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WordPress 5.1 Improves Editor Performance, Encourages Users to Update Outdated PHP Versions

WordPress 5.1 “Betty” was released today, honoring American jazz singer Betty Carter. This is the […]

February 21, 2019

Sarah Gooding
Gutenberg 5.1 Released with All Core Widgets Now Ported to Blocks

Gutenberg development continues ploughing ahead with new blocks and steady improvements to performance and accessibility. […]

February 21, 2019

Sarah Gooding
The State of CSS 2019 Survey is Now Open

The makers of the annual State of JavaScript survey have launched a new survey for […]

February 20, 2019

Sarah Gooding
New Wapuu Dashboard Pet Plugin Displays WordPress Site Health

Wapuu Dashboard Pet is a new plugin from Kayleigh Thorpe and the team at WordPress […]

February 20, 2019

Sarah Gooding
Yoast CEO Responds to #YoastCon Twitter Controversy, Calls for Change in the SEO Industry

Yoast CEO Marieke van de Rakt published a post yesterday, addressing the controversy that dominated […]

February 20, 2019

Sarah Gooding
Bootstrap Patches XSS Vulnerability in Versions 4.3.1 and 3.4.1

Bootstrap has released versions 4.3.1 and 3.4.1 to patch an XSS vulnerability (CVE-2019-8331) that was […]

February 19, 2019

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Amazon Introduces Blog Blueprint to Deliver WordPress Posts as Audio on Alexa

Last week Amazon launched Alexa Skill Blueprints that allow anyone to publish new skills to […]

February 18, 2019

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Matt Mullenweg Publishes TED Talk on the Future of Work, Prepares to Launch New Distributed.blog Website

Matt Mullenweg is teasing out a new website at distributed.blog with the tagline “The future […]

February 14, 2019

Sarah Gooding
WPBrigade Patches Critical Vulnerability in Simple Social Buttons Plugin

WPBrigade, the developers behind the Simple Social Buttons plugin, have patched a critical privilege escalation […]

February 14, 2019

Sarah Gooding
Ultimate Blocks Plugin Adds Schema-Enabled Review Block

Ultimate Blocks, one of the many Gutenberg block collections that have sprouted up, launched before […]

February 13, 2019

Sarah Gooding
Speaker Applications Now Open for 2nd Annual JavaScript for WordPress Conference, July 11-13, 2019

Last year Zac Gordon organized a free virtual JavaScript for WordPress conference and the event […]

February 12, 2019

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WordCamp Nordic to Host Workshop for Kids on March 7

WordCamp Nordic, a new regional WordCamp taking place in Helsinki, is just 23 days away. […]

February 12, 2019

Sarah Gooding
Gutenberg Blocks Design Library Offers Pre-Built Page Designs Using Existing Core Blocks

Gutenberg Blocks Design Library is a new plugin that provides pre-built page designs, including demo […]

February 11, 2019

Sarah Gooding
Open Source Initiative Calls Organizations to Reaffirm Support for Its Definition of Open Source

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) took a strong, unequivocal stance on its definition of open […]

February 8, 2019

Sarah Gooding
YoastCon Overshadowed by Twitter Storm: Joost de Valk, SEO Industry Leaders Called Out for Objectifying Women

The third edition of YoastCon kicked off today in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, but for those […]

February 7, 2019

Sarah Gooding