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Company A sells its plugin. Company B picks it up and moves forward with an overhauled version that looks and … Continue reading Termly Acquires GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner, Turns Free Plugin Into a Commercial SaaS Product →

WordPress 5.8 introduced an opt-in system for themes to configure block settings, styles, templates, and more. It is done through … Continue reading Open Survey for WordPress Theme Authors on JSON Files and Block Themes →

PublishPress, makers of the PublishPress and PublishPress Blocks plugins, have adopted the Organize Series plugin from Darren Ethier. Organize Series … Continue reading PublishPress Adopts Organize Series Plugin →

In one of the most apropos uses of a .blog domain, Refined.blog is a new website that promotes personal blogging … Continue reading Refined.blog: A Curated List of RSS Feeds for Software Engineering Blogs →

Earlier this month, TeslaThemes announced that it was rebranding to WPRealEstate. The company wanted to focus its efforts on a … Continue reading TeslaThemes Rebrands, Shifts Focus to Real Estate Market →

WordCamp US will be held online this year on October 1, 2021. Organizers are planning a free, one-day event that … Continue reading WordCamp US Online Set for October 1, 2021, as Community Team Weighs Proposal for Returning to In-Person WordCamps →

Rich Tabor, the Senior Product Manager of WordPress Experience at GoDaddy, has been on a bit of a publishing productivity … Continue reading Create a Publishing Task List With the Todo List Block →

Today marks the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a civil rights law passed in 1990 that … Continue reading Colorado Becomes First State to Require State and Local Government Websites to Meet Accessibility Standards →

The WordPress.org Themes Team announced an open discussion and date for a Zoom meeting with theme authors. The team is … Continue reading Next Phase of the WordPress Theme Review Overhaul: Open Meeting and Call for Feedback →

WooCommerce has shipped version 5.5.2 as a follow-up to the forced security update that patched a SQL Injection vulnerability last … Continue reading WooCommerce 5.5.2 Fixes Performance Issues Found After Forced Security Update →

WordPress has long had the ability to schedule content to be published in the future, but it can only make … Continue reading Revisions Extended Plugin Lets Users Schedule Updates to Published Posts →

The Gutenberg plugin continues to march forward. Yesterday’s release, coming merely a day after the launch of WordPress 5.8, brings … Continue reading Gutenberg 11.1 Adds Drag-and-Drop Support for List View and Upgrades Block Borders →