January 2020

In collaboration with the core design and editor teams, the WordPress theme review team will begin hosting biweekly (fortnightly) meetings … Continue reading Join the Future of WordPress Themes Conversation: Theme Review Team to Hold Biweekly Discussions →

It seems to be the week for dropping news of WordPress feature plugins. Felix Arntz, WordPress core committer and developer … Continue reading Native Lazy Loading Support Coming to WordPress →

Thierry Muller, a Developer Relations Program Manager at Google, and several contributors posted an update on the XML sitemaps feature … Continue reading XML Sitemaps Feature Plugin Open for Testing and Feedback →

In December of 2019, Nick Hamze, the owner of Sorta Brilliant, quietly launched Block Garden with a proposal for plugin … Continue reading Emoji Conbini and the Case for a Block Enhancements Directory →

David Vongries, creator of the Page Builder Framework theme, launched the Swift Control plugin last week. The plugin is billed … Continue reading Swift Control Replaces WordPress Toolbar With Custom Access Panel →

On Tuesday, 10up released its Autoshare for Twitter plugin. The plugin is designed to automatically tweet blog posts as they … Continue reading 10up Releases Autoshare for Twitter WordPress Plugin →

The Gutenberg team announced version 7.3 of the plugin yesterday. This was the second release of the year, which included … Continue reading Gutenberg 7.3 Brings Navigation Block Colors, Block Collections API, and Dynamic Post Blocks →

GiveWP plugin users raised $106 million in donations in 2019. This is the first time donation amounts have crossed the … Continue reading GiveWP Plugin Users Raised Over $100 Million in Donations in 2019 →

GoDaddy launched its Go WordPress theme last week. It has been publicly available through its GitHub repository for several months, … Continue reading GoDaddy’s ‘Go’ WordPress Theme Offers a Page-Building Experience via the Block Editor →

The Fields API. Never heard of it? That’s OK. Outside of the inner development community, it is not widely known. … Continue reading Gutenberg Can Tackle the Problems the Fields API Tried to Solve →

Creative Themes dropped version 1.6.8 of its Blocksy WordPress theme yesterday. It was an update to a theme that is … Continue reading Blocksy WordPress Theme Provides a Solid Block-Editor Experience →

After a 10-year hiatus, WordCamp Houston will return in 2020. The event will run from May 9-10 at the Hilton … Continue reading WordCamp Houston Returning After 10 Years →