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As you get started using the WordPress site editor, one block you’re going to find important is the query loop block. Here’s how to use it.

The release party for WordPress 6.4 Release Candidate 3 will be postponed from October 30 to November 1 to allow for three important fixes: #55706: Ensure the new Query block’s enhanced pagin…

We have been receiving reports from plugin authors indicating that updates to their plugins made to SVN are not reflecting the changes on the plugin page.

Another WCUS 2023 is in the books. The best and brightest came from around the world to showcase their expertise, insight, and provide valuable training all centered around WordPress. During this WordCamp, an incredible group comprising the BlackPress collective – Destiny Fox Kanno, Ray Mitchell, Maestro Stevens, and myself – gave a panel presentation about […]

GoDaddy has been on a relentless journey to provide the best managed WordPress hosting experience for our customers. Check out our progress!

We’re happy to announce a new strategic partnership with Cloudways. This week, Cloudways launched their vulnerability scanner powered by Patchstack’s database, giving their customers visibility into potential security issues with their WordPress core, plugin and theme versions. In short, this means that more people will know whether they have hidden security risks in their websites. […]

Enhance your featured images. Create Professional images for social from your WordPress website and content.

Are you looking to add social login functionality to your WordPress website? Discover ten powerful plugins that will help you to achieve such a goal.

The upcoming 6.4 release, expected on November 7, will disable attachment pages for new installations. Up until now, WordPress automatically created attachment pages when users upload a file through the media upload system.

About a week ago, I was tasked to migrate a Disaster Accountability Project’s website from Bluehost to Namecheap. Migrations are usually seamless if the provider(s) allow some symbiotic connection between the two. Case in point: when I worked with Educate Radiate Elevate, they moved their server from a UK-based system to A2 Hosting.

This post explores the challenges facing the leading open-source CMS Drupal and its path forward through improving ease of use, modernizing its technology, and appealing to a wider audience beyond technical users. It’s based on a presentation given at the DrupalDay Portugal 2023. A quick disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this presentation are […]

TaxoPress, a plugin that allows users to create and manage Tags, Categories, and taxonomy terms, has joined a growing number of WordPress products using AI to innovate and enhance user experience. …

As a software engineer with over a decade of experience working in small startups and agencies, I spend a decent amount of time working with WordPress. I often hear complaints about WordPress and how…

In a world constantly growing more interconnected, online communities are flourishing on various platforms. As a byproduct of this digital evolution, there’s a rising need for diverse platforms to interact seamlessly with each other. This is where protocols like ActivityPub play a pivotal role by promoting cross-platform interactions. For WordPress, a platform that powers a […]

Today I’m delighted to announce the launch of version 2.2 of my Freelance Availability Widget WordPress Plugin! This adds the tilde (~) flag to the “format” attribute within the shortcode. This will allow you to specify your availability based on an approximation. So for example, if you have an availability of 15th of October, it will […]

This Week at WordPress.org (October 23, 2023) WP-CLI v2.9.0 Release Notes Discussion: How to handle custom settings screens in block themes News WordPress

Texts is a fun application (desktop only for now) that brings all of your messages into one inbox. It currently supports iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Messenger, X/Twitter DMs, Instagram DMs, LinkedIn, Slack, and Discord DMs, with more on the way soon. It runs entirely on the desktop so it’s super fast and secure. It’s founded […]

It’s recommended to use PHP 8.1 or 8.2 with this upcoming release. Please refer to the Hosting page for more detailed information, including a few known issues.

Revisions are now supported for post meta on an opt-in basis. This feature is currently used by core for footnotes – enabling footnotes to be correctly previewed, stored in autosaved and stored and retrieved from revisions. In the future, this may be expanded to the featured image which is also stored in meta. When registering […]

Marieke writing about navigating the dynamics of the WordPress community, which can be a unique experience. While newcomers often find it challenging to integrate, even long-standing contributors sometimes feel like outsiders. Striking a balance between embracing the old and welcoming the new is crucial. But how do we ensure everyone feels appreciated?

Out of the box Varying Vagrant Vagrants lets you define a PHP version to use for each site you’re adding to the configuration file. What this doesn’t do is change the PHP version that WP CLI uses when you use vagrant ssh to log into the sites you’ve just created. Unless you take an extra […]

Breadcrumbs block for WordPress that supports Schema.org HTML5-valid microdata.

