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WordPress Themes Team Contributors Get Pushback on Proposal to Improve Block Themes’ Visibility in the Directory
Posted by WP Tavern on October 27, 2023 at 3:25 pm

Gutenberg 16.9 Lets You Rename (Almost) Any Block, Adds Experimental Form and Input Blocks

Delivering on an highly-requested feature, Gutenberg contributors have made it possible to rename almost any block in the List View. Version 16.9…
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WordPress 6.4 Disables Attachment Pages for New Installations
Posted by WP Tavern on October 27, 2023 at 11:21 am

WordPress 6.4 Disables Attachment Pages for New Installations

The upcoming 6.4 release, expected on November 7, will disable attachment pages for new installations. Up until now, WordPress automatically created attachment…
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TaxoPress Adds New AI Integrations for Generating Taxonomy Terms
Posted by WP Tavern on October 26, 2023 at 9:05 pm

TaxoPress Adds New AI Integrations for Generating Taxonomy Terms

TaxoPress, a plugin that allows users to create and manage Tags, Categories, and taxonomy terms, has joined a growing number of WordPress…
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WordPress 6.4. RC2 Released and Ready for Testing
Posted by WP Tavern on October 25, 2023 at 1:41 pm

WordPress 6.4. RC2 Released and Ready for Testing

WordPress 6.4 RC2 was released this week with more than 25 issues resolved since RC1. These include a few cherry-picked commits from…
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#96 – Jake Goldman on Agency Mergers and AI in WordPress
Posted by WP Tavern on October 25, 2023 at 7:32 am

#96 – Jake Goldman on Agency Mergers and AI in WordPress

Transcript [00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which…
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Automattic Acquires Texts, An All-in-One Messaging App
Posted by WP Tavern on October 24, 2023 at 8:08 pm

Automattic Acquires Texts, An All-in-One Messaging App

Automattic has acquired Texts, an all-in-one messaging platform, for $50 million. Texts is a newer company founded in 2020 that creates a…
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The 2024 State of Open Source Survey Is Now Open
Posted by WP Tavern on October 23, 2023 at 9:17 pm

The 2024 State of Open Source Survey Is Now Open

The Open Source Initiative (OSI), a non-profit organization that plays an important role in the open source ecosystem as stewards of the Open…
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LiteSpeed Cache 5.7 Patches XSS Vulnerability 
Posted by WP Tavern on October 23, 2023 at 6:08 pm

LiteSpeed Cache 5.7 Patches XSS Vulnerability 

The LiteSpeed Cache plugin, used on more than four million WordPress sites, has patched an XSS vulnerability in version 5.7. The plugin…
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Contentious Review Process Leads Ollie Theme to Remove Innovative Onboarding Features, Amid Stagnating Block Theme Adoption
Posted by WP Tavern on October 21, 2023 at 2:54 pm

Ollie Dash Plugin Now Available for Ollie Block Theme

The Ollie block theme, created by Mike McAlister and Patrick Posner, now has a companion plugin available called Ollie Dash. The theme…
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Elementor Acquires Strattic
Posted by WP Tavern on October 20, 2023 at 3:28 pm

Elementor Postpones DreamWeb Event

Elementor, the most popular website builder plugin for WordPress with more than 5 million active installations, has postponed its upcoming DreamWeb event….
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