#35 – Akshat Choudhary on the State of WordPress Security
On the podcast today we have Akshat Choudhary. Akshat is the Founder and CEO of BlogVault, MalCare, WP Remote and Airlift. These WordPress plugins allow their customers to build, manage and ...
WordPress Design Contributors Propose Shipping a Curated Set of Style Variations Instead of a New Default Theme
WordPress design contributors are cooking up a new idea for this year’s default theme release that would put the spotlight on style variations instead of the theme itself. The idea is ...
Poe: A Bold New Portfolio Theme with 30+ Block Patterns and 10 Style Variations
The WordPress Themes Directory is sitting at 99 block themes today and will soon cross a major milestone. This momentum has been driven in part by independent designers like Brian Gardner, ...
WordPress Performance Team Is Working on a Module for SVG Uploads
If you have ever tried to upload an SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) file for a logo or favicon in WordPress, you may have been astonished to find that it doesn’t work. ...
WordCamp Asia 2023 Opens Call for Speakers
After years of planning and one canceled event, WordCamp Asia 2023 is just seven months away. The event is gaining momentum as organizers were selected earlier this year and the call ...
WordPress Themes Directory Adds Block Themes to Filter Menu
This week has been heavy with theme news, as the discussion around improving block themes’ visibility in the directory became heated before the Themes Team landed on a course of action. ...
WordPress Seeks User Input on Homepage and Download Page Redesign Project
WordPress.org hasn’t seen a redesign since 2016, when it went from sketches to prototype to live in a matter of a couple weeks. In six years, the software has undergone a ...
WordPress Performance Team Proposes Adding Persistent Object Cache and Full Page Cache to Site Health Checks
In the near future, WordPress may be able to provide better caching recommendations for site owners. Performance team contributors are proposing two new Site Health checks for Persistent Object Cache and ...
Axton: A Free Block-based Portfolio Theme with Full-Site Editing Support
Axton is a beautiful new addition to the WordPress Themes Directory from the team at Catch Themes. Those who have been waiting for more full-site editing-enabled themes that go beyond a ...
#34 – Felix Arntz on WordPress and Performance
On the podcast today we have Felix Arntz. Felix is a Developer Relations Engineer at Google and a WordPress core committer. He is the lead engineer for the Site Kit plugin ...