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.

More than 200 Local Newspaper Publishers Are Suing Google and Facebook for Damages

A group of 30 companies that own more than 200 local newspapers have formed a […]

December 10, 2021

Sarah Gooding
Surge: A New Page Caching Plugin for WordPress with No Configuration Required

WordPress Core Contributor Konstantin Kovshenin has released a new page caching plugin called Surge. Searching […]

December 8, 2021

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Vizio Responds to Software Freedom Conservancy’s GPL Compliance Lawsuit: Will Not Release Source Code, Files to Move Case to US Federal Court

In October 2021, the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) initiated a lawsuit against Vizio, an American […]

December 7, 2021

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Gravatar Says It Was Not Hacked After “Have I Been Pwned” Service Notifies Users of a Breach

Gravatar is fielding questions today after “Have I Been Pwned,” a data breech checker service, […]

December 6, 2021

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Open Source Initiative Launches New Free Membership Level, Opens 2022 OSS Usage Survey

Open Source Initiative, the organization that stewards the Open Source Definition, has launched a new […]

December 3, 2021

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PHP Foundation Gains Momentum with $280K Estimated Annual Budget on Open Collective

At the end of November, prominent members of the PHP community formed a new PHP […]

December 3, 2021

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WordPress 5.9 Beta 1 Released with Detailed Testing Guide

WordPress 5.9 beta 1 is now available for testing. With just eight weeks remaining until […]

December 1, 2021

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ACF Solicits Lifetime License Holders for Contributions, Urging Them to Purchase Annual Subscriptions

The Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) marketing team at Delicious Brains kicked up a sandstorm over […]

November 30, 2021

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WordPress 5.9 Revised Release Date Confirmed for January 25, 2022

Last week WordPress 5.9’s release leads found a consensus for delaying the release after missing […]

November 23, 2021

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GoDaddy Data Breach Exposes 1.2 Million Active and Inactive Managed WordPress Hosting Accounts

In a disclosure to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that was published today, […]

November 22, 2021

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WordPress 5.9 Delayed Until January 2022

WordPress 5.9 has been delayed due to significant blockers that could not be resolved in […]

November 19, 2021

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BuddyPress 10.0.0 Beta 1 Delayed, Stable Release Rescheduled for December 24

The upcoming BuddyPress 10.0.0 beta 1 release was scheduled for November 20, but contributors have […]

November 19, 2021

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New Core Web Vitals Technology Report Shows Overall Pass Rate for WordPress Sites Decreases with Newer Versions

Some new data from a recent Core Web Vitals (CWV) technology report produced by the […]

November 17, 2021

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State of the Word 2021 Will Be Broadcast Live from New York City on December 14

WordPress executive director Josepha Haden Chomphosy announced today that the 2021 State of the Word […]

November 15, 2021

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GoDaddy Acquires Pagely to Deploy New WooCommerce SaaS Product

GoDaddy has acquired managed WordPress hosting company Pagely to expand the company’s expertise in hosting […]

November 12, 2021

Sarah Gooding