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Discover the exciting journey of creating WapuuGotchi, the personalized Wapuu assistant for WordPress. Learn about our team’s progress and key milestones in building this engaging and innovative…

Here is how you can create a simplified WordPress block editor for specialized applications using React and the REST API

The big tech story from yesterday is the tech darling collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Just as quickly as it happened WooCommerce notified WooCommerce Payments users of how they (well actually Stripe) is handling the collapse:As a result of the FDIC takeover of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB),

WordCamp Asia 2023 Contributor Day was held at ICONSIAM, Bangkok, Thailand, on 17 February 2023. Here is a recap of what the Training Team accomplished.

Learn what are WooCommerce product variations, why they are important, and how to create them. Find the list of free plugins for creating variation swatches.

Do You Really Still Have a Job?

The new React documentation site is live and looks great. This section on creating custom hooks to encapsulate logic tha

What should we look for in a mentor, and who exactly can be a mentor. Some learnings from my WordPress world.

Over the last few weeks we’ve had a number of reports fantastic independent reports on WordPress security, professionals, and more. So with great apologies to Mark Halperin’s Wide World of News, and his occasional What That Loudmouth Will Still Say on Your Morning Zoom, my attempt with How to Discuss that Slack.

Well, I’ve been solidly wrong about the two big elephants in the WordPress ecosystem for over two years! Way back in October of 2020 I wrote, WordPress IPO?, with what I thought were solid predictions based on the facts at hand as well as ripe market conditions.

Hello everyone, Since last year, we have been working on building and rolling out HPOS (High-Performance Order Storage) as an opt-in feature. This changes the way that we store the order data in th…

Headless can be great if used correctly, but is it the best choice for your WordPress website? Consider these points before going headless.

Equalize Digital, a WordPress accessibility products and consulting company, has received an undisclosed amount of pre-seed funding from Emilia Capital, the investment company owned by Joost de Val…

Lemmony is a new WordPress block theme designed by the team at Shufflehound, a theme development company based in Europe with commercial products on Themeforest. This is the team’s first bloc…

The Docs team needs your help to update and revise the End User Documentation (HelpHub) for the upcoming WordPress 6.2 release, expected on March 28, 2023. You can find a list of all the tasks in t…

At AIOSEO, we are always looking for ways to improve our product and make SEO easier for everyone. Last week we announced our brand new OpenAI integration to help you generate high-quality SEO titles and meta descriptions. And just like that, we’ve made it even better! We listened to your feedback and heard that you

WP Engine’s Local development app has released version 6.7.0 with Site Grouping, a highly requested feature that will greatly improve users’ workflows. It allows users to create custom …

WordCamps are community-organized events that bring together WordPress enthusiasts, bloggers, developers, designers, and users to share their knowledge, experiences, and ideas about WordPress. These events are held in different cities around the world, and they provide a great opportunity for the WordPress community to come together, learn from each other, and have fun. The first […]

There’s no doubt ACF has amazing capabilities. It wouldn’t be so widely used in WordPress if it didn’t. In fact, there’s so much you can do with ACF, it’s

As of today, Thijs de Valk is stepping down as our CEO to pursue other dreams. We want to thank him for all the wonderful things he has done.

The latest version of Easy Digital Downloads is here! Learn about EDD 3.1.1 features, including new payment integrations, a setup wizard, a pro version & more!

Hello there, Welcome back to WooWeekly, your weekly appointment with WooCommerce tutorials, tips and updates handpicked for you (and the other 17,465 subscribers) so that you can learn something new. I’m finally working on creating a plugin business out of Business Bloomer success, and I believe I found a good sub-niche within the WooCommerce extensions world. […]

When chatting with Topher more than a year ago, he suggested that I should write an essay for HeroPress. HeroPress tells the stories of people in WordPress. At the time of this post…

You might’ve noticed the 20th anniversary party Wapuu floating through your social media feeds. Now it’s your turn to make your mark on this special version of the WordPress mascot—with the chance to win some limited edition swag!

To subscribe to our newsletter and receive updates in your inbox, you can sign up here. Welcome to the March 2023 edition of the Polyglots monthly newsletter, the monthly news roundup from the Word…

There are some key benefits of using the WP Search with Algolia WordPress plugin, especially if you have an eCommerce website.

In this post I share my feelings on how many WordPress plugins is too many WordPress plugins, and also when you should remove plugins.

We use Easy Digital Downloads to sell WP Fusion, and while it’s been good to us over the years, the reports leave a lot to be desired. EDD’s built in reports have gotten better with v3.0 but are still pretty basic. To get better insights into churn, MRR, and active…

Welcome to the annual Year in Review for WP Fusion 👋 2022 wraps up our eighth year in business. In the spirit of open-sourcey-ness, I’ve been publishing these Review posts for the last five of them. You can check out previous years below: 2021 in Review 2020 in Review 2019…

Learn step-by-step how to set up an effective email automation on your WordPress website to improve engagement & conversions.

