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.

WP Engine Makes Local Pro Free for All Users

WP Engine announced today that Local Pro, the commercial upgrade for its local WordPress development […]

June 30, 2021

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BuddyPress 9.0 Scheduled for Short Development Cycle to Ship Block-Based Widgets Ahead of WordPress 5.8

BuddyPress 8.0 was just released earlier this month on June 6, but the core development […]

June 28, 2021

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Major Revamp Coming to GitHub Issues

This week GitHub unveiled new features that will be included in a total revamp of […]

June 25, 2021

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Jetpack Launches New Mobile App

Automattic has launched a new mobile app for Jetpack, available on iOS and Android. The […]

June 24, 2021

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WooCommerce Selects Paystack as Preferred Payments Partner in Africa

WooCommerce has named Paystack its preferred payments partner for WooCommerce in Africa. More than 20,000 merchants […]

June 22, 2021

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Google Launches Search Console Insights, a User-Friendly Content Performance Overview

Google Analytics is powerful if you know exactly what kind of metrics you want to […]

June 21, 2021

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MapLibre Project Gains Momentum with MapLibre GL Native Release

The MapLibre project is picking up speed with the release of MapLibre GL Native, an […]

June 18, 2021

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Alex Denning and Iain Poulson Launch FlipWP, an Acquisitions Marketplace for WordPress Companies

Alex Denning and Iain Poulson launched FlipWP today, a private marketplace to facilitate acquisitions for […]

June 16, 2021

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Automattic Acquires Day One Journaling App

Automattic has acquired Day One, a journaling app available on iPhone, Android, iPad, Mac, and […]

June 16, 2021

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Wordfence Now Authorized as a CVE Numbering Authority

Wordfence has been authorized by the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE®) Program as a CNA […]

June 14, 2021

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WordPress 5.8 Beta 1 Released: New Blocks, New Widgets Screen, and Pattern Directory on Deck

WordPress 5.8 beta 1 is ready for testing. This upcoming release makes major strides towards […]

June 12, 2021

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WordCamp Europe 2021 Gutenberg Demo: “The Block Editor Gets Ready to Become a Site Builder”

Matt Mullenweg and Matías Ventura joined WordCamp Europe to chat about what’s happening with the […]

June 11, 2021

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WordPress 5.8 Introduces Support for WebP Images

WebP support is coming to WordPress 5.8. This modern image file format was created by […]

June 10, 2021

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Review Signal Publishes 2021 Hosting Performance Benchmarks on New WordPress-Powered Site

Kevin Ohashi has published his 2021 WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks report. The annual report is […]

June 8, 2021

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Jetpack 9.8 Introduces WordPress Stories Block Alongside Forced Security Update

Jetpack 9.8 was released this week, introducing WordPress Stories as the headline feature. The Story block, […]

June 4, 2021

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