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WordPress Launches Developer Blog In Beta
Posted by WP Tavern on November 21, 2022 at 7:31 pm

WordPress Launches Developer Blog In Beta

WordPress.org will soon be launching a blog for developers. The blog went into beta at the end of last week and resides…
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State of the Word 2022 Will Be Livestreamed from New York City on December 15
Posted by WP Tavern on November 21, 2022 at 4:19 pm

State of the Word 2022 Will Be Livestreamed from New York City on December 15

Matt Mullenweg’s annual State of the Word (SOTW) address will be delivered in New York City this year before a live audience,…
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Divi 5.0 Aims to Bring Greater Compatibility with Gutenberg
Posted by WP Tavern on November 18, 2022 at 4:55 pm

Divi 5.0 Aims to Bring Greater Compatibility with Gutenberg

Divi, the popular commercial WordPress theme and page builder created by Elegant Themes, has announced major changes coming in version 5.0 that…
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Jetpack Goes Modular With More Features Now Available as Individual Plugins
Posted by WP Tavern on November 17, 2022 at 8:23 pm

Jetpack Search Adds Free Tier and 3-Month Free Trial

Jetpack Search, a plugin that enhances WordPress’ search capabilities, has added a free tier and a three-month free trial to what was…
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Loudness: A New Block Theme from Automattic
Posted by WP Tavern on November 16, 2022 at 6:42 pm

Loudness: A New Block Theme from Automattic

Automattic has released a new block theme called Loudness that is available on both WordPress.com and WordPress.org. It’s an artistic and opinionated…
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WordCamp Asia 2023 Tentatively Set For February 17-19 in Bangkok, Thailand
Posted by WP Tavern on November 16, 2022 at 12:15 pm

WordCamp Asia 2023 Announces Speakers, Unveils Wapuu Mascot

WordCamp Asia 2023, the first flagship event to take place in Asia, is just a few months away, scheduled for February 17-19,…
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Meetup.com Raises Concerns with New Accessibility Overlay
Posted by WP Tavern on November 15, 2022 at 8:26 pm

Meetup.com Raises Concerns with New Accessibility Overlay

Meetup.com raised some concerns with the WordPress community (and the broader community of accessibility professionals) this week after it added an accessibility…
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WordPress.com Adds Support for New Pocket Casts Block
Posted by WP Tavern on November 15, 2022 at 3:01 pm

WordPress.com Adds Support for New Pocket Casts Block

WordPress.com has expanded its library of blocks to include a new Pocket Casts block that makes it easy to embed any show…
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WordPress to Explore Using GitHub Codespaces for Improving Contributor Experience
Posted by WP Tavern on November 14, 2022 at 8:18 pm

WordPress to Explore Using GitHub Codespaces for Improving Contributor Experience

WordPress lead developer Helen Hou-Sandí has proposed using GitHub Codespaces to improve the contributor experience. GitHub recently announced the availability of GitHub…
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The WordPress Web Fonts API Has Arrived
Posted by WP Tavern on November 10, 2022 at 7:52 am

Gutenberg’s Roadmap for a “Font Library” Will Give Users an Interface for Registering and Managing Web Fonts

WordPress’ Create Block Theme plugin, which is used for creating a new theme, blank theme, child theme, or style variation, has a…
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