Simple WooCommerce Tips to Increase Sales

25 Jul 21
Where do you stand currently in your WooCommerce store endeavor? Maybe you are planning to launch your WooCommerce store, or maybe you have been running it for a couple of years ...

Next Phase of the WordPress Theme Review Overhaul: Open Meeting and Call for Feedback

24 Jul 21
The WordPress.org Themes Team announced an open discussion and date for a Zoom meeting with theme authors. The team is proposing a new set of guidelines that reduces and simplifies what ...

WooCommerce 5.5.2 Fixes Performance Issues Found After Forced Security Update

24 Jul 21
WooCommerce has shipped version 5.5.2 as a follow-up to the forced security update that patched a SQL Injection vulnerability last week. The vulnerability impacted versions 3.3 to 5.5 of the WooCommerce plugin, as ...

Revisions Extended Plugin Lets Users Schedule Updates to Published Posts

23 Jul 21
WordPress has long had the ability to schedule content to be published in the future, but it can only make immediate changes to posts that are already published. If you want ...

Gutenberg 11.1 Adds Drag-and-Drop Support for List View and Upgrades Block Borders

23 Jul 21
The Gutenberg plugin continues to march forward. Yesterday’s release, coming merely a day after the launch of WordPress 5.8, brings several new features and nearly three dozen bug fixes. The big-ticket ...

Stockfish Contributors Sue ChessBase for GPL Violations

22 Jul 21
image credit: Sebastian Voortman A legal reckoning is brewing in the world of open source chess engines. Stockfish, a GPL-licensed chess engine widely recognized as one of the strongest in the ...

The WordPress.org Block Pattern Directory Is Now Live

21 Jul 21
Yesterday, the WordPress pattern directory went live to the world as the development team behind it put the finishing touches on the project. It will work similarly to the theme and ...

BuddyPress 9.0.0 Transforms Legacy Widgets Into Blocks

21 Jul 21
BuddyPress 9.0 was released one day before WordPress 5.8. As all major BuddyPress releases are named for pizza joints, this one has been dubbed “Mico” in honor of Pizzéria Chez Mico, ...

WordPress 5.8 “Tatum” Introduces Block Widgets, Duotone Media Filters, New Emoji Support, and More

20 Jul 21
WordPress 5.8 “Tatum,” named in honor of jazz pianist Art Tatum, landed earlier today. It is the second major release in 2021. It includes duotone media filters, block-based widgets, theme-related blocks, ...

Makers of TinyMCE Acquire Setka

20 Jul 21
Tiny, the makers of TinyMCE, have acquired Setka, a content design and editing platform, for an undisclosed amount. Founders Katya Bazilevskaya, Alexey Ametov, Vasily Esmanov, Roman Khudonogov, and the rest of ...