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Open Collective has launched Funds, a new funding infrastructure for funneling contributions to open source projects. Any open source project … Continue reading Open Collective Launches Funds to Help Companies Streamline Donations to Multiple Open Source Projects →

In early March, WordPress contributors began discussing the possibility of dropping support for IE11 in the near future after usage … Continue reading WordPress to Drop Support for IE11 in Upcoming 5.8 or 5.9 Release →

Yesterday, 10up officially announced Convert to Blocks, a WordPress plugin for transforming classic posts into blocks. The goal is to … Continue reading 10up Creates Classic Post Migration Route With Its Convert to Blocks WordPress Plugin →

GPL author Richard Stallman announced this week that he has rejoined the board of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), which … Continue reading Free Software Community Condemns Richard Stallman’s Reinstatement to FSF Board of Directors →

With the release of Editor Plus 2.7 in recent weeks, Extendify stamped its brand name on the plugin. The company … Continue reading Extendify Acquires Editor Plus, Introduces Commercial Templates in Its Plan To Improve Block Editing →

Joris van Montfort, a freelance WordPress developer, released the JVM Gutenberg Rich Text Icons plugin over the weekend. The goal … Continue reading Insert Font Awesome Icons Into the Block Editor via the JVM Gutenberg Rich Text Icons Plugin →

Chrome’s upcoming version 90 will use https:// by default in the address bar, bringing a significant improvement to security and loading speed. … Continue reading Chrome 90 to Use HTTPS by Default in the Address Bar →

Anders Norén’s new Eksell theme is now available for download from the WordPress Themes directory. Eksell was inspired by Swedish … Continue reading Eksell Portfolio Theme Now Available in WordPress Themes Directory →

Like many others, I often have pinned tabs of all sorts of things in my browser. Some of them linger … Continue reading Refactoring Gutenberg’s Gallery Block To Support Nested Images →

Ulysses, the writing app for Mac, iPad and iPhone, released version 22 this week with support for updating WordPress posts … Continue reading Ulysses 22 Adds WordPress Post Updating →

As part of an experiment designed to improve coordination of contributor teams, WordPress has launched a new Slack channel for … Continue reading New Private Slack Channel Created for Full-Time Sponsored WordPress Contributors →

In 2018, WebARX launched the first version of its security platform and grew to 3,000 users. Earlier this month, the … Continue reading WebARX Rebrands To Patchstack, Combines Services To Focus on WordPress Plugin and Theme Security →