The latest release includes several new enhancements, loads of bug fixes, and continued work on Phase 3 features. Table of Contents: Rename (almost) all blocks from the editor Duplicate and rename patterns and more Other Notable Highlights Changelog First time contributors Contributors

People will judge your product before they’ve used it. They’ll do so based on the content you provide. For example, consider your WordPress.org theme or plugin summary. It serves as an introduction to your product. Users may make their decision to try it based on this information. The same goes for the content on your […]

The WooCommerce Marketplace can expose your software products to a wider audience, but it’s not without risks. Here’s how to navigate them.

Using InstaWP + Gato GraphQL to forward webhook data into an API

WooWeekly #466: A/B Testing | Variable Product Options | Quantity Discounts

This article will explore the topics, tips, and items worth sharing from those sessions. And while WordPress’s block-based ecosystem is primarily JavaScript-based, there were items of interest for the PHP developer. But is WCUS still relevant to the PHP community?

Through my business career, I’ve had the pleasure to meet so many smart folks. Many of whom I now consider friends. Matt Medeiros of The WP Minute is one of those people. Matt and I have known one another for many years, mostly interacting online, but occasionally in person. I respect the hell outta Matt […]

WordPress 6.4 RC2 is ready for download and testing. Reaching this phase of the release cycle is an important milestone. Check out what’s new and how you can help.

Learn how to create a fixed or sticky block in Gutenberg without needing any code or technical knowledge. Full step-by-step tutorial.

The Open Source Initiative (OSI), a non-profit organization that plays an important role in the open source ecosystem as stewards of the Open Source Definition (OSD), has opened its 2024 State of Open Source survey. This is the third year OSI has published the survey in collaboration with OpenLogic by Perforce, who has sponsored it […]

With WordPress 6.4, revisions are now supported for post meta on an opt-in basis. This will lay the groundwork for future improvements to Gutenberg.

Automattic, the company that runs WordPress.com, Tumblr, Pocket Casts, and a number of other popular web properties, just made a different kind of acquisition: it’s buying Texts, a universal messaging app, for $50 million.

CodeWP has launched a major update to its AI-powered WordPress coding and chat platform, offering new features like conversational coding, improved WordPress-sp

The WordPress 6.4 Field Guide brings together the changes in the release and some of the major highlights. Changes in 6.4 are spread across about 45 core components. Below is the breakdown of the most important ones.

Discover how Hostinger is making strides in sustainability by transitioning to renewable energy for our data centers.

Having led our marketing activities for the past six years, Daugirdas Jankus became our new CEO on October 6th.

In the WordPress open-source project, each team has team representatives, abbreviated as reps. It’s time again to nominate the next round of Training Team Reps. (For a quick refresher of Team Rep r…

Over the last few months, I’ve had 20+ conversations with various folks across the WordPress ecosystem, from developers implementing WordPress at scale to folks working in large newsrooms to one-person operations. After leaving comments on the various Phase 3 posts, it felt advantageous to write a quick summary of the feedback to help inform our […]

Hi, all! Here are a few projects the Design Team has contributed to over the past couple of weeks.

Testing the plugin, it is a night and day difference between having onboarding for a theme with so many patterns and options, versus getting dropped into a new theme with no direction.

Here’s a quick scrap of code that works. There are lots of outdated tutorials out there for old versions of WordPress. This one is tested to be working in WordPress 6.3.2. This will pop up a confirmation dialogue when you try to publish, update, or schedule a post or page. The Code Add this to […]

In WordPress 6.4, the HTML API received an expansion with Breadcrumbs behavior and CSS helper for the Tag Processor.

Elementor, the most popular website builder plugin for WordPress with more than 5 million active installations, has postponed its upcoming DreamWeb event. The Israel-based company was set to host i…

When I was at Silicon Slopes Summit in Salt Lake City I got a chance to talk to folks from Nasdaq about my latest thoughts on the WordPress project, open source, and distributed work.

By far the simplest country allowlist plugin available for WordPress. Locks admin panel and XMLRPC access to a given list of allowed countries using QWeb’s IP to country lookup API. This is free open source software (FOSS), which you’re welcome to either use as-is, or fork and further develop under the very permissive terms of […]

WordPress allows you to set a featured image – called a “thumbnail” in the API. This gives a single image which can be used on a listing page, or shown when a post is shared on social media. The WordPress Media Library lets you set the alt text of an image. But, crucially, this alt […]

A plugin that allows you to have Accessible FAQ accordions on your website.To see the demo of the plugin in action, please visit this website: https://www.blindcopywriter.com/faq-test/

In a recent meeting with the Plugin Review Team, it became evident that there are gaps in our communication between the Plugin Review Team and the Meta Team, particularly concerning the addition of new features to the Plugin Directory.

