Ask the Bartender: Are There Any Compact and Personal Block Themes?
Posted by WP Tavern on January 18, 2022 at 5:36 pm

Ask the Bartender: Are There Any Compact and Personal Block Themes?

All the block themes seem to have something similar in how they look. Although unique in their own ways, being generally wide,…
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WP Briefing: Episode 9: The Cartography of WordPress
Posted by Dot Org News on January 18, 2022 at 3:15 pm

WordPress 5.9 RC3

The third Release Candidate (RC3) for WordPress 5.9 is here! Thank you to everyone who has contributed thus far toward testing and…
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WooCommerce Aims to Produce MVP of Custom Tables for Orders by Q3, 2022
Posted by WP Tavern on January 17, 2022 at 8:02 pm

WooCommerce Aims to Produce MVP of Custom Tables for Orders by Q3, 2022

The WooCommerce development team announced today that they have started working on an implementation of custom tables for orders, a long-awaited improvement…
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Nick Diego Forks Core WordPress Block, Creates Social Sharing Plugin
Posted by WP Tavern on January 17, 2022 at 4:58 pm

Nick Diego Forks Core WordPress Block, Creates Social Sharing Plugin

Raise your hand if you have seen this before. Yet another social sharing plugin. But, with the block system, all things are…
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Wicked Plugins Launches UI-Based WordPress Block Builder
Posted by WP Tavern on January 14, 2022 at 6:43 pm

Wicked Plugins Launches UI-Based WordPress Block Builder

Last week, Wicked Plugins launched version 1.0 of its Wicked Block Builder. I have kept my eye on this plugin since its…
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WordCamp Birmingham Updates COVID-19 Protocols Amid Omicron Surge, WordCamp Europe Still Planning for In-Person Event
Posted by WP Tavern on January 14, 2022 at 5:41 pm

WordCamp Birmingham Postponed Due to Rising Local COVID-19 Infection Rates

WordCamp Birmingham’s organizers announced today that the in-person event planned for the first week in February is now postponed until April or…
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Creating Speech Balloons With the WordPress Block Editor
Posted by WP Tavern on January 13, 2022 at 6:54 pm

Creating Speech Balloons With the WordPress Block Editor

I do not know how I overlooked LIQUID SPEECH BALLOON. The plugin is less than a month shy of being three years…
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Torque’s Social Hour: José Ramón Padrón from WCEU
Posted by Torque Mag on January 13, 2022 at 12:42 pm

Torque’s Social Hour: Anne McCarthy

The Torque Social Hour is a weekly livestream about WordPress news, events, and life. This week’s episode features Anne McCarthy, a Developer…
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Automattic’s Livro Is a Minimal Block Theme for Writers
Posted by WP Tavern on January 12, 2022 at 5:59 pm

Automattic’s Livro Is a Minimal Block Theme for Writers

Sometimes the sweetest things in life are the simplest. Automattic’s latest block theme landed in the review queue yesterday, and I had…
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Extendify Launches New Pattern Library Plugin
Posted by WP Tavern on January 12, 2022 at 3:55 pm

Extendify Launches New Pattern Library Plugin

Extendify has simplified access to its pattern library with a new plugin that offers patterns and full-page layouts for WordPress sites using…
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