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Over the past two weeks, Matt Mullenweg and Jamstack community leaders have forged a new rivalry, after Mullenweg told The … Continue reading Matt Mullenweg and Jamstack Community Square Off, Making Long-Term Bets on the Predominant Architecture for the Web →

Two weeks ago, Matt Mullenweg made some pointed remarks in an article from The New Stack, calling Jamstack “a regression … Continue reading Matt Mullenweg Clarifies Jamstack Remarks →

On September 14, GoDaddy announced it had acquired SkyVerge, a major WooCommerce-focused development company, for an undisclosed amount. At the … Continue reading GoDaddy Acquires SkyVerge, Creator of Over 60 WooCommerce Add-Ons →

If you haven’t played around with Gutenberg’s experiments lately, the Navigation block is getting some exciting updates. Version 9.0 was … Continue reading Gutenberg 9.0 Brings Major Improvements to Navigation Screen and Query Block →

In an extraordinarily inconvenient API change, Facebook and Instagram will be dropping unauthenticated oEmbed support on October 24, breaking content across millions … Continue reading Upcoming API Change Will Break Facebook and Instagram oEmbed Links Across the Web Beginning October 24 →

Podcasting, like many other industries during the pandemic, is seeing a strong shift over the past six months, which has … Continue reading Podcasting During the Pandemic: Castos Sees 300% Growth in New Podcasters →

Overnight, the Meta Team for WordPress.org flipped the switch for a new plugin author feature in the official directory. It … Continue reading Plugin Authors Can Opt Into Email Confirmation for WordPress Plugin Updates →

In August, following the suspension of the popular Astra theme, WordPress Meta contributors opened a ticket to add a new … Continue reading WordPress Themes Directory Adds New “Delist” Status for Non-Compliant Themes →

The official AMP plugin for WordPress recently crossed the 2.0 milestone, a major release that closed 141 issues and merged … Continue reading AMP Plugin 2.0 Adds Onboarding Wizard and Expanded Reader Mode →

“Organize your quarantine-inspired baking blog with a ‘Recipe’ block!” read the opening description of Kelly Choyce-Dwan’s new plugin, Recipe Block. … Continue reading Start a Recipe Blog With the Recipe Block WordPress Plugin →

Deque Systems, a widely respected accessibility firm that has contributed to setting up automated accessibility testing for WordPress core, will … Continue reading Deque Systems to Host Axe-Con Virtual Accessibility Conference, March 10-11, 2021 →