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In today’s connected world, your website serves as your international passport. It enables you to reach and engage with a diverse, global audience. But to

Websites are becoming more complex. And the same can be said for the online world as a whole. Thus, being on the web is no longer simple.

Company hopes to siphon off domains headed to Squarespace. WordPress.com is offering to foot the bill for up to 1 million domain transfers. In June, Google announced it was selling its domains business to Squarespace for $180 million. WordPress.com wants to capture part of those domains, in part because it doesn’t like the idea of […]

Your first WordCamp will involve a lot of WordPress-specific lingo you’ll want to know. Our WordCamp glossary will help you talk the talk!

This post presents the most interesting WordCamp Europe statistics and celebrates the event’s growth, as seen through the eyes of attendees.

Using AI tools such as GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT to help secure source code isn’t a bad idea, but perhaps they are code assistants and nothing more.

This report is intended to answer questions and add context to our recently announced discovery of tens of thousands of compromised WordPress websites where popular security plugins were present but unable to detect malware that added itself to the security plugins’ allow lists. During a 60-day window (May-June 2023), we witnessed 149,252 WordPress websites become […]

Let’s focus on a few tiny but useful utility plugins that allow sharing draft posts with non-logged users, changing the author URL slug, and viewing the raw post data.

Hello there, Welcome back to WooWeekly, your weekly appointment with WooCommerce tutorials, tips and updates handpicked for you (and the other 18,168 subscribers) so that you can learn something new. After yet another carding attack on Business Bloomer, today’s snippets give you further workarounds to try to tackle bots. I kinda like this “series” I’ve created […]

Welcome back to a new issue of Week in Core. Let’s take a look at what changed on Trac between July 31 and August 14, 2023. 40 commits 50 contributors 164 tickets created 15 tickets reopened 138 ti…

Step by step guide to gathering post categories and tags from the WordPress REST API for better filtering and discoverability in an Eleventy blog.

The topic was proposed for discussion during the Community Summit but sadly, it wasn’t chosen. Before a formal proposal on translation can be written, discussion should continue to gather the…

Build, launch, and manage high-performance WordPress sites with Platform i. Featuring automation tools, teams, and cloud scalability.

When creating a new user on WordPress multisite there is a “Skip Confirmation Email” checkbox that is unchecked by default. This unchecked box results in a user being added to a temporary “signups list” when they are added to the site. The user is not fully added to the site until they complete the confirmation […]

The global pandemic had profound impacts. But for me, isolation wasn’t one of them. You see, I’ve worked from home for over 20 years. Being alone in a small space is just another day at the office. But it has affected me outside the office. I haven’t been to an in-person industry event in a […]

The Interactivity API proposal was published a few months ago. This API aims to create a new standard for WordPress that simplifies and empowers building rich interactive web applications with WordPress using declarative and reactive programming principles.

Learn why Vox Media is moving to WordPress VIP, including needing better reliability, speed, and uptime out of their CMS.

WordPress’ Themes team launched its Community Themes initiative earlier this year with the goal of bringing together contributors to build block themes year round, the same way that default t…

Hi, all! Here are a few projects the Design Team has contributed to over the past couple of weeks. Learn / Documentation iteration 2 Test the clickable prototype Following up on feedback, here’s a …

In June 2025 the European Accessibility Act (EAA) will be enforced within the European Union member states. Find out what changes your website needs to make.

New research from Snicco, WeWatchYourWebsite, Automattic-backed GridPane, and PatchStack claims WordPress security plugins with malware scanners are fundamentally flawed. And they’re being actively defeated by malware in the wild right now! Read the iThemes Blog Article: The Truth About WordPress Malware Scanners Read the article from We Watch Your Website: How We Identified Nearly 150K […]

Discover new time-saving and advanced-level features GA4 offers that UA didn’t, key resources you may have missed and more to fast-track your GA4 learning curve.

Nearly every website has code included from other website, whether it be from Google or your mailing list manager or social network. These bits of code are aware they’re on your site, and what your visitors are doing. They’re not necessarily malicious, but you should be aware of who is watching. I’ll show you how.

