December 2019
- 31: Reflecting on 2019: The Year in Review (3)
- 30: WordPress Theme Review Team Announces Alpha Color Picker for the Customizer (3)
- 27: What Should an Author Bio Block Look Like? (15)
- 23: Rank Math SEO Plugin Adds WordPress Block Editor Support (26)
- 20: Version 1 Prototype of the WordPress Admin Block Directory Announced (9)
- 19: WordPress 5.3.2 Addresses a Handful of Bugs (6)
- 18: One-Time vs. Recurring Payments for WordPress Products (23)
- 17: Bluehost Launches Premium WordPress Theme Marketplace to Customers (4)
- 16: Slim SEO Keeps Options Simple and Handles the Legwork of SEO (12)
- 13: Inserting Special Characters Into the Block Editor (7)
- 12: WordPress 5.3.1 Includes Security and Bug Fixes, Accessibility Enhancements, and Twenty Twenty Changes (14)
- 11: Gutenberg 7.1 Includes Welcome Modal, Improves Multi-Block Selection, and Adds Drag-and-Drop Featured Images (7)
- 10: Creator of EditorsKit Launches Community Block-Sharing Site (1)
- 09: Progress on WordPress’ 2019 Projects Sets 2020 Roadmap (16)
- 06: Zero BS CRM 3.0 Improves UI, Changes Database Structure, and Becomes More Extendable (20)
- 05: Gutenberg: One Year Later (98)
- 04: Initial Documentation for Block-Based WordPress Themes Proposed (24)
- 03: Black Friday Banner Gone Wrong: Advertising in Free Plugins (59)
- 02: Gutenberg 7.0 Launches Stable Navigation Block, Post Blocks, and Template Parts (21)
November 2019
- 27: WP&UP to Hold #DoSummitGood Online Event for Giving Tuesday (2)
- 26: WordPress Black Friday Sales Roundup (7)
- 25: WP Tavern’s New Design: No More Wood Grain (91)
- 21: Optimizing Code in a World That Doesn’t Want to Optimize (25)
- 20: WP Agency Summit Kicks Off December 6 (7)
- 19: 10up Releases GitHub Actions for Simplifying WordPress Plugin Deployment (9)
- 18: Gutenberg 6.9 Introduces Image Titles, Block Patterns, and New Theme Features (5)
- 15: 24 WordPress Snippets ’til Christmas, Submissions Open for 2019 (4)
- 14: bbPress 2.6 Released After 6 Years, Includes Per-Forum Moderation and Engagements API (9)
- 13: WordCamp US 2020 Date and Location Announced, New Weekday Schedule (5)
- 12: WordPress 5.3 “Kirk” Released, Brings New Default Theme, Editor Improvements, and UI Tweaks (32)
- 12: Recurring Payments Feature Launches for WordPress.com and Jetpack Users (6)
- 11: Beyond Prefixing: A WordPress Developer’s Guide to PHP Namespaces (10)
- 08: Themes of the Future: A Design Framework and a Master Theme (20)
- 07: Oklahoma Watch Becomes First U.S. Publication on Newspack; 34 Pilot Newsrooms Announced for Second Round
- 06: The Power of Stories: Chris Lema and the Bridge Framework (3)
- 04: State of the Word 2019 Recap: All Roads Lead to the Block Editor (27)
- 01: BoldGrid Joins Forces with W3 Edge, Acquires W3 Total Cache Plugin (6)
October 2019
- 30: Jason Schuller Launches DSKO, a Discovery Network for Creators and Brands (3)
- 29: WordPress Businesses Should Send Out Press Releases (5)
- 28: Not Attending WordCamp US 2019? How to Watch From Home (3)
- 25: Automatic Image Alt Tags and More with Image SEO (20)
- 24: GoDaddy Launches eCommerce Hosting Plan in Partnership with WooCommerce (6)
- 24: Possibilities of a CMS in the Spatial Computing Future (7)
- 23: Curated List of Featured Themes Coming to the Theme Directory (11)
- 22: Gutenberg 6.7 Introduces Storybook and Gradient Backgrounds (9)
- 21: Coming in WordPress 5.3: What is the PHP Spread Operator? (1)
- 18: Product Reviews in the WordPress Ecosystem: Honesty and Genuine Experiences (13)
- 17: Chilean News Publication El Soberano First to Launch on Newspack (8)
- 16: Mark Davies Joins Automattic as Chief Financial Officer
- 15: Kioken Blocks Partners with Gutenslider Plugin (16)
- 15: WordPress 5.2.4 Release Addresses Several Security Issues (2)
- 15: Meetup.com Introduces RSVP Fees for Members, WordPress Meetup Groups Unaffected by Pricing Changes (17)
