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Posted by The WP Minute on April 12, 2023 at 3:24 pm

Another Step Forward for Inclusion and Diversity

Do you remember what made WordPress 5.6 so historic? It was the first version of the software produced by an all-woman and…
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Choosing Pressable to host your WordPress website
Posted by The WP Minute on April 11, 2023 at 3:21 pm

Choosing Pressable to host your WordPress website

There’s a blue ocean of WordPress hosting companies to choose from. From shared hosts that cost peanuts a month, to larger brand…
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From Freemium to Free: Block Visibility
Posted by The WP Minute on April 10, 2023 at 9:05 am

From Freemium to Free: Block Visibility

The “freemium” model is popular among WordPress product makers. They provide us with a free version of a plugin or theme, with…
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Beta label removed, Assistant Pro, more acquisitions
Posted by The WP Minute on April 5, 2023 at 2:29 pm

Beta label removed, Assistant Pro, more acquisitions

After a time formatting bug caused a 24-hour delay, WordPress 6.2, code-named “Dolphy”, was released on March 29th. According to core contributor…
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WordPress 6.2 Is Delayed by a Day
Posted by The WP Minute on March 29, 2023 at 7:51 am

WordPress 6.2 Is Delayed by a Day

March 28th was supposed to mark the release of WordPress 6.2. But a date formatting bug has delayed release for a day….
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How Yoast SEO Is Tackling the Web’s Carbon Footprint
Posted by The WP Minute on March 28, 2023 at 1:43 pm

How Yoast SEO Is Tackling the Web’s Carbon Footprint

It’s easy to think of the web as a green medium. After all, it allows us to explore the world without boarding…
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What’s the problem with Awesome Motive?
Posted by The WP Minute on March 23, 2023 at 1:00 pm

What’s the problem with Awesome Motive?

My day job is at Gravity Forms which directly competes with Awesome Motive products. I have covered WordPress, independently, for over a…
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Posted by The WP Minute on March 22, 2023 at 12:50 pm

Cloudfest WordPress hackathon, changes at Yoast, and “thanks” to the plugin team

CloudFest has been taking place in Europa-Park, Germany this week – and WordPress is well-represented. Over at WP Tavern, Sarah Gooding reports…
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Posted by The WP Minute on March 15, 2023 at 5:45 pm

More AI coming to WordPress

Blocks are now a key part of the WordPress experience. But what if they were platform-agnostic? That’s the idea behind the Block…
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So, I Built a WordPress Plugin With ChatGPT
Posted by The WP Minute on March 13, 2023 at 11:09 am

So, I Built a WordPress Plugin With ChatGPT

Social media is ablaze with talk of ChatGPT. OpenAI’s tool has generated buzz by having all the answers – or many of…
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