¡Blogging is back! This is argued in one of our articles that explores the reasons behind this perception and that we have updated, due to the fast happening of events around Twitter (now called X) and the fediverse. The decline of the blue bird network (now disappeared as a logo) and the uncertainty about its […]

WordPress 6.3 is released on August 8, 2023, bringing substantial improvements to site editing.

WordPress 6.3 “Lionel” was released earlier this week with an overview video that offers a beautiful, dizzying demo of the many new features packed into this update. It’s a two-mi…

Choosing the top ‘anything’ is often subjective, and it’s even more so when it comes to the best WordPress plugins. Despite this, it’s still a worthwhile pursuit, especially as development-specific examples don’t get as many column inches. In this roundup, we’ll look at 🔎 some of the best WordPress plugins. They won’t all be technical, […]

WordPress 6.3 arrived this week with a Footnotes block that is ready for you to use! This is going to be a very useful addition for many WordPress publishers.

Someone once asked me why I “work for free”. So I thought it would be a good idea to write about it and explain why it’s good for me, and why it can be good for you too.

This week in HeroPress hear from Mika Epstein in Anaheim CA, a Tip Of The Week about Spies, and some hallway chats from WordCamp Birmingham.

To better tell the story of blocks, both within WordPress and as a broader framework for folks to consider with their next project, a new page has been created on WordPress.org.

Blocks Block components. No code. Just click and insert content. Build without limits The technology that powers much of the web has never been easier to learn. Blocks allow you to visually interact with any piece of content, with or without code—fueling rich layouts, interactive onboarding, and endless extensibility. As powerful for design as they […]

The WPHelpers team of Aurooba Ahmed and Brian Coords have introduced a new tool to help developers work magic with the Gutenberg block editor- WordPress Core Blocks Explorer.

This time we’re going deeper: highlighting the latest real-world developments in AI, WordPress and content publishing, as well as taking time to zoom out and explore the wider societal, ethical, and technological changes brought about by the rapid advance of AI.

This post presents the most interesting WordCamp Europe statistics and celebrates the event’s growth, as seen through the eyes of attendees.

Our SiteCheck mid-year report summarizes the latest data from our remote scanner to analyze the most common website malware infections, including SocGholish, Balada Injector, SEO spam, unwanted ads, and blocklisted malicious URLs.

Blue Note, the second WordPress community theme is live on the WordPress themes directory. This theme is perfect for writers and bloggers. It is an elegant and fun block theme inspired by jazz and …

Get 30+ customizer controls, modules, and advanced options to develop WordPress themes that load fast. The #1 theme development toolkit for WordPress.

In June, Matt shared the following: There are a number of independent organizations that aren’t “official” WordPress things but still exist to support WP’s mission of democratizing publishing, like…

A few weeks ago we had our July office hours which focused on the new Block Based Product Creation experience. As with all of our office hours, our goal is to create a space where we can share insi…

Today we are excited to release Divi AI, a powerful text and image generator built inside of Divi, allowing you to create spectacular images, write fantastic content, and improve your existing website on the fly using artificial intelligence. Divi AI is unique, not only because it is conveniently accessible in the Visual Builder but also […]

Learning new skills on the job can be difficult for web designers. And client projects aren’t an ideal place for experimentation. What if something goes wrong? You could be stuck in a bad situation. That’s where side projects come in handy. They provide the perfect environment for trying new things. There’s little risk and plenty […]

As of [56378] in the Core SVN repository and a3bef32 in the Gutenberg repository, the versions of Node.js and npm recommended for WordPress development are now 16.x and 8.x, respectively. Required …

Advanced Custom Fields version 6.2 is now available! 🚀🎉 ACF 6.2 introduces the ability to create options pages right from the plugin admin UI in ACF PRO,

WordPress’ Plugin Review team is wading through a backlog that was over 900 plugins awaiting approval earlier this week. The current count has 870 plugins sitting in the review queue, with an average wait time of 61 days before initial review.

We’ve surfed the digital airwaves to find the best podcasts. Plug into 9 must-listen business podcasts for indie devs, bootstrappers, & product makers.

