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.

New Free Plugin Offers Beautiful Block Patterns for Food Bloggers

Last month WPZOOM released a free plugin called Block Patterns for Food Bloggers that I […]

July 8, 2022

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Gutenberg 13.6 Adds Pattern Modal Support for Custom Post Types, Expands Creation of Template Types

Gutenberg 13.6 was released this week with an expansion of full-site editing features and 26 […]

July 7, 2022

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Gutenberg Times to Showcase the Pew Research Center’s “Block First Approach” in a Live Q&A on July 22, 2022

The Gutenberg Times will be hosting representatives from the Pew Research Center in its Live […]

July 7, 2022

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Anders Norén Remakes Davis Theme as Davis Blocks with Full-Site Editing Support

WordPress theme author Anders Norén has remade his popular Davis theme to support full-site editing. […]

July 6, 2022

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Envato to Shut Down Envato Studio on Short Notice, Jilting Longtime Service Providers

Envato, the Australia-based digital assets company, announced it is shutting down Envato Studio, its community […]

July 5, 2022

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WordPress Performance Team Proposes Developing a New Plugin Checker Tool

WordPress’ Performance team is kickstarting a proposal for developing a plugin checker tool similar to the theme […]

July 5, 2022

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Software Freedom Conservancy Calls for GitHub Boycott

The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), a non-profit that provides infrastructure support for free and open source software […]

July 1, 2022

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WordPress Performance Team Revises Proposal for WebP by Default

One year ago, WordPress 5.8 introduced support for WebP, allowing users to upload and use […]

July 1, 2022

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WordPress Themes Team Releases New Plugin for Creating Block Themes

Two weeks ago, WordPress theme author Rich Tabor tweeted, “Even with my theme developer hat […]

June 30, 2022

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WordCamp US 2022 Tickets Now On Sale: Limited to 650 Attendees

WordCamp US will be hosting its first in-person event since 2019 in San Diego this […]

June 30, 2022

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WordPress Contributors Propose Improving Block Themes’ Visibility in the Directory

WordPress theme authors and contributors from the Themes team are exploring ways to make block […]

June 29, 2022

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Wei: A Free Minimalist WordPress Theme from Rich Tabor

Rich Tabor’s new Wei theme is one of the most well-designed contributions to hit WordPress.org’s […]

June 28, 2022

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ClassicPress On the Rocks: Directors Resign, New Leadership Installed

Recent turbulence in the ClassicPress community has resulted in the directors resigning and new leadership […]

June 27, 2022

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Help Test the Rollback Update Failure Feature Plugin Ahead of WordPress 6.1

The developers of the Rollback Update Failure feature plugin put out a call for testing […]

June 27, 2022

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GoDaddy Responds to Mullenweg’s Accusations: “We All Have the Same Goal”

In a recent Twitter storm, Matt Mullenweg characterized GoDaddy as “a parasitic company,” that is […]

June 24, 2022

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