- 14: AMP Project Joins OpenJS Foundation Incubation Program (7)
- 14: Inside Look at GoDaddy’s Onboarding Process for Managed WordPress Hosting (6)
- 11: Edit Flow Future in Flux: Here Are 5 Alternative Plugins (4)
- 11: Meta Box Settings Page Extension Adds Support for Customizer, Network-Wide Settings (2)
- 10: WordPress 5.3 Improves Large Image Handling (12)
- 10: MachoThemes, Modula Parent Company, Acquires Three Gallery Plugins (1)
- 09: ExpressionEngine Under New Ownership, Will Remain Open Source for Now (1)
- 09: Rosa 2 Restaurant Theme Provides a Frustrating and Satisfying Experience (14)
- 08: The Evolution of Anonymity in the Internet Age (19)
- 08: GNU Project Maintainers Move to Oust Richard Stallman from Leadership (11)
- 07: Google Chrome Announces Rollout Plan for Blocking Mixed Content Beginning January 2020 (8)
- 07: U.S. Supreme Court Denies Domino’s Appeal to Determine Whether Websites Must Be Accessible (9)
- 04: WooSesh 2019 Scheduled for October 9 and 10: Registration Now Open
- 04: WordPress.org Bumps PHP Maximum for Plugin Directory to Version 7.2 (7)
- 03: Matt Mullenweg and David Heinemeier Hansson Discuss WordPress Market Share, Monopolies, and Power in Open Source Communities (16)
- 03: WordPress Theme Review Team Brings Back Review Shindigs
- 02: First Look at PHP 7.4 for WordPress Developers (23)
- 02: BuddyPress 5.0 Introduces BP REST API, Paving the Way for Blocks
- 01: Brian Gardner Steps Down From StudioPress (8)
- 01: Gatsby Days London Features Multiple WordPress Presentations (2)
September 2019
- 30: Automattic Has Discontinued Active Development on Edit Flow Plugin (13)
- 30: Preparing Themes For WordPress 5.3 (6)
- 27: Secure the News Project Finds 93% of Major Publishers Offer HTTPS Encryption by Default
- 27: Rebirth of Creativity: Gutenberg and the Future of WordPress Themes (33)
- 27: Rich Reviews Plugin Discontinued after Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild (5)
- 26: Gatsby Raises $15M, Plans to Invest More Heavily in WordPress and CMS Integrations (6)
- 26: Long-Needed Date/Time Improvements Land in Core (6)
- 25: Hacktoberfest 2019 Registration is Now Open
- 25: Human Made Releases Publication Checklist Plugin Designed for the Block Editor (7)
- 25: Theme Review Team Restructures Into Project Representatives (2)
- 24: WordPress 5.3 to Introduce New Admin Email Verification Screen (22)
- 24: Twenty Twenty Bundled in Core, Beta Features Overview (5)
- 23: WordPress 5.3 Beta 1 Ready for Testing, Includes 12 Gutenberg Releases and New Twenty Twenty Default Theme (1)
- 23: Google Search Console Adds Breadcrumbs Report, Sends Out Warnings for Structured Data Errors (11)
- 23: WPHelpful: A User Feedback Plugin (1)
- 20: GitHub Adds Dependency Graphs, Security Alerts for PHP Repos (4)
- 19: WordPress Community Contributors to Host Free Online Diversity Workshop Ahead of WordCamp US (3)
- 19: Bayleaf: A Food and Recipe Blog Theme (7)
- 19: Automattic Raises $300M in Series D Investment Round, Valuation Jumps to $3 Billion (1)
- 18: Gutenberg 6.5 Adds Experimental Block Directory Search to Inserter and New Social Links Block
- 18: EditorsKit Adds Nofollow Options for Links, Fixes Bug with Gutenberg Metaboxes Overlapping in Chrome (6)
- 18: Behind New Packages Project Lead, Theme Review Team Launches Admin Notices Solution
- 17: GPL Author Richard Stallman Resigns from Free Software Foundation (3)
- 17: Yoast to Reward Contributors with the Yoast Care Fund (5)
- 16: New Attock WordPress Meetup Empowers Pakistani Women Freelancers and Business Owners (3)
- 16: Justin Tadlock Joins WP Tavern (52)
- 13: Adam Jacob Advocates for Building Healthy OSS Communities in “The War for the Soul of Open Source”
- 13: Local Lightning Now in Public Beta with Major Performance Improvements (11)
- 12: WPHindi Plugin Instantly Converts Text from English to Hindi in the Block Editor (2)
