Sarah Gooding

Sarah Gooding is the Editor of WP Tavern and works for Audrey Capital. When not writing about WordPress, she enjoys running, baking, reading, and knitting.

WordPress Community Support Shuts Down WordCamp Netherlands in Favor of City-Based WordCamps

The application for WordCamp Netherlands 2017 has been denied. The camp, which held its sixth […]

March 31, 2017

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WordPress App for Android Adds Better Support for Jetpack-Enabled Sites

Automattic’s mobile engineers released a major update to WordPress for Android this week. Last year […]

March 30, 2017

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New WPstats.me Site Displays WordPress.org Plugin Download Stats

WordPress.org relaunched the plugin directory this week with a new design and improvements to the […]

March 30, 2017

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Poopy.life Lets You Create Free, Unlimited WordPress Test Installs

Just when you think all the best domain names have been gobbled up by bots […]

March 29, 2017

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Poedit 2 Introduces Direct Connection to WordPress, Adds Support for Twig Templates

Poedit 2 was released today after two years in development. The app has a refreshed […]

March 28, 2017

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WordPress Relaunches Plugin Directory with New Design and Improved Search Algorithm

The new WordPress Plugin Directory went live today. Contributors have been working for the past […]

March 28, 2017

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UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd Links WordPress.com to the Spread of Terrorism

UK government officials are targeting online service providers after terrorist Khalid Masood killed four people […]

March 27, 2017

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WordCamp Miami 2017 Will Livestream All Sessions this Weekend

WordCamp Miami kicked off today with its ancillary workshops for beginners, freelancers, and BuddyPress enthusiasts. […]

March 24, 2017

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Medium Aims to Fix ‘Broken’ Media with New $5 Subscription Program

Nearly three months after laying off a third of its staff and publicly admitting that […]

March 24, 2017

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PHP 5.6 Is Now the Most Widely Used PHP Version

PHP 5.6 usage has steadily increased over the past year and has now overtaken versions […]

March 23, 2017

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Foxhound Is the First REST API Powered Theme on WordPress.org

Foxhound made its debut on WordPress.org yesterday. The React-based theme is the first in the […]

March 22, 2017

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WordPress Theme Review Team Making Progress on Clearing Out 1,000+ Review Backlog

The WordPress Theme Review team (TRT) has turned a corner and is approaching a major […]

March 21, 2017

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Yoast SEO 4.5 Urges Users to Upgrade to PHP 7

Yoast SEO 4.5 was released today with a handful of improvements and, most notably, a […]

March 21, 2017

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PressShack Forks Edit Flow to Create PublishPress, Aims to Improve Multi-User Editorial Workflow in WordPress

Last week Steve Burge and the team at PressShack released PublishPress, a fork of Automattic’s […]

March 20, 2017

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GitHub Adds Plain English Explanations to License Pages for Open Source Projects

GitHub took another step towards beefing up its support for open source projects this week […]

March 17, 2017

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