WordPress Pattern Directory Updated to Show Curated Patterns by Default
If you haven’t visited the WordPress Pattern Directory lately, it may look very different from when it launched two years ago. At first there was an emphasis on getting the community ...
WordPress.com Makes Monetization Features Available for Free
WordPress.com has been known to experiment with its pricing from time to time, and the platform announced another major change today. Users on the Free plan are now able to use ...
Gravatar Adds New Payment Features for Profiles
Up until yesterday, the Gravatar (Globally Recognized Avatar) blog lay dormant for nine years, the last post chronicling how the team set out to create a Gravatar app that somehow “morphed ...
#80 – Angela Jin on How and Why WordCamps Might Change in the Future
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 ...
Blocknotes App Runs WordPress Natively on iOS, Now in Public Beta
Blocknotes is a new experimental app that runs WordPress natively on the iPhone. It was created by WordPress core committer Ella van Durpe and is powered by WordPress Playground, a project ...
WordPress Contributors Discuss Renaming Command Center Tool
A lively discussion is happening on the Gutenberg repository about renaming the Command Center. This new feature, designed to be an extensible quick search and command execution tool, was introduced in ...
WordPress Confirms 8 Pilot Events to Launch the Next Generation of WordCamps in 2023
In May 2023, WordPress’ Community Team announced that it would be evolving the WordCamp format to promote adoption, training, and networking for professionals, leaving the flagship events to focus more on ...
Automattic Donates €20,000 to Fund Next Phase of Drupal Gutenberg Development
Drupal Gutenberg, the Gutenberg module for Drupal that was created by a Norway-based agency called Frontkom, has received a €20,000 donation from Automattic to fund the next phase of development. The module was one ...
Finding Freedom and Opportunity With WordPress: How Wolf Bishop Overcame Prison and Addiction to Launch a Career
In 2005, Timothy “Wolf” Bishop was serving time in an Iowa prison for charges related to a gambling addiction. “When I was 25, I made a bet that I could not ...
Gutenberg 16.0 Introduces Page Management in the Site Editor
Gutenberg 16.0 was released today with page management now available inside the Site Editor. This is the first step towards a more unified experience of editing both content and design. Users ...