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FSE Program: The Media Experience and Its Future in WordPress
Posted by WP Tavern on February 3, 2022 at 5:57 pm

FSE Program: The Media Experience and Its Future in WordPress

The FSE Outreach Program is back with another round of testing. Anne McCarthy asks for volunteers to test and provide feedback on…
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Google Abandons FLoC in Favor of New Topics API, a Replacement for Third-Party Cookies
Posted by WP Tavern on February 2, 2022 at 10:13 pm

German Court Fines Website Owner for Violating the GDPR by Using Google-Hosted Fonts

In late January, a Munich regional court ruled that a plaintiff was entitled to injunctive relief and damages of 100 € from…
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Gutenberg 12.5 Introduces Global Styles Variations, Preserves Adjacent Button Styling, and Adds Alpha Transparency to Color Pickers
Posted by WP Tavern on February 2, 2022 at 6:03 pm

Gutenberg 12.5 Introduces Global Styles Variations, Preserves Adjacent Button Styling, and Adds Alpha Transparency to Color Pickers

Gutenberg 12.5 landed in the WordPress plugin directory earlier today. I have already been excited about at least one new enhancement, global…
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#12 – Amber Hinds on Why Accessibility Matters
Posted by WP Tavern on February 2, 2022 at 7:29 am

#12 – Amber Hinds on Why Accessibility Matters

About this episode. On the podcast today we have Amber Hinds. She works at Equalize Digital, and became interested in online accessibility…
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Sensei LMS 4.0 Introduces New Block-Based Learning Mode Course Theme
Posted by WP Tavern on February 1, 2022 at 9:13 pm

Sensei LMS 4.0 Introduces New Block-Based Learning Mode Course Theme

Full-site editing has come to Sensei LMS in the plugin’s latest 4.0 release. The headline feature of this update is Learning Mode…
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Look Under the Hood With the Block X-Ray WordPress Plugin
Posted by WP Tavern on February 1, 2022 at 6:09 pm

Look Under the Hood With the Block X-Ray WordPress Plugin

One of my favorite tools in the past few days is the Block X-ray Attributes plugin by Sal Ferrarello. It is geared…
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Nesting and Grids: Super List Block Supercharges Lists in WordPress
Posted by WP Tavern on January 31, 2022 at 6:42 pm

Nesting and Grids: Super List Block Supercharges Lists in WordPress

Freelance WordPress developer Aurooba Ahmed released the Super List Block plugin earlier today. Essentially, it is like the core WordPress List block…
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Essential Addons for Elementor Patches Critical Security Vulnerability
Posted by WP Tavern on January 31, 2022 at 2:24 pm

Essential Addons for Elementor Patches Critical Security Vulnerability

Essential Addons for Elementor, a popular plugin with more than a million active installs, has patched a critical vulnerability that would allow…
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Global Style Variations, “Skins” for Themes, Have Landed in Gutenberg
Posted by WP Tavern on January 28, 2022 at 6:35 pm

Global Style Variations, “Skins” for Themes, Have Landed in Gutenberg

It was a busy week, and I almost missed one of my most-wanted components landing in Gutenberg 12.5 RC 1. The global…
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Block Protocol Project Aims to Create Universal Block System, May Collaborate with Gutenberg
Posted by WP Tavern on January 28, 2022 at 4:27 pm

Block Protocol Project Aims to Create Universal Block System, May Collaborate with Gutenberg

Block Protocol is a new project that aims to build a block system for embedding interactive blocks in any web application. The…
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