Gutenberg 14.1 Improves Navigation Block, Adds Experimental Zoomed-Out View
Gutenberg 14.1 was released today with some much-needed improvements to the Navigation block, which still seems to be on rocky journey towards better usability. Contributors are moving functionality around the Navigation ...
Beaumont: A New WordPress Block Theme with a Focus on Longform Writing
WordPress users looking for a block theme for blogging will have no shortage of options while Anders Norén is on a run with back-to-back theme submissions. Beaumont, his second theme release ...
BuddyPress Plugin Usage Declining, Remaining Contributors Discuss Path Forward
In the most recent BuddyPress developers’ chat, contributors discussed progress on the upcoming 11.0.0 release, which is expected on December 14, 2022. Mathieu Viet, one of BuddyPress’ lead developers who spearheaded ...
WordPress 6.1 Product Walkthrough Video Now Available
Members of the WordPress 6.1 release squad recently gathered for a product walkthrough on Zoom, where Gutenberg lead architect Matías Ventura gave an informal tour of some of the new features ...
WooCommerce 6.9 Released, High-Performance Order Storage Targeted for 7.1
WooCommerce 6.9 was released today and was quickly followed up with 6.9.1 after a bug caused some stores to produce a warning or a fatal error, depending on the site’s PHP ...
#42 – Marcel Schmitz on Finding Work With Codeable and Working With WooCommerce
On the podcast today we have Marcel Schmitz. Marcel is a freelancer at Codeable for Pluginslab, a small agency based in Porto, Portugal, which by good coincidence is where WordCamp Europe ...
Gutenberg Contributors Call on Theme Authors to Test Using Block-Based Template Parts in Classic Themes
If you watched Matt Mullenweg’s Q&A session at WordCamp US last weekend, it’s evident that there are significant parts of the community still clinging to the Classic Editor who would be ...
National Harbor, Maryland to Host WordCamp US and Community Summit, August 23-25, 2023
WordCamp US 2022 has concluded after two days of presentations and a contributor day last weekend. Some attendees are still making their way home with hearts full of good memories until ...
Matt Mullenweg Renews Push for Canonical Plugins
During WordCamp US’ contributor day this weekend, Matt Mullenweg published a renewed call for WordPress’ Make teams to adopt a plugin-first approach when developing new features for core. He revived the ...
WordPress.com Defies Marked Increase in Russian Takedown Demands
Automattic published its bi-annual transparency report this week, which highlights the different information and takedown demands received across the company’s services. Historically, Automattic has used these reports as an opportunity to ...