WordPress Auto-Update System Misfires, Updating Live Sites to an Alpha Release
WordPress’ Core systems team had an eventful Friday when an error in the auto-update system [...]
WordPress Contributors Discuss Launching an Official Block Pattern Directory
Block patterns were one of the most exciting and transformative features introduced in WordPress. 5.5, [...]
WordPress Contributors Explore Adding Dark Mode Support to Upcoming Twenty Twenty-One Theme via a Plugin
WordPress 5.6 is set to include a new default theme, Twenty Twenty-One, designed to give [...]
WordPress Contributors Explore Adding Dark Mode Support to Upcoming Twenty Twenty-One Theme via a Plugin
WordPress 5.6 is set to include a new default theme, Twenty Twenty-One, designed to give [...]
Gutenberg 9.2 Adds Video Tracks, Improvements to Columns and Cover Blocks
Gutenberg 9.2 was released this week and is the last release of the plugin to [...]
ESLint Maintainers Share Challenges of Funding Open Source Utilities through Sponsorship
ESLint, one of the most popular JavaScript linting utilities, quickly eclipsed more established early competitors, [...]
Loginizer Plugin Gets Forced Security Update for Vulnerabilities Affecting 1 Million Users
WordPress.org has pushed out a forced security update for the Loginizer plugin, which is active [...]
WooCommerce Tests New Instagram Shopping Checkout Feature, Now in Closed Beta
Instagram’s checkout feature, which allows users to purchase products without leaving the app, has become [...]
Stripe Acquires Paystack for $200M+
The big news in the world of e-commerce today is Stripe’s acquisition of Paystack, a [...]
WooCommerce 4.6 Makes New Home Screen the Default for New and Existing Stores
WooCommerce 4.6 was released today. The minor release dropped during WooSesh, a global, virtual conference [...]
Google Podcasts Manager Adds More Data from Search: Impressions, Top-Discovered Episodes, and Search Terms
Google announced an expansion of listener engagement metrics today for those using its Podcast Manager. [...]
WordCamp Austin 2020 Finds Success with VR Experience for Sessions and Networking
WordCamp Austin 2020 attendees are raving about their experiences attending the virtual event last Friday. [...]
WordCamp Austin 2020 Finds Success with VR Experience for Sessions and Networking
WordCamp Austin 2020 attendees are raving about their experiences attending the virtual event last Friday. [...]
WordPress 5.6 to Introduce Application Passwords for REST API Authentication
In 2015, WordPress 4.4 introduced a REST API, but one thing that has severely limited [...]
Navigation Screen Sidelined for WordPress 5.6, Full-Site Editing Edges Closer to Public Beta
The new block-based navigation screen is once again delayed after it was originally slated for [...]
Cloudflare Launches Automatic Platform Optimization for WordPress
Just a day after launching its new privacy-first web analytics product last week, Cloudflare announced [...]
Jetpack 9.0 Introduces Loom Block, Twitter Threads Feature, and Facebook and Instagram oEmbeds
Jetpack’s highly anticipated 9.0 release has landed, introducing some of the new features the team [...]
Virtual Jamstack Conf to Feature Fireside Chat with Matt Mullenweg and Matt Biilmann, October 6
The greater Jamstack community is coming together on October 6-7, 2020, for a virtual conference. [...]
Cloudflare Launches New Web Analytics Product Focusing on Privacy
In pursuit of “democratizing web analytics,” Cloudflare announced it is launching privacy-first analytics as a [...]
Jetpack 9.0 to Introduce New Feature for Publishing WordPress Posts to Twitter as Threads
Jetpack 9.0, coming on October 6, will debut a new feature that allows users to [...]
