Automattic Is Removing WordPress.com Features from the Official WordPress Mobile Apps
The WordPress mobile team announced today that it will be pulling all the Jetpack and WordPress.com features from the official WordPress mobile apps. They will be moved into the Jetpack app ...
#36 – Sean Blakeley on Transitioning a Large Agency Over to Gutenberg
On the podcast today we have Sean Blakeley. Sean works for a large agency called American Eagle, a platform agnostic organisation working with enterprise clients on a wide variety of projects. ...
Akismet 5.0 Adds New Spam Detection Feature That Analyzes How Comments Are Posted
For years, the vast majority of Akismet releases have been centered around bug fixes and improving compatibility with various plugins. Version 5.0 was released today, following 4.2.5 earlier this month, with ...
Review Signal Publishes 2022 WordPress and WooCommerce Hosting Performance Benchmarks
Kevin Ohashi from Review Signal has published the 2022 WordPress and WooCommerce hosting performance benchmarks. These benchmarks are some of the most trusted review sources in the hosting industry due to ...
SiteCare Acquires Maintainn from WebDevStudios
More consolidation is happening in the WordPress maintenance services space, as SiteCare announced it has acquired Maintainn, a long-time competitor, from WebDevStudios. “As we’ve grown and our clientele has grown ...
WordPress Accessibility Day 2022 Opens Call for Speakers and Sponsors
WordPress Accessibility Day, a free, 24-hour virtual event, is set for November 2-3, 2022. The event was first founded in 2020 and will continue this year led by Joe Dolson and ...
Gutenberg 13.7 Expands Custom Template Capabilities, Adds Estimated Reading Time to Info Panel
Gutenberg 13.7 was released this week with major updates to full-site editing (FSE) capabilities that expand custom template creation. Users can now create templates for custom taxonomies, specific terms, and single ...
WordPress.com Ends Recent Pricing Experiment, Reverts to Previous Model
WordPress.com has ended the pricing experiment it began at the beginning of April. The company announced today that it is rolling back its pricing structure to the previous model, which offered ...
WordPress Themes Directory Launches Pattern Previews in Beta
Meta contributors have turned on a new feature in WordPress.org theme listings that allows visitors to preview themes’ bundled patterns. A grid displaying the patterns is now shown underneath a theme’s ...
Bright Mode: A New Block Theme with Vibrant Colors, Patterns, and Custom Block Styles
Brian Gardner, founder of StudioPress and co-creator of the Genesis Framework, has a new block theme in the directory called Bright Mode. The theme features a vibrant color palette with tasteful ...