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WordCamp US 2021 Draws More Than 3600 Attendees
Posted by WP Tavern on October 6, 2021 at 8:29 am

WordCamp US 2021 Draws More Than 3600 Attendees

WordCamp US took place online last Friday. Organizers pulled off a successful one-day event with an engaging group of speakers who highlighted…
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GiveWP Launches Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Add-On
Posted by WP Tavern on October 5, 2021 at 5:42 pm

GiveWP Launches Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Add-On

The GiveWP team announced an extension of its flagship donation plugin for allowing peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising in late September. The solution should…
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Facebook Outage Rekindles Push for a Free and Open Web
Posted by WP Tavern on October 4, 2021 at 7:45 pm

Facebook Outage Rekindles Push for a Free and Open Web

Facebook, Workplace, Instagram, and WhatsApp went down today for roughly six hours due to a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) configuration error. Cloudflare…
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The Next Web Publishes Storyblok-Sponsored Hit Piece on WordPress
Posted by WP Tavern on October 4, 2021 at 3:32 pm

The Next Web Publishes Storyblok-Sponsored Hit Piece on WordPress

Last week, under its news section, The Next Web published what could only be described as a hit piece: Developers hate WordPress…
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Logtivity: A WordPress Activity Log Service With Customizable Charts, Alerts, and CSV Exports
Posted by WP Tavern on October 1, 2021 at 2:49 pm

Logtivity: A WordPress Activity Log Service With Customizable Charts, Alerts, and CSV Exports

Launched by Ralph Morris and Steve Burge in June this year, Logtivity is a plugin and service that allows site owners to…
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Gutenberg 11.6 Introduces New API for Locking Blocks
Posted by WP Tavern on September 30, 2021 at 10:00 pm

Gutenberg 11.6 Introduces New API for Locking Blocks

Gutenberg 11.6 was released this week with a new API for managing lock control at the block-type level. When defining a block,…
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Gutenberg 11.6 Improves the Global Styles UI, Adds Child Theme Support
Posted by WP Tavern on September 30, 2021 at 6:45 pm

Gutenberg 11.6 Improves the Global Styles UI, Adds Child Theme Support

Gutenberg 11.6 landed yesterday. Contributors added dozens of enhancements and bug fixes. Admittedly, there was not a whole lot that excited me…
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A screenshot of 6 block patterns from the WP Block Patterns homepage.
Posted by WP Tavern on September 29, 2021 at 5:44 pm

Preview WordPress Block Pattern and Theme Combinations via New Site

Viewing patterns from the WP Block Patterns homepage. Andrew Starr, the owner of UXL Themes, has cobbled together a new project around…
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Get Your Free Tickets to WordCamp US Online 2021
Posted by WP Tavern on September 29, 2021 at 1:56 pm

WordCamp US 2021 Kicks Off Online in 48 Hours

WordCamp US, WordPress’ largest flagship event in the Western Hemisphere, is set to kick off on Friday, October 1, at 11:45 AM…
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A Web Font API Possibly Coming to WordPress
Posted by WP Tavern on September 28, 2021 at 5:09 pm

A Web Font API Possibly Coming to WordPress

Ari Stathopoulos announced a proposal for implementing a web fonts API in core WordPress. The goal is to standardize how theme authors…
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