October 2020

WordPress’ Core systems team had an eventful Friday when an error in the auto-update system caused sites to update to … Continue reading WordPress Auto-Update System Misfires, Updating Live Sites to an Alpha Release →

Last Friday, Themes Team representative Carolina Nymark announced the Twenty Twenty-One Blocks theme project. It is a block-based version of … Continue reading Twenty Twenty-One Blocks Theme Launching as a Separate Project →

Last week, WP Busters released its first plugin titled Passwordless WP. It is a project from full-stack developer Ilya Zolotov … Continue reading Log Into WordPress By Touch or Face ID Via the Passwordless WP Plugin →

In what seems to be a never-ending onslaught of new features, Munir Kamal has released some major new features to … Continue reading EditorPlus Introduces Its First Blocks and Adds a Custom Block Creator →

Block patterns were one of the most exciting and transformative features introduced in WordPress. 5.5, giving users a giant head … Continue reading WordPress Contributors Discuss Launching an Official Block Pattern Directory →

It is no secret that I think the future of theming with WordPress is bright, that the Gutenberg project will … Continue reading Carrd-Like Theme Experiment Provides a Glimpse Into the Future of Theming →

If you have been testing the latest development version of WordPress in the past week or so, you may have … Continue reading Dragging and Dropping Meta Boxes Might Not Be So Simple in WordPress 5.6 →

WordPress 5.6 is set to include a new default theme, Twenty Twenty-One, designed to give users a blank canvas for … Continue reading WordPress Contributors Explore Adding Dark Mode Support to Upcoming Twenty Twenty-One Theme via a Plugin →

Last week, Yext launched its Yext Answers plugin to the WordPress community. The goal was to bring a platform that … Continue reading Yext Launches a WordPress Plugin To Connect To Its Answers Platform →

Gutenberg 9.2 was released this week and is the last release of the plugin to be rolled into WordPress 5.6. … Continue reading Gutenberg 9.2 Adds Video Tracks, Improvements to Columns and Cover Blocks →

ESLint, one of the most popular JavaScript linting utilities, quickly eclipsed more established early competitors, thanks to its open source … Continue reading ESLint Maintainers Share Challenges of Funding Open Source Utilities through Sponsorship →