WPBeginner Spotlight 05: WordPress Drama, New AI Features + Major
Learn what’s new in the world of WordPress in October 2024, with WordPress drama, new AI features in WordPress plugins, and other major updates. Source
Learn what’s new in the world of WordPress in October 2024, with WordPress drama, new AI features in WordPress plugins, and other major updates. Source
WP Engine filed a motion on October 18, 2024 for a preliminary injunction in a Northern California court, seeking restored access to WordPress.org and a reversion to conditions as of September 20, … Source
The WordPress Themes Repository has hit an exciting milestone of 1,000 block themes. As of today, the repository has over 12,000 free themes. Block themes were introduced in WordPress 5.9 all… Source
Automattic’s Marketing Lead, Nicholas Garofalo, has announced that WordPress is adding a new element to the Community Code of Conduct: Publishing private messages without consent. This addition exp… Source
Automattic has agreed to remove the WP Fusion Lite Plugin from WordPress.com following a Cease and Desist letter filed by the plugin’s creator Jack Arturo on October 12, 2024. The letter accu… Source
Following the recent ban and ACF to Secure Custom Fields fork/takeover incident, some plugin authors have announced their decision to remove their plugins from the WordPress.org repository. Gravity… Source
On the podcast today we have Christy Nyiri and Mike Straw from Automattic’s Special Projects Team. They discuss their design work, contributions to WordPress, and the team’s internal, a… Source
There’s a lot of misinformation and fear being spread about WordPress. Here’s an objective overview of the latest WordPress drama, and how it may affect your website. Source
HeroPress, launched by Topher DeRosia, has turned ten. Born from the idea of amplifying the voices of those who have overcome significant challenges, HeroPress has spent the last decade celebrating… Source
Jetpack 13.9.1, a critical security update, was released yesterday to fix a vulnerability in the Contact Form feature that had been present since 2016. This flaw allowed logged-in users of a site t… Source