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Automattic Invests $30M in Titan, a Business Email Startup
Posted by WP Tavern on August 9, 2021 at 9:52 pm

Automattic Invests $30M in Titan, a Business Email Startup

source: Titan.email Automattic has invested $30 million in Titan, a professional email suite aimed at businesses and companies offering white-labeled email solutions…
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Is WordPress Development Really All That Hard To Get Into Today?
Posted by WP Tavern on August 9, 2021 at 3:38 pm

Is WordPress Development Really All That Hard To Get Into Today?

Oh, how easily we forget the WordPress of 10, 15 years ago. We are spoiled. We are spoiled by the gluttony of…
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Automattic Releases Quadrat, a Block-Based Podcasting WordPress Theme
Posted by WP Tavern on August 6, 2021 at 8:20 pm

Automattic Releases Quadrat, a Block-Based Podcasting WordPress Theme

A few weeks ago, Automattic released Quadrat on the WordPress.org theme directory. It is now the company’s fourth block theme. Like its…
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Gutenberg 11.2 Expands Color Support for Search and Pullquote Blocks, Introduces Experimental Flex Layout for Group Block
Posted by WP Tavern on August 5, 2021 at 8:59 pm

Gutenberg 11.2 Expands Color Support for Search and Pullquote Blocks, Introduces Experimental Flex Layout for Group Block

Gutenberg 11.2.0 was released today with expanded color support for the Search and Pullquote blocks. Historically, customizing these elements has been out…
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First Commercial Content Pack for Launch With Words Now Available
Posted by WP Tavern on August 5, 2021 at 6:09 pm

First Commercial Content Pack for Launch With Words Now Available

Marketing consultant Bridget Willard announced the first commercial content pack for her Launch With Words project. Last week, she released a set…
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From eCommerce Integration to Location-Based Controls, Block Visibility Pro Expands Upon Its Free Version
Posted by WP Tavern on August 4, 2021 at 7:15 pm

From eCommerce Integration to Location-Based Controls, Block Visibility Pro Expands Upon Its Free Version

It has been several months since I last dived into Nick Diego’s Block Visibility plugin, and it is now one year since…
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Full Page Patterns Are Still the Missing Piece of Block WordPress Theme Development
Posted by WP Tavern on August 3, 2021 at 3:49 pm

Full Page Patterns Are Still the Missing Piece of Block WordPress Theme Development

It was the early days of the Gutenberg project. Many on the Theme Review Team and those in design circles were trying…
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Free and pro plans shown in the Termly pricing options for the Cookie Consent plugin.
Posted by WP Tavern on August 2, 2021 at 3:04 pm

Termly Acquires GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner, Turns Free Plugin Into a Commercial SaaS Product

Company A sells its plugin. Company B picks it up and moves forward with an overhauled version that looks and feels much…
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Open Survey for WordPress Theme Authors on JSON Files and Block Themes
Posted by WP Tavern on July 30, 2021 at 8:03 pm

Open Survey for WordPress Theme Authors on JSON Files and Block Themes

WordPress 5.8 introduced an opt-in system for themes to configure block settings, styles, templates, and more. It is done through a new…
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PublishPress Adopts Organize Series Plugin
Posted by WP Tavern on July 30, 2021 at 2:54 pm

PublishPress Adopts Organize Series Plugin

PublishPress, makers of the PublishPress and PublishPress Blocks plugins, have adopted the Organize Series plugin from Darren Ethier. Organize Series is a…
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