- 11: Richard Best Releases Free Audio and Ebook: “A Practical Guide to WordPress and the GPL” (1)
- 11: Google Announces New Ways to Identify Nofollow Links, Progress on Related Gutenberg Ticket Is Currently Stalled (4)
- 10: Kioken Blocks: The New Street Fighter-Inspired Block Collection that Is Taking Aim at Page Builders (5)
- 09: Creative Commons Releases New WordPress Plugin for Attributing Content with Gutenberg Blocks
- 09: Gutenberg Team Explores the Future of Full-Site Editing with New Prototype (17)
- 06: First Look at Twenty Twenty: New WordPress Default Theme based on Chaplin (11)
- 06: Google Releases Native Lazyload Plugin for WordPress (12)
- 05: WordSesh EMEA Schedule Published, Registration Opens September 9
- 05: Anders Norén to Design Twenty Twenty Default Theme, Shipping in WordPress 5.3 (5)
- 04: WordPress Governance Project Looks for New Leadership (6)
- 03: WordPress 5.3 to Use Robots Meta Tag to Better Discourage Search Engines from Listing Sites (5)
- 03: Toolbelt: A New Jetpack-Inspired Plugin with a Focus on Speed and Privacy (23)
August 2019
- 30: NetNewsWire 5.0 RSS Reader Rebuilt from Scratch, Now Free and Open Source (3)
- 30: StandardJS Ends Controversial Funding Experiment (1)
- 29: Gutenberg 6.4 Adds New Typewriter Experience, Cover Block Resizing, and Block Inserter Help Panel (1)
- 28: StandardJS Pauses Experiment with Ads in the Terminal after Linode Pulls Sponsorship
- 27: Top Fifty WP: New Website Ranks Plugins by Downloads per Day (18)
- 26: Micro.blog Adds Tumblr Cross-Posting
- 26: php Central Europe Conference Canceled Due to Lack of Speaker Diversity (22)
- 23: Chrome 76 Adds Native Lazy-Loading, WordPress Contributors Continue Discussion Regarding Core Support (2)
- 23: Popular WordPress Themes Remove Obtrusive Admin Notices to Conform to New Theme Directory Requirement (12)
- 22: WordPress 5.3 Development Kicks Off: UI Polishing, Editor Improvements, and New Twenty Twenty Default Theme (5)
- 21: WordPress Poised to Begin Implementing Proposal to Auto-Update Older Sites to 4.7 (36)
- 20: University of Helsinki Publishes Free Intro Course on Modern JavaScript-based Web Development
- 20: A Nofollow Option for Links Is Coming to Gutenberg (7)
- 20: Fabrica Dashboard Plugin Brings a CMS Overview to Multi-User Editorial Sites (2)
- 19: WordCamp London 2020 Organizing Team Eyes September Dates Due to Brexit Uncertainty (1)
- 16: Attend the Great WP Virtual Summit for Free: August 19-23 (1)
- 16: Automattic Acquires Zero BS CRM, Considers Rebranding it as Jetpack CRM (6)
- 15: Gutenberg 6.3 Improves Accessibility with New Navigation and Edit Modes (3)
- 14: WordPress Theme Review Team Scraps Trusted Authors Program Due to Gaming and Inconsistent Reviews (26)
- 14: Write for WP Tavern (1)
- 13: New mycamp.rocks Newsletter Launches with Tips for Conference Organizers, Speakers, and Attendees
- 12: Automattic Acquires Tumblr, Plans to Rebuild the Backend Powered by WordPress (10)
- 12: WooCommerce 3.7 Introduces New Blocks, Updates Minimum WordPress and PHP Requirements
- 09: BuddyPress 5.0 to Add Category for Storing BuddyPress Blocks (1)
- 09: Build Customizer Settings Faster by Using the Kirki Framework in Your Project (2)
- 09: Proposal to Auto-Update Old Versions of WordPress to 4.7 Sparks Heated Debate (23)
- 08: Jetpack 7.6 Improves AMP Compatibility, Adds Preview and Upgrade Nudge for Blocks Only Available on Paid Plans (27)
- 07: EditorsKit 1.9 Introduces Block Styles, Utility Classes, and Full Height Editor Screen
- 06: WordCamp Long Beach to Debut a “Future of WordPress” Track
- 06: O’Reilly Partners with Netlify to Publish Free E-Book: Modern Web Development on the JAMstack (2)
- 05: WordPress Explores Forming a Nomination-Based Advisory Board
- 03: Bootstrap Adopts New Long Term Support Plan, Moves Version 3 to End of Life (3)
- 02: Gatsby Theme Jam Contest Inspires Two WordPress Starter Themes (1)
- 01: Ninja Forms Parent Company Saturday Drive Acquires CalderaWP (1)
