WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 5, What We Learned, Where We’re Going
In this last episode about the Kerala WPPhotos Festival I talk not only about the project, but also where this project is leading us.
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Reflecting on WordCamp Phoenix 2024: Struggles, Successes, and the Road Ahead
Seven months ago I registered for & scheduled a trip to Phoenix Arizona for a non-WordPress-related event! Crazy, right? As luck would have it, four months later, WordCamp Phoenix had announced that their event would be for that same weekend I was to be in town. How lucky was I to have both of my…
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Acquisition Alert: Kestrel Acquires Seven Barn2 Plugins
Katie Keith, CEO of Barn2, announced that Kestrel has acquired seven plugins from her company for an undisclosed amount. She had tweeted about her plans to sell the plugins back in January to focus on the more profitable plugins. This is Kestrel’s first acquisition. Kestrel is a new venture by the former co-founders of SkyVerge…
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The Block Bindings API Brings Dynamic Data to Blocks
WordPress 6.5 will introduce the Block Bindings API, laying the foundation for connecting blocks with data from custom fields and more.
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WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 4, Next Generation Events
In the penultimate episode of this series I talk with Julia Golomb from the WordPress Community Team about Next Generation WordPress Events. We’ll include how the WPPhotos Event was a great template, and other ideas that could come.
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Avada WordPress Theme Patches Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability
ThemeFusion’s multipurpose WordPress theme Avada has patched an Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability. Avada is one of ThemeForest’s most popular premium themes with nearly 950k sales. This vulnerability was reported responsibly by Muhammad Zeeshan (Xib3rR4dAr) during Wordfence’s Bug Bounty Extravaganza earning him $2,751. The researchers have categorized it as a “high severity” concern, with a CVSS…
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Data Liberation: Meet WordPress.org’s Ambitious Plan for 2024
The open web is under threat. WordPress.org wants to protect it
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WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 3, Attendees
In this episode of the International WPPhotos event we talk to attendees from three different continents about their various experiences.
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Automattic Faces Scrutiny Over AI Access Policy
This article is a joint effort by James Giroux & Jyolsna. After unconfirmed reports of Google entering into a content licensing agreement with Reddit for training its AI, 404 Media claimed yesterday that Automattic is set to sell Tumblr and WordPress.com users’ content to Midjourney and OpenAI. If true, this could mirror an extended partnership…
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‘Support Inclusion in Tech’ is Fundraising to Sponsor More Marginalized WordPress Contributors
Support Inclusion in Tech (SiNC) is now fundraising on the Open Collective (OC) Foundation’s platform. Founded and spearheaded by Winstina Hughes, SiNC assists underrepresented WordPress contributors and provides financial support to WordCamp speakers for travel and hotels. What is SiNC? SiNC was proposed by Winstina Hughes in 2022 to mitigate the financial stress of underrepresented…
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The Perils of Hiring: A Cautionary Tale from A WordPress Business Owner
After being in the WordPress world for 15 years, I’ve made some incredible friendships and I’ve heard some crazy stories in regards to their WordPress business. Recently one of those friends reached out to share his latest experience, and I’m here to say it is one of the crazier ones. For privacy reasons, I’ve changed…
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WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 2, Volunteers
The second of a five part series looking at the International WPPhotos event that happened in early February, 2024. We’ll be talking with some volunteers.
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FSE Outreach Experimental Loses Two Words, Gains New Life
Almost 4 years after it was launched, the FSE Outreach Program is no longer experimental, but still vital
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WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 1, Organizers
The first of a five part series looking at the International WPPhotos event that happened in early February, 2024.
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Proposal: Host non-bundled Blocks in Gutenberg’s GitHub Repository
Can Gutenberg’s Lead Architect adapt the Block Directory to please developers, maintainers, and users?