Month: September 2017

  • New Core Gallery Widget Targeted for WordPress 4.9

    New Core Gallery Widget Targeted for WordPress 4.9

    The Core Media Widgets feature plugin introduced a gallery widget in the 0.2.0 release this week. WordPress 4.8 added the new audio, image, and video widgets from this feature plugin. The gallery widget is targeted for merge into the upcoming WordPress 4.9 release. In testing the new feature I found it to be a simple,…

  • WPWeekly Episode 288 – No React.js Framework for Gutenberg

    WPWeekly Episode 288 – No React.js Framework for Gutenberg

    While I was supposed to be on vacation last week, I instead had surgery for a broken ankle. Tune in to hear the hilarious explanation on how I broke it. The lesson I learned is to not chase animals out of the yard. John James Jacoby and I discuss the news of the week, including…

  • WordPress 4.8.2 Patches Eight Security Vulnerabilities

    WordPress 4.8.2 Patches Eight Security Vulnerabilities

    WordPress 4.8.2 is available for download and users are encouraged to update as soon as possible. This release patches eight security vulnerabilities and has six maintenance related fixes. Hardening was also added to WordPress core to prevent plugins and themes from accidentally causing a vulnerability through $wpdb->prepare() which can create unexpected and unsafe queries leading…

  • WooCommerce 3.2 to Introduce Pre-Update Extension Version Checks, Release Date Pushed Back to October 11

    WooCommerce 3.2 to Introduce Pre-Update Extension Version Checks, Release Date Pushed Back to October 11

    WooCommerce 3.2 RC1 is coming next week ahead of the plugin’s second major release this year. Version 3.1 introduced a new built-in product importer/exporter that supports CSV files and brought significant improvements to extension management. Version 3.2 is on track to make the process of updating stores a smoother experience with a long-awaited new feature…

  • DonateWC Aims to Provide Travel Sponsorships to Attend Large WordCamps

    DonateWC Aims to Provide Travel Sponsorships to Attend Large WordCamps

    DonateWC is a new initiative by Ines van Essen, Happiness Engineer at Automattic, that aims to provide an opportunity for less fortunate people to attend large WordCamps. Essen was inspired to create the non-profit organization after realizing how expensive it was to attend WordCamp US 2015. “As I did not work for a company that…

  • Why Vue.js Creator Evan You Thinks Vue Could Be a Good Fit for WordPress

    Why Vue.js Creator Evan You Thinks Vue Could Be a Good Fit for WordPress

    After last week’s news that WordPress is abandoning React due to its unfavorable patents clause, the discussion regarding the selection of a new framework is heating up again. As Vue is once again among the leading contenders, I reached out to Vue.js creator Evan You to get his perspective on the possibility of WordPress adopting…

  • Vue Project Launches Community Campaign on OpenCollective

    Vue Project Launches Community Campaign on OpenCollective

    With the recent news that WordPress is abandoning React due to its BSD + Patents license, core contributors are now revisiting the discussion of the merits of other frameworks. Gutenberg development is currently on hold until a new library is chosen to replace React, and selection is likely to be imminent to prevent further delay.…

  • First WordCamp Dublin Set for October 14-15

    First WordCamp Dublin Set for October 14-15

    Following up on the success of WordCamp Belfast last October, the WordPress community in Dublin will be hosting its first WordCamp October 14-15. Both camps began the early stages of planning last year and the two communities have shared some of the same organizers across their teams to help get these new camps off the…

  • GitHub Partners with Facebook to Release Atom-IDE

    GitHub Partners with Facebook to Release Atom-IDE

    GitHub announced the launch of Atom-IDE this week, a new set of packages that extend its open source JavaScript-powered code editor to include IDE-like functionality. This first release includes packages that support TypeScript, Flow, JavaScript, Java, C#, and PHP. “The start of this journey includes smarter context-aware auto-completion as well as a host of code…

  • Display Widgets Plugin Permanently Removed from WordPress.org Due to Malicious Code

    Display Widgets Plugin Permanently Removed from WordPress.org Due to Malicious Code

    Display Widgets, a plugin with more than 200,000 active installs, has been removed from WordPress.org due to its authors inserting malicious code. SEO consultant David Law was the first to bring this issue to the attention of the plugin team after discovering that Display Widgets was inserting content into sites from external servers and also…

  • WordPress.org Adds New Support Rep Role for Plugin Pages

    WordPress.org Adds New Support Rep Role for Plugin Pages

    WordPress.org introduced a new feature for plugin pages this week that highlights official support representatives. Plugin authors can now find the UI for adding support reps under the Advanced View on the plugin page. Unlike the contributors and developers role, individual support reps do not have commit access and do not appear on the plugin…

  • Equifax Launches WordPress-Powered Site for Consumers Affected by Security Breach

    Equifax Launches WordPress-Powered Site for Consumers Affected by Security Breach

    Equifax has launched a WordPress-powered website to connect with consumers affected by its recent security breach, which compromised 143 million customers’ personal data. The exposed data includes names, birth dates, social security numbers, addresses, credit card numbers, driver’s license numbers, and other sensitive financial information. The equifaxsecurity2017.com site was launched shortly after disclosure to give…

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