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WebP by Default on Hold for 6.1 After New Objections From WordPress Lead Developers
Posted by WP Tavern on August 24, 2022 at 2:48 pm

WebP by Default on Hold for 6.1 After New Objections From WordPress Lead Developers

Last week Performance team contributors were working on refining their follow-up patches for the multi-mime/WebP feature, after the main work for it…
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#40 – Andrew Palmer on Using AI To Help Your Website Workflow
Posted by WP Tavern on August 24, 2022 at 7:39 am

#40 – Andrew Palmer on Using AI To Help Your Website Workflow

On the podcast today we have Andrew Palmer. Andrew has been in the WordPress space for many years as a product owner…
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Theme Redone: A New Block-Based Starter Theme for Building WordPress Websites and Gutenberg Blocks with an MVC Framework
Posted by WP Tavern on August 23, 2022 at 5:25 pm

Theme Redone: A New Block-Based Starter Theme for Building WordPress Websites and Gutenberg Blocks with an MVC Framework

In the days before Gutenberg, the maturity of the WordPress theme ecosystem offered a diverse selection of dozens of well-known starter themes…
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WooCommerce Calls for Early Testing on Custom Order Table Migrations
Posted by WP Tavern on August 22, 2022 at 7:00 pm

WooCommerce.com Brings Back Sandbox Sites for Testing Extensions

WooCommerce.com is bringing back a feature that made it possible for customers to test extensions in a sandbox environment before purchasing them….
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WordPress 6.1 to Add a Block Themes Filter to Menu on the Theme Install Screen
Posted by WP Tavern on August 22, 2022 at 2:56 pm

WordPress 6.1 to Add a Block Themes Filter to Menu on the Theme Install Screen

In July, WordPress’ Themes and Meta teams collaborated to add a new “Block Themes” menu item to the filter menu on the directory…
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Join the WordPress World Photography Day Challenge
Posted by WP Tavern on August 19, 2022 at 6:56 pm

Join the WordPress World Photography Day Challenge

photo credit: ChrisEdwardsCE In celebration of World Photography Day, WordPress’ Photo Directory team has issued a challenge designed to get people contributing:…
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YITH Wonder: A New Free WordPress Theme with Support for WooCommerce and Full-Site Editing
Posted by WP Tavern on August 19, 2022 at 2:51 pm

YITH Wonder: A New Free WordPress Theme with Support for WooCommerce and Full-Site Editing

YITH, a WooCommerce plugin development company that was acquired by Newfold Digital in March 2022, has released its first block theme on…
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Jamie Marsland Recreates WordPress.org Homepage in 20 Minutes Using the Block Editor
Posted by WP Tavern on August 18, 2022 at 3:06 pm

Jamie Marsland Recreates WordPress.org Homepage in 20 Minutes Using the Block Editor

In response to the recent controversy about how long WordPress.org’s new homepage and download page designs should take to implement, Gutenberg YouTuber…
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Upcoming Free Workshops: Learn How to Convert Figma Files to a Block Theme and Take Block Patterns to the Next Level
Posted by WP Tavern on August 17, 2022 at 8:36 pm

Upcoming Free Workshops: Learn How to Convert Figma Files to a Block Theme and Take Block Patterns to the Next Level

If you’re not following Learn WordPress Online Workshops on Meetup.com, you may be missing out on some high quality events. WordPress experts…
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Iconic Releases Flux Checkout 2.0 for WooCommerce with New Modern Theme
Posted by WP Tavern on August 17, 2022 at 3:28 pm

Iconic Releases Flux Checkout 2.0 for WooCommerce with New Modern Theme

Iconic has relaunched its Flux Checkout plugin with a new, modern checkout theme. The plugin was created to minimize customers abandoning their…
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