WordPress Global Community Sponsorship Program Will Not Include WordCamps for 2022
The proposal for the 2022 Global Community Sponsorship program will not include funding for WordCamps again this year, due to the unpredictability of hosting in-person events. The pandemic continues to make ...
Dynamic Social Images for Plugins, Themes, and Patterns? Yes, Please
Things move fast on social media. You get mere seconds to impress those who happen upon your posts promoting your latest project. You must also pack a lot of information into ...
55+ Big Name Brands That Use WordPress (2021 Edition)
People will say anything to keep their buzz going, and WordPress – just like any other human-made project – has received its fair share of bad-mouthing. People (who don’t know so ...
WordPress.org Profiles Now Show Activity for Contributions Made on GitHub
WordPress.org profiles got an update over the weekend that will make them a better reflection of contributors’ efforts on GitHub. Users can now authorize GitHub to detect their activity on the ...
Proposal for Themes To Highlight Block Patterns From the Directory
Should developers bundle block patterns with their themes or submit them to the WordPress.org directory? That is the question that some will likely need to answer in the future. Currently, submissions ...
Hacktoberfest Adds GitLab Support, Updates Participation Requirements to Combat Open Source Project Spam
The 8th annual Hacktoberfest is underway with a few important changes this year. Hacktoberfest, a virtual event sponsored by DigitalOcean and community partners, has traditionally encouraged open source contribution during the ...
WPCloudDeploy Brings Site and Server Management to the WordPress Admin
WPCloudDeploy recently launched version 4.10.5 of its rapidly-maturing WordPress plugin of the same name. The project is a WordPress-native replacement for SaaS services like Cloudways, Ploi, SpinupWP, and others. Customers still ...
How to Make Your WordPress Site CCPA Compliant
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is the US’ answer to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). With largely similar rules, the CCPA is the most robust data privacy legislation in ...
Manage Multiple WordPress Sites with WP Umbrella
Creating a WordPress website is exciting. Managing a site? Not so much. There are many mundane and repetitive tasks to handle almost all the time. Plus, WordPress site maintenance becomes tiresome ...
How to Effectively Manage a WordPress Forum
Implementing a forum into your WordPress website is an easy and effective tool for engaging site users. Even if you have a private Facebook group and a hyper-engaging twitter feed, discussion ...