WordPress

Yesterday, Josepha Haden Chomphosy announced the roadmap for deciding whether Full Site Editing (FSE) will land in WordPress 5.8. After … Continue reading Will Full Site Editing Land in WordPress 5.8? A Decision Is Forthcoming →

More and more, open comments are becoming a thing of the past. Large news organizations have kicked them to the … Continue reading Yes, Comments Are Still Relevant, But We Need a Better System →

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 →

The Full Site Editing (FSE) Outreach program has launched its third testing call, continuing the effort to engage users in … Continue reading New Full Site Editing Testing Challenge: Create a Custom 404 Page →

WordPress 5.7 “Esperanza” was released today, named for Esperanza Spalding, an American jazz bassist who became an accomplished singer, songwriter, … Continue reading WordPress 5.7 Introduces Drag-and-Drop for Blocks and Patterns, Streamlined Admin Color Palette, and One-Click Migration from HTTP to HTTPS →

A new proposal on WordPress.org explores the ramifications of dropping support for Internet Explorer 11 (IE11). Héctor Prieto summarized the … Continue reading WordPress Considers Dropping Support for IE 11 After Usage Falls Below 1% →

It’s that time in the release cycle when all the dev notes are rolling out ahead of the next major … Continue reading WordPress 5.7 Lets Administrators Send Password Reset Links →

Felix Arntz, a WordPress core committer and developer programs engineer at Google, announced upcoming support for lazy loading iframes. The … Continue reading Native Lazy Loading Support for iframes Coming To WordPress 5.7 →

Gutenberg 10.0 was released today as the 100th iteration of the block editor since the project began four years ago. … Continue reading Gutenberg Plugin Marks 100th Release with 10.0 →

WordPress contributors are considering scaling back the planned number of releases in 2021. In a post titled “Making WordPress Releases … Continue reading WordPress Contributors Discuss Scaling Back Releases: “4 Major Releases Is Not a Viable Plan in 2021” →

WordPress has passed 40% market share of all websites, up from 35.4% in January 2020, as measured by W3Techs. These … Continue reading WordPress Passes 40% Market Share of Alexa Top 10 Million Websites →

Josepha Haden Chomphosy, the Executive Director of WordPress, posted a follow-up to her outline of the upcoming year. Questions mounted … Continue reading FSE and WordPress Themes: What Does the MVP Look Like? →