Gutenberg 15.3 was released this week with a new “Time to Read” block that calculates the estimated reading time for the post or page using the same method that appears in the details p…

We are pleased to announce the release of WooCommerce 7.5.0. This release should be backwards compatible with the previous version. This release contains: 278 commits from 55 contributors in W…

James Giroux has been in the WordPress community since 2006 in many roles, most recently as the mastermind behind TeamWP.

Equalize Digital receives investment from Joost de Valk and Marieke van de Rakt of Emilia Capital to grow its Accessibility Checker plugin.

Social media is ablaze with talk of ChatGPT. OpenAI’s tool has generated buzz by having all the answers – or many of them, anyway. And it seems like people find a new way to leverage the power of artificial intelligence (AI) every day. Within my circles, friends have used it…

Welcome to the second edition of this monthly series. If you’re a developer who builds on top of the WordPress platform, […]

Summary:   The navigation section of browse mode (technical project name) is being removed for 6.2 RC 2. This does not impact the additional way of managing your menus within the block settings of …

WooCommerce works for more than just small start-up shops. Big brands use WooCommerce for enterprise ecommerce. This post explains.

To celebrate 10 years of Gravity Perks, we’re taking you for a stroll down memory lane. Learn about the humble beginnings of Gravity Perks!

Hello there, Welcome back to WooWeekly, your weekly appointment with WooCommerce tutorials, tips and updates handpicked for you (and the other 17,457 subscribers) so that you can learn something new. I miraculously spent some time over on StackOverflow to answer some WooCommerce development questions. That means a couple of things: (1) finally, I’m getting back into […]

WordCamp Entebbe 2023 was a huge success! Get a recap on everything amazing that happened.

It’s been 4 weeks since the GoDaddy layoffs. Here’s a look at what I’ve been up to and what I have planned.

WordPress.com sites now have an easier way to integrate with the Fediverse, including Mastodon. Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, and other web publishing tools is the new owner of the ActivityPub for WordPress plugin and has also recruited its developer to come work for the company, according to Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg. The newly […]

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“What’s new in Gutenberg” is published following every Gutenberg biweekly release, showcasing new features included in the release. As a reminder, here’s an overview of different way…

Hi, all! Here are a few projects the Design Team has contributed to over the past couple of weeks. Revisiting the Image Size dropdown When you upload an image, the large size will be shown by defau…

Today, we are releasing Divi 5 Dev Alpha. This is the first step on our journey towards the public release of Divi version 5. It’s also my first update in what will become a series of monthly videos and blog posts that will keep you up-to-speed on our progress. If you are a Divi developer, […]

To create this report, we decided to look at six popular JavaScript-based web frameworks: Astro, Gatsby, Next.js, Nuxt, Remix, and SvelteKit. We also include data from WordPress when possible, due to its popularity and large market share (43.2%) on the web.

We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with MainWP, bringing you two new Jetpack extensions in the MainWP marketplace.

How women are doing in WordPress? Check out this article to know about the 6 best women in WordPress who are reshaping it every day.

Comments are an important part of sites big enough to drive not only readership but also engagement. And, for sites operating at this level, maintaining performance at scale becomes even more of a focus.  As a component that is not just visual, but also introduces additional functionality, the ways a commenting plugin affects performance can […]

It is finally time! Plugin Madness 2023 voting is now open! Stop by every week to cast your votes for your favorites.

Tutor LMS version 2.1.8 introduces ChatGPT integration for content generation, allowing instructors to create courses faster and easier. Enable ChatGPT and integrate your API key to access this new feature.

We’ve just released the first batch of tickets for the WordCamp Europe event to be held in Athens, Greece at the Megaron Athens International Conference Centre on 8-10 June 2023! Tickets will be released in batches throughout the next weeks. If the current batch of tickets has sold out, keep an eye on the site […]

This post explores the details that went into into my personal content publishing platform for my site, as well as the other blogs that I run.

Performance matters, and websites are not an exception. Brian Jackson, develops performance-driven WordPress plugins. Let’s talk with him!

More than 200 users on Mastodon who consider themselves part of the WordPress community, responded to the recent Toot the Word 2023 Survey, which was conducted by the admins of five WordPress-orien…

tl;dr: I will be stepping down from plugin reviews by 1 July, 2023. I will be stepping down from plugin reviews this year. I have been a part of this team for over a decade (and the rep for the maj…

To further investigate their current involvement in Gutenberg and FSE, we conducted this study. We analyzed 123 WordPress theme shops (mostly independent ones and some on ThemeForest). Updated In March 2023.

Wouldn’t it be great if there was a tool to help you make your website faster? Well, there is! Google PageSpeed Insights is the name.

March 20 is WordPress Day at CloudFest 2023! We’re helping your company unlock the true power of the world’s most important CMS.

Are you tired of spending hours writing and producing unique content for your website? Do you want to save time […]

Discover the best WooCommerce checkout plugins to improve your store checkout process. Simplify checkout page, add custom fields, stop customers from abandoning their carts, provide discounts, and more.

