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Gutenberg 11.0 Includes Over 70 Bug Fixes, Continues Improving With WordPress 5.8 Just Two Weeks Away
Posted by WP Tavern on July 8, 2021 at 7:55 pm

Gutenberg 11.0 Includes Over 70 Bug Fixes, Continues Improving With WordPress 5.8 Just Two Weeks Away

Gutenberg 11.0 landed yesterday with a pile of changes. The development team has been moving fast, and it shows. For a two-week…
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Private Note-Taking and Journaling With the Hypernotes WordPress Plugin
Posted by WP Tavern on July 7, 2021 at 8:13 pm

Private Note-Taking and Journaling With the Hypernotes WordPress Plugin

Ella van Durpe, a core WordPress contributor and software engineer at Automattic, released a note-taking plugin earlier today. Hypernotes is a simple…
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WordPress 5.8 Adds Support for New Emoji Introduced in Twemoji 13.1.0
Posted by WP Tavern on July 6, 2021 at 10:16 pm

WordPress 5.8 Adds Support for New Emoji Introduced in Twemoji 13.1.0

In the upcoming 5.8 release, WordPress is updating its version of Twemoji, Twitter’s open source emoji library that supports the latest Unicode emoji…
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Jetpack 9.9 Released With a Refreshed Image Gallery Carousel
Posted by WP Tavern on July 6, 2021 at 8:13 pm

Jetpack 9.9 Released With a Refreshed Image Gallery Carousel

Today, Automattic released version 9.9 of its popular Jetpack plugin. The development team improved the modal animation and transition speed for the…
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Taking the Leap: Building My First WordPress Block Plugin
Posted by WP Tavern on July 5, 2021 at 5:28 pm

Taking the Leap: Building My First WordPress Block Plugin

Like most years, I spent this U.S. Independence Day cooped up with my furry friends. I closed all the windows, shuttered the…
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Castos Picks Up $756K in Funding from Automattic and Joost de Valk to Expand Services in the Private Podcasting Market
Posted by WP Tavern on July 2, 2021 at 7:18 pm

Castos Picks Up $756K in Funding from Automattic and Joost de Valk to Expand Services in the Private Podcasting Market

Castos, a WordPress-powered podcast hosting provider, announced a $756K pre-seed fundraising round today from Automattic, Joost de Valk, founder of Yoast SEO,…
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WordPress Biratnagar Announces Plans for Ujwal Thapa Memorial Scholarship
Posted by WP Tavern on July 2, 2021 at 4:25 pm

WordPress Biratnagar Announces Plans for Ujwal Thapa Memorial Scholarship

Earlier this week, the WordPress Biratnagar Facebook group announced a WordCamp scholarship in honor of Ujwal Thapa. The goal is to honor…
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WordPress Green Lights In-Person Meetup Events for Vaccinated Attendees
Posted by WP Tavern on July 1, 2021 at 7:52 pm

WordPress Green Lights In-Person Meetup Events for Vaccinated Attendees

After considerable discussion, the WordPress Community Team is lifting the requirements of the in-person meetup safety checklist for meetups that gather fully-vaccinated…
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Automattic Releases Sketch Block for Drawing in the WordPress Editor
Posted by WP Tavern on July 1, 2021 at 6:50 pm

Automattic Releases Sketch Block for Drawing in the WordPress Editor

Automattic released a new plugin titled Sketch Block earlier today. It is a one-off block that allows end-users to draw directly in…
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Gatsby WP Themes Launches New Marketplace
Posted by WP Tavern on June 30, 2021 at 10:07 pm

Gatsby WP Themes Launches New Marketplace

The Gatsby WP Themes project has launched a new marketplace for developers who are building WordPress-powered sites with Gatsby on the frontend….
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