Atarim to Host 4th Annual Virtual Web Agency Summit April 25-28

18 Apr 23
Atarim is hosting its 4th annual Web Agency Summit from April 25-28. The virtual event is geared towards web agencies and WordPress professionals, with topics focused on web trends, scaling an ...

WordPress Contributors Continue Exploring Migration of Public and Private Messages from Slack to Matrix

18 Apr 23
In early 2023, WordPress and Matrix contributors proposed a new Meta team subproject to explore replacing Slack communication with Matrix, an open source federated chat system. After the team’s most recent meeting, Automattic-sponsored contributor ...

WCEU 2023 Announces Free Childcare and Workshop for Kids

14 Apr 23
Preparations for WordCamp Europe (WCEU) 2023 in Athens are moving forward as the team will soon be contacting speakers selected for the event. Organizers have launched a Speaker Support Program aimed ...

BuddyPress to Host Virtual Contributor Day on April 20

14 Apr 23
Representatives of the BuddyPress core team will be hosting a contributor day alongside the French WordPress Community Contributor Day in Paris on April 20, 2023. This in-person event has filled up ...

WooCommerce 7.6 Introduces Single Product Details Block and “Add to Cart” Form Block

14 Apr 23
WooCommerce 7.6 was released today with two new blocks merged from the WooCommerce Blocks plugin. The Single Product Details block and the “Add to Cart” Form block are now available to ...

Yoast SEO 20.5 Drops Support for PHP 5.6, 7.0, and 7.1

13 Apr 23
Yoast SEO 20.5 was released this week with several security fixes and an improved Google SERP preview. The preview shows mobile and desktop snippets with Google’s current styling so users can ...

WordPress Gears Up for 2nd Women and Nonbinary Release Squad

12 Apr 23
WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy is coordinating a second women and nonbinary release squad for the 6.4 release, which is anticipated to land in November 2023. In 2020, WordPress 5.6 ...

#71 – Nathan Ingram on How To Manage Contracts With Your WordPress Clients

12 Apr 23
Transcription Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the ...

Limit Login Attempts Plugin Patches Severe Unauthenticated Stored XSS Vulnerability

12 Apr 23
Wordfence has published a security advisory about a severe unauthenticated stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the Limit Login Attempts plugin, which is active on more than 600,000 WordPress sites. The security ...

TeamWP Launches Team Experience Index To Measure Employee Engagement and Satisfaction in the WordPress Ecosystem

11 Apr 23
In February 2023, James Giroux founded TeamWP, a project that aims to advocate for open, people-first workplaces in the WordPress ecosystem. His first initiative was to launch the Team Experience Index, ...