Theme Author Survey Results: Uploading via ZIP Files Preferred, SVN Access Forthcoming

13 Sep 21
Earlier today, Dion Hulse announced the results of a six-week survey on the WordPress.org theme upload process. The goal was to figure out if uploading a ZIP file was a “pain ...

Pipe Wrench Publication Releases New Native Land Search Plugin for WordPress

11 Sep 21
Pipe Wrench, an online publication that dissects different topics through longform stories, reactions, interpretations, and asides, has released a free WordPress plugin called Native Land Search. The publication commissioned the plugin ...

Theme Authors Should Be Able To Opt Out of Any Design Feature

11 Sep 21
As I debugged issues with the new block gap feature added in Gutenberg 11.4 last week, I found the ticket introducing it. And, there was already a new ticket for one ...

Add a Little Pumpkin Spice to Your WordPress Admin This Autumn

10 Sep 21
Autumn is my favorite time of the year. On some weekends, I like to drive through my old hometown with the windows rolled down. I crawl through the school zone at ...

Automattic Acquires Social Image Generator Plugin, Plans to Integrate with Jetpack

9 Sep 21
Automattic has acquired the Social Image Generator plugin, a commercial product that automatically creates social share images for WordPress content from a set of fully customizable templates. The plugin launched in ...

FSE Program: Insights Into Switching Between Block Themes

9 Sep 21
Unlike routine testing rounds for the FSE Outreach Program, Anne McCarthy threw a bit of a twist on the Make WordPress Test blog earlier today. The announcement asks users to think ...

#7 – Ajit Bohra on Gutenberg, Full Site Editing and React

8 Sep 21
About this episode. On the podcast today we have Ajit Bohra. Ajit is a keen advocate of WordPress, having used it and committed to it, for many years. He’s a full ...

WordPress 5.9 Proposed Scope: Major Push Towards Full-Site Editing, Plus a New Default Theme

8 Sep 21
WordPress 5.9 is starting to take shape as Josepha Haden Chomphosy published a planning roundup at the end of last week with a tentative schedule and scope. This will be the ...

Termly Responds to Feedback, Updates Its Cookie Consent Banner Limits

7 Sep 21
In July, Termly announced its acquisition of the GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner plugin. The new direction was an overhaul of the WordPress extension, turning what was once a free offering into, ...

Worldwide WordPress Virtual 5K Set for October 1-30, 2021

4 Sep 21
Automattic is organizing its 2nd annual Worldwide WordPress 5K during the month of October this year. Registration for the race is free and participants will have the opportunity to donate to ...