Instructions on updating a WordPress.org plugin’s “Tested up to” value without creating a new release.

WordPress 6.4 comes with several enhancements to the wp_get_loading_optimization_attributes() function which was introduced in 6.3 as a central place to manage loading optimization attributes, spec…

It’s time to save the date, December 11, 2023, for this year’s State of the Word 2023! State of the Word is the annual keynote address delivered by the WordPress project’s co-founder, Matt Mullenwe…

You don’t have to be a Post Status member to share your Black Friday / Cyber Monday deal on our site. We’re happy to promote it for you. 🎃

We’re happy to announce the second ever WP-CLI Hack Day! 🤓🎈 On 🗓 Friday, 10th November 2023 we’ll officially kick off the WP-CLI Hack Day at 🕗 0800 UTC. From that point on, @schlessera, @swissspidy…

For those who don’t know: LoDash is a utility library for JavaScript that contains functions that make common tasks easier. You could write them yourself, but LoDash functions are optimised and well tested, so you don’t have to reinvent the wheel. The problem WordPress is a bit like a programming language. You have a set […]

Yesterday, WordPress 6.4 Release Candidate 1 was released. Today, you can try it in WordPress Playground! And once the next RC is released, it will be available too!https://t.co/As8lG1yHf6 pic.twitter.com/utX7tvPCST — Adam Zieliński (@adamzielin) October 18, 2023

Kinsta launched its static site hosting product today, making a strong entrance into the market with a free tier that is competitive with established solutions from Vercel, Netlify, and GitHub Pages. Companies can host up to 100 static sites for free, including static WordPress sites, which Kinsta deploys from its global edge network of more […]

PHP has some pretty good error handling and logging, but I do sometimes find it confusing. For example, look at this warning message: [18-Oct-2023 12:34:56 UTC] PHP Warning: Something bad happened in /wp-content/something.php on line 123 OK, so we can go to something.php and scroll to line 123 and try to figure out what’s gone […]

WordPress 6.4, scheduled for November 7, 2023, is now ready to be translated on translate.wordpress.org! The new strings are in the development projects. The strings for WordPress 6.3 have been mov…

Discover the perfect WordPress search and filter plugin for your website in our comparison of JetSmartFilters and FacetWP. Uncover the key features and benefits to learn which best suits your content navigation needs.

The WordPress ecosystem is constantly evolving. We see new product launches almost daily. Themes and plugins are still popular. But tools that leverage SaaS and AI are also becoming common. Some product categories are saturated. Others are in their early stages. Product makers face challenges in either case.

Adelina Tuca from Bucharest, Romania writes about how WordPress and its community turned her from a journalist to an international writer.

The journey to update WordPress.org continues with the launch of a new Showcase design. The Showcase is a natural starting point for visitors arriving on WordPress.org, and it both inspires creativity and demonstrates what’s possible with WordPress. From unique personal blogs and portfolios to enterprises and celebrity fan sites, the Showcase celebrates WordPress’s flexibility, popularity, […]

Marieke explains what she thinks about people publicly breaking up with WordPress.

The idea of having a live preview of developers’ plugins using the WordPress Playground was spot on. The problem was that it wasn’t completely thought through. Many plugins in the WordPress.org repository rely on various things that WordPress Playground doesn’t have…

Hello there, Welcome back to WooWeekly, your weekly appointment with WooCommerce tutorials, tips and updates handpicked for you (and the other 18,302 subscribers) so that you can learn something new. Yet another busy week at Business Bloomer HQ, where I rediscovered how much fun it is to run split-test experiments (blog post coming soon). I also […]

Twitter/X is testing charging users $1/year with the idea that will keep out bots and spam. It’s an appealing idea, and charging definitely does introduce a “proof of work” that wasn’t there before, but the history of the web shows this is not really a big deterrent. Domains cost money, usually a lot more than […]

WordPress 6.4 includes several improvements to template loading. These include caching of block patterns to reduce file system overhead, removal of unnecessary file existence checks in theme functi…

Adam Zieliński, creator of WordPress Playground, announced today that the WordPress Core PR previewer is now live. Playground is an experimental project that uses WebAssembly (WASM) to run WordPres…

WordPress 6.4 RC1 is ready for download and testing. Reaching this phase of the release cycle is an important milestone. Check out what’s new and how to get involved.

