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A brief overview of what HTMX is and the potential impact it could have on WordPress plugin development.

Building websites in a local environment is becoming more popular. It’s both faster and safer than developing on a production site. You can experiment to your heart’s content. You can even get away without an internet connection in some cases. WordPress has proven to be a great fit for local…

Almost 8 years ago the Preferred Languages feature project was kicked off in response to a feature request in #28197. Right now it is probably the oldest active feature plugin. Over time there were…

I really enjoyed the conversation lead by Brian Coords on the topic of version control for WordPress developers and builders. He was joined by my recurring cohost, Mark Szymanski, as he asked the tough questions many beginners might be facing in their early development days. Yes, that’s the same Mark…

The latest monthly roundup includes an early look at some of the features coming in WordPress 6.6 and more.

And just like that we’re closing the week where ​we got WordPress 6.5.3​. And a very controversial dot release at that. More on that below the fold. We’re one month out from the 10th WordCamp Europe in Torino, and I’m getting excited about that! Will I see you there, my friend? Anyway, on to the […]

The WordPress hosting survey results for 2024 are in! Learn what users really think about the companies hosting their WordPress sites.

Follow these steps to write functional test to make sure everything works as expected in your WordPress environment.

This Week at WordPress.org (May 5, 2024) News WordPress 6.5.3 Maintenance Release Apply for the Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship for WordCamp US 2024

A critical flaw in the hugely popular LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress is being exploited in the wild to create rogue admin accounts, granting att

Discover the power of WordPress for enterprise – streamline your website, boost security, and enhance user experience.

Jos Velasco writes about the security and stability of freelancing with WordPress in Mexico.

WordPress 6.5.3 is now available! This minor release features 12 bug fixes in Core and 9 bug fixes for the block editor. You can review a summary of the maintenance updates in this release by readi…

With the advent of WordPress Playground I thought to myself, “I bet you can run id Software’s 1993 hit ‘Doom’ on it”. Sure enough, you can. This blog post details how.

I loathe what WordPress development has become. If you haven’t kept up with Gutenberg and full-site editing (FSE) you may be surprised at how radically different modern WordPress themes are — and not in a good way.

Do you like talking about blogging? I do, and I’ve lots to say about it. What about you? #Blogging #WordPress #Bloggingtips #Blogginghelp

Other affiliate plugins for WordPress are notoriously bad at maintaining affiliate programs, particularly when the program has several special conditions. This post dives into how Siren avoids these pitfalls.

Command line interfaces offer speed, flexibility, and the ability to automate repetitive tasks. In this article, we look into the features and enhancements in WP-CLI v2.10.0, and provide an update… Read more

Is WordPress getting too hard? Are the masses really leaving? How big is the moat that keeps WordPress safe? The same questions year after year. (I even found a post I wrote about it for MasterWP two years ago). That’s not to say they’re unimportant questions- in fact they’re probably more important than ever. WordPress […]

A step-by-step walkthrough of building a book review site with custom meta input controls and Block Variations.

Discover the journey behind why I sold my WordPress plugins and themes business KryptoniteWP: I’m sharing my motivation and decisions leading to this transition.

We’re thrilled to have worked in partnership with the world’s leading human rights charity to launch Humanity – an open source WordPress initiative.

Introducing Peak Gym Theme: Elevate your fitness or gym website with Thrive Theme Builder’s newest, dynamic, and engaging design features.

🎈 A new release of WP CLI BuddyPress, v3.0.0, is now available. The main purpose of this release was to introduce new commands, and polish the implementation of available commands. As always, you c…

Saif from SearchWP has just announced the release of a massive update to Live Ajax Search. Version 1.8.0 will significantly increase your conversion rate by instantly displaying products and information as your visitors search. Live Ajax Search The only way to do this is with a search form. But until…

A curated list of block related talks at WordCamp Europe 2024

Matt Mullenweg is returning from his 3 month sabbatical, dubbed “Samattical”, which kicked off February 1, 2024. He handed the CEO reigns back to Toni Schneider and placed Daniel Bachhuber in charge of WordPress.com in his absence. I thought we’d see the whole organization coast while the open source benevolent…

There are dozens of WordPress forms plugins available in the market, but which one is right for you based on your needs?

We talk about the most common reasons why web design projects come to a halt, and get tips to avoid delays and maintain momentum.

My friend Jonathan Desrosiers made his 2,000th commit to WordPress today and I thought I would pull to gether a couple of stats to celebrate him since he always enjoys random WordPress trivia like this. I have written bash one-liners for pulling commit stats before, so all of these are from similar one liners, sometimes […]

Over 67% of all reported WordPress vulnerabilities were medium-level. These are the facts that you need to know.

