Step-by-Step Guide to Start a Blog in 2023
I still remember coming across WordPress for the first time. I decided I was going to start a blog – I had barely read a blog before, let alone created one of ...
New Video Explores Site Building Progress from WordPress 5.9 to 6.2
WordPress 5.9 “Josephine” was released in January 2022, but that seems like ages ago when you compare the advances made in site building over the past year. Anne McCarthy, an Automattic-sponsored ...
Automattic Launches Blaze Ad Network for Jetpack and WordPress.com Sites
Automattic is bringing Tumblr’s Blaze ad tool to WordPress sites with its launch today on WordPress.com and Jetpack. Blaze made its debut in April 2022, to the delight of Tumblr users ...
#58 – Lax Mariappan on How Headless WordPress Works
Transcript Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox has a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the ...
ClassicPress Community Votes to Re-Fork WordPress
In December 2022, the ClassicPress community voted on whether to re-fork WordPress or continue on with the project as-is. As WordPress continues to evolve, ClassicPress fell behind in pursuit of PHP ...
WordPress Performance Team Working Towards Unbundling Performance Lab Plugin
WordPress’ Performance Team met this week with the express purpose of responding to Matt Mullenweg’s recent request to stop adding functionality to the Performance Lab plugin which could otherwise work as ...
Gutenberg Times to Host Webinar on How to Use New WordPress Layout Features
Gutenberg Times will be hosting a live Q&A webinar titled “Layout, Layout, Layout” on January 11, 2023, at 05:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) via Zoom. This event is open ...
WordCamp Europe 2023 Speaker Applications Open, Organizers Call for More Interactive Sessions
WordCamp Europe 2023 is being hosted in Athens this year with two conference days scheduled for June 9 and 10. The first day’s theme is “WordPress Now” (Everything that can be ...
BuddyPress 11.0.0 Adds Filter for Improved JS and CSS Asset Loading, WebP Support, and New Ways to Fetch Activities
BuddyPress 11.0.0 is now available thanks to the efforts of 34 contributors. The release is named “La Scala” in honor of a pizza restaurant located in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, a Paris suburb. Version ...
Awesome Motive Acquires Duplicator Plugin
Awesome Motive’s product suite of nearly 20 commercial plugins has expanded to include a backup plugin. The company announced its acquisition of Duplicator today, a 12-year-old freemium product with more than ...