Month: May 2016

  • WordCamp Europe to Offer Free Live Streaming for All Sessions

    WordCamp Europe to Offer Free Live Streaming for All Sessions

    WordCamp Europe 2016 is sold out as of last week. With 2200 people expected to attend, it will be the largest WordPress event in history. Attendees representing 68 different countries will gather in Vienna for two days of sessions and networking on June 24-25th. Those unable to attend the event can now sign up for…

  • WordCamp Incubator Program to Launch in Indonesia, Zimbabwe, and Colombia

    WordCamp Incubator Program to Launch in Indonesia, Zimbabwe, and Colombia

    After receiving 182 applications from cities all over the world, the WordPress Community Team has selected three locations for the WordCamp Incubator program: Denpasar, Indonesia Harare, Zimbabwe Medellín, Colombia Representatives from the thirteen other short-listed locations are encouraged to organize a local WordPress meetup and will have the help of Community Team mentors as needed.…

  • Jetpack 4.0.3 Patches a Critical XSS Vulnerability

    Jetpack 4.0.3 Patches a Critical XSS Vulnerability

    Jetpack 4.0.3 is a security release that contains an important fix for a critical vulnerability that has been present in the plugin since version 2.0, released in 2012. According to Jetpack team member Sam Hotchkiss, a stored XSS vulnerability was found in the way that some Jetpack shortcodes are processed, which allows an attacker to…

  • In Case You Missed It – Issue 9

    In Case You Missed It – Issue 9

    There’s a lot of great WordPress content published in the community but not all of it is featured on the Tavern. This post is an assortment of items related to WordPress that caught my eye but didn’t make it into a full post. Chris Lema Launches Beyond Good Chris Lema has launched a new site…

  • WordPress Meta Team Publishes Prototypes of The Plugin Directory Redesign

    WordPress Meta Team Publishes Prototypes of The Plugin Directory Redesign

    In early 2015, the WordPress.org Meta team redesigned the WordPress plugin directory and added a number of new features. In an effort to iterate on the page’s layout, the Meta Team has published prototypes of a new design for the plugin directory’s home and search results pages. The prototypes are inspired by Get WordPress, a…

  • WPWeekly Episode 235 – Interview with James Giroux Envato’s WordPress Evangelist

    WPWeekly Episode 235 – Interview with James Giroux Envato’s WordPress Evangelist

    In this episode, Marcus Couch and I are joined by James Giroux, Envato’s WordPress evangelist. We discuss a number of topics including what he’s accomplished since taking over the position in January, the item support policy change, and author driven pricing. We also find out what his favorite part of the job is and what…

  • BuddyPress Launches Style Modules Trial Initiative

    BuddyPress Launches Style Modules Trial Initiative

    BuddyPress core developer Hugo Ashmore announced a new trial initiative this week that aims to create a library of CSS and JavaScript snippets to help users customize their communities. The Style Modules project will aggregate community-submitted code that enhances BuddyPress components in a plug-and-play manner. Developers who want to contribute to the project can submit…

  • The .blog Domain Extension Is Now Open to Registrars

    The .blog Domain Extension Is Now Open to Registrars

    Today marks a moment in internet history, as the very first .blog domain is now operational on WordPress.com. Knock Knock, WHOIS There, a subsidiary of Automattic, launched Nic.blog today to begin getting registrars to sign up to sell the new TLD. Automattic won the rights to oversee the sale and registration of the .blog domain…

  • After Eight Years, Thematic Theme’s Lead Developers Discontinue the Project

    After Eight Years, Thematic Theme’s Lead Developers Discontinue the Project

    Gene Robinson, lead developer of the Thematic WordPress theme, has announced that the project will no longer be developed. Thematic was last updated in 2013 and is actively installed on more than 4K sites. Users are advised to migrate to a different theme as updates will no longer be released. As WordPress core evolves, sites…

  • Take Granular Control of WordPress’ Update System with Easy Updates Manager

    Take Granular Control of WordPress’ Update System with Easy Updates Manager

    When WordPress 3.7 “Basie” was released in 2013, it brought automatic updates to the masses. By default, WordPress automatically updates to point releases. Using additional constants within wp-config.php, you can configure WordPress to automatically update themes, plugins, and major releases. If you want granular control over the WordPress update system without touching code, check out…

  • WordPress 4.6 Improves the Accessibility of the Tag and Category Management Pages

    WordPress 4.6 Improves the Accessibility of the Tag and Category Management Pages

    Among the improvements coming in WordPress 4.6 are accessibility enhancements to the Category and Tag management pages. The flow of each page has been changed so that the visual order of elements match the tab order. This allows those who navigate with keyboards to access the Add New Tag or Add New Category area first.…

  • New Plugin Uses BuddyPress Email API to Send bbPress Forum Emails

    New Plugin Uses BuddyPress Email API to Send bbPress Forum Emails

    BuddyPress 2.5, released in March, introduced customizable emails via a new BP Email API. This new feature allows community managers to easily edit BuddyPress-generated emails in the admin and make design changes in the customizer. It didn’t take long for developers to think of bringing this same customizability to bbPress emails. Brandon Allen has just…

  • BuddyPress 2.6 to Introduce New API for Navigation

    BuddyPress 2.6 to Introduce New API for Navigation

    In an exceptionally well-documented commit message, BuddyPress lead developer Boone Gorges introduced a new API to manage single item navigation, thanks to contributions from core developers Mathieu Viet and Raymond Hoh. Gorges summarized the changes to how BuddyPress will handle navigation in the upcoming 2.6 release: The new BP_Core_Nav overhauls the way that BuddyPress registers,…

  • Wes Bos Launches Free React.js + Redux Online Course

    Wes Bos Launches Free React.js + Redux Online Course

    Wes Bos, a developer and educator known for his high quality video tutorials, has just launched a free online course for building JavaScript apps with React.js and Redux. The 2.5 hour Learn Redux course includes 20 videos that guide developers through building an example ‘Reduxstagram’ app to present the core ideas behind Redux. To get…

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