WordPress Versions 3.7-4.0 No Longer Get Security Updates
In September, WordPress’ Security Team announced it would be dropping support for versions 3.7 through 4.0 by December 1, 2022. Yesterday the final releases for these versions (3.7.41, 3.8.41, 3.9.40, and ...
#53 – Matt Medeiros on the State of the WordPress Landscape
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 14.6 Adds List View for Editing Navigation Block, Introduces New Automatic Color Palette Generator
Gutenberg 14.6 was released last week with a long list of small but impactful refinements to core blocks and the full-site editing experience. One of the most practical enhancements included in ...
Meetup.com Removes Accessibility Overlay In Response to WordPress Community’s Concerns
Meetup.com has removed its accessibility overlay, a recent addition to the company’s website that raised concerns with the WordPress community and the broader community of accessibility professionals. The overly was powered ...
Dig Into the Open Web
As the American Thanksgiving holiday is coming up, I am so grateful for all of our Tavern readers and the people who make WordPress – 800 in the most recent 6.1 ...
#52 – Hannah Smith on Why We Need To Be Making Websites More Sustainable
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 ...
BuddyPress 11.0.0 to Limit JavaScript and CSS Asset Loading to Community Pages Using a Filter
BuddyPress will soon be improving the way it loads its JavaScript and CSS assets so that they are only loaded on community pages. Previously, the plugin would load them indiscriminately on ...
New Tool Checks If Google Fonts Are Hosted Locally
Earlier this year, WordPress’ Themes Team began urging theme authors to switch to locally hosted fonts after a German court case decision, which fined a website owner for violating the GDPR by ...
WordPress Launches Developer Blog In Beta
WordPress.org will soon be launching a blog for developers. The blog went into beta at the end of last week and resides on a subdomain of the main site. It is ...
State of the Word 2022 Will Be Livestreamed from New York City on December 15
Matt Mullenweg’s annual State of the Word (SOTW) address will be delivered in New York City this year before a live audience, on December 15. The event format is similar to ...