements to Pattern Management, Introduces Vertical Text Orientation
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Gutenberg 16.2 was released with a number of important changes to pattern management. Most notably, Reusable blocks have been renamed to Patterns, and the Library…
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WordPress 6.3 to Introduce a Development Mode
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More As the dev notes for the upcoming WordPress 6.3 release are rolling out, there are so many exciting features that have not yet been highlighted.…
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Bluehost Launches WonderSuite Product with AI-Powered Site-Building Guide
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Bluehost launched its new WonderSuite product this week, which introduces a setup and site creation experience guided by AI. In September 2022, the hosting company…
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WordPress Plans Ambitious Admin UI Revamp with Design System, Galvanizing Broad Support from the Developer Community
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress’ admin is on deck for a long-awaited makeover after Gutenberg lead architect Matías Ventura published plans for a revamped admin design as part of…
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All-In-One Security Plugin Patches Sensitive Data Exposure Vulnerability in Version 5.2.0
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More All-In-One Security (AIOS), a plugin active on more than a million WordPress sites, was found to be logging plaintext passwords from login attempts in the…
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WordPress Selects Inaugural Cohort to Launch Experimental Mentorship Program
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress’ Community Team kicked off its experimental mentorship program this week, announcing that the inaugural cohort has been assigned to a group of mentors who…
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State of Digital Publishing to Host WordPress Publishers Performance Summit, July 27, 2023
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More The State of Digital Publishing, a startup market research publisher focused on digital media, is hosting an online event called WordPress Publishers Performance Summit (WPPS)…
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WordPress 6.3 Makes the “Edit Site” Link Open the Current Template
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress 6.3 will make site editing several clicks faster for users who are moving from the frontend to edit the corresponding template. When you click…
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WordPress to Host 6.3 Live Product Demo on Thursday, July 20
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress 6.3 is scheduled to be released one month from today on August 8, 2023. The live product demo date and time has now been…
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WordPress Unveils Plans for Real-Time Collaboration with Major Improvements to Revisions and the Media Library
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More In a series of four posts, Gutenberg lead architect Matías Ventura has outlined the project’s phase 3 plans for Real-Time Collaboration, Workflows, Revisions, and the…
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Hey: An Elegantly Simple WordPress Block Theme for Blogging
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Hey is a block theme designed by Automattic for users on WordPress.com and also released for free in the WordPress.org Themes Directory. It’s the kind…
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WordPress 6.3 to Drop Support for PHP 5
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress is officially dropping support for PHP 5 in the upcoming 6.3 release, which is expected on August 8. WordPress’ minimum supported version has sat…
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WordPress 6.3 Beta 3 Released, Introduces UI Changes to Pattern Management
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress contributors are onto another round of testing, as 6.3 Beta 3 was released this week. RC 1 is expected on July 18, and a…
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WordCamp Dhaka 2023 Cancelled Due to Concerns of Corporate Influence on Community Decision-Making
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordCamp Dhaka (Bangladesh) 2023 has been cancelled by The WordPress Community Team due to concerns of corporate influence on the community decision-making process. The camp…
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Ultimate Member 2.6.7 Patches Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Authors of the Ultimate Member plugin have released version 2.6.7 with a patch for a privilege escalation vulnerability. Last week WPScan reported that Ultimate Member…
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WordPress Plugin Review Team Adds 6 New Sponsored Volunteers, Opens Applications
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More A new era has begun for WordPress.org’s Plugin Review Team. Mika Epstein, who has served for the past decade, is stepping down, but not before…
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WP Feature Notifications Contributors Seek Feedback on Admin Notices with Community Survey
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More The WP Feature Notifications project has launched a community survey to get feedback on the current system of notices in the WordPress admin. The project…
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Gutenberg 16.1 Introduces Pattern Creation and Library, Adds Distraction Free Mode to Site Editor
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Gutenberg 16.1 was released this week, debuting of the Pattern Library, which coincides with reusable blocks getting renamed to synced patterns. Users can now create…
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Hackers Actively Exploiting Unpatched Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Ultimate Member Plugin
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WPScan is reporting a hacking campaign actively exploiting an unpatched vulnerability in the Ultimate Member plugin, which allows unauthenticated attackers to create new user accounts…
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WordPress 6.3 Beta 2 Released, Ready for Testing
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress 6.3 hit a major milestone today with the release of Beta 2. The release leads opted to skip Beta 1, which was delayed yesterday…
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WordCamp Asia 2024 Scheduled for March 7-9 in Taipei
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordCamp Asia has announced its dates for 2024. The flagship event is now officially scheduled for March 7-9, in Taipei, Taiwan. Organizers have secured the Taipei…
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WordPress 6.3 Will Introduce A Command Palette
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Last week Gutenberg contributors were engaged in a spirited debate regarding a proposal to rename the new Command Center to Wayfinder. The feature, designed to…
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WordCamp Europe 2024 Calls for Organizers
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordCamp Europe 2023 in Athens attracted more than 2,500 attendees from 94 countries, made possible by 112 organizers and 250 volunteers. The event is now…