Easy Digital Downloads 3.1 Adds 10 New Core Blocks, Introduces Email Summaries
Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) put out a big release today, following several maintenance releases and the last major release in July. Version 3.1 introduces 10 new core blocks available to users ...
2022 Web Almanac Report Finds WordPress Adoption Is Growing, Adds New Page Builder Data
HTTP Archive has published its annual State of the Web report, the 2022 Web Almanac. The report contains data on page content, user experience, content publishing, and distribution with contextual insights ...
Registration Now Open for WP Accessibility Day, November 2-3, 2022
WP Accessibility Day 2022 is taking place next month on November 2-3. The one-day virtual event features 24 hours of talks on building accessible websites in WordPress. It is independently organized ...
WordPress.org Plugin Developers Demand Transparency Regarding the Removal of Active Install Growth Data
Frustrations are mounting, as WordPress.org plugin developers plead with WordPress leadership to restore access to the active install growth data for plugins after it was removed last weekend without any public ...
#45 – Alex Ball on Customizing Core Blocks for Clients
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 14.2 Improves Writing Flow, Adds Kerning Controls for Headings in Global Styles
Gutenberg 14.2 brings some important changes to the writing flow in the block editor that simplify the experience and remove unnecessary obtrusions. One small but significant change is that the sibling ...
WordPress.org Removes Active Install Growth Data for Plugins
Over the weekend, WordPress.org meta contributors removed the active install growth charts for plugins, a key metric that many developers and a handful of services rely on for tracking. “Insufficient data ...
WordPress Punts Locally Hosted Fonts for Legacy Default Themes to 6.2 Release
In June 2022, WordPress.org’s Themes Team began strongly urging theme authors to switch to locally hosted webfonts, following a German court case, which fined a website owner for violating the GDPR by ...
#44 – Joe Dolson on How To Fix the Six Most Common Accessibility Errors on Your Websites
On the podcast today we have Joe Dolson. Joe is a WordPress plugin developer, a core committer, and a web accessibility consultant. He’s part of the Make WordPress Accessible team, the ...
How to Check and Update Your PHP Version
Websites have always run on code, but it wasn’t always the case that they used multiple programming languages. Most modern sites use languages like JavaScript and CSS for scripts and design ...