July 2019
- 31: WPWeekly Episode 362 – Fitness, Freelancing, and More With Michelle Schulp (1)
- 31: Gutenberg 6.2 Adds Nesting Capabilities to Cover, Media & Text Blocks (1)
- 31: Meta Box Plugin Introduces MB Blocks, a PHP-based Extension for Creating Custom Blocks (2)
- 30: WordPress Security Team Discusses Backporting Security Releases to Fewer Versions (7)
- 29: WordSesh EMEA Coming September 25: A New Virtual WordPress Event for Europe, Middle East, and Africa
- 29: WordPress Contributors Explore the Possibility of a Global Accessibility Event (3)
- 26: WordCamp US 2019 to Offer Free On-Site Childcare (1)
- 26: Sound Off! How Has ManagedWP Weathered the Acquisition? (5)
- 26: WordCamp Central America Organizers Prepare Proposal for 2020 Event in Managua, Nicaragua
- 25: WP Super Cache 1.6.9 Patches Security Issue (3)
- 25: Learn How to Build a Headless WordPress App with WPCasts’ Free Crash Course
- 25: WPWeekly Episode 361 – Introduction to the IndieWeb With David Shanske
- 24: WPCampus 2019 to Livestream Sessions Thursday, July 25 – Saturday, July 27 (1)
- 24: WPGraphQL for Advanced Custom Fields Now Available for Free (2)
- 23: WordCamp Asia Set for February 21-23, 2020, in Bangkok, Thailand (2)
- 23: New Experimental Plugin Brings the Block Editor to WordPress Comments (6)
- 18: All-in-One WP Migration 7.0 Patches XSS Vulnerability (5)
- 17: WPWeekly Episode 360 – CBD and E-Commerce With Javier Cano (3)
- 16: Newspack Opens Up Application Process for Phase Two
- 12: In Case You Missed It – Issue 28
- 12: Experimental Block Areas Plugin Allows for Editing Content Sitewide with Gutenberg (2)
- 11: JAMstack’s Growing Popularity Brings Increase in WordPress Plugins for Deploying to Netlify (25)
- 10: WordPress Theme Review Team Seeks to Curb Obtrusive Admin Notices with New Requirement to Follow Core Design Patterns (7)
- 10: 10up Releases New Plugin That Shows How to Extend Gutenberg’s Document Panel Using SlotFill and Filters
- 10: Gutenberg 6.1 Introduces Animation to Block Moving Actions, Adds Block-Based Widgets Screen Experiments (3)
- 09: WordPress Theme Review Team Initiates New Long Term Plan to Make All WordPress.org Themes Accessible (5)
- 09: The News Project Launches Its First Customer Site CALmatters (2)
- 08: Anders Norén Releases Free Chaplin Theme Designed for Block Editor, Theme Authors Discuss Better Ways to Promote Truly Free Themes (17)
- 03: WPWeekly Episode 359 – Diversity Speaker Training With Jill Binder (1)
- 03: Google Launches Effort to Make Robots Exclusion Protocol an Internet Standard, Open Sources Robots.txt Parser
- 03: Font Awesome is Branching out with Duotone Colors and Icon Smashups (6)
- 02: Walking 718km to WCEU, an Interview With Marcel Bootsman (1)
- 02: msgWP to Launch Plugin Enabling WordPress Microblogging with Telegram (1)
- 01: CMS Backend Opener: A Firefox Extension to Quickly Locate the Login Page to Popular CMS Backends (9)
- 01: Lessons from the GraphQL Documentary: Never Underestimate the Power of Open Source Communities
June 2019
- 28: Free Online JavaScript for WordPress Conference to Feature “Headless WordPress” Track, July 12
- 28: In Case You Missed It – Issue 27 (1)
- 28: BuddyPress 5.0 to Introduce BP REST API, First Beta Due Mid-August
- 27: WordPress for iOS 12.6.1 Revamps Stats, Acknowledges Third-Party Libraries (2)
- 27: EditorsKit 1.6 and 1.7 Add Tools for Writers, Drag and Drop Block Export/Import (1)
- 27: WPWeekly Episode 358 – Interview with Dan Maby, Founder of WP&UP (2)
- 26: The Theme Review Team Releases Two Feature Packages, an Autoloader and a Customize Section Button (6)
- 26: Gutenberg 6.0 Adds Layout Picker to Columns Block (5)
- 26: State of CSS 2019 Survey Results: Top Frameworks Rank Low in Satisfaction, JavaScript Proficiency is on the Rise
- 25: WP Engine Acquires Flywheel (9)
- 25: WordPress AMP Plugin Version 1.2 Introduces Gutenberg-powered AMP Stories Editor (4)
