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Humans love to vent – and social media provides the ideal platform. We take to these virtual town squares to complain about…well, everything. Talking about what bothers us can be cathartic. Maybe even productive. Sometimes, a well-intentioned comment leads to positive change. However, there are times when we go too…

To provide a better starting point for those new to BigQuery, HTTP Archive, and CrUX, members of the WordPress Performance Team and HTTP Archive have collaborated on a tutorial and reference Colab.

Hi, folks! We truly appreciate your understanding and support as we strive to bring you the best possible updates to WooCommerce. We have an important update regarding the release of WooCommerce 8.8. Initially scheduled for Tuesday, April 9, 2024, we’ve decided to postpone the release to Wednesday, April 10, 2024. This decision was made with […]

(For clarity, this isn’t sponsored, even though Automattic did sponsor me in the past for quite a long time. I just find it fascinating following the products they put out.) For a long time, …

This Week at WordPress.org (April 1, 2024) News Homebrew install xz installs the outdated version 5.4.6 instead of 5.6.1 WP Briefing: Episode 76: A

Hello there, Welcome back to WooWeekly, your weekly appointment with WooCommerce tutorials handpicked for you (and the other 18,788 subscribers), so that you can learn something new. My Q1 2024 stats are full of interesting data; the one that I’m happiest about is the average hours of work per week, down from 26 to 22, and the […]

I am an open-source fanatic. I started my open-source career by contributing to WebKit in 2005. WebKit is an open-source software component for rendering

This blog will help you to explore all the new features of WordPress 6.5. Highlighted ones are font library, interactivity API, etc.

How to change the subject line and body of the confirmation email sent when you attempt to change a WordPress site’s admin email address.

Matteo Enna used WordPress to overcome and even celebrate his shyness, and joined a global community that welcomed him.

A look at some of the features released in WordPress 6.5 I’m most excited about.

WordPress backdoor alleged to be intentionally added by site builder addon developer that can unpublish entire website

Looks like there are a few breaking changes in version 1.1 of the default WordPress theme Twenty Twenty-Four. Nothing major in the changelog. But I upgraded this morning, and most of the customisations I’ve made through the Site Editor disappeared.

Senol Sahin of AI Power discusses how a simple workaround led to the first AI-related content creation plugin on the WordPress.org repository.

Research advisory warns of an XSS vulnerability discovered in the popular WordPress Beaver Builder plugin that can lead to a script injection

Learn how artificial intelligence can save your time and enhance content creation for your WordPress site. Check out the list of the best WordPress AI plugins (free and paid) and their main features.

The Automattic Design team recently met up in Lake Como, Italy to connect, learn, and do some cool work together. Check it out!

A constructive and inclusive social network for software developers. With you every step of your journey.

WordPress 6.5 added support for the AVIF image format, but Google Search still doesn’t support it.

WordPress 6.5 “Regina” is here! Named in honor of Regina Carter, renowned jazz violinist and educator, this release was made possible by over 700 contributors. “Regina” also marks the introduction of some breakthrough developer tools that will start transforming how you use and extend blocks to craft engaging experiences.

We discuss the unique value web designers offer in an AI-driven age, emphasizing our irreplaceable creative skills and strategic insights.

WordPress 6.5 will ship with the Font Library. Learn how to use a built-in API for registering custom font collections.

Know the future of e-commerce with our comprehensive guide on the top WooCommerce development trends for 2024, demonstrating the latest strategies that are set to redefine e-commerce.

The Store API provides a public endpoint for customer-facing cart, checkout, and product functionality. You can read more about Store API on the GitHub documentation page: WooCommerce Store API. When a WooCommerce block, such as the mini cart block or the product collection block is being used on a public page, we preload a response […]

I am thrilled to announce the launch of “Goodenberg”, a collection of components, helpers and examples for modern block-based WordPress development.

What makes a well designed pattern? And what ensures that a pattern integrates flawlessly into any WordPress site? A designer shares some of the lessons they’ve learned while building themes and websites.

