• WebMan Design Launches Abs, Additional Styles for Native WordPress Blocks

    WebMan Design Launches Abs, Additional Styles for Native WordPress Blocks

    WebMan Design owner Oliver Juhas released the first version of the Abs – Additional block styles plugin on Monday. Unlike many block-related extensions, it does not offer any blocks of its own. Instead, it registers custom styles to enhance those packaged with core WordPress. In total, the plugin adds 18 styles. Some are specific to…

  • WP Migrate DB Rebrands to WP Migrate

    WP Migrate DB Rebrands to WP Migrate

    WP Migrate DB, a popular WordPress site migration plugin by Delicious Brains, has rebranded to WP Migrate with its latest version 2.3 release. The original name was always a bit of a mouthful but also became a less accurate representation of the plugin’s full capabilities as they grew over time. “This plugin has been capable…

  • Snow Monkey Editor Plugin Adds Custom Styles to WordPress Core Blocks

    Snow Monkey Editor Plugin Adds Custom Styles to WordPress Core Blocks

    In the early days after the block editor landed in WordPress, block collection plugins exploded on the scene and were quick to rack up hundreds of thousands of users. Plugins like CoBlocks, Kadence Blocks, and Ultimate Addons for Gutenberg offer dozens of blocks in one package, focusing mostly on blocks not offered in core. WordPress.org’s…

  • Performance Team Proposes Enabling WebP by Default in WordPress 6.0

    Performance Team Proposes Enabling WebP by Default in WordPress 6.0

    WordPress’ Performance Team has published a feature proposal that would enable WebP images by default, expanding core support for the modern image format. In July, 2021, WordPress 5.8 introduced WebP support, allowing users to upload and use WebP images in their content. If the proposal is approved, version 6.0 will generate WebP images by default…

  • Text Selection Across Multiple Blocks Is Coming to WordPress

    Text Selection Across Multiple Blocks Is Coming to WordPress

    Yesterday, Ella van Durpe merged a long-awaited feature into the Gutenberg plugin that allows users to select and modify text across multiple Rich Text blocks. It should land in version 13.0 of the plugin and WordPress 6.0 in May. Users can currently select text across multiple blocks, but the editor automatically adjusts that selection to…

  • WordCamp Asia 2023 Tentatively Set For February 17-19 in Bangkok, Thailand

    WordCamp Asia 2023 Tentatively Set For February 17-19 in Bangkok, Thailand

    WordCamp Asia is tentatively back on the schedule of in-person WordPress events with new dates: February 17-19, 2023, in Bangkok, Thailand. It will begin with a Contributor day, followed by two conference days. Asia’s inaugural flagship WordCamp was originally scheduled for March 2020 but was the first international WordPress event to be cancelled due to…

  • The WordPress.org Pattern Creator Now Open to the Public

    The WordPress.org Pattern Creator Now Open to the Public

    The WordPress pattern directory finally opened its gates to the entire community today. Anyone with a WordPress.org account can log in, go to the pattern creator, and start designing. For some of us, this has felt like an unbearably long wait. In reality, it took the development team less than a year since the directory…

  • WooCommerce Store API Now Stable, Provides Better Support for Custom Frontends

    WooCommerce Store API Now Stable, Provides Better Support for Custom Frontends

    WooCommerce announced today that its new Store API is now stable after two years in development. It powers the plugin’s new block-based cart and checkout experience as well as all products blocks. The Store API is a public, unauthenticated API, that provides REST API endpoints for cart, checkout, and product functionality. WooCommerce core developer Mike…

  • How To Build a Two-Column Single Post Header with the WordPress Site Editor

    How To Build a Two-Column Single Post Header with the WordPress Site Editor

    One of the features I liked about Automattic’s Archeo theme that I reviewed earlier this week was its split-screen single post header. I loved that an author was doing a little something different with the Featured Image block, giving users some variety. The design was simple. It is a two-column section with an image on…

  • Weglot Raises €45M From Partech Partners

    Weglot Raises €45M From Partech Partners

    Weglot, a popular WordPress multilingual plugin, has raised €45M from Partech Partners. This is the first time the Paris-based company has taken outside capital since it closed €450K in seed funding from SIDE Capital in 2017. Since that initial round Weglot has expanded its offerings to include more translations and integrations for other platforms. Weglot co-founder…

  • WordPress.org Removes Russian Pro-War Plugin From Directory

    WordPress.org Removes Russian Pro-War Plugin From Directory

    After considerable pushback from the Plugin Review team, WordPress.org has removed a plugin called Zamir, which was created by a Russian developer to display the Z symbol in support of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The plugin gained attention after Gravity Forms founder and CEO Carl Hancock noticed that it was listed under the “New”…

  • WP Engine, Pantheon, and Others Drop Support for Russian Business Customers

    WP Engine, Pantheon, and Others Drop Support for Russian Business Customers

    WordPress managed hosting company WP Engine has joined Acquia, Fastly, Gatsby, Netlify, and Pantheon to begin booting Russian companies off their platforms. In addition to the joint protest, each organization has also pledged support to the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), a non-profit that documents internet censorship around the world. “As part of that…

  • Block Accidental Edits of Shared Content With the Lock Reusable Blocks Plugin

    Block Accidental Edits of Shared Content With the Lock Reusable Blocks Plugin

    Over the weekend, web developer Marie Comet released the Lock Reusable Blocks plugin. Since then, she has published a couple of more updates that polish that initial release. The extension blocks users from directly editing reusable blocks from the post-editing screen. Reusable blocks allow users to group one or more blocks in the post editor,…