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WordPress core committer Pascal Birchler has published a Periodic Table of WordPress Plugins to celebrate the software’s upcoming 20th anniversary. The table showcases 108 of the most popular free plugins on WordPress.org.

WebAssembly is an exciting new technology that, among other things, allows running existing code and applications in a secure, capabilites-based sandbox. In particular, we already released mod_wasm, which allows you to run PHP-based Web applications such as WordPress using Apache This article builds on that work and introduces a new project that enables any WebServer […]

When I first acquired Kirki in early 2020, I had big plans for it. Although we were able to execute on step one of the 2-step plan we had for the plugin, as time went on, I lost passion for the project mainly due to the direction WordPress core has taken with Gutenberg.

Human Made is organizing the community’s first ever AI for WordPress online conference on May 25, 2023. The time and schedule have not yet been announced but registration is open. Attendees can expect to see demos of Human Made’s current AI projects and highlights of what others are doing in the space. The organizers plan […]

Hello! This post is the first in a series of five posts in which we’ll outline the new direction we plan to take regarding plugin maintenance and evolutions. After some introductory words, we‘ll focus on the new BuddyPress purpose that I believe we should adopt for years to come.We haven‘t forgotten that, at the end […]

WordPress has come a long way towards its stated goal of democratizing publishing, powering roughly 43% of the websites on the web. However, that status makes it a prime target for hackers and other malicious actors. In this article, we’ll look at what you can do to make your WordPress site more secure, examine practices […]

📚 Discover modern PHP in WordPress plugin development. Improve code quality, reusability, maintainability and extensibility. Read now.

Easily inline your SVGs in WordPress and modify the attributes while you’re at it with this handy function.

Chapter 1 of the complete guide to setting up Ubuntu 22.04 to run WordPress lightning fast. We provision a server, secure SSH access, install a firewall, and more.

David Vongries, developer of the Kirki Customizer Framework plugin, announced he is sunsetting the product and will discontinue development and support. Vongries bought the plugin in 2020 from its original creator, Ari Stathopoulos, and grew its user base from 400K to 600K active installs. He launched Kirki PRO with additional extensions in March 2022. “When […]

Automated performance benchmarking and coordination between core contributors puts WordPress back on track

Since Allen Newell, Herbert A. Simon, and Cliff Shaw came out with the first automated reasoning model, “Logic Theorist,” in December 1995, the field of AI has witnessed some amazing advancements (not counting JARVIS). But nowadays, AI has seeped into every crevice of every industry, be it technology, healthcare, real estate, automotive, and so many […]

A few crucial coding skills are needed to succeed at WordPress plugin development in 2023. Experts share 13 must-haves in this article.

Elizabeth Shilling from California writes about the value and need for more women developers, both in WordPress and elsewhere.

Last year I did an analysis about WordPress Core contributions by tickets numbers as I think that a OSS project is not healthy if had a long queue of stuff that no one sees, so I already tried in the past talking with Core Committers about more Triage sessions, finally now every 2 weeks there […]

Hello there, Welcome back to WooWeekly, your weekly appointment with WooCommerce tutorials, tips and updates handpicked for you (and the other 17,516 subscribers) so that you can learn something new. As I’m developing my new business line (WooCommerce Mini-Plugins), I finally got to talk with my accountant and the amazing good news is that I need […]

Start building beautiful and powerful WordPress websites with the new Site Editor and Ollie WordPress block theme

As a WordPress developer, you may already be familiar with the wp-config.php file. This file is an essential part of your WordPress installation and contains important configuration information. But did you know that you can enhance your WordPress site’s functionality and performance by adding some cool and useful snippets to this file? In this blog […]

Learn how WordPress uses Webpack to manage importing from the built-in packages that ship with WordPress.