As an avid basketball fan, player, and just generally competitive person, I can see the desire to want to be the “fastest”, “strongest”, “best”, “most valuable” player. It’s team versus team, player versus player, me versus you. Competition fuels us, whether on the basketball court or in our daily endeavors. Yet, it’s the spirit of […]

It’s not your imagination. Report confirms an increase in WordPress vulnerabilities and they’re higher in severity

Security researchers issue an advisory on XSS vulnerability in the Rank Math SEO plugin affecting +2 million WordPress sites

For all of the articles on the web for furthering ones career in this industry, there could stand to be more that deal with with the topic of soft skills.

Please leave your feedback about the schedule and release squad size in the comments by April 7th. If you are interested in participating in WordPress 6.6’s release squad as a lead or as a coh…

This is a follow up to my first block bindings post, and Brian Coords great YouTube video. Combining custom sources for block bindings with block variations can be a simple and powerful tool.

Back in early February I submitted the Favorite Toots WordPress plugin I had been toying with on my own website to the WordPress plugin directory. Starting today, it is available publicly there and people can search for it from their own WordPress Admins. The source code is available on GitHub if you’d like to contribute […]

WordPress 6.5 Delayed, Launching Tuesday The released of WordPress 6.5 has was postponed for a week due to disagreements over new Font Library feature implementation. Initially, the Font library was set to store fonts at /wp-content/fonts. However, some objected this violated core design principles, and would create issues for more complicated installs. It was eventually […]

Live audit of the Sunshine Photo Cart plugin. Discover the importance of WordPress plugin accessibility with actionable recommendations.

The topic, as mentioned in the invitation, was about how do agencies and freelancers adjust their workflow and tooling to provide a consistent experience for their clients. The difference between c…

The most important security related stats, trends and developments in the WordPress ecosystem in 2023.

Up to 5 million sites affected by swarm of six vulnerabilities found in Elementor Site Builder plugin for WordPress

This Week at WordPress.org (March 25, 2024) News WordPress 6.5 Release Candidate 4 Zip uploads not working from Finder/Nautilus/Gnome/etc in WP 6.4.3

Nine years ago, I spoke out against a WordPress core feature, arguing that it should be removed from Core. In February, I dedicated a significant amount of time to ensuring that WordPress Core included this feature for version 6.5. So, what led me to completely change my stance, making a full 360-degree turn? A new […]

We compare the top Local WordPress Development tools to help you choose the best tool for your needs, covering the good and the bad.

For a while now, the Gutenberg Github repo has had a few high level labels (Overview, Tracking, Iteration) that have gotten a bit convoluted over time. Sometimes the issue is no longer relevant, is…

WordPress 6.5 RC4 is ready for download and testing. Reaching this phase of the release cycle is an important milestone. Check out what’s coming in this release and how to get involved with t…

This article is about the useSelect React hook from the @wordpress/data library. It offers several tips and tricks on how to use it in the most efficient way possible, and answers many subtle questions about how it really works.

n May 2023, the global WordPress community embarked on an exciting new venture called the “Next Generation WordPress Events” pilot project. This initiative was designed to break the mold of traditional WordCamps and meetups, introducing innovative event formats that cater to a wider audience and foster a fresh engagement within the community. As the year […]

Hello there, Welcome back to WooWeekly, your weekly appointment with WooCommerce tutorials handpicked for you (and the other 18,773 subscribers), so that you can learn something new. I had a “very interesting” last few days, with 66% of the family down due to flu, so I had to look after them. This is never ending, I guess. […]

It was the summer of 2014. I had been working long nights for 8 months developing my new plugin alongside Luis. I had set a launch deadline, so the crunch was on: writing website content, creating documentation, fixing bugs, and learning as I went about how to build hype and develop an email list. Finally, […]

If you’ve ever thought about speaking about the Training team, or sharing insights about Learn WordPress at a WordCamp or Meetup, now is the perfect chance! We want to let you know that the t…

I recently lost my job at WP Engine. Over the past ten years, I had the chance to work on tons of great projects at WP Engine and TorqueMag (a WordPress-themed publication), so I thought I’d share some of my favorite projects here. Gif The Halls Gif the Halls was the first big project I […]

The mission of WordPress is to Democratize Publishing and the concept of data liberation speaks directly to this. People should be free to take the content they create and share it on the platform of their choosing.

