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Edupack Is Tackling Higher Ed With WordPress, Looking for Development Partners
Posted by WP Tavern on July 15, 2021 at 7:07 pm

Edupack Is Tackling Higher Ed With WordPress, Looking for Development Partners

“We’re basically building the Jetpack for Higher Ed,” said Blake Bertuccelli as he pitched me on the idea of Edupack, a project…
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WordPress 5.8 Media Library Changes You Should Know About
Posted by WP Tavern on July 14, 2021 at 8:09 pm

WordPress 5.8 Media Library Changes You Should Know About

It is hard not to look through a list of upcoming WordPress 5.8 changes and not find at least a little something…
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WooCommerce Patches Critical Vulnerability, Sending Forced Security Update from WordPress.org
Posted by WP Tavern on July 14, 2021 at 6:51 pm

WooCommerce Patches Critical Vulnerability, Sending Forced Security Update from WordPress.org

WooCommerce has patched an unspecified, critical vulnerability identified on July 13, 2021, by a security researcher through Automattic’s HackerOne security program. The…
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InstaWP Launches New Service for Disposable WordPress Testing Sites
Posted by WP Tavern on July 13, 2021 at 9:25 pm

InstaWP Launches New Service for Disposable WordPress Testing Sites

Competition in the sandboxing products space is heating with the entrance of InstaWP, a new service for setting up disposable WordPress testing…
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Duotone Filters: WordPress 5.8 Puts a Powerful Image-Editing Tool Into Users’ Hands
Posted by WP Tavern on July 13, 2021 at 7:04 pm

Duotone Filters: WordPress 5.8 Puts a Powerful Image-Editing Tool Into Users’ Hands

Features such as the upcoming block-based widgets system, the template editor, theme-related blocks, and others have taken up much of the spotlight…
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UK State of Open Report Finds 97% of UK Businesses Surveyed Use Open Source Software
Posted by WP Tavern on July 12, 2021 at 9:20 pm

UK State of Open Report Finds 97% of UK Businesses Surveyed Use Open Source Software

OpenUK, a WordPress-powered not-for-profit company, has released its State of the Open report with data from the UK in 2021. The company…
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Contributing to Open Source Is Better Than Any College Degree
Posted by WP Tavern on July 12, 2021 at 5:40 pm

Contributing to Open Source Is Better Than Any College Degree

A week ago, I published my thoughts on the block system from a developer’s perspective. Taking a weekend-afternoon deep dive into creating…
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Query Loop: The Ins and Outs of One of WordPress 5.8’s Most Powerful Features
Posted by WP Tavern on July 9, 2021 at 10:17 pm

Query Loop: The Ins and Outs of One of WordPress 5.8’s Most Powerful Features

WordPress 5.8 is on deck for July 20, just a mere 10 days from now. The release is geared up to be…
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WordPress.org Meta Team Fixes Search Snippet Issue with Download Page Promoting WordPress.com
Posted by WP Tavern on July 9, 2021 at 7:05 pm

WordPress.org Meta Team Fixes Search Snippet Issue with Download Page Promoting WordPress.com

Yesterday evening Chris Klosowski, Sandhills Development Partner and Director of Technology, tweeted out a problem with the way WordPress.org’s Download page was…
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Awesome Motive Acquires SearchWP
Posted by WP Tavern on July 8, 2021 at 8:17 pm

Awesome Motive Acquires SearchWP

Awesome Motive, the company behind MonsterInsights, OptinMonster, WPForms, and several other popular products, has acquired SearchWP, a commercial plugin that enhances WordPress’…
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