WordPress 6.6 is set to be released on July 16, 2024. With a slightly shorter cycle, this release heavily builds on the foundation of the last with some new items, like section styles and overrides in synced patterns, and loads of enhancements to features that landed in the last few releases, including the Font Library […]

It’s taken about-a-million tiny steps, but as of this moment (2 May, 2024 07:42 UTC-6) this WordPress blog (jjj.blog) and a bunch of other blogs for friends & family are all calling from inside the house running on a cluster of Raspberry Pi 4’s in a server rack in my basement.

Google’s John Mueller shows what the first step is for diagnosing why a WordPress site was de-indexed after a hosting migration

WordPress Plugin Directory Gets a Facelift, Needs a Bit More This week, the WordPress plugin directory got a visual update “to standardize the site’s

Developers want to build sites with custom components, companies want to reuse those components on all their sites, users want those sites to be fast, and everyone wants them to be stable.

Technology evolves at an unprecedented pace, especially in the digital world where every day you can find something has changed. Elementor remains at the forefront of innovation, ensuring that web creators are equipped with the latest tools to shape this digital landscape. Today, we are thrilled to announce the official release of Elementor AI Copilot, […]

WordPress 6.5.3 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is available for testing.

AI, Colors & Typography. If you’re new here, welcome to Shaping WordPress, where I share every couple weeks what’s top of my mind and…

In further recognition of the dynamic Australian creative startup industry and its contribution to the global stage, Shutterstock announce they’ve entered into an agreement to acquire Envato.

This Week at WordPress.org (April 28, 2024) News WP Briefing: Episode 78: Guided Growth: Cultivating Contributors Through Mentorship How WordPress Is

Hello there, Welcome back to WooWeekly, your weekly appointment with WooCommerce tutorials handpicked for you (and the other 18,845 subscribers), so that you can learn something new. It’s not Wednesday today… since tomorrow is Labour Day, I’ll try not to work and therefore I’m sending the newsletter a day earlier! Which is a great idea, because in […]

Rhys Wynne is a freelance WordPress Plugin developer, author and speaker, who enjoys video games, cricket, travel and most other sports.

A new Android backdoor malware named ‘Wpeeper’ has been spotted in at least two unofficial app stores mimicking the Uptodown App Store, a popular third-party app store for Android devices with over 220 million downloads.

My story begins in Istanbul in 2016, I haven’t heard of WordPress then except in one encounter with a friend who used to be a renowned journalist and quit his job, learnt how to use WordPress, and became a full-time freelancer building and maintaining WordPress sites.

TeamWP is now Future of Team and Remkus de Vries is joining as a co-founder. Dee Teal and James Giroux are hosting a new podcast too.

Hey WordCampers! Let’s talk about an exciting twist on conference discussions—Campfire Chats. Picture this: Nestled in the WordCamp US Lounge, we’re gathered in a snug circle, armed wit…

I’ve launched a WordPress Plugin for an extremely niche use-case. WP GeSHi Highlight Redux works with WordPress’s Classic Editor to convert Markdown to syntax highlighted code. That allows me to write:

WPShout and CodeinWP have joined forces to create a hub for WordPress enthusiasts, offering quality resources and courses for building websites.

WooCommerce 8.9 is expected to ship on May 14th. Here’s a look at some the notable features coming in this release. Using the new product editor, store owners will be able to add Custom Fields to products. This will allow owners to display data specifically for individual products. For example, detailed personalization options. Displaying Custom

Iteration is all about relentless improvement; not merely fixing what’s broken. It involves striking the right balance between innovation and problem-solving, one…

Available in the new Add-ons tab along with a new Repo Manager function.

The Block Locking API is a powerful set of features that lets you lock the behavior of blocks and how users interact with them. You can…

With the release of Tachyon version 3, we’ve not only enhanced its capabilities but also streamlined its integration for enterprise WordPress users. Human Made CTO Joe Hoyle takes us through the key updates and how they can benefit your business. Tachyon is an innovative, on-demand image resizing and optimisation microservice, designed to enhance your digital […]

Discover what we love about the new Harvard Gazette WordPress site. From FSE to custom blocks, see how we made it accessible and beautiful.

Satyam Vishwakarma has been using WordPress for a few years, and enjoys leveraging his involvment in the community to help others.

Over the past few weeks, the Meta team has been working on a new theme for the Plugin Directory. This visual refresh is part of the continued effort to establish a consistent design language across WordPress.org. The updated site launched today. Congratulations to everyone involved in this effort.

I’ve been reflecting a lot lately about legacy and what we leave behind when we retire or leave this life someday. And in that reflection, I remembered the WordPress memorial page that was launched by WordPress awhile back. We remember those that have passed and pay homage to them in this way so that their […]

Collaboration is key to success when working on a team. Learn how you can collaborate within WordPress with this article.

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In November 2023, plugin authors could add a preview feature powered by WordPress Playground that allowed both developers to offer an early, customized look at their plugin and enable users to expl…

On the heels of an emotional conversation about the state of Gutenberg and the growing divide between the WordPress codebase and the developers able to understand it, Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress and overall project lead, took to X himself to discuss the 2025 roadmap of releases. This article explores how a ‘Year of Iteration’ […]

We tested 15 different hosts across 3+ years to find the fastest WordPress hosting that money can buy. Here’s what we’ve learned.

