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#94 – Birgit Olzem and Jill Binder on Creating a Diverse and Sustainable WordPress Community
Posted by WP Tavern on October 11, 2023 at 7:24 am

#94 – Birgit Olzem and Jill Binder on Creating a Diverse and Sustainable WordPress Community

Transcript [00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which…
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State of the Woo 2023: WooCommerce Highlights AI-Powered Future and Continued Core Blockification
Posted by WP Tavern on October 10, 2023 at 8:46 pm

State of the Woo 2023: WooCommerce Highlights AI-Powered Future and Continued Core Blockification

WooSesh 2023, the virtual conference for WooCommerce store builders, kicked off today with the State of the Woo address. This year’s theme…
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WordPress Reverts Live Preview Button on Plugins After Developer Backlash
Posted by WP Tavern on October 9, 2023 at 9:13 pm

WordPress Reverts Live Preview Button on Plugins After Developer Backlash

Last week WordPress meta contributors implemented a “Live Preview” button for plugins in the official directory, with the intention of allowing users…
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Ollie Theme Now Available on WordPress.org
Posted by WP Tavern on October 6, 2023 at 8:11 pm

Ollie Theme Now Available on WordPress.org

The free Ollie block theme, created by Mike McAlister and Patrick Posner, is now available for download on WordPress.org. A contentious review…
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Why NASA Chose WordPress for Revamping Its Flagship Website
Posted by WP Tavern on October 6, 2023 at 2:05 pm

Why NASA Chose WordPress for Revamping Its Flagship Website

NASA has removed the beta label from the new nasa.gov website, which was launched on WordPress, replacing Drupal as the CMS. After…
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WordPress.org Strongly Urges Theme Authors to Switch to Locally Hosted Webfonts
Posted by WP Tavern on October 5, 2023 at 8:32 pm

WordPress 6.4 Font Library Feature Punted to 6.5 Release

The WordPress 6.4 release squad has decided to punt the planned Font Library feature to 6.5 after core maintainers found major gaps…
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#93 – Piermario Orecchioni on How and Why WordPress Gets Translated
Posted by WP Tavern on October 4, 2023 at 7:43 am

#93 – Piermario Orecchioni on How and Why WordPress Gets Translated

Transcript [00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which…
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Contentious Review Process Leads Ollie Theme to Remove Innovative Onboarding Features, Amid Stagnating Block Theme Adoption
Posted by WP Tavern on October 3, 2023 at 9:11 pm

Contentious Review Process Leads Ollie Theme to Remove Innovative Onboarding Features, Amid Stagnating Block Theme Adoption

Mike McAlister, creator of the free Ollie theme, will be dropping the innovative onboarding features from the theme in favor of putting them into…
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WordCamp London In Early Planning Stages for September 2023
Posted by WP Tavern on October 2, 2023 at 8:35 pm

WordPress Global Sponsorship Program Raises Costs for 2024 to Support Expanding In-Person Events

WordPress’ Community team has proposed a draft for the 2024 Global Community Sponsorship Program, with fees increased to cover the costs of…
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Gutenberg 16.7 Introduces Font Management
Posted by WP Tavern on September 29, 2023 at 4:15 pm

Gutenberg 16.7 Introduces Font Management

Gutenberg 16.7 was released this week, packed with several features that are headlining the upcoming WordPress 6.4 release. This will be the…
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