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Software Freedom Conservancy Takes On Vizio in Lawsuit Alleging GPL Violations
Posted by WP Tavern on October 20, 2021 at 1:07 pm

Software Freedom Conservancy Takes On Vizio in Lawsuit Alleging GPL Violations

Inside of a Vizio TV – Model V435-J01 – photo credit: Software Freedom Conservancy The Software Freedom Conservancy announced that it is…
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Tidying the Media Library With WP Ninjas’ Remove Unused Media Plugin
Posted by WP Tavern on October 19, 2021 at 6:31 pm

Tidying the Media Library With WP Ninjas’ Remove Unused Media Plugin

A few weeks ago, WP Ninjas announced it was stepping into the media optimization plugin market. The team released its Remove Unused…
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Build Notification Banners With ElmaStudio’s Latest Block Plugin
Posted by WP Tavern on October 18, 2021 at 5:08 pm

Build Notification Banners With ElmaStudio’s Latest Block Plugin

A friend and I were discussing the need for more one-off block plugins earlier today. He had mentioned that WordPress has this…
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Gutenberg Contributors Propose Renaming Reusable Blocks
Posted by WP Tavern on October 18, 2021 at 2:50 pm

Gutenberg Contributors Propose Renaming Reusable Blocks

WordPress’ Reusable blocks may soon be getting re-named, as the feature’s distinct capabilities are less recognizable from its name following the introduction…
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Ask the Bartender: Is It OK To Provide WordPress Admin Credentials to Plugin Support Staff?
Posted by WP Tavern on October 15, 2021 at 6:02 pm

Ask the Bartender: What Happens to the Customizer When a Block Theme Is Active?

Something on my radar right now is third-party plugins that have settings in the Customizer. What I gather of friends who are…
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WordPress 5.9 Go/No-Go Update: All Proposed Features Are Moving Forward
Posted by WP Tavern on October 15, 2021 at 2:28 pm

WordPress 5.9 Go/No-Go Update: All Proposed Features Are Moving Forward

The go/no-go deadline for deciding on features for WordPress 5.9 was set for October 12 but the conversation was pushed back two…
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WordPress Theme Lock-In, Silos, and the Block System
Posted by WP Tavern on October 14, 2021 at 7:14 pm

WP Fastest Cache Patches Authenticated SQL Injection and Stored XSS Via CSRF Vulnerabilities

The Jetpack Scan team has published a summary of two issues recently discovered in the WP Fastest Cache plugin – an Authenticated…
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The Color Palette section opened in the Global Styles sidebar in the WordPress site editor. Color picker open.
Posted by WP Tavern on October 14, 2021 at 1:52 pm

Gutenberg 11.7 Iterates on Global Styles, Improves Adding Navigation Links, and Adds Column Spacing

Released yesterday, Gutenberg 11.7 is one of the more exciting releases we have had in a while. The Global Styles system iterations…
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Yoast and Google-Sponsored Core Contributors Propose New WordPress Performance Team
Posted by WP Tavern on October 14, 2021 at 8:24 am

Yoast and Google-Sponsored Core Contributors Propose New WordPress Performance Team

Yoast and Google-sponsored WordPress core contributors are proposing the project add a Performance team to improve core performance as measured by Google’s…
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Take the Guesswork Out of Selecting Fonts With the Adrian WordPress Plugin
Posted by WP Tavern on October 13, 2021 at 5:14 pm

Take the Guesswork Out of Selecting Fonts With the Adrian WordPress Plugin

As usual, I am always on the lookout for plugins that allow users to have fun with their websites. I like to…
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