- 24: WordCamp Europe 2020 to be Held in Porto, June 4-6
- 21: Contribution Time, Sponsored, and Teams Fields Added to WordPress.org User Profiles (9)
- 21: Matt Mullenweg’s Summer Update at WordCamp Europe 2019: Gutenberg’s Progress and a Preview of Upcoming Features (3)
- 20: Free Event: Post Status to Live Stream Publish Online July 8-9
- 20: WPWeekly Episode 357 – CBD E-Commerce, XML Sitemaps, and A Preview of WCEU 2019 (1)
- 20: Jason Bahl Joins the Gatsby Team to Work on WPGraphQL Full-Time (5)
- 19: WooCommerce.com Clarifies Its Policy on Selling CBD Products (8)
- 19: Watch the Free WordCamp Europe 2019 Live Stream June 21-22
- 19: Google Announces Site Kit Plugin Now in Developer Beta (5)
- 18: Developers at Yoast and Google Collaborate on Proposal to Add XML Sitemaps to WordPress Core (3)
- 18: WordPress 5.2.2 Squashes 13 Bugs (2)
- 14: In Case You Missed It – Issue 26
- 13: Justin Tadlock Proposes Idea to Solve Common Theme Issues (6)
- 13: WordPress Spanish Translation Team Now has Meta Sites, Apps, and Top 200 Plugins 100% Translated (6)
- 13: WPWeekly Episode 356 – Gutenberg, Governance, and Contributing to WordPress with Jonny Harris
- 13: Pika Project Launches New JavaScript CDN to Serve Modern, ESM Packages
- 12: Gutenberg 5.9 Brings Major Improvements to Block Grouping, Introduces Snackbar Notices (12)
- 11: Drupal Gutenberg 1.0 Released, Now Ready for Production Sites (2)
- 11: WP Engine Launches DevKit Open Beta (1)
- 10: Former npm, Inc. CTO Announces Entropic, a Decentralized Package Registry
- 10: BuddyPress 5.0 to Update Password Control to Match WordPress (2)
- 07: In Case You Missed It – Issue 25
- 06: Experimenting With Reusable Blocks to Create Post Templates (9)
- 06: Branch Continuous Integration Service Selected for TinySeed Startup Accelerator
- 06: Automattic Adopts Alex Mills’ Plugins (11)
- 05: WPWeekly Episode 355 – Food Poisoning Is No Joke (3)
- 05: Google Adds New Desktop/Mobile Selector to the Rich Results Testing Tool
- 05: Joost de Valk Steps Down as WordPress Marketing Lead (30)
- 04: Take Back Your Web: Tantek Çelik’s Call to Action to Join the Independent Web (13)
- 04: Jetpack 7.4 Adds Business Hours Block and Ability to Share Content Through WhatsApp (3)
- 04: Gutenberg Team is Exploring Adding Motion to Block Moving Actions (7)
- 03: New WordProof Plugin Timestamps WordPress Content on the Blockchain (9)
May 2019
- 31: FreeCodeCamp Moves Off of Medium after being Pressured to Put Articles Behind Paywalls (10)
- 30: WPWeekly Episode 354 – Pantheon Acquires StagingPilot
- 30: Automattic is Testing an Experimental Full Site Editing Plugin (22)
- 29: Pantheon Acquires Visual Regression Testing Platform StagingPilot (1)
- 29: Gutenberg 5.8 Released with Prototype of New Block-based Widgets Screen (2)
- 29: Google’s Mobile-First Indexing is Now Default for New Domains (1)
- 28: Happy Sweet 16, WordPress (6)
- 24: In Case You Missed It – Issue 24
- 24: New GitHub Sponsors Tool Draws Concerns from Open Source Community (3)
- 23: Automattic Acquires Prospress, the company behind WooCommerce Subscriptions (4)
- 23: Take the 2019 WP&UP Mental Health and Well-Being Survey (4)
- 23: Google Updates Mobile Search Results to Include Website Branding
- 22: Elementor Launches Hello Theme on WordPress.org (13)
- 22: WPWeekly Episode 353 – Slack of Boundaries and A Walk to WCEU (2)
- 21: Loveland Public Library to Host Free Beginners WordPress Class Online May 22, 2019
- 21: New in EditorsKit 1.5: Justify Text Alignment, Autosave On/Off Toggle, and Highlighted Text (1)
- 20: CoBlocks 1.9.5 Merges Block Gallery Plugin into Collection, Adds New Form Block (1)
- 20: WordPress 5.2 Improves the Security of Automatic Updates (6)
- 18: Jetpack Opens Signup for Membership Block Beta (4)
- 17: Jetpack Retires Proofreading Module, Time to Find A New Grammar and Spellchecking Alternative (11)
