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  • WP Tavern Launches Writer Hunger Games

    WP Tavern Launches Writer Hunger Games

    Seven folx from the WordPress Community have been selected as finalists for two positions as writers for the Tavern. May the odds be ever in your favor.

  • A Farewell from Justin Tadlock

    A Farewell from Justin Tadlock

    Around three years ago, I was at a crossroads. I had spent nearly my entire adult life and most of my professional career within the WordPress space. However, the responsibilities of being a solo theme/plugin shop owner were like a boulder upon my shoulders that I could no longer hold up. After 11 years in…

  • WP Tavern Is Sporting a New Website Design

    WP Tavern Is Sporting a New Website Design

    We are back with a brand-new edition of WP Tavern. Technically, we have a spiffy new coat of paint that I hope you all can see if viewing from your browsers. If you are reading this post via a feed reader, email, or something else, hop over to the site and check it out. The…

  • 2021: Reshaping the Tavern Experience

    2021: Reshaping the Tavern Experience

    Resolutions. Goals. Guidelines for the year ahead. Call them what you want. Not everyone takes part, but I am a firm believer in having a vision for the coming months. That vision can be malleable, flowing with the changes of time, yielding to new ideas as they are birthed. However, some large, beaming guideposts help…

  • 2020: Step Away From the Fire

    2020: Step Away From the Fire

    If there was a common theme that held humanity together in 2020, it was that most of us agreed that the year was nothing short of a dumpster fire. That and sweatpants. As people learned to cope with a new reality in the Covid-19 era, the WordPress community has been a beacon of hope. When…

  • Still No Wood Grain: WP Tavern Design Update

    Still No Wood Grain: WP Tavern Design Update

    It has been a bit of a slow news week in the land of WordPress with the COVID-19 pandemic reaching across the globe. Most people are hunkering down or getting accustomed to a change in their daily lives. For some people, that has meant figuring out a way to work with children at home. For…

  • Building the Community We Deserve

    Building the Community We Deserve

    One of our internal discussions about the future of WP Tavern has stuck with me since it wrapped up. The discussion was centered on pushing comment threads in the right direction. We often receive comments that border on conspiracy-theory territory (and those that cross over head first). We also get comments that make statements of…

  • Reflecting on 2019: The Year in Review

    Reflecting on 2019: The Year in Review

    Another year is in the bag. With a project as large and far-reaching as WordPress, there was no shortage of news and controversy. We covered a lot of stories in 2019 and are gearing up for another exciting year. I always like to take a moment at the end of the year to look over…

  • WP Tavern’s New Design: No More Wood Grain

    WP Tavern’s New Design: No More Wood Grain

    If you are viewing WP Tavern from your browser today, you might be a bit shocked. Things are different — much different. If you are reading this post via email or a feed reader, hop on over to the live site to take a look. Welcome to the new design! When I accepted the job…