WordPress.org is committed to protecting accounts that play a crucial role in the WordPress ecosystem. Accounts with the ability to publish posts on the authoritative source of information from the WordPress Core team need to be secure in order to prevent… Continue Reading →
Marketers spend endless hours perfecting ad creative, refining audience targeting, and polishing landing page copy. Yet one piece of the conversion puzzle that often gets overlooked is hosting. A fast, reliable website isn’t just a nice-to-have. It directly affects whether… Continue Reading →
Vulnerabilities happen. What matters is how quickly you find them, how well you understand the risk, and how easily you can act. That’s why we’ve made major improvements to vulnerability scanning and reporting in Solid Security. With the release of… Continue Reading →
The meeting notes are from the themes team discussion. Date: September 9, 2025 Time: 15:00 UTC Location: #themes channel Agenda: Themes team meeting agenda Agenda Prepared by: @bijayyadav Meeting facilitator – @bijayyadav Full transcript – #themes channel Attendees: Thank you to everyone who attended the meeting. @bijayyadav… Continue Reading →
Divi 5’s new Interactions use a simple model — Trigger, Effect, Target. Separate what starts it, what happens, and what changes, and you can create clear, coordinated movement across your layout. In this post, we’ll explain each part, show how… Continue Reading →
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In this report, 297 vulnerabilities have been publicly disclosed. Security patches for 93 of these plugins and themes are now available, so please run those updates as soon as possible. If you’re a Solid Security Pro user, the version management… Continue Reading →
Algorithms are restricting our online experience by prioritizing engagement over discovery, creating filter bubbles and homogenizing content. To reclaim the web, we must curate our own sources, engage intentionally, and seek out diverse perspectives, breaking free from the passive consumption… Continue Reading →
“What’s new in Gutenberg…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, showcasing new features included in each release. As a reminder, here’s an overview of different ways to keep up with… Continue Reading →
Want to wake up to sales every morning? These 5 WordPress subscription plugins help you turn one-time buyers into loyal, paying subscribers. Whether you run a digital store, membership site, or online service, this roundup shows you how to unlock… Continue Reading →
Stick around ‘til the end to see a bunch of guys having no fun at all. Seriously. Not even a bit. In today’s edition: Telex turns your rambling ideas into Gutenberg blocks. Sometimes magically, sometimes… not. Open Call for Web… Continue Reading →
Penland started as a support engineer and rose to top executive, Reid was SVP at BigCommerce LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kinsta, a leading managed hosting provider for WordPress, has named Jon Penland as chief executive officer to double down on the… Continue Reading →
The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. WordPress Performance Trac tickets @westonruter recapped the 6.9 performance roadmap and noted that 6.9-beta1 is scheduled for 21 October 2025, giving six weeks for performance enhancements. @westonruter also shared queries… Continue Reading →
Managing content and media across just one WordPress site can be time-consuming. Now, multiply that by five, ten, or even dozens of sites, and you’re looking at late nights, messy workflows, and a lot of unnecessary manual labor. Whether you’re… Continue Reading →
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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 →
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team has discovered a new malware campaign that highlights the hidden risks associated with “nulled plugins”, or premium plugins that have been tampered with by third parties. This campaign is particularly concerning because it doesn’t just… Continue Reading →
On Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:00 UTC, team meeting started in #accessibility facilitated by @krupajnanda. You can read the full transcript or see the meeting agenda. New Team Reps @krupajnanda and @thisisyeasin are selected as Accessibility Team Reps, and @muddassirnasim joined the team to contribute… Continue Reading →
The Themes Team holds meetings on the second and fourth Tuesdays every month. For this month, this is the second meeting and is set to take place on 26 August. Meeting Details: Date and Time: Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 15:00 UTC… Continue Reading →
Flexbox makes it easier than ever to create footers that look clean, adapt beautifully to different screen sizes, and are simple to customize in Divi 5. In this free pack, you’ll find 20 unique Flexbox footer designs, each built with… Continue Reading →
Web design has evolved from pixelated table layouts and Wacom tablet sketches to AI-generated, hyper-personalized experiences. As AI redefines creativity, designers aren’t being replaced—they’re becoming directors of a new, smarter web.
Last week, a new slack channel was started called #content-creators that all are welcome to join. The focus is on providing a dedicated channel for those in the WordPress content creation space with the following aims: Build community by providing… Continue Reading →
One of Divi 5‘s latest releases introduces the Group Carousel Module, a feature for creating custom, engaging sliders and carousels for your WordPress site. You can easily showcase your portfolio, products, an immersive hero, or a fullscreen slider, and take… Continue Reading →
The beauty of WordPress is that it is a content management system (CMS), not just a site builder. That means you can use its flexible content storage to set up a blog, create custom post types (like projects or real… Continue Reading →
The Blog Module is Divi’s built-in feed generator that works out of the box. It gives you a fast way to list posts with toggles for titles, images, excerpts, and metadata. Divi 5’s new Loop Builder takes a different approach…. Continue Reading →
An embedded email image is an image file included directly within the email’s content, allowing it to be displayed inline (i.e., in the body of an HTML email) without requiring the recipient to download it separately. This is achieved by… Continue Reading →
Plugin Upload Precheck helped me to rectify in plugin upload issue.
The WordPress media library serves us well for public content, but what about premium assets, private documents, or confidential client data? The default setup makes every uploaded file publicly accessible via a direct URL. This is a critical limitation for… Continue Reading →
A modern WordPress agency does a lot more than install plugins and tweak themes. These are lean, fast-moving teams that deliver high-performance websites, manage complex client needs, and ship scalable solutions, often under serious deadlines. What makes all that possible… Continue Reading →
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