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Last week, under its news section, The Next Web published what could only be described as a hit piece: Developers … Continue reading The Next Web Publishes Storyblok-Sponsored Hit Piece on WordPress →

Launched by Ralph Morris and Steve Burge in June this year, Logtivity is a plugin and service that allows site … Continue reading Logtivity: A WordPress Activity Log Service With Customizable Charts, Alerts, and CSV Exports →

Gutenberg 11.6 was released this week with a new API for managing lock control at the block-type level. When defining … Continue reading Gutenberg 11.6 Introduces New API for Locking Blocks →

Gutenberg 11.6 landed yesterday. Contributors added dozens of enhancements and bug fixes. Admittedly, there was not a whole lot that … Continue reading Gutenberg 11.6 Improves the Global Styles UI, Adds Child Theme Support →

Andrew Starr, the owner of UXL Themes, has cobbled together a new project around block patterns. His new site, aptly … Continue reading Preview WordPress Block Pattern and Theme Combinations via New Site →

WordCamp US, WordPress’ largest flagship event in the Western Hemisphere, is set to kick off on Friday, October 1, at … Continue reading WordCamp US 2021 Kicks Off Online in 48 Hours →

Ari Stathopoulos announced a proposal for implementing a web fonts API in core WordPress. The goal is to standardize how … Continue reading A Web Font API Possibly Coming to WordPress →

WooCommerce is celebrating 10 years since WooThemes launched the first iteration of the WooCommerce plugin. Paul Maiorana, WooCommerce’s current CEO, … Continue reading WooCommerce Marks 10 Year Anniversary of Forking Jigoshop →

Nick Diego released the Icon Block plugin last week. Unlike similar blocks that are available, it does not rely on … Continue reading Add Custom SVGs via the Icon Block WordPress Plugin →

As always, I like to highlight some things on the lighter side of the WordPress world. We have had enough … Continue reading Adding Blocks With Animated Backgrounds Using WebArea’s Latest Plugin →

WooCommerce shipped version 5.7.0 through a forced update for some users earlier this week. The minor release was not billed … Continue reading WooCommerce 5.7.0 Patches Security Issue that Could Potentially Leak Analytics Reports →

WordPress developer Keanan Koppenhaver announced today that he has acquired WP Pusher and Branch from Peter Suhm. WP Pusher, a … Continue reading Keanan Koppenhaver Acquires WP Pusher and Branch →