Back in 2008 I released an online tool (which was a simple page on this site) for CSS compression. You pasted in your CSS, pressed a button and it compressed it. However, I never really did much else with it – either improving what it did and what functions it provided, but also promoting it. […]

WordPress Full-Site Editing, aka the Site Editor, offers a lot of features, not all of which you might be familiar with. That’s because it’s not only a relatively new addition to the WordPress platform but also under constant development with new features coming out regularly. As a consequence, it’s easy to miss out on some […]

As an open-source platform and the most popular CMS in the world, WordPress stands to be reshaped in the coming years as the true capabilities of AI continue to unfurl. Let’s explore the possibilities.

The WP Feature Notifications (formerly WP Notify) project was first proposed in 2019 in order to improve and modernise the way in which WordPress handles user notifications. In the last few months we’ve had a good amount of progress, as well as a number of changes, which have led to the recent publication of prerelease […]

This week, popular plugin Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), announced the release of version 6.1. This update marks a huge win for functionality of the plugin and WordPress development as a whole. Site developers can now register custom post types and custom taxonomies from within the plugin. Having the functionality directly within the ACF dashboard not […]

We are beyond excited to announce the official launch of the WordPress Management and Design Credential!! Check it out, take the exams, and obtain your credential!! We are beyond excited to announce the official launch of the WordPress Management and Design Credential!! Check it out, take the exams, and obtain your credential!! https://t.co/MIkgqNgkf5 @michelleames @wp_connects […]

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

React, the JavaScript framework we use in the WordPress editor uses hooks. The new React documentation has a lot of exam

For many use cases, it’s helpful to access blocks in WordPress as pure JSON data instead of HTML. Doing so eliminates the need to write parsing layers to transform markup into JSON, and to keep those translation layers up to date with every version of Gutenberg. All of this saves developer time and effort. While […]

By default, WordPress enables the ability to perform pingbacks. Basically, when another site references yours, you’ll be sent a “pingback” – a confirmation that this has happened, which is logged on your site similar to a post comment.

Howdy, Although, I found great content for you and I was co-leading the Gutenberg plugin release, it felt like a quiet week. No family drama, no moving stress. Nowadays, I cherish the quiet moments, when I can sit and read a book, that’s not technical in nature. Or just sit with loved once and chat…

Virtuozzo, the software company behind the virtualization and cloud management capabilities of many popular hosting service providers, has launched version 2.0 of its WordPress platform. The compan…

Have you ever been at a conference, and felt overwhelmed? Here are a few tips to help you feel as comfortable at a conference as possible.

What is a headless CMS? What are the drawbacks and benefits of headless WordPress? Learn why and when should you use a headless content management system, and how to get started.

Working as a sub-contractor can be as flexible (or not) as you’d like. Much of it depends on your goals and the available opportunities. It’s possible to find a long-term working relationship. Some clients need a designer or developer who has regular availability. They may not have the resources or workload to hire someone on […]

WordPress contributors are making progress on officially supporting SQLite in core, a project that would benefit less complex sites (small to medium sites and blogs) that don’t necessarily require …

I’m declaring not only bankruptcy on building block editor blocks, but on my entire blogging strategy, too.

A walk-through of adding per-block CSS using in theme.json that covers tips, tricks, and pitfalls.

WooCommerce has launched Woo Express, a new managed hosting solution. It is an all-in-one WooCommerce plan that includes everything you need to launch your online store and build a successful business.

How to change the attributes of HTML tags without knowing regular expressions. Change the HTML blocks or even the entire post content with ease!

Attackers are using Eval PHP, an outdated legitimate WordPress plugin, to compromise websites by injecting stealthy backdoors. The plugin has not been updated in the past decade and is generally considered abandonware, yet it is still available through the WordPress plugins repository.

Have you collected some WordPress merchandise (or “swag”) over the years? Have a cool WordCamp t-shirt, a stuffed Wapuu, or a lanyard adorned with nine different pins and buttons? Yes, yes you do – admit it! Everyone loves some WordPress merchandise and you probably have a favorite item (or two or three) that you’ve saved […]

You know you have Spanish-speaking customers, but are you doing a good job with your bilingual marketing efforts?

