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WPChill is now the owner of Gutenberg Forms, a project created by Munir Kamal. While still rough around the edges … Continue reading WPChill Takes Over Gutenberg Forms, Plans To Shake Up the Free Forms Market →

Generated social images seem to be all the rage now. Automattic scooped up Daniel Post’s Social Image Generator last month … Continue reading Branded Social Images, a New Plugin for Generating Per-Post Open Graph Images →

Jetpack is splitting out its commercial Backup feature into a standalone plugin that can be used without installing the core … Continue reading Jetpack Launches Commercial Backup Feature as a Standalone Plugin →

Two weeks ago, Cate and Topher DeRosia launched the HeroPress Network, a centralized website that would host various projects for … Continue reading The HeroPress Network Launches Find It WP, a Cooperative Resource Archive for WordPress →

The Software Freedom Conservancy announced that it is suing Vizio, an American TV manufacturer, for what it alleges are “repeated … Continue reading Software Freedom Conservancy Takes On Vizio in Lawsuit Alleging GPL Violations →

WordPress’ Reusable blocks may soon be getting re-named, as the feature’s distinct capabilities are less recognizable from its name following … Continue reading Gutenberg Contributors Propose Renaming Reusable Blocks →

The go/no-go deadline for deciding on features for WordPress 5.9 was set for October 12 but the conversation was pushed … Continue reading WordPress 5.9 Go/No-Go Update: All Proposed Features Are Moving Forward →

The Jetpack Scan team has published a summary of two issues recently discovered in the WP Fastest Cache plugin – … Continue reading WP Fastest Cache Patches Authenticated SQL Injection and Stored XSS Via CSRF Vulnerabilities →

Released yesterday, Gutenberg 11.7 is one of the more exciting releases we have had in a while. The Global Styles … Continue reading Gutenberg 11.7 Iterates on Global Styles, Improves Adding Navigation Links, and Adds Column Spacing →

Yoast and Google-sponsored WordPress core contributors are proposing the project add a Performance team to improve core performance as measured … Continue reading Yoast and Google-Sponsored Core Contributors Propose New WordPress Performance Team →

The proposal for the 2022 Global Community Sponsorship program will not include funding for WordCamps again this year, due to … Continue reading WordPress Global Community Sponsorship Program Will Not Include WordCamps for 2022 →

Things move fast on social media. You get mere seconds to impress those who happen upon your posts promoting your … Continue reading Dynamic Social Images for Plugins, Themes, and Patterns? Yes, Please →