The Block Editor Is Coming to WordPress’ Support Forums

8 Dec 22
The block editor was introduced to WordPress in 2018 and has matured into a more user-friendly tool for expression over the past four years. WordPress.org’s Meta Team is now experimenting with ...

#54 – Steve Burge on Where We’re at With Multi-Author Collaboration in WordPress

7 Dec 22
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 ...

Google Rolls Out December 2022 “Helpful Content” Update

7 Dec 22
Google is in the process of rolling out its December 2022 “helpful content” system update, which started on the 5th and is becoming more visible in search results. The company estimates ...

Jetpack 11.6 Adds Block Pattern Support to Forms

7 Dec 22
Jetpack has introduced a major update to its Form block in the latest version 11.6 release. Users can now interact with the various form templates as patterns. A new quick start ...

ChatGPT Creates a Working WordPress Plugin – On the First Try

6 Dec 22
ChatGPT passed 1 million users today and Twitter is brimming with a steady stream of creative questions and applications for the AI-powered chatbot. The language model, created by OpenAI, is powered ...

The WP Community Collective Launches Nonprofit to Fund Individual Contributors and Community-Based Initiatives

3 Dec 22
The WP Community Collective (WPCC) officially launched today as a new nonprofit organization dedicated to funding individual WordPress contributors and community-led initiatives. It was founded by Sé Reed, Katie Adams Farrell, ...

UK Publishers File £13.6 Billion Lawsuit Against Google Alleging Market Abuse

2 Dec 22
A group of 130,000 businesses publishing around 1,750,000 websites and applications in the UK have filed a lawsuit against Google and its parent company, Alphabet. The claim is being managed by ...

Take the 2022 WordPress Survey

2 Dec 22
The 2022 WordPress Survey is now open to anyone using WordPress – from beginners to professional developers and everyone in between. This annual survey helps project leaders and contributors learn more ...

Two New WordPress Plugins Improve Block Editor Accessibility and WCAG Compliance

2 Dec 22
WordPress Core Committer Jb Audras, CTO of the France-based Whodunit agency, has released two new accessibility plugins in cooperation with Guillaume Turpin, another developer on the Whodunit team. These are small ...

ElasticPress 4.4.0 Adds New Status Report Page and Instant Results Template Customization

1 Dec 22
10up has released version 4.4.0 of ElasticPress, its enhanced search plugin that speeds up searching while reducing the load on WordPress sites. The plugin is based on Elasticsearch and is used ...