How do you integrate artificial intelligence into WordPress? AI is the hottest topic right now. Learn how to use it with your WordPress site.

Check out our Pavel Ciorici interview to learn about his insights on WordPress, business, community, and more.

After several years in WordPress core, how is the new block and site editor faring? Time to find out in this detailed Gutenberg review.

A simple code snippet to exclude a post type from the using the block editor.

WooCommerce has launched Woo Express, a new managed hosting product that uses WordPress.com’s infrastructure and relieves store owners of the responsibilities of hosting and maintenance. The …

It is with mixed emotions that we say goodbye to Marieke van de Rakt, who has decided to leave Yoast.

In 2022 my #CrossBorderRail project was mostly live tweeted. But then Elon Musk broke Twitter, and I have had to work out how to revise my digital communication strategy for the 2023 project. This blog post explains how I intend to do it! But before I start, a word about […]

“What’s new in Gutenberg…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, showcasing new features included in each release. As a remin…

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.

When translating plugins or themes, it can be hard to know the context in which the string appears. In GlotPress, we’ve got the table view for translations where there is very little context.…

Contributor Days are usually single day events focused on all things related to contributing to WordPress. They often accompany larger WordCamps, but are sometimes planned along smaller ones or eve…

Sunny Ratilal tells us his story of growing from a child to an adult with WordPress, and how burning the midnight oil accelerated his learning.

Plugin Madness 2023 has come to an end. Join us in congratulating this year’s winner Advanced Custom Fields.

TeamWP’s Team Experience Survey is here to help the WordPress community grow! Please read why this is so important for positive work culture.

The past few years have produced a wealth of new technology and features for the world’s most popular CMS. It all started with WordPress 5.0, released in December 2018. This release included the much-anticipated block editor, a way of building content visually with block-based elements (paragraphs, images, buttons, columns, etc.). Although this was a huge […]

Likert Scale is a commonly used survey rating scale that measures respondents’ attitudes or opinions on a particular topic. It involves a series of statements or questions, with respondents being asked to rate their level of agreement or disagreement on a five or seven-point scale. WordPress, being a popular platform for websites, has several benefits […]

Hello there, Welcome back to WooWeekly, your weekly appointment with WooCommerce tutorials, tips and updates handpicked for you (and the other 17,507 subscribers) so that you can learn something new. I’ve spent countless hours in the last few days in order to figure some things out in regard to selling WooCommerce plugins on Business Bloomer. I […]

In this tutorial, we will learn how to use the Site Editor to create a custom template for a unique post or page. You might want to create a custom template for an event, a landing page, different …

This post is an update to the proposal for officially support SQLite in WordPress. The initial implementation was included in the Performance Lab plugin and then released as a stand-alone plugin. T…

Better Search v3.2.0 improves search accuracy by including taxonomy descriptions & highlights whole words, Fixes bugs, PHP 8.1 compatible, secure cache clearing

Emilia Capital is sponsoring WordCamp Europe 2023. We sponsor because we love WordPress and WordCamp Europe is our favorite event … Read more

In early 2023, WordPress and Matrix contributors proposed a new Meta team subproject to explore replacing Slack communication with Matrix, an open source federated chat system. After the team&#8217…

Overview This post will document updates regarding the detailed information on developments & customizations for training website and learn website. Project DRIs Project Lead Amit Patel@am…

Drupal updates create opportunities for everyone to participate in the open web. My website is a perfect example of what I mean. I take photos nearly everywhere I go: To date, I have more than 10,000 photos uploaded to my Drupal site. Using something like Instagram might be easier, but my photos are precious to […]

Beau Lebens, Head of Engineering at WooCommerce, recently sat down with Do the Woo and shared his insights on a new offering from Woo, Woo Express. If you haven’t heard the buzz, Woo Express is a m…

Adobe releases a WordPress plugin that enables four user friendly ways to display a PDF online

Last year’s proposal to stop merging experimental APIs from Gutenberg to WordPress Core is now mostly implemented. To recap: Due to JavaScript technical limitations, the recurring merge of the Gute…

A list of useful WordPress Tools and Resources for WordPress agency owners and freelancers to do more with code, design, AI, security, eCommerce, investments, selling plugins, and more.

