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Matt Mullenweg and Matías Ventura joined WordCamp Europe to chat about what’s happening with the Gutenberg project and celebrate the … Continue reading WordCamp Europe 2021 Gutenberg Demo: “The Block Editor Gets Ready to Become a Site Builder” →

WebP support is coming to WordPress 5.8. This modern image file format was created by Google in September 2010, and … Continue reading WordPress 5.8 Introduces Support for WebP Images →

WordPress is celebrating 18 years today since the first release of the software to the general public. That release post, … Continue reading Happy 18th Birthday, WordPress →

Almost since the dawn of the plugin and theme upgrade mechanisms inclusion in core over a decade ago, third-party developers … Continue reading No More Accidental Custom Plugin Overrides, WordPress 5.8 To Allow Developers To Set Plugin Hostname →

In today’s WP Briefing podcast episode, The Commons of Images, host Josepha Haden Chomphosy discussed the Openverse project with WordPress … Continue reading Openverse: Why This Project Is Good for WordPress and the Web →

Yesterday, WordPress released a core plugin named Classic Widgets. Core contributors Tonya Mork and Andrew Ozz created the plugin under … Continue reading Classic Widgets Plugin Disables WordPress 5.8’s Upcoming Block-Based Widgets System →

Last month WordPress contributors published the initial designs for the upcoming pattern directory, which will host community-submitted patterns that can … Continue reading Pattern Directory Targeted to Launch with WordPress 5.8 →

Last week WordPress contributors began a heated discussion regarding blocking FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts). Google’s experimental alternative to third-party … Continue reading FLoC Blocking Discussion Continues on WordPress Trac →

WordPress contributors are proposing the project take an active position on Google’s Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC). This particular mechanism … Continue reading WordPress Contributors Propose Blocking FLoC in Core →

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 →