WordPress Opens 2023 Annual Survey
WordPress has launched its 2023 annual survey, which is open to the entire community, including users, site builders, plugin and theme authors, and contributors. The 2022 survey collected responses from roughly ...
#92 – Juliette Reinders Folmer on When Contributions Need to Be Paid
Transcript Juliette Reinders Folmer 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. ...
WordPress 6.4 Beta 1 Released
WordPress 6.4 Beta 1 was released today on schedule, led by an underrepresented gender release squad. It includes the last five releases of the Gutenberg plugin (16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 16.6) along with the upcoming ...
WordPress.org Expands Two-Factor Authentication Interface to Include Security Keys
WordPress.org began testing two-factor authentication (2FA) as an opt-in feature in May 2023. The interface and functionality are still in beta but it’s operational. This week contributors have expanded support for ...
Matthaus Klute Acquires Social Link Pages Plugin
WordPress developer Corey Maass has sold his Social Link Pages plugin to Matthaus Klute, an independent WordPress consultant and developer with Alpha Particle. It’s another story of small plugins changing hands, ...
Block Visibility 3.1.0 Adds WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads Controls
When WordPress contributor and developer Nick Diego released version 3.0 of his Block Visibility plugin earlier this year in March, he made all the Pro features available in the free version, with ...
WordPress Plugin Review Team Onboards New Members, Releases Plugin to Flag Common Errors
WordPress’ Plugin Review Team continues to dig out from under a massive backlog that has grown to 1,260 plugins awaiting review. Developers submitting new plugins can expect to wait at least ...
WordPress Accessibility Day 2023 Announces Diverse Speaker Lineup, Doubles Sponsors from Previous Year
WP Accessibility Day (WPAD), an independent 24-hour virtual conference, has published its schedule for the upcoming event on September 27, 2023. Co-lead organizer Amber Hinds reports that more than 1,248 people ...
Community Team Invites Organizers to Apply for Hosting Next Generation WordPress Events
Attendees of NextGen WordCamp Bengaluru – image credit: WordPress.org WordPress’ Community team is evolving the WordCamp format to promote adoption, training, and networking for professionals, leaving the flagship events to focus ...
WordPress.com Plugin Pages Add Download Link for Using Plugins on Self-Hosted Sites
WordPress.com plugin pages have been updated to include a download link for WordPress.org plugins listed in the .com directory. These are the listings that are scraped from WordPress.org. The plugins are ...