WordCamp US 2021 Kicks Off Online in 48 Hours
WordCamp US, WordPress’ largest flagship event in the Western Hemisphere, is set to kick off on Friday, October 1, at 11:45 AM EDT. The single-day event will include sessions, workshops, networking ...
A Web Font API Possibly Coming to WordPress
Ari Stathopoulos announced a proposal for implementing a web fonts API in core WordPress. The goal is to standardize how theme authors register and enqueue font styles. It may also serve ...
WooCommerce Marks 10 Year Anniversary of Forking Jigoshop
WooCommerce is celebrating 10 years since WooThemes launched the first iteration of the WooCommerce plugin. Paul Maiorana, WooCommerce’s current CEO, covered a few high highlights of the plugin’s rising popularity over ...
Add Custom SVGs via the Icon Block WordPress Plugin
Nick Diego released the Icon Block plugin last week. Unlike similar blocks that are available, it does not rely on a third-party library. Instead, it caters to the developer and DIY ...
Adding Blocks With Animated Backgrounds Using WebArea’s Latest Plugin
As always, I like to highlight some things on the lighter side of the WordPress world. We have had enough business acquisitions in the past week — the whole year, really ...
WooCommerce 5.7.0 Patches Security Issue that Could Potentially Leak Analytics Reports
WooCommerce shipped version 5.7.0 through a forced update for some users earlier this week. The minor release was not billed as a security update but the following day WooCommerce published a ...
Keanan Koppenhaver Acquires WP Pusher and Branch
WordPress developer Keanan Koppenhaver announced today that he has acquired WP Pusher and Branch from Peter Suhm. WP Pusher, a product we have covered for the past six years, allows users ...
Should Users Be Able To Select More Than One Block Style?
When I first tried the block styles feature in WordPress, I was impressed. As a theme creator, it was a simple way of allowing users to select a design-related class without ...
Awesome Motive Acquires Sandhills Development
Awesome Motive, the company behind OptinMonster, WPForms, MonsterInsights, and other popular WordPress plugins, has acquired Sandhills Development. The deal includes all of the company’s WordPress products and services: Easy Digital Downloads, AffiliateWP, WP ...
GoDaddy Pro To Host Second EXPAND 2021 Event on September 24 in India
GoDaddy Pro will kick off EXPAND 2021 – India on September 24, the second event of its kind this year. It is a one-day virtual conference that will feature sessions from ...