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Refined.blog: A Curated List of RSS Feeds for Software Engineering Blogs
Posted by WP Tavern on July 29, 2021 at 7:58 pm

Refined.blog: A Curated List of RSS Feeds for Software Engineering Blogs

In one of the most apropos uses of a .blog domain, Refined.blog is a new website that promotes personal blogging with a…
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TeslaThemes Rebrands, Shifts Focus to Real Estate Market
Posted by WP Tavern on July 29, 2021 at 6:44 pm

TeslaThemes Rebrands, Shifts Focus to Real Estate Market

Earlier this month, TeslaThemes announced that it was rebranding to WPRealEstate. The company wanted to focus its efforts on a single niche…
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Theme Creation Will Be Easier, But We Are Not There Yet
Posted by WP Tavern on July 28, 2021 at 7:18 pm

Theme Creation Will Be Easier, But We Are Not There Yet

“The way that themes have evolved within WordPress has made creating them easier,” wrote Tammie Lister in the opening line of her…
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WordCamp US Online Set for October 1, 2021, as Community Team Weighs Proposal for Returning to In-Person WordCamps
Posted by WP Tavern on July 27, 2021 at 7:39 pm

WordCamp US Online Set for October 1, 2021, as Community Team Weighs Proposal for Returning to In-Person WordCamps

WordCamp US will be held online this year on October 1, 2021. Organizers are planning a free, one-day event that will feature…
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Create a Publishing Task List With the Todo List Block
Posted by WP Tavern on July 27, 2021 at 4:08 pm

Create a Publishing Task List With the Todo List Block

Rich Tabor, the Senior Product Manager of WordPress Experience at GoDaddy, has been on a bit of a publishing productivity and workflow…
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Colorado Becomes First State to Require State and Local Government Websites to Meet Accessibility Standards
Posted by WP Tavern on July 26, 2021 at 8:59 pm

Colorado Becomes First State to Require State and Local Government Websites to Meet Accessibility Standards

Today marks the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a civil rights law passed in 1990 that prohibits discrimination…
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Block Widgets, Template Editing, Media, and More: Enabling and Disabling WordPress 5.8 Features
Posted by WP Tavern on July 26, 2021 at 2:11 pm

Block Widgets, Template Editing, Media, and More: Enabling and Disabling WordPress 5.8 Features

WordPress 5.8 was one of the most feature-packed updates that the community has seen in ages. There was just about a little…
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Next Phase of the WordPress Theme Review Overhaul: Open Meeting and Call for Feedback
Posted by WP Tavern on July 23, 2021 at 7:20 pm

Next Phase of the WordPress Theme Review Overhaul: Open Meeting and Call for Feedback

The WordPress.org Themes Team announced an open discussion and date for a Zoom meeting with theme authors. The team is proposing a…
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WooCommerce Patches Critical Vulnerability, Sending Forced Security Update from WordPress.org
Posted by WP Tavern on July 23, 2021 at 6:13 pm

WooCommerce 5.5.2 Fixes Performance Issues Found After Forced Security Update

WooCommerce has shipped version 5.5.2 as a follow-up to the forced security update that patched a SQL Injection vulnerability last week. The…
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Revisions Extended Plugin Lets Users Schedule Updates to Published Posts
Posted by WP Tavern on July 22, 2021 at 8:02 pm

Revisions Extended Plugin Lets Users Schedule Updates to Published Posts

WordPress has long had the ability to schedule content to be published in the future, but it can only make immediate changes…
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