Automattic’s Community Engagement Specialist, Devin Maeztri, has announced that the WordPress Community Team will close all inactive meetup groups by September 16, 2024. Over the past month, the team has been working hard to reactivate recently inactive WordPress Meetups. “This… Continue Reading →
Last week, Automattic announced Pedraum Pardehpoosh as its new Vice President of Product. Though a new face in the WordPress arena, he brings extensive tech experience from both startups and major corporations like Walmart, Apple, and Airbnb. In the announcement,… Continue Reading →
TL;DR: Clarification on installing another plugin from within a plugin, and community consultation on how to better inform and consent users in this regard. There are plugins in the directory that ask to install other plugins. This can happen for… Continue Reading →
Divi empowers you to build the best websites possible, and now, Divi Quick Sites takes website creation to a whole new level. This revolutionary tool lets anyone, regardless of skill level, generate a complete website in under two minutes! Divi… Continue Reading →
A staggering 72% of WordPress sites surveyed have experienced a security breach. In this article, we dive into the latest findings from the 2024 MelaPress security survey and outline practical steps to safeguard your WordPress site. The post “WordPress Security… Continue Reading →
This is a bi-weekly update of work the design group contributed to. Work happens in overview issues, and in needs design, or needs design feedback issues. If you have updates you’d like to include in the next Design Share, drop… Continue Reading →
The Themes Team holds meetings on the second and fourth Tuesdays every month. For this month, the first meeting is set to take place on September 10. Meeting Details: Date and Time: Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 15:00 UTC Channel: #themereview (You need… Continue Reading →
Keeping your WordPress site running smoothly and securely means staying on top of plugin updates. While it’s easy to forget, these updates often include critical bug fixes and security patches. Fortunately, managing plugin updates doesn’t have to be a hassle…. Continue Reading →
Keeping your WordPress website up to date can feel like a never-ending chore. However, it is necessary, especially if you want to protect your site from hackers, keep it running smoothly, and make the most of the latest features. In… Continue Reading →
Starting October 1st, 2024, WordPress.org will roll out new security measures aimed at enhancing the safety of accounts with commit access to plugins and themes. This was announced by the Automattic-sponsored developer Dion Hulse. Mandatory Two-Factor Authentication Beginning next month,… Continue Reading →
WordPress page builders make designing websites easy, but with so many options available, choosing the right one can be overwhelming. In this post, we provide a comprehensive comparison of two popular page builders, Divi and Beaver Builder, to help you… Continue Reading →
The Data Views component is a key part of the future of WordPress, used both in the site editor and by early adopter plugin developers. It’s being built collaboratively with the goal to streamline, standardize, and improve its functionality. This component will… Continue Reading →
Never before has it been more important to ensure that your website is responsive across different screen sizes and user interactions. As the number of internet-accessing devices per person multiplies, your data visualizations need to be flexible and intuitive enough… Continue Reading →
Anne McCarthy has unveiled the roadmap for WordPress 6.7, slated for release on November 12, 2024. This will be the final major update of the year. She has emphasized that “More than anything though, this release brings refinement to how… Continue Reading →
A disaster recovery plan for your website seems like a perfectly reasonable safety net — until that net tears under pressure. Just ask GitLab. In 2017, the popular code repository platform experienced a devastating data loss when an engineer accidentally… Continue Reading →
One of the biggest headaches of running a freelance business or web agency is staying on top of website maintenance. It’s very time-consuming, especially when you are responsible for multiple websites. Manually updating plugins, themes, and WordPress core files is… Continue Reading →
X-post from +make.wordpress.org/design: Advancing the WordPress Design System
We’re excited to introduce a long requested initiative focused on consolidating and enhancing design system efforts across WordPress.org. The goal, specifically, is to bring together existing tools like @wordpress/components, the new Figma library, and Storybook into a unified design system… Continue Reading →
While WordPress can import different document file types, managing them isn’t a streamlined process. In this post, I’ll discuss all things document management within WordPress, such as why we need it, the right plugins to choose, and much more! The… Continue Reading →
WordPress 6.6.2 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is available for testing! Some ways you can help test this minor release: Use the WordPress Beta Tester plugin As this is a minor RC release, select the Point Release channel and the Nightlies stream. This is the latest build including the RC and potentially any subsequent commits in… Continue Reading →
The popular WordPress blog WPLift has been acquired by E2M Solutions, a leading white-label partner with operations in India and the United States. Founded by Oliver Dale in September 2010 under Kooc Media, WPLift has undergone several ownership changes over… Continue Reading →
From now through October 7th, 2024, we are expanding the scope of our Bug Bounty Program to include all Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities—both Reflected and Stored—in any WordPress plugin or theme with at least 1,000 active installations for all researchers…. Continue Reading →
Transcript [00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast, which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in… Continue Reading →
In this report, 167 vulnerabilities have been publicly disclosed. Security patches for 98 of these plugins and themes are available now, so run those updates as soon as possible. If you’re a Solid Security Pro user, the version management tool… Continue Reading →
As a website owner, staying on top of critical WordPress maintenance tasks is important. But who has time to constantly update plugins, fix security vulnerabilities, and optimize your website’s database? Managing all of these important tasks, especially when maintaining more… Continue Reading →
Offering customers the ability to not only customize products but create unique ones can make your site stand out. This review will look at the Custom Product Builder for WooCommerce plugin to help you do just that for your store…. Continue Reading →
Do you really want to start a blog? A lot of online business gurus recommend starting one as a way to make passive income. They even recommend businesses to start…
X-post from +make.wordpress.org/plugins: Upcoming Security Changes for Plugin and Theme Authors on WordPress.org
WordPress.org is committed to protecting accounts that play a crucial role in the WordPress ecosystem. Accounts with commit access can push updates and changes to plugins and themes used by millions of WordPress sites worldwide. Securing these accounts is essential… Continue Reading →
The WordPress Training Team is currently seeking ideas and feedback from the community to prioritize activities that will increase engagement with the newly revamped Learn WordPress platform and attract new learners. Automattic-sponsored Kathryn Presner stated, “We want to have a… Continue Reading →