WordPress has been the content management system (CMS) market leader for over a decade. According to W3 Techs, the software has ranked #1 since at least 2012. As of this writing, WordPress powers over 43% of websites. To put that into perspective, only about 32% of websites aren’t using a…

Our eighth annual Cloud 100 list of the world’s best private cloud computing companies, produced in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures, comes at a time of significant change to tech’s hottest sector.

The significance of user-friendliness in WordPress plugins The importance of user-friendliness in WordPress plugins cannot be emphasized, since it has a direct impact on overall user satisfaction and experience.

GravityKit has launched GravityMigrate, a new add-on for Gravity Forms that makes it easy to import/export Gravity Forms data.

Explore WordPress 6.3: Enhanced UI, powerful dev tools, and a glimpse of 6.4. Elevate your website-building experience!

Infographic and playlist of all jazz musicians from WordPress versions from Jan 3, 2004 (version 1) to the most recent (6.2 Dolphy). Includes playlist.

WordPress 6.3 is packed with new features and loads of enhancements to help you publish  faster with WordPress.  Here’s my take on the most interesting parts of this release. Command Palette Navigate and command WordPress from your keyboard with the new WordPress Command Palette. To run a command, use the command K (or control) keyboard shortcut, then […]

In the Accessibility chat for Friday, August 4th, the team ran the entire meeting within Matrix, using a variety of different clients, to assess the current state of the environment for users with …

A searchable explorer to the all the WordPress core blocks and their properties.

Learn how to configure Amazon SES for your WordPress site with WP Offload SES Lite and build a cost-effective, flexible, scalable transactional email service.

Headings and subheadings are important semantic elements. Here’s how to use them appropriately when building content in WordPress.

WordPress 6.3 “Lionel” is here! Named after Lionel Hampton, the prolific jazz musician and bandleader, this release was made possible by over 650 contributors.

Let users upload videos to Youtube from your website using Ninja Forms with our File Upload and Zapier add-ons.

This unplanned RC4 release does not impact the general WordPress 6.3 release date, which is scheduled for tomorrow, The following issue has been addressed since RC3: #58978: Post embed iframe throw…

Your block has complex markup, yet you want your users to easily style child elements within the block. How do you give your users this ability? With CSS custom properties.

Generate a .zip file with your own starter theme for full site editing. Enter the theme name and author name and select your features.

This article is part of sharing our WordPress Community journey. We ran into an issue with Gutenberg 16.0.0 and this is how we fixed it.

In the first 6 months of 2023, our team has already added 2,471[1] individual vulnerability records to the Wordfence Intelligence WordPress Vulnerability Database. These vulnerabilities affected 1,680[2] WordPress software components. This means we have already surpassed the total number of vulnerabilities disclosed last year (2022), which was 2,395[1] based on unique vulnerability records. Introduction The […]

Great news! WordPress 6.3 is coming soon. It’s packed with a bunch of new features and is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, August 8th, 2023. All WordPress.com sites will automatically upg…

Based on the performance benchmarks conducted for RC3, WordPress 6.3 loads 24% faster for block themes and 18% faster for classic themes, compared to WordPress 6.2.

What’s it like to work at a fully distributed company with a worldwide team and culture guided by a Creed? Welcome to “Life @ Automattic,” our series of Q&As with the people behind the products…

The WordPress project has a new Sustainability team. Learn how it was established, its goals, first initiatives, and how you can get involved.

Gravity Forms is now on WordPress.com! Check out this WordPress.org vs WordPress.com comparison, explaining the differences between the two.

Learn and build a WordPress application using AWS EC2 instance with Amazon RDS DB instance that is external to AWS Elastic Beanstalk, then how to configure a high-availability environment running a WordPress website to connect to it. Then website uses Amazon EFS as the shared storage for upload files.

WordPress.com offers to pay domain transfer fees for first 1 million Google Domains customers plus rock bottom pricing on domain registrations

Hi, folks. We are here with an important update regarding the previously announced plan for “High-Performance Order Storage” (HPOS), which was scheduled to be fully rolled out by the WC 8.0 release, scheduled for August 8th. Although HPOS has been available for public use since November 2022, in the WC 7.1 release, we have not […]

Each week, we report the latest vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins and themes. Vulnerable WordPress plugins and themes are the #1 reason WordPress sites get hacked.

