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WordPress Contributors Propose Improving Block Themes’ Visibility in the Directory
Posted by WP Tavern on June 29, 2022 at 3:12 pm

WordPress Contributors Propose Improving Block Themes’ Visibility in the Directory

WordPress theme authors and contributors from the Themes team are exploring ways to make block themes more prominent on the official directory….
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#32 – Daisy Olsen on Why You Should Try Out Block Themes
Posted by WP Tavern on June 29, 2022 at 7:57 am

#32 – Daisy Olsen on Why You Should Try Out Block Themes

On the podcast today we have Daisy Olsen. Daisy works for Automattic as a Developer Relations contributor on the WordPress Project. She’s…
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Wei: A Free Minimalist WordPress Theme from Rich Tabor
Posted by WP Tavern on June 28, 2022 at 2:37 pm

Wei: A Free Minimalist WordPress Theme from Rich Tabor

Rich Tabor’s new Wei theme is one of the most well-designed contributions to hit WordPress.org’s free themes directory this month. Wei is…
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ClassicPress On the Rocks: Directors Resign, New Leadership Installed
Posted by WP Tavern on June 27, 2022 at 3:00 pm

ClassicPress On the Rocks: Directors Resign, New Leadership Installed

Recent turbulence in the ClassicPress community has resulted in the directors resigning and new leadership installed. The WordPress fork is run under…
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Help Test the Rollback Update Failure Feature Plugin Ahead of WordPress 6.1
Posted by WP Tavern on June 27, 2022 at 12:55 pm

Help Test the Rollback Update Failure Feature Plugin Ahead of WordPress 6.1

“Life-buoy in harbour” by Ashley Coates is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. The developers of the Rollback Update Failure feature plugin put out a call…
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GoDaddy Responds to Mullenweg’s Accusations: “We All Have the Same Goal”
Posted by WP Tavern on June 24, 2022 at 5:58 pm

GoDaddy Responds to Mullenweg’s Accusations: “We All Have the Same Goal”

In a recent Twitter storm, Matt Mullenweg characterized GoDaddy as “a parasitic company,” that is “an existential threat to WordPress’ future.” In…
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Awesome Motive Acquires WP Charitable Plugin
Posted by WP Tavern on June 24, 2022 at 9:43 am

Awesome Motive Acquires WP Charitable Plugin

Awesome Motive, makers of popular plugins like OptinMonster, WPForms, and MonsterInsights, acquired WP Charitable this week. The plugin is used by more…
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Matt Mullenweg Identifies GoDaddy as a “Parasitic Company” and an “Existential Threat to WordPress’ Future”
Posted by WP Tavern on June 23, 2022 at 10:20 pm

Matt Mullenweg Identifies GoDaddy as a “Parasitic Company” and an “Existential Threat to WordPress’ Future”

On Thursday Matt Mullenweg responded to an inquiry on Twitter from Jeff Matson, a Pagely employee, about whether Automattic’s Newspack platform had…
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Gutenberg 13.5 Adds Featured Image Placeholder Support for Cover Block, Cleaner Pasting to Other Apps
Posted by WP Tavern on June 23, 2022 at 2:08 pm

Gutenberg 13.5 Adds Featured Image Placeholder Support for Cover Block, Cleaner Pasting to Other Apps

Gutenberg 13.5 is now available. The release comes two weeks after the plugin introduced support for button elements in theme.json, axial spacing…
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WordPress Appears In NYT Crossword
Posted by WP Tavern on June 22, 2022 at 3:29 pm

WordPress Appears In NYT Crossword

At the risk of spoiling the answer to a clue included in the image below, WordPress made an appearance in the New…
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