Get Your Free Tickets to WordCamp US Online 2021

21 Aug 21
WordCamp US 2021 will be held online this year on October 1. The free, one-day event will be packed with speaker sessions, workshops, and networking opportunities for attendees. Organizers opened the ...

WordPress Contributors Actually Do Listen to Feedback and Engage With the Community

21 Aug 21
I am a writer. That gives me a license — not to be overused — to steer into hyperbole once in a while. I get to be critical, sometimes overly, because ...

Jeremy Keith Resigns from AMP Advisory Committee: “It Has Become Clear to Me that AMP Remains a Google Product”

20 Aug 21
Jeremy Keith, a web developer and contributor to the web standards movement, has resigned from the AMP Advisory Committee. Keith was selected for the committee last year, despite his well-documented criticisms ...

Second Annual WPMRR Virtual Summit To Kick Off September 21

20 Aug 21
WPMRR is gearing up for its second annual WPMRR Virtual Summit after the success of last year’s event. This year’s online-only conference will run from September 21 – 23. WPMRR and ...

Gutenberg 11.3 Introduces Dimensions Panel, Adds Button Padding Support, and Speeds Up the Inserter

19 Aug 21
Earlier today, Gutenberg 11.3 landed in the WordPress plugin directory. The latest update introduces a new dimensions panel for toggling spacing-related block options. The Button block now supports the padding control, ...

WordPress.org Experiments with Rejecting Plugin Submissions with the “WP” Prefix to Mitigate Potential Trademark Abuse

18 Aug 21
Many in the WordPress developer community were surprised to learn that WordPress.org is rejecting plugins with the “WP” prefix in the name after Joe Youngblood tweeted the rejection note he received. ...

A Discussion With Gutenberg Project Lead Matías Ventura on the Barrier to Entry

17 Aug 21
Last week, I published an opinion piece on the barrier to entry in the modern WordPress era. The article followed a tweet and post by Chris Wiegman that stated the current ...

New Boilerplate Speeds Up Building “Nearly Headless” WordPress Themes

17 Aug 21
Alex Standiford, a WordPress developer at AffiliateWP, has released a boilerplate for what he is calling a “nearly headless” WordPress theme. It uses Underpin ,Nicholas, and AlpineJS to provide an app-like experience for a ...

A Second Look at ElmaStudio’s Aino Theme and Companion Block Plugin

16 Aug 21
I am about a month away from my second anniversary writing for WP Tavern. There has been one project that I have followed since the beginning of this journey. In some ...

Sucuri vs Wordfence – Which WordPress Plugin for Security?

14 Aug 21
Are you looking out to explore some best WordPress security plugins? Well to have all your queries sorted we have brought you an article that will highlight the key elements of ...