The concept of building web layouts and content with blocks isn’t new. WordPress embraced it back in version 5.0 with the Block Editor. Version 5.9 brought us the Site Editor and further expanded the software’s block capabilities. However, the potential for blocks extends well beyond WordPress. Other applications have implemented…

Contributing to open source projects can be an excellent way to build your skills, gain experience, and make connections in the tech industry. This article discusses how volunteering to open source projects can lead to career opportunities and help you land your dream job.

Our new education hub at WordPress.com/learn has launched! No registration or purchase required.

WordPress 6.2 Release Candidate 1 is now available for download and testing. This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPre…

WordPress 5.2 gave us the Site Health screen, a convenient way for users to check on the vitals of their website. It performs some tests and also gives the option to copy all debug data to the clipboard for easy sharing.

The most important security related stats, trends and developments in the WordPress ecosystem in 2022.

The WordPress 6.2 Field Guide brings together the changes in the release and some of the highlights… It shares more of the in-depth changes that you will find in 6.2 and is published with Release Candidate 1 to help inform WordPress developers, extenders and others.

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Prerequisites: Global Styles & theme.json. Last updated WordPress 6.1 introduced four new PHP filters for

Lemmony is a new WordPress block theme designed by the team at Shufflehound, a theme development company based in Europe with commercial products on Themeforest. This is the team’s first bloc…

In WordPress 6.2, the get_page_by_title() function has been deprecated in favour of using WP_Query

Hello there, Welcome back to WooWeekly, your weekly appointment with WooCommerce tutorials, tips and updates handpicked for you (and the other 17,457 subscribers) so that you can learn something new. I miraculously spent some time over on StackOverflow to answer some WooCommerce development questions. That means a couple of things: (1) finally, I’m getting back into […]

Right now, more than ever, there is a massive opportunity for the eLearning industry, WordPress, and learning management systems (LMS). That’s because eLearning, also known as online learning or digital education, is rapidly growing.

Yup, we have been super quiet so far this year, not much content out, not many updates pushed out… but hear me out. We’ve been SUPER busy behind the scenes.   We have smashed out support for WooCommerce subscriptions. This one has been a big one for us. For now, we have three plugins with […]

WP Engine is beta testing its new Pattern Manager plugin for creating and maintaining patterns. The plugin is intended for WordPress professionals – developers, agencies, and freelancers, who…

One of the Training Team goals for 2023 is to “release a roadmap of new content (that isn’t tied to WP releases/features)”. To do this, we need to look at how we can plan out specific Learn WordPress content that is curated in a way that creates a learning journey for the user.

Over a 2 week period in February, I conducted a comprehensive survey of 667 web professionals. Those 667 professionals ranged from people who were just starting out in the industry, right up to those who have decades of experience. We truly covered the globe, with the results featuring web professionals from more than 50 countries.

WordPress 6.2 introduces WP_HTML_Tag_Processor – a tool for block authors to adjust HTML tag attributes in block markup within PHP. It’s the first component in a new HTML processing API…

It’s been absolutely wild to witness the rise of the new crop of AI tools. This moment feels equally exciting and terrifying, but given humans’ track record of driving promising technologies off the rails, I’m erring on the side of terrified until (hopefully) proven wrong. Setting aside a lot of

WordPress 6.2 beta 5 is here! Download and test now. This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or miss…

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So, this micro post is kind of a big deal for me. In spite of it’s casual nature, it’s actually the first micro post I have published on my site. My goal is to use my personal site for all of my content first, and distribute this elsewhere. They call it PoSSE (publish on site, […]

With the release of WordPress 6.2, you’ll find the inspector’s design tools categorized under three tabs: Settings, Appearance and List View.

Laravel Valet’s minimalist approach makes it a great choice for local WordPress development. Learn what Valet does, how to install and use it to serve up a local WordPress site.

Learn how WordPress patterns are going to change the landscape of building with WordPress block themes

This February, 10up celebrates our twelfth anniversary — a year of team and revenue growth, innovation in our solutions, and continued contributions to the open web and greater community. Our work continued to be recognized around the web, earning 10up nods as WordPress VIP’s Inaugural Gold Partner of the Quarter and 2022 Partner of the […]

WordPress 6.2 brings more new hooks and methods, as well as security updates. Media The Media component brings another filter, wp_get_attachment_link_attributes which allows developers to filter th…

Support » Plugin: Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth » How do I remove the GIANT “Install Jetpack” banner in WP dashboard? How do I remove the GIANT &#…

Tutor LMS just proudly announced a seamless integration of its WordPress LMS plugin with ChatGPT. Generate next-level content for your online courses and more.

WordPress 6.2 provides theme authors and end-user with methods to add global and pre block custom CSS.

Learn what’s involved in a smooth transition to PHP 8.x for your WordPress site, plugin or theme, including a roadmap.

Watch this ‘live product demo’ recording with release squad members Anne McCarthy and Rich Tabor as they share exciting enhancements anticipated for the WordPress 6.2 release.