- 17: VVV 3.0 Introduces New Ubuntu 18 Box, Support for VVV 2 is Discontinued (3)
- 16: Block building without JavaScript: Testing ACF, Block Lab, and Lazy Blocks (24)
- 16: HostCamp: An Unconference For Advancing the WordPress Infrastructure (1)
- 16: Matt Mullenweg Launches New Blog and Podcast on Distributed Work (6)
- 16: Gutenberg 5.7 Adds New Block Appender for Group and Columns Blocks (8)
- 15: Site Health Tool Manager Provides A Convenient Way to Disable Unnecessary Site Health Check Tests (3)
- 15: Pressing Topics – Episode 2
- 15: Reakit Version 1.0 Released: A New Toolkit for Building Accessible Web Apps with React (1)
- 14: WPWeekly Episode 352 – Capital P Dangit and My Future Plans (4)
- 14: Bear App Adds WordPress Publishing Integration for iOS (4)
- 14: The Most Common WordPress Theme Development Mistakes (and How to Fix Them) (3)
- 14: Pressing Topics – Episode 1 (6)
- 13: WordPress Translation Day 4 Successfully Hosts 77 Local Events in 35 Countries, Recruits 183 New Translators (1)
- 10: WPTracSearch: An Elasticsearch-Powered Search Interface for WordPress Trac Tickets (4)
- 10: Tips for Replying to A Call for Papers or A Call for Speakers
- 10: Storefront 2.5.0 Introduces a Custom, Block-Based Homepage
- 09: Advanced Custom Fields 5.8.0 Introduces ACF Blocks: A PHP Framework for Creating Gutenberg Blocks (12)
- 08: WPWeekly Episode 351 – Results of the Gutenberg Accessibility Audit
- 08: WordPress Professionals: Take the Future of WordPress Careers Survey
- 08: New Membership Block Coming to Jetpack, Site Health and Debug Info Added to Version 7.3 (7)
- 08: WordPress 5.2 “Jaco” Released, Includes Fatal PHP Error Protection and A Recovery Mode (4)
- 07: Registration for WordSesh 6 Is Now Open
- 07: Theme Review Team Leadership Implements Controversial Changes to Trusted Authors Program, Requiring Theme Reviews in Exchange for Making Themes Live (9)
- 06: Tabor Theme Now Available as a Free Gatsby Theme for WordPress (2)
- 06: WordPress Designers Explore Proposal to Simplify WP Admin Navigation (22)
- 03: Gutenberg Plugin for OctoberCMS Now in Beta (1)
- 03: Block Options Plugin Rebrands to EditorsKit, Expands Beyond Block Visibility Management (2)
- 03: WordCamp US 2019 Tickets Now on Sale
- 02: WPCampus’ Gutenberg Accessibility Audit Finds “Significant and Pervasive Accessibility Problems” (11)
April 2019
- 30: Creative Commons Launches New Search Engine with Access to 30 Million Images
- 30: BuddyPress 5.0 to Display Debug Info in the New Site Health Info Screen (2)
- 26: npm’s 2019 JavaScript Ecosystem Survey Shows 63% of Respondents are Using React (3)
- 26: WordPress 5.2 Pushed Back to May 7, RC 1 Now Available for Testing (8)
- 25: Apache NetBeans is Now a Top-Level Project of the Apache Software Foundation (2)
- 24: Clean Blocks: A Free Multipurpose WordPress Theme Compatible with Gutenberg (4)
- 24: Laraberg, a Gutenberg Implementation for Laravel, is Now in Beta (2)
- 23: Henry Zhu Launches New Maintainers Anonymous Podcast (2)
- 22: Celebrate Earth Day by Learning about Environmentally Friendly Web Development on WordPress.tv (7)
- 19: AMP Plugin for WordPress 1.1 Adds Experimental PWA Plugin Integration, Pre-release of AMP Stories Editor Available in 1.2-alpha (14)
- 18: WordPress 5.2 Will Add 13 New Icons to the Dashicon Library (4)
- 18: WooCommerce 3.6 Released with New Product Blocks and Major Performance Improvements (9)
- 17: Gutenberg 5.5 Adds New Group Block for Nesting Child Blocks (4)
- 16: PluginVulnerabilities.com is Protesting WordPress.org Support Forum Moderators by Publishing Zero-Day Vulnerabilities (64)
- 15: WordCamp for Publishers is Coming to Columbus, OH, August 7-9, Call for Speakers Now Open
- 15: WordCamp Europe Publishes 2019 Speaker Lineup, Contributor Day Registration is Now Open
- 12: New GPL-licensed Quirk App Open Sources Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (1)