Say hello to Customize Your Store, a brand-new feature that will take the place of the “Personalize Your Store” onboarding step.Customize Your Store will take advantage of the latest WordPress Site Editing tools, along with a cool new Pattern Assembler UI.

This list of WordPress hosting companies offer something unique that might make them a fit for you or your clients. 

Creating custom content types is a prevalent part of many modern, content-rich headless WordPress sites. By defining custom content types, developers can structure their data in a way that best suits their specific requirements, ensuring consistency and efficiency in content management. On a headless WordPress site, this can be done easily using Advanced Custom Fields […]

“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…

Follow along as Syed Laden tells us about being a journalist and finding the joy of WordPress as a crafter of words.

Public speakers don’t necessarily want you to understand everything they’re saying. They want to inspire you or convince you of their expertise. They don’t want to be underestimated. As a speaker, it could be beneficial to show how much you know and how much you can do. It will make you -as a speaker- more […]

A group of StellarWP team members traveled to Taipei, Taiwan to sponsor, attend and speak at WCAsia. Here’s the recap.

Learn how to create a settings page with multiple controls using WordPress React components for a plugin that displays an announcement bar on the front end.

This post outlines the main developer experience issues with block-based themes, with some thoughts around how I plan to solve them, including what tools I might need to leverage along the way.

Hello and welcome to another round of Snaps from the WooCommerce Store Editing team! 🎇 Every couple of weeks, we give an update on all the work being done on WooCommerce Blocks from behind the scenes. Let’s take a look at some highlights of what we’ve done since our last update. Note that the linked #numbers that […]

Every year, I publish a Year in Review for WP Fusion where we go through a bunch of metrics. This is a fun way to “build in public”, and it’s also a good chance to spend some time reviewing everything internally, to try and identify weaknesses, etc. In years prior, I’d done all of this […]

Based on community feedback on the Unblocking WP6.5 – Font Library and Synced Pattern Overrides and Font Library follow up posts, there has been a change to the WordPress 6.5 release schedule and a final change to the Font Library. The release of WordPress 6.5 will be delayed one week and is now scheduled for […]

The Block Hooks API is an extensibility mechanism that allows you to dynamically insert blocks into block themes. Learn how to use the API in your own projects in this comprehensive overview.

v3.0 is a monumental update over 3 years in development. Get the full feature list, including multiple memberships per user, and changelog.

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…

In the navigation block of the WordPress block editor, you can select whether the mobile menu button should be displayed via icon or text, but not both. To display an icon as well as text aside of it, you need to manually add this content to the button. This applies for both the menu button […]

As part of a drive to improve layout tools within Gutenberg we are working with Robert and Isabel on extending the grid layout type. Jamie’s video below does a decent job of showing off what’s in trunk, but much more exciting things are to come, such as a more intuitive drag/drop/resize type experience. The next […]

Strategies for giving clients more control and flexibility in web design projects, ensuring satisfaction and creativity.

Tailblocks – Auto-convert Tailwind HTML to WordPress Block code with editable Gutenberg styles. Tailwind to WordPress converter tool/service.

WordCamp Asia 2024 took place from March 7 to 9 in the vibrant city of Taipei, Taiwan. Over 1,300 attendees came together for three days of collaborating, learning, and community-building to celebrate connection and innovation in the WordPress project. Following an exceptional lineup of speakers, workshops, and a busy Contributor Day was the finale: a […]

Font Library in WordPress 6.5 allows users to opt-in to a collection listing for Google Fonts. To comply with GDPR, installing a Google Font uploads the file to the site. When a Font Collection is …

A large-scale malware campaign, tracked as Sign1, has already compromised 39,000 WordPress sites in the last six months.

