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WordPress Community Designers Create the Museum of Block Art
Posted by WP Tavern on March 7, 2022 at 6:09 pm

WordPress Community Designers Create the Museum of Block Art

Anne McCarthy announced the launch of the Museum of Block Art earlier today via the Gutenberg Times blog. The site’s goal is…
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Play the Piano and Other Instruments via the WordPress Block Editor
Posted by WP Tavern on March 4, 2022 at 5:08 pm

Play the Piano and Other Instruments via the WordPress Block Editor

Tetsuaki Hamano released the Piano Block plugin for WordPress on Monday. It allows users to insert a piano-based interface into the editor…
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WordPress 6.0 to Introduce Performance Improvements for Custom Pages
Posted by WP Tavern on March 4, 2022 at 4:07 pm

WordPress 6.0 to Introduce Performance Improvements for Custom Pages

WordPress core committer Jonny Harris merged a patch into WordPress core for a 12-year-old ticket that he says has the potential to…
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Gutenberg 12.7 Adds Multi-Block Selection in List View and Brings Margin Support to Group Blocks
Posted by WP Tavern on March 3, 2022 at 7:16 pm

Gutenberg 12.7 Adds Multi-Block Selection in List View and Brings Margin Support to Group Blocks

Another two weeks have flown by, and another Gutenberg plugin update is in the books. This release is not as feature-heavy as…
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How the WordPress Community Is Supporting Ukraine’s Resistance Against Russian Invasion
Posted by WP Tavern on March 3, 2022 at 2:06 pm

How the WordPress Community Is Supporting Ukraine’s Resistance Against Russian Invasion

While Russia is decimating Ukrainian cities in an unlawful attempt to occupy the country, WordPress companies and individuals are seeking ways to…
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WordPress Ditches “Pee” and “Tinkle” Jokes in Favor of More Inclusive Language and Clearer Code
Posted by WP Tavern on March 2, 2022 at 5:27 pm

WordPress Ditches “Pee” and “Tinkle” Jokes in Favor of More Inclusive Language and Clearer Code

It feels like the end of an era. Last week, core contributors merged a patch that removed PHP variables named $pee and…
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#16 – Jonathan Bossenger on Cleaning Up WordPress Notifications
Posted by WP Tavern on March 2, 2022 at 7:09 am

#16 – Jonathan Bossenger on Cleaning Up WordPress Notifications

On the podcast today we have Jonathan Bossenger. He’s here to talk about WordPress notifications and how they are managed. If you’ve…
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The WordPress Web Fonts API Has Arrived
Posted by WP Tavern on March 1, 2022 at 5:31 pm

The WordPress Web Fonts API Has Arrived

The journey toward a web fonts API in WordPress has been a rollercoaster of emotions for developers. After being punted from the…
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Strattic Acquires WP2Static  Plugin, Plans to Relaunch on WordPress.org
Posted by WP Tavern on March 1, 2022 at 1:23 pm

Strattic Acquires WP2Static  Plugin, Plans to Relaunch on WordPress.org

Strattic, a WordPress hosting company that creates static files managed via a headless install, has acquired WP2Static, an open source plugin for…
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WordPress Multisite Is Still a Valuable and Often Necessary Tool
Posted by WP Tavern on February 28, 2022 at 6:43 pm

WordPress Multisite Is Still a Valuable and Often Necessary Tool

Rob Howard rocked the boat last week in calling for the deprecation of WordPress multisite in the latest MasterWP newsletter. He argued…
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