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WordPress Tavern is a site focused on all things WordPress. We also cover BuddyPress, bbPress, and any project under the Automattic umbrella. WordPress Tavern is a warm and inviting community where those interested in the software can hang out with fellow WordPressers to engage in enlightening discussions.

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WordPress.com Plugin Pages Add Download Link for Using Plugins on Self-Hosted Sites
Posted by WP Tavern on September 20, 2023 at 2:32 pm

WordPress.com Plugin Pages Add Download Link for Using Plugins on Self-Hosted Sites

WordPress.com plugin pages have been updated to include a download link for WordPress.org plugins listed in the .com directory. These are the…
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#91 – Vagelis Papaioannou on How to Learn to Use WordPress and Help With Events
Posted by WP Tavern on September 20, 2023 at 7:57 am

#91 – Vagelis Papaioannou on How to Learn to Use WordPress and Help With Events

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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WP Tavern Launches Forums
Posted by WP Tavern on September 19, 2023 at 11:04 am

WP Tavern Launches Forums

WP Tavern is launching forums today. If you have ever sat up all night with a feverish infant, searching for answers on…
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Openverse Wins 2023 Open Education Award, Seeks Community Feedback for 2024 Roadmap
Posted by WP Tavern on September 18, 2023 at 3:36 pm

Openverse Wins 2023 Open Education Award, Seeks Community Feedback for 2024 Roadmap

Openverse has landed an Open Education Award for Excellence in the Open Infrastructure category. Open Education Global (OEG) is a non-profit organization…
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New Plugin Adds Citations and Bibliography Block to WordPress Editor
Posted by WP Tavern on September 18, 2023 at 11:23 am

New Plugin Adds Citations and Bibliography Block to WordPress Editor

Citations is a new plugin created by WP Munich and the team at Luehrsen // Heinrich, a German WordPress agency. It makes it easy…
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Developers Claim Damaged Trust Following Public Confrontations with WordPress Leadership
Posted by WP Tavern on September 15, 2023 at 3:00 pm

Developers Claim Damaged Trust Following Public Confrontations with WordPress Leadership

The WordPress community is ending two days of heated discussions that rapidly descended into a mire of unbridled emotional confrontations across multiple…
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WooSesh 2023 Publishes Speaker Lineup, Launches Seshies Awards
Posted by WP Tavern on September 14, 2023 at 9:13 pm

WooSesh 2023 Publishes Speaker Lineup, Launches Seshies Awards

WooSesh 2023, the virtual conference for WooCommerce store builders, will be broadcast live on October 10-12. This year’s theme is “Next Generation…
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Automattic Acquires ActivityPub Plugin for WordPress
Posted by WP Tavern on September 14, 2023 at 4:51 pm

ActivityPub 1.0.0 Released, Introducing Blog-Wide Accounts and New Blocks

Version 1.0.0 of the ActivityPub plugin was released this week with major updates that make it possible to have a blog-wide account,…
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WordPress Plugin Review Team Addresses Backlog of 900+ Plugins, Implements Strategies to Improve Approval Process
Posted by WP Tavern on September 13, 2023 at 10:02 pm

Developers Raise Concerns About WordPress.com Plugin Listings Outranking WordPress.org on Google Search

WordPress core developer John Blackbourn sparked a heated discussion yesterday when he posted an image of his WordPress User Switching plugin ranking…
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WordPress Plugin Developers Renew Demands for Better Plugin Metrics
Posted by WP Tavern on September 12, 2023 at 2:00 pm

WordPress Plugin Developers Renew Demands for Better Plugin Metrics

It has be nearly one year since WordPress silently turned off active install growth data for plugins hosted in the official plugin…
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