This is a game-changer WordPress plugin update! WP Search with Algolia 1.3.0 now includes a single searchable index for WordPress Multisite!

In WordPress 6.4, the Performance team has introduced several enhancements centered around object caching, leading to better handling of filters, reduced database queries, and improved overall system efficiency.

In 2015, the Themes Team implemented a guideline that required all theme settings pages to use the Customize API. This was after the API had been in WordPress and stable for nearly three years.

Former CMO and COO at Airtasker and global consumer marketing lead for Google Home.

We are excited to announce the latest release of Yoast SEO, helping you optimize your website’s performance in search engine results. This update improves our features and brings enhancements that will take your SEO efforts to the next level. Get ready for Yoast SEO 21.4!

Script loading strategies are now employed in core and bundled themes to improve performance of loading scripts with defer and async attributes. Additionally, scripts on the frontend and login screen are now constructed using script helper functions, making it possible to utilize Content Security Policy to harden against XSS vulnerabilities. This change also has back-compat […]

Building a website in the 90s was undeniably different. We made mistakes, but that’s OK, as the lessons learned have brought us to the present.

From WordPress 6.4, extenders can register their own inserter media categories.

WordPress 6.4 comes with updated APIs for User Interface components for the block editor. Here is the list.

WordPress 6.4 introduces Block Hooks to allow developers to extend templates with blocks automatically via block.json and hooked_block_types.

Benefits from two new functions which abstract the HTML markup generation in WordPress 6.4.

After an amazing period of collaborative thinking, writing, and iterating, the support team is happy to announce the publication of the revamped support guidelines! The new guidelines have been sim…

Early last year, a plan was outlined to phase out all Puppeteer usage across WordPress core and Gutenberg step by step. Since then, a lot of progress has been made: The @wordpress/e2e-test-utils-pl…

As of WordPress 6.4, attachment pages for new WordPress installations are fully disabled. Until WordPress 6.4 was released, WordPress created attachment pages by default for every attachment uploaded. On the vast majority of sites, these attachment pages don’t add any meaningful information. They do, however, exist, get indexed by search engines, and sometimes even rank […]

Gutenberg has been surrounded by controversy since the early stages of planning. Even though Gutenberg was included in WordPress’ core in…

This plugin adds categories and tags to the WordPress media library – lightweight and developer-friendly.

Find Dan Knauss’s content all in one single place and follow all new content pieces via email, regardless where they are published.

I wrote and edited most of the product marketing copy, a good deal of the static page content, FAQs, tutorials/eBooks, and nearly all of the new and refreshed blog posts for the iThemes to SolidWP rebrand.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to easily add and edit custom fields for your posts and custom post types in WordPress using the Quick Edit and Bulk Edit features.

I have written a lot of blog posts. In some of those posts I link to other posts on my site. What’s the easiest way of displaying those internal incoming links? Here’s what it looks like: Code All we need to do is search WordPress for the URl of the current page. Loop through the […]

The Guide Program was launched by the Training Team at the beginning of September 2023. This program empowers new contributors to the Training Team by providing them with comprehensive training resources and opportunities to strengthen their skills, through mentorship with experienced contributors. For more details about the program, please see the Guide Program handbook, and […]

Gutenberg 16.8 was released this week with improvements to existing blocks and some experiments that lay the foundation for Phase 3 focused on collaboration. The Cover block now automatically sets …

While resources exist to bring black women into tech, you may struggle to see or find active black men. In this episode Michelle Frechette talks to Caleb Matteis, Jon Clark, and Hashim Warren about operating on teams being black, the importance of mentorship for young black men, and more.

If you use WordPress, you can get a fairly basic embedded audio player by using the audio shortcode: I didn’t particularly like how it was styled so – because WordPress is so hackable – I changed it! Now my embedded audio looks like this: It gets a nice border, a title, displays any […]

After four incredible years at XWP, the time has come for me to take a step back from the WordPress open source community. It’s a decision that I didn’t take lightly, but one I believe is necessary for my personal and professional growth. Before I embark on this brief hiatus, I want to take a […]

👩🏽‍🎨 Revitalizing the WordPress Showcase↕️ Updates to global header and footer navigation> WP-CLI v2.9.0 release date: October 25th🆕 WordPress 6.3.2 – Maintenance and Security releaseβ WordPress 6.4 Beta 4