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WordPress Unveils Design for Upcoming Twenty Twenty-Four Default Theme
WordPress 6.4 will be shipping with a new default theme, expected in early November. The theme’s project leaders unveiled the designs and…
Post Status Celebrates 10 Years, Adds Joost de Valk and Marieke van de Rakt as Partners
This year Post Status is celebrating a decade of serving WordPress professionals with its member-supported community. The site was founded by Brian…
First Round of WordCamp US 2023 Tickets Sold Out
Posted by WP Tavern on August 27, 2023 at 1:18 pm

Watch WordCamp US 2023 Via Livestream

photo credit: WordCamp US – Contributor Day 2023 WordCamp US 2023 kicked off Wednesday with the Community Summit and the Contributor Day…
Gutenberg 16.5 Adds New Commands to the Command Palette
Gutenberg 16.5 was released this week with the biggest changes landing in the Command Palette. Users now have access to more block-related…
WordPress Turns 20
Posted by WP Tavern on May 27, 2023 at 2:55 pm

WordPress Turns 20

WordPress is 20 years old today, an estimable milestone for open source software running on the web. Parties are happening all over…
WordPress and Drupal Co-Founders Discuss Open Source, AI, and the Future of the Web
WordPress is celebrating its 20th anniversary tomorrow and recently its co-founders, Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little, joined Drupal founder Dries Buytaert together…
SQLite Database Integration Now Available as a Plugin for  Testing
WordPress’ Performance Team has published a summary of a core performance analysis they completed in order to identify and prioritize areas for…
MariaDB Health Checks Plugin Now Available on WordPress.org
A new MariaDB Health Checks plugin is now available on WordPress.org, thanks to the efforts of contributors involved in the 2023 CloudFest…
Automattic Releases wp-now: A Local Development Environment Powered by WordPress Playground
Automattic has published a new project called wp-now that creates a local development environment in seconds. The tool is a NodeJS app…
UK Publishers File £13.6 Billion Lawsuit Against Google Alleging Market Abuse
Gutenberg 15.8 was released with some exciting features that were included in the tentative WordPress 6.3 roadmap. Users are getting closer to…