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Inside DE{CODE} 2024, WP Engine’s Upcoming Developer Conference - WP Tavern

If you ask a WordPress builder or developer to list the most important tools in their toolkit, chances are that at least a few will be WP Engine products and possibly their managed hosting platform itself. Plugins like Advanced Custom… Continue Reading →

The WordPress Training Team’s Big Changes: Learning Pathways and Website Redesign - WP Tavern

Knowledge and training for WordPress has traditionally been very decentralized. There’s the official documentation, the developer documentation, the support forums, WordPress.tv, and then the wide array of community blogs, tutorials, and YouTube videos. Resources like documentation and support forums exist… Continue Reading →

Bluehost Announced New Cloud Hosting Built on WP Cloud - WP Tavern

Bluehost, one of the leading web hosting providers, has announced Bluehost Cloud, an innovative cloud-based hosting solution specifically designed for WordPress users. It is built on WP Cloud infrastructure, in collaboration with WordPress.com, to provide robust support for websites with… Continue Reading →

Matt Mullenweg to Deliver State Of The Word 2024 From Tokyo, Japan - WP Tavern

WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg announced at the Q&A session of WordCamp Asia 2024 that he would deliver the 2024 State Of The Word from Tokyo, Japan on December 16. This marks a significant moment for the WordPress community, as it’s… Continue Reading →

WordCamp Asia 2025 Scheduled For Next February in Manila, Philippines - WP Tavern

WordCamp Asia has unveiled its host city for 2025 – Manila, Philippines. After Bangkok and Taiwan, it is Manila’s turn to take center stage as the venue for the flagship event, tentatively slated for February 2025. The host city was… Continue Reading →

Synced Pattern Overrides punted, Font Library approved, as WordPress 6.5 nears release - WP Tavern

As the WordPress 6.5 release date is just around the corner, contributors have been racing to complete work on a few outstanding issues and bug fixes. Two of the most prominent features, Synced Pattern Overrides and the Font Library, have… Continue Reading →

WordPress Developer Docs Shows Off a New Block-Based Redesign - WP Tavern

Over the years, WordPress’s developer documentation, originally the Codex but now the WordPress Code Reference, has served the project well. However, there’s been a sense in the community that much of the more recent documentation- for example, the JavaScript APIs… Continue Reading →

Certain WP Form Plugins Make Accessibility Easy - WP Tavern

According to the WAVE web accessibility tool, Gravity Forms scores a perfect score out-of-the-box for their front-end forms. Same with Ninja Forms, Contact Form 7, and WP Forms.   I tested 2 other popular WP form plugins that did not fare… Continue Reading →

Cwicly’s Unexpected Farewell: Founder Decides to Discontinue Development - WP Tavern

In a shocking development, the Gutenberg-based page builder Cwicly’s founder Louis-Alexander Désiré has announced that the team is discontinuing the Cwicly development “after much deliberation and soul-searching.” Packed with innovative features and a commitment to embracing the WordPress vision in… Continue Reading →

Gutenberg’s Project Leadership Sits Down with New Outreach Team to Discuss Problems with the Site Editor - WP Tavern

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 the Lead Architect and the Product Owner of the entire Gutenberg project? Hopefully progress. Matt… Continue Reading →

WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 5, What We Learned, Where We’re Going - WP Tavern

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 Gen events are a breath of fresh air for those of us who need something… Continue Reading →

Reflecting on WordCamp Phoenix 2024: Struggles, Successes, and the Road Ahead - WP Tavern

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 months later, WordCamp Phoenix had announced that their event would be for that same weekend… Continue Reading →

Acquisition Alert: Kestrel Acquires Seven Barn2 Plugins - WP Tavern

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 to sell the plugins back in January to focus on the more profitable plugins.  This… Continue Reading →

The Block Bindings API Brings Dynamic Data to Blocks - WP Tavern

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 for users and developers. While custom fields in WordPress are still widely used, in the… Continue Reading →

WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 4, Next Generation Events - WP Tavern

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 the WPPhotos Event was a great template, and other ideas that could come. This article… Continue Reading →

Avada WordPress Theme Patches Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability - WP Tavern

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.  This vulnerability was reported responsibly by Muhammad Zeeshan (Xib3rR4dAr) during Wordfence’s Bug Bounty Extravaganza earning… Continue Reading →

Data Liberation: Meet WordPress.org’s Ambitious Plan for 2024 - WP Tavern

“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 thing of the past. This is the web I’ve always wanted to see.” At the… Continue Reading →

WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 3, Attendees - WP Tavern

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 it means to “attend” a virtual event, and ways we could make it more engaging… Continue Reading →

Automattic Faces Scrutiny Over AI Access Policy - WP Tavern

This article is a joint effort by James Giroux & Jyolsna. After unconfirmed reports of Google entering into a content licensing agreement with Reddit for training its AI, 404 Media claimed yesterday that Automattic is set to sell Tumblr and… Continue Reading →

‘Support Inclusion in Tech’ is Fundraising to Sponsor More Marginalized WordPress Contributors - WP Tavern

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 provides financial support to WordCamp speakers for travel and hotels. What is SiNC? SiNC was… Continue Reading →

The Perils of Hiring: A Cautionary Tale from A WordPress Business Owner - WP Tavern

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 business. Recently one of those friends reached out to share his latest experience, and I’m… Continue Reading →

WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 2, Volunteers - WP Tavern

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 increase the number of contributors. In this series we’ll talk with organizers, volunteers, and participants… Continue Reading →

FSE Outreach Experimental Loses Two Words, Gains New Life - WP Tavern

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 of this initiative, Automattic Product Wrangler Anne McCarthy, announced the upcoming changes in September 2023:… Continue Reading →

WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 1, Organizers - WP Tavern

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 series on the WordPress Photo Festival 2024 that took place February 3 through 10. We’ll… Continue Reading →

Proposal: Host 3rd-Party Blocks in Gutenberg’s GitHub Repository - WP Tavern

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 that we may contemplate creating that are either more niche or—for various reasons—not necessarily an… Continue Reading →

WooCommerce Releases 8.6 & 8.6.1 - WP Tavern

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 for the Product Collection block, and a sales column for marketing analytics. For developers, it… Continue Reading →

Navigating the Nexus: A Chronicle of Recent WordPress Acquisitions - WP Tavern

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 grab a beverage of choice and take a stroll down the calendar of memories. In… Continue Reading →

WordPress 6.5 Is Around the Corner; Test Beta 2 - WP Tavern

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 will officially launch on March 26, 2024. Now’s the best time to start poking around,… Continue Reading →

WordPress 2023 Survey: Block Editor on the Rise, Positive Feeling about Contributing Drops - WP Tavern

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 response to upcoming Gutenberg enhancements. Automattic-sponsored contributor Dan Soschin posted a breakdown of the results:… Continue Reading →

Freenginx’s Stand Against Corporate Limits: Potentially A New Era for WordPress Hosting - WP Tavern

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 has made waves by announcing a new fork of the Nginx web server and caching… Continue Reading →

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