As part of some of the Learn visual refresh work the design group has been doing, this post explores small improvements to Lessons themselves. Please leave your feedback in the comments.

Explore the concept of namespaces in coding. Learn how they can prevent collisions and ensure the smooth execution of code, just like satellites in space.

Today, we’re beyond excited to announce that we’re partnering with Dollie – the WordPress Growth Platform. Everything you need to manage & grow your WordPress business, trusted by thousands of WordPress professionals. At Atarim, our mission is to help teams ship their best work. Every improvement we deliver, new feature we ship, and company we partner with serves this […]

If you’ve ever added a plugin to the WordPress.org directory, you’ll find there’s a folder named assets waiting for you in SVN. In this article, I’m going to explore what you can add to this, and the various limitations and formats available to you.

This is a common question I get from folks in the WordPress community. How can I “lock things down” and prevent any changes to plugins, themes, and WordPress core files. For example, how to prevent any themes and/or plugins from being updated or deleted, and how to prevent any new plugins from being installed. This […]

Updated my tiny “Scrobbble” plugin for WordPress. It now supports the bare minimum of Last.fm’s v2.0 API endpoints—enough to make scrobbling from my Android phone’s PanoScrobbler work.

When writing content, I prefer to use a CMS and I’ve tried a lot of them. But what would my dream CMS look like?

There are good ways of handling a bad review you don’t like. This is not one of them.

WooCommerce plays domain hopscotch thanks to Google’s moody algorithms. Here’s why pursuing SEO trends is a wild goose chase!

We wrote this report so that everyone from interested security beginners to advanced security researchers will benefit from it. If you are a security beginner we have a glossary at the end of this report and link to it from key terms. For advanced researchers, we believe this report will highlight the rankings of threats […]

You already use Loom to create help videos for your WordPress clients. Why not create a permanent video library inside your WordPress dashboard to catalog those videos forever? Download now Minimum Requirements: WordPress 6.1Purpose: Add Loom videos to your WordPress dashboardDownload link: Download nowSee plugin screens: Watch the video Let’s face it: No one saves […]

Here’s everything you need to know about how to deregister anonymous functions in WordPress. And a plugin to help.

WooCommerce 8.8.2 was released on April 17th to address two bugs. However, some users are reporting that the newest version is not working well with Redis, a popular caching solution. Since upgrading WC from 8.7.0 to 8.8.2, I’ve noticed the that the WooCommerce status widget on the Admin dashboard doesn’t update if the order statuses

Introducing Aggregator 5.0: Revolutionize your content curation with our upcoming update.

Learn how AI is changing WordPress development directly from professionals revealing their workflows and programming shortcuts.

This Week at WordPress.org (April 21, 2024) News YouthCamp Kozhikode Mumbai 2024 WordPress.org Website Redesign The Pattern Directory gets a refresh and

This is a summary of a Hallway Hangout that was first announced on Make Core. The aim was to have a shared space where we could chat about what’s being worked on to provide broader awareness to mor…

Spin up a live site demonstrating a custom plugin, a theme adapted to feature it, and a user manual—no server needed

Hackers have started to target a critical severity vulnerability in the WP Automatic plugin for WordPress to create user accounts with administrative privileges and to plant backdoors for long-term access.

We’re back with Torque’s 2024 WordPress Plugin Madness. Come back weekly to vote for your favorite WordPress plugins.

Dr. Rhiannon Little-Surowski writes about finding the WordPress community and growing those relationships into a company.

Build Fast, Ship Faster with Studio Meet Studio by WordPress.com—your new way to develop locally with WordPress. Share your local sites with clients or colleagues and keep your local development pr…

As a developer, it’s frustrating to constantly deal with configurations, install various libraries, and commercial licenses. We enjoy writing code, building things, and shipping products that help …

Security We take the security of the WordPress project and the ecosystem seriously. With over 20 years of history and powering more than of the web, we’re committed to ensuring security for all, from solo bloggers to enterprise organizations. WordPress encourages responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities in WordPress core, in plugins and themes available on WordPress.org, […]

This article delves into the complexities and frequent misunderstandings of the principle “Assuming Positive Intent” in remote work environments, particularly within the WordPress community. It highlights how this well-meaning principle can lead to miscommunications and strained interactions, especially when cultural values differ or are not universally adopted. Through real-life examples from Automattic and the wider […]

Meet Studio by WordPress.com, our new, free, open source local WordPress development environment.

Work on WordPress 6.6 is underway. If I’m being completely honest with you, I would love it if WordPress 6.6 introduced zero new features. I have not been shy about my desire for a cleanup-only release cycle (this tweet about it had 31k views). A maintenance-only release is an idea that originated with the project’s […]