- 11: WPGraphQL Project Gains Momentum with Growing Library of Extensions for Popular WordPress Projects (5)
- 11: WordSesh Returns May 22, 2019, Speaker Application Deadline is April 19
- 10: WooCommerce 3.6 RC2 Removes Marketplace Suggestions from Product Listing, Adds Setting to Turn them Off
- 10: GoDaddy Acquires ThemeBeans, CoBlocks, Block Gallery, and Block Unit Tests (10)
- 08: Pipdig Under Investigation, Company is Refusing Customers’ Refund Requests (8)
- 08: Gutenberg Team Publishes RFC Document on Widget-Block Interfaces (13)
- 05: Jetpack 7.2.1 Removes Promotions for Paid Upgrades from the Plugin Search Screen (25)
- 04: WooCommerce 3.6 to Add Marketplace Suggestions, Despite Overwhelmingly Negative Feedback from Developer Community (31)
- 04: WPWeekly Episode 350 – Don’t Touch My Plugin Search Results (2)
- 03: Jetpack Is Promoting Paid Upgrades on Plugin Search Screen, WordPress Plugin Team Says it “May be a Violation” of Directory Guidelines (21)
- 03: Pipdig Updates P3 Plugin after Reports Expose Vendor Backdoors, Built-in Kill Switch, and Malicious DDoS Code (11)
- 02: Jetpack 7.1 Adds Feature Suggestions to Plugin Search Results (76)
- 02: Automattic Launches Happy Tools Product Line for Distributed Teams (4)
March 2019
- 29: WordCamp Asia Proposed for 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand (6)
- 28: New Gutenberg Playground Offers a Standalone Version of the Editor for Testing Outside the WordPress Admin (4)
- 27: WordPress 5.2 Beta 1 Released: Help Test New Blocks, Block Manager, and Improved Fatal Error Protection (2)
- 27: rtCamp Releases GitHub Actions for Automated Code Review, Deploying WordPress, and Slack Notifications (1)
- 26: How Will Gutenberg Phase 4 Impact Multilingual Solutions for WordPress? (13)
- 25: Codecademy Launches New Free PHP Course (5)
- 25: Gutenberg Cloud Team Advocates for Making WordPress.org’s New Block Directory a CMS-Agnostic Library (3)
- 22: WPWeekly Episode 349 – Sandy Edwards and the Kids Event Working Group Initiative
- 21: WordPress Ends Support for PHP 5.2 – 5.5, Bumps Minimum Required PHP Version to 5.6 (6)
- 20: Gutenberg 5.3 Introduces Block Management, Adds Nesting to the Cover Block (11)
- 19: WordCamp Miami Draws 100+ for Kid’s Camp, Plans to Host Standalone Kid’s WordPress Conference in Summer 2019
- 18: New Tools for Theme Developers: Theme Sniffer Plugin and Automated Accessibility Testing (6)
- 18: A Quick Introduction to WordPress’ Date/Time Component (2)
- 15: GitHub Is Testing Commits on Behalf of Organizations (2)
- 15: Deploy WordPress Plugins from GitHub to the WordPress.org Plugin Repository (7)
- 14: WordCamp Miami to Livestream Workshops, Sessions, and a Worldwide WordPress Trivia Contest March 15-17
- 14: Automattic Takes on Facebook with “A Meditation on the Open Web” (3)
- 13: WordPress 5.1.1 Patches Critical Vulnerability (5)
- 13: Dark Mode WordPress Plugin Up for Adoption (20)
- 12: Google Announces Season of Docs Program to Match Technical Writers with Open Source Projects
- 12: WordCamp Nordic Hosts Successful Kids Workshop (1)
- 11: WordPress Explores Proposal for New Block Directory to Host Single Block Plugins (12)
- 07: WPWeekly Episode 348 – RIP Alex, Facebook Moderators, and Shorter Release Cycles
- 07: Watch WordCamp Nordic Sessions for Free via Livestream March 8 (2)
- 01: Global WordPress Translation Day Set for May 11, 2019 (2)
- 01: Freemius Patches Severe Vulnerability in Library Used by Popular WordPress Plugins (1)
February 2019
- 28: WordPress Designers Seek Feedback on Navigation Menu Block Prototype (4)
- 28: WPWeekly Episode 347 – Chair Buying, Pressing Issues, and Block Management (1)
- 28: WordPress Contributors Propose Shorter, Time-based Release Cycles (12)
- 27: Gatsby WordPress Themes Project Partners with Theme Shops to Port Popular Themes to Gatsby (14)
- 26: Block Editor Now in Beta for WordPress Mobile Apps (2)
- 26: Gumroad Plugin for WordPress Adds Gutenberg Block for Embedding Products
