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Athens to Host WordCamp Europe 2023
Posted by WP Tavern on January 6, 2023 at 7:51 pm

WordCamp Europe 2023 Speaker Applications Open, Organizers Call for More Interactive Sessions

WordCamp Europe 2023 is being hosted in Athens this year with two conference days scheduled for June 9 and 10. The first…
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BuddyPress Plugin Usage Declining, Remaining Contributors Discuss Path Forward
Posted by WP Tavern on January 6, 2023 at 3:04 pm

BuddyPress 11.0.0 Adds Filter for Improved JS and CSS Asset Loading, WebP Support, and New Ways to Fetch Activities

BuddyPress 11.0.0 is now available thanks to the efforts of 34 contributors. The release is named “La Scala” in honor of a…
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Awesome Motive Acquires WP Charitable Plugin
Posted by WP Tavern on January 5, 2023 at 7:48 pm

Awesome Motive Acquires Duplicator Plugin

Awesome Motive’s product suite of nearly 20 commercial plugins has expanded to include a backup plugin. The company announced its acquisition of…
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Gutenberg 14.9’s New Magic: Push Block Changes to Global Styles
Posted by WP Tavern on January 5, 2023 at 2:42 pm

Gutenberg 14.9’s New Magic: Push Block Changes to Global Styles

Gutenberg 14.9 was released this week with a powerful new feature for site editing that allows users to push individual block changes…
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New CF7 Blocks Plugin Brings Blocks to Contact Form 7
Posted by WP Tavern on January 4, 2023 at 7:19 pm

New CF7 Blocks Plugin Brings Blocks to Contact Form 7

WordPress developer Munir Kamal has released a new plugin called CF7 Blocks that does exactly what it says in the name. It…
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Linux Backdoor Malware Targets WordPress Sites with Outdated, Vulnerable Themes and Plugins
Posted by WP Tavern on January 4, 2023 at 3:13 pm

Linux Backdoor Malware Targets WordPress Sites with Outdated, Vulnerable Themes and Plugins

Security researchers at Doctor Web, a security company focused on threat detection and prevention, have discovered a malicious Linux program that targets…
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Icon Block 1.4.0 Adds Height Control, Improves Color Handling to Better Support Global Styles
Posted by WP Tavern on January 3, 2023 at 2:03 pm

Icon Block 1.4.0 Adds Height Control, Improves Color Handling to Better Support Global Styles

Nick Diego, developer advocate at WP Engine, has released version 1.4.0 of his Icon Block plugin. Diego launched it in October 2021,…
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Commercial and Community Categorization Is Live on WordPress.org Theme and Plugin Directories
Posted by WP Tavern on December 22, 2022 at 9:48 pm

Commercial and Community Categorization Is Live on WordPress.org Theme and Plugin Directories

One of Matt Mullenweg’s announcements at the 2022 State of the Word was the addition of new taxonomies for the theme and…
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Gutenberg 14.8 Overhauls Site Editor Interface, Adds Style Book
Posted by WP Tavern on December 22, 2022 at 4:41 pm

Gutenberg 14.8 Overhauls Site Editor Interface, Adds Style Book

Gutenberg 14.8 was released today with a major update to the Site Editor’s interface that makes it feel more unified as a…
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ClassicPress at a Crossroads, Directors Consider Re-Forking WordPress
Posted by WP Tavern on December 21, 2022 at 6:55 pm

ClassicPress at a Crossroads, Directors Consider Re-Forking WordPress

ClassicPress is polling its users to determine the next step for the software. The project is a pared back fork of WordPress…
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