WordPress.org blog: WordPress 6.9 Release Candidate 2
The second Release Candidate (“RC2”) for WordPress 6.9 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended that you evaluate RC2 on a test server and site. Reaching this phase […]
Weston Ruter: WordPress 6.9 Performance Landings
WordPress 6.9 includes so many performance improvements! Scripts with fetchpriority, increased inline CSS, minified theme styles, on demand block styles in classic themes, the template enhancement output buffer, and much more! Check out the field guide I