- 25: Block Management Features Proposed for WordPress 5.2 (21)
- 22: Ecwid E-Commerce Plugin Adds Gutenberg Support, Focuses on Small Businesses to Compete with WooCommerce
- 21: WordPress 5.1 Improves Editor Performance, Encourages Users to Update Outdated PHP Versions (16)
- 21: WPWeekly Episode 346 – Cancer Sucks (1)
- 21: Gutenberg 5.1 Released with All Core Widgets Now Ported to Blocks (6)
- 20: The State of CSS 2019 Survey is Now Open (1)
- 20: New Wapuu Dashboard Pet Plugin Displays WordPress Site Health (6)
- 20: Yoast CEO Responds to #YoastCon Twitter Controversy, Calls for Change in the SEO Industry (10)
- 19: Alex Mills Ends His Battle With Leukemia (9)
- 19: Bootstrap Patches XSS Vulnerability in Versions 4.3.1 and 3.4.1 (1)
- 18: Amazon Introduces Blog Blueprint to Deliver WordPress Posts as Audio on Alexa (8)
- 14: Matt Mullenweg Publishes TED Talk on the Future of Work, Prepares to Launch New Distributed.blog Website (4)
- 14: WPBrigade Patches Critical Vulnerability in Simple Social Buttons Plugin (3)
- 13: WPWeekly Episode 345 – The Relationship Between Corporate Cash and Open Source Software (1)
- 13: Ultimate Blocks Plugin Adds Schema-Enabled Review Block (1)
- 12: Speaker Applications Now Open for 2nd Annual JavaScript for WordPress Conference, July 11-13, 2019 (1)
- 12: WordCamp Nordic to Host Workshop for Kids on March 7
- 11: Gutenberg Blocks Design Library Offers Pre-Built Page Designs Using Existing Core Blocks (9)
- 08: Open Source Initiative Calls Organizations to Reaffirm Support for Its Definition of Open Source (6)
- 07: YoastCon Overshadowed by Twitter Storm: Joost de Valk, SEO Industry Leaders Called Out for Objectifying Women (37)
- 07: Gutenberg 5.0 Adds New RSS Block, Amazon Kindle Embed Block, and FocalPointPicker Component (12)
- 06: Transcript of WordPress Weekly Episode 344 (4)
- 04: Sending Positive Vibes to Alex Viper007Bond Mills (31)
January 2019
- 24: WPWeekly Episode 344 – Introduction to the WordPress Governance Project (6)
- 23: WordPress Names Josepha Haden New Executive Director, Joost de Valk Marketing and Communications Lead (17)
- 23: WooCommerce Launches New Mobile Apps for iOS and Android (15)
- 22: Gutenberg Phase 2 to Update Core Widgets to Blocks, Classic Widget in Development (10)
- 21: WPML Alleges Former Employee Breached Website and Took Customer Emails (16)
- 19: WPML Website Hacked, Customer Emails Compromised (23)
- 18: WPWeekly Episode 343 – Newspack, Expanding Leadership, and Cory Miller (2)
- 17: WordPress.com Secures $2.4 Million in Funding from Google and Partners to Build a Publishing Platform for News Organizations (20)
- 16: WooCommerce Blocks is Now a Feature Plugin, Version 1.3.0 Introduces 6 New Blocks (4)
- 15: CoBlocks Adds Row and Columns Page Building Blocks for Gutenberg (23)
- 15: WordPress Support Forums Add @mentions with Auto-complete (6)
- 14: WPCampus Selects Tenon LLC for Gutenberg Accessibility Audit, Completed Report Expected in February
- 11: WPWeekly Episode 342 – GitHub, Commercials, and Governance (2)
- 11: WordPress 5.1 to Introduce New White Screen Protection Feature, Beta 1 Now Available for Testing (7)
- 10: Jetpack 6.9 Introduces New Blocks for Subscriptions, Related Posts, and Tiled Galleries (6)
- 10: Google Launches Opensource.dev as an Introduction to Open Source (6)
- 09: Elementor Acquires Layers WP to Expand Compatible Theme Options for Users (3)
- 08: WordPress 5.1 to Replace “Blogging” References with “Publishing” (12)
- 08: GitHub Announces Free, Unlimited Private Repositories (5)
- 07: WordPress Governance Project Flagged as Unsanctioned, First Meeting Set for January 15 (21)
- 04: Beaver Builder Doubles Down on Serving Power Users in Response to Gutenberg (23)
- 03: WP Storybook: A Handy Reference for WordPress React UI Components (1)
- 03: WordPress.com Launches New “Do Anything” Marketing Campaign (10)