Equalize Digital Raises Pre-Seed Funding for Expanding Accessibility Checker Plugin Development
Equalize Digital, a WordPress accessibility products and consulting company, has received an undisclosed amount of pre-seed funding from Emilia Capital, the investment company owned by Joost de Valk and Marieke van ...
Local 6.7.0 Adds Long-Requested Site Grouping Feature
WP Engine’s Local development app has released version 6.7.0 with Site Grouping, a highly requested feature that will greatly improve users’ workflows. It allows users to create custom groups in the ...
WooCommerce 7.5.0 Introduces 3 New Blocks, Expands Support for Global Styles
WooCommerce 7.5.0 was released this week with three new blocks for the Product Archive templates. These include a new Store Breadcrumb block, Product Results Count block, and a Catalog Sorting block, ...
#67 – Talisha Lewallen on How CertifyWP Is Hoping To Offer WordPress Certification
Transcript 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 ...
Gutenberg 15.3 Adds New “Time to Read” Block
Gutenberg 15.3 was released this week with a new “Time to Read” block that calculates the estimated reading time for the post or page using the same method that appears in ...
WordPress 6.2 RC 2 Drops Navigation Panel from Site Editor
WordPress 6.2 RC 2 was released today on schedule. The new Navigation section in the Site Editor was dropped from the upcoming release in a somewhat unusual turn of events this ...
Patchstack Tracks 328% More Security Bugs Reported in WordPress Plugins in 2022
Patchstack, a WordPress security maintenance and management tool, has published its “State of WordPress Security” whitepaper for 2022, tracking a few key metrics on publicly reported vulnerabilities. The findings highlight the ...
Automattic Acquires ActivityPub Plugin for WordPress
Automattic has acquired the ActivityPub plugin for WordPress from German developer Matthias Pfefferle, who will be joining the company to continue improving support for federated platforms. Pfefferle, who is also the ...
Toot the Word Survey Finds Mastodon Increasingly Important to WordPress’ Community of Tooters
More than 200 users on Mastodon who consider themselves part of the WordPress community, responded to the recent Toot the Word 2023 Survey, which was conducted by the admins of five ...
WordPress 6.2 RC 1 Released and Ready for Testing
WordPress 6.2 RC 1 was released today, marking the hard string freeze and readiness for translation ahead of the official release on March 28. There are three weeks remaining for testing. ...