Amanda Rush is a WordPress developer. Leveraging her skills as a blind person she’s found freedom in Open Source, WordPress, and the community around it.

What do WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, and TYPO3 have in common? Leaders across these Content Management Systems have come together to express their concerns and seek dialogue with EU legislators regarding the proposed Cyber Resilience Act. They emphasize the vital role of Free and Open Source Software in fostering innovation, security, and economic prosperity. We’re just […]

A tutorial on how to create block design tools or controls for individual blocks using JavaScript.

One of the key challenges of running a site or series of sites at scale is ensuring design consistency and compliance with a design system. During this show, David Bowman, principal designer and Alec Geatches, JavaScript Developer, both at WordPress VIP will demonstrate the process to export the design system tokens from Figma and import…

Earlier this week we became aware that malicious actors are using Wordfence brand image to run a phishing scam on WordPress and Wordfence users, posing as unknown login notifications from their own website while linking to a fake login page, clearly aiming to steal WordPress login credentials.

WordCamp Asia 2024 is the biggest WordPress event in Asia. We are looking for speakers to share their knowledge and expertise on a variety of topics related to WordPress and beyond. Apply to Speak …

WordPress Remembers WordPress dedicates this page to the memory of those we’ve lost. They’ve shaped our project and enriched our community. As we remember their passion and commitment to WordPress and open source software, we celebrate their spirit

I am happy to announce the launch of the Training Team’s New Contributor Guide Program! As WordPress and the Training Team are always evolving, it is important to foster a collaborative environment…

BuddyPress 12.0 is set to introduce a new Community Visibility feature that gives site administrators the option to restrict access to the community sections of the site. Sites set to “member…

Not sure whether to choose Wix or WordPress? Check out our comparison of both platforms on a dozen aspects (design, installation, price…).

You can download and use Newspack for your own clients and projects. I’ll show you how to get started with Newspack.

Although I am, at best, a casual sysadmin, having hung up my pro spurs a decade and change ago, I do have some relevant practical experience hosting WordPress. I’m currently the volunteer admin for a half-dozen WordPress sites, including Houston-area weather forecast destination Space City Weather (along with its Spanish-language counterpart Tiempo Ciudad Espacial), the […]

This is the story about a man who didn’t understand that buying a plugin doesn’t mean you own the code.

Earlier this year, the WordPress Training Team drafted a work-in-progress guide on running a course cohort. A course cohort is defined as a group of people who go through a learning journey at the …

Hello there, Welcome back to WooWeekly, your weekly appointment with WooCommerce tutorials, tips and updates handpicked for you (and the other 17,601 subscribers) so that you can learn something new. Totally off topic – we had to call our builders again to do some post-renovations fixes. Like a pipe that was leaking and a window that […]

We were pretty quiet since our last update. We were actually working on the new version of WPTurbo AI. We shared many features ideas and it took a lot of time to achieve. A lot of the code had to be rewritten, and it broke some of the existing functionality. So we have to make […]

But it’s somewhat of a first, in my understanding, that Open Source Matters, Inc. (Joomla), Typo3, WordPress, and the Drupal Association have issued a joint letter to the legislators of the European Union raising concerns with the proposed Cyber Resilience Act. And the concerns raised by our four organizations, whose communities collectively serve over 50% […]

Use this guide to find the best customer service software for your WordPress business. Dive in for key criteria, deployment options, & more!

Hello Learners, We are happy to announce that the Learn WordPress team started a monthly newsletter sharing the newest content available to learners. We hope this consolidated newsletter filled wit…

Who’s responsible for shepherding a ticket to the finish line? How does that person signal their intent? Please add your view by September 1.

Over 13 years later from the inception of the site bobwp.com, today is the first day I have written a “daily prompt”.

Nonces serve as valuable guardians, diligently shielding websites from potential threats like Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Attacks, unauthorized AJAX requests, and vulnerabilities within theme…

Jetpack 12.4 was released today, launching the plugin’s Newsletter product. It allows users to send blog posts as newsletters, without the hassle of having to copy and paste from the WordPress editor into another newsletter service’s campaign editor and reformat it for email.

AdRoll partners with WooCommerce to offer ecommerce merchants a unified marketing platform.