Howdy, Next week is going to be a busy week, with two releases, WordPress 6.5 and Gutenberg 18.0, a Hallway Hangout and Developer Hours. It feels to me that WordPress 6.5, has received a lot of buzz. It’s a powerful release with lots of great new features, especially for extenders and other developers. I also…

This Week at WordPress.org (March 18, 2024) News WordPress 6.5 Release Candidate 3 WP Briefing: Episode 75: WordCamp Asia 2024 Unwrapped Zip uploads not

A few years ago I moved all standalone WordPress sites of my customers into a single WordPress multisite installation on my own VPS. This was all working perfectly fine, and made updating and maintaining the sites a breeze. But the Ubuntu installation that the VPS was running on became outdated, and updating it to a […]

I use a self-built WordPress theme for this blog. I also use a variety of self-developed WordPress plugins for various enhancements. I used to publish these plugins, but I get terribly confused by the SVN shenanigans involved, and they weren’t used by many people, so I stopped. Recently, I’ve been moving all my plugin code […]

Juan Chen from Taiwan writes about how walking the Camino in Spain saved his life, and how WordPress enabled him to tell others about it.

WooCommerce 8.8 is on the horizon, and it’s bringing a brand new way to create beautiful stores with no code. Say hello to Customize Your Store, a brand-new feature that will take the place of the “Personalize Your Store” onboarding step. Customize Your Store will take advantage of the latest WordPress Site Editing tools, along […]

Preparation for the WordPress 6.5 release is completed. This post shares the release process, including the timeline and how you can help. Release Timeline Overview The Dry Run is scheduled for, . …

I was honestly surprised by the October update, which affected almost all our sites and was something that I haven’t seen happening in the past 13 years, Google specifically hitting sites that engage in affiliate marketing, no matter their history and reputation. For E.g. WPBeginner, which is the oldest and largest WordPress site, based on […]

I explain exactly how I installed WordPress on Raspberry Pi with a simple, step-by-step tutorial and thoughts on its overall usefulness.

Big News Portals earn Millions in Affiliate Marketing Commission each month, then what’s stopping you?

Exciting news – WordPress 6.5 is just around the corner! This upcoming WordPress version is currently in beta testing and is set for release on March 26. This update will merge Gutenberg versions 16.8 to 17.7 and hundreds of Core Trac tickets. More importantly, some of the new features will pave the way for the […]

Camille Cunningham has a passion for SEO and copywriting. She works as a content specialist at Yoast, helping people master the art of SEO.

The Font Library, a new feature of WordPress 6.5, will allow users of block editor themes to upload and customize their site’s fonts. You can learn about the full set of Font Library features…

WordPress 6.5 brings drop shadow options to the end user. This post summarizes how to use the controls for various blocks, and how to remove core presets.

Get a look at QuickWP, our AI-powered WordPress site builder. Here’s the story of how it uses OpenAI and FSE to create a personalized site.

Learn how to use WP CLI safely when your WordPress site is hacked. Avoid escalating the issue by understanding which commands are safe to use.

Greetings, Builders! As we put the final touches on Beaver Builder 2.8, we’ve been dreaming up what’s next and are excited to share a glimpse into what we’ll be working on this year. Our team has been hard at work prototyping, and we’re ready to give you an advanced look at what we’ve been up…

I am at Cloudfest this week, in Europapark in Germany. This is my second year visiting Cloudfest, and I truly enjoy it. Cloudfest reminds you that pretty much all hosts offer WordPress hosting, and because of that, the WordPress community is important at an event like this. I’ve seen many of the usual suspects from […]

It has long been the case that WordPress’ most successful marketing has been chalked up to word of mouth, but our substantial network of WP media partners has never been included in any definition of that. I know that we rely on outlets like WP Tavern Jukebox, Underrepresented in Tech, Do the Woo, Gutenberg Times, […]

Read the story of Barn2’s WordCamp Asia 2024 sponsorship. Photos, details of what it cost, thoughts on whether it was worth it, and more.

The founder of the WP Tavern will be responsible for partnerships, collaborations, and seeking out opportunities in the WordPress community and beyond.

WordCamp Asia 2024 Contributor Day was held on Thursday, March 7th, in the beautiful city of Taipei. The Training Team shared a large conference hall with most of the other Make Training Teams, which made it slightly challenging to address the entire group. However, it did foster a positive atmosphere enriched by community spirit.