WordPress 6.4. RC2 Released and Ready for Testing
WordPress 6.4 RC2 was released this week with more than 25 issues resolved since RC1. These include a few cherry-picked commits from the Gutenberg repository, additional closed Trac tickets since RC ...
#96 – Jake Goldman on Agency Mergers and AI in WordPress
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 ...
Automattic Acquires Texts, An All-in-One Messaging App
Automattic has acquired Texts, an all-in-one messaging platform, for $50 million. Texts is a newer company founded in 2020 that creates a centralized inbox for all major messaging platforms, including iMessage, ...
The 2024 State of Open Source Survey Is Now Open
The Open Source Initiative (OSI), a non-profit organization that plays an important role in the open source ecosystem as stewards of the Open Source Definition (OSD), has opened its 2024 State of Open ...
LiteSpeed Cache 5.7 Patches XSS Vulnerability
The LiteSpeed Cache plugin, used on more than four million WordPress sites, has patched an XSS vulnerability in version 5.7. The plugin provides all-in-one site acceleration capabilities, server-level caching, and a ...
Ollie Dash Plugin Now Available for Ollie Block Theme
The Ollie block theme, created by Mike McAlister and Patrick Posner, now has a companion plugin available called Ollie Dash. The theme made headlines earlier this month after a contentious WordPress.org ...
Elementor Postpones DreamWeb Event
Elementor, the most popular website builder plugin for WordPress with more than 5 million active installations, has postponed its upcoming DreamWeb event. The Israel-based company was set to host its first ...
State of the Word 2023 Will Broadcast Live from Madrid on December 11
WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg will be delivering his annual State of the Word (SOTW) address from Madrid before a live audience on December 11, at 16:00 UTC. Last year’s event took ...
WordPress Relaunches Showcase Powered by Blocks
WordPress.org has launched the redesign of the Showcase, with new block-based components, through a collaboration between the Design, Marketing, and Meta teams that began last year. It’s part of a larger ...
Kinsta Launches Free Static Site Hosting for Up to 100 Websites, Including WordPress
Kinsta launched its static site hosting product today, making a strong entrance into the market with a free tier that is competitive with established solutions from Vercel, Netlify, and GitHub Pages. ...