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WordPress 5.8 beta 1 is ready for testing. This upcoming release makes major strides towards solidifying WordPress’ site building capabilities, … Continue reading WordPress 5.8 Beta 1 Released: New Blocks, New Widgets Screen, and Pattern Directory on Deck →

On Wednesday, Gutenberg 10.8 landed in the WordPress plugin directory. The release includes new typography options for controlling the Heading … Continue reading Gutenberg 10.8 Adds New Typography Controls and Block Previews →

Matt Mullenweg and Matías Ventura joined WordCamp Europe to chat about what’s happening with the Gutenberg project and celebrate the … Continue reading WordCamp Europe 2021 Gutenberg Demo: “The Block Editor Gets Ready to Become a Site Builder” →

WebP support is coming to WordPress 5.8. This modern image file format was created by Google in September 2010, and … Continue reading WordPress 5.8 Introduces Support for WebP Images →

Daniel James, the original Dark Mode WordPress plugin creator, is stepping back into WordPress development after a two-year pursuit of … Continue reading Original Dark Mode Developer Relaunches Plugin After the Apparent ‘Cash Grab’ of the New Owners →

The upcoming block pattern directory is launching alongside WordPress 5.8 in July. The goal is to make several high-quality designs … Continue reading Open Invitation To Contribute to the WordPress Block Pattern Directory →

Kevin Ohashi has published his 2021 WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks report. The annual report is broken down into six different … Continue reading Review Signal Publishes 2021 Hosting Performance Benchmarks on New WordPress-Powered Site →

Last week, Dumitru Brînzan announced Nutmeg Plus. It is the latest commercial theme offering through his ILOVEWP brand. Earlier today, … Continue reading Spice Up Your Food or Recipe Blog With the Nutmeg WordPress Theme →

Jetpack 9.8 was released this week, introducing WordPress Stories as the headline feature. The Story block, which allows users to create … Continue reading Jetpack 9.8 Introduces WordPress Stories Block Alongside Forced Security Update →

Delicious Brains, the company behind WP Migrate DB Pro and SpinupWP, has acquired the Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin from … Continue reading Delicious Brains Acquires Advanced Custom Fields Plugin →

Mark your calendars for the next major WordPress event coming up at the beginning of next week. WordCamp Europe is … Continue reading WordCamp Europe 2021 Online Schedule Announced →

Google’s controversial Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) experiment now has a feature flag within Chrome Canary (the nightly build of … Continue reading Chrome Canary Adds Flag for Disabling FLoC Testing →