Block themes have now been a part of the WordPress ecosystem for a few years. And with the WordPress Site Editor moving out of beta, I thought it might be a good time to revisit them. The included features of both block themes and the Site Editor are no longer experimental. Nominally speaking, that makes […]

Wondering how to manage your WordPress revision history? Learn some best practices for handling revisions to keep your site running smoothly!

Last week I talked about how we’re exploring generative content in WordPress. Like all things in the AI field, things have already progressed! I thought I’d share some incremental progress and improvements to the WordPress Block Editor assistant to provide some details on the challenges and improvements. It’s striking to me that small incremental improvements […]

To fix module ‘imagick’ already loaded, there are two things you need to do: locate the PHP configuration file for your version and ignore a version check.

We are looking for enthusiastic community members to join us to make a successful and diverse WordPress event! This call will be open until April 22, 2023 @ 23:59 Taipei Time (UTC+8). Date: March, 2024 Venue: TICC (Taipei, Taiwan)

Preparations for WordCamp Europe (WCEU) 2023 in Athens are moving forward as the team will soon be contacting speakers selected for the event. Organizers have launched a Speaker Support Program aim…

In keeping with our mission to make a better web, 10up strives to strengthen and contribute back to the open-source technology ecosystem we build upon. We contribute thousands of hours each year and open source innovations like ElasticPress, which integrates Elastic and WordPress; ClassifAI, which brings AI and machine learning to WordPress; and Distributor, which […]

Woocommerce plugin is the perfect tool for dropshippers who are testing a large number of products. With the ability to generate titles and descriptions in just a few clicks, you can leave the writing to AI while you focus on driving your business forward.

After the successful launch of WordPress 6.2, it’s time to start planning for WordPress 6.3, and for WordPress 6.4’s women and non-binary-led release. In preparation, this post includes WordPress 6…

Github Copilot is definitely good – but is it “good”? And how does it fare for WordPress developers?

Free vs. Paid SSL • SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and TLS (Transport Layer Security) are internet protocols that use encryption to secure websites. • SSL

Don’t let security issues ruin your website. Learn about the 10 WordPress security issues and their easy fixes. Stay protected and secure your website today.

Recently, Twitter has started suspending many people’s apps who are using WP to Twitter. This is not something I can do anything about. They’re using the same logic to shut it down that they used to shut down all of the major Twitter apps. You can always create another new app and reconnect it to […]

Margherita Pelonara is a WordPress devotee with love for the community. Learn more about her and her contributions in this interview!

A tiny JavaScript replacement for wp_get_attachment_image.

Compared to other solutions, WordPress is the top content management system that now powers a variety of e-commerce websites. There are several reasons for this, not the least of which is the user-friendly experience customers get with this CMS. Additionally, this CMS is less expensive to utilize for website development than other platforms. WordPress plugins […]

This post summarizes the feedback received from the WordPress 6.1 retrospective. Due to an error in the form linked in the original retrospective post, the results of the retrospective are shared l…

Representatives of the BuddyPress core team will be hosting a contributor day alongside the French WordPress Community Contributor Day in Paris on April 20, 2023. This in-person event has filled up its registration and posted its schedule already, but BuddyPress core developer Mathieu Viet is inviting people to join online to contribute to BuddyPress.

I’m pretty excited about Automattic’s acquisition of Matthias Pfefferle’s ActivityPub plugin. I believe it will remain open source, but by acquiring the copyright to the

In the main plugin file, if we declare a variable, it will be used as a global variable in WordPress. This might lead to conflict for global variable names. The code is in wp-settings.php file. A simple fix is creating a function to load a plugin and include main plugin file inside that function. So […]

With the need to make sure more sites start with being accessible, learn when you should consider bringing in a partner.