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.

WooConf 2017 Livestream Tickets Now on Sale

The third edition of WooConf is being held in Seattle, Washington, October 19-20. This year […]

October 5, 2017

Sarah Gooding
Gutenberg 1.3 Adds New Feedback Option for Plugin Testers

Gutenberg 1.3 was released this week with many small tweaks and improvements to existing features. […]

October 5, 2017

Sarah Gooding
Jetpack 5.4 Introduces Beta Version of New Search Module Powered by Elasticsearch for Professional Plan Users

Jetpack 5.4 was released yesterday with many small enhancements to existing modules and an expansion […]

October 4, 2017

Sarah Gooding
Drupal Core Maintainers Propose Adopting React for Administrative UI’s

Both the Drupal and WordPress communities are now knee-deep in weighing JavaScript frameworks to modernize […]

October 3, 2017

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Regenerate Thumbnails Plugin Passes 5 Million Downloads, Rewrite in the Works

Regenerate Thumbnails, written by prolific plugin developer Alex Mills, has passed 5 million downloads. The […]

October 2, 2017

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New WP-CLI Project Aims to Extend Checksum Verification to Plugins and Themes

The WP-CLI team is initiating a new project that aims to bring checksum verification to […]

October 2, 2017

Sarah Gooding
Gutenberg 1.2 Adds Postmeta Support and Extended Settings Placeholder

WordPress contributors have not yet made a final decision on the JavaScript framework to adopt […]

September 30, 2017

Sarah Gooding
DigitalOcean Partners with GitHub to Support Open Source Projects during Hacktoberfest October 1–31

DigitalOcean is organizing its fourth annual Hacktoberfest in partnership with GitHub. The event was created […]

September 29, 2017

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A Very Brief Introduction to Version Control and Git

This post was contributed by guest author Peter Suhm. Peter is a web developer from […]

September 28, 2017

Sarah Gooding
WordCamp Incubator Program Gears Up for Round 2

Last year the WordPress Community Team launched an experimental WordCamp Incubator program to bring WordCamps […]

September 28, 2017

Sarah Gooding
WordPress.com Adds Google Photos Integration, Available Now for Jetpack-Enabled Sites

WordPress.com now supports seamless integration between Google Photos and the WordPress media library. Users can […]

September 27, 2017

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WordPress Core JavaScript Framework Selection Discussion Continues with Input from Open Source Community Leaders

WordPress’ #core-js Slack channel hosted a lively and productive meeting this morning led by Andrew […]

September 26, 2017

Sarah Gooding
SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam Plugin Permanently Removed from WordPress.org Due to Spam Code

The SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam plugin has been removed from the WordPress Directory due to its […]

September 25, 2017

Sarah Gooding
Facebook to Re-license React after Backlash from Open Source Community

Facebook has announced its intentions to re-license React, Jest, Flow, and Immutable.js under the MIT […]

September 25, 2017

Sarah Gooding
WordPress Explores a JavaScript Framework-Agnostic Approach to Building Gutenberg Blocks

The discussion regarding WordPress’ JavaScript framework selection continues in the #core-js Slack channel ahead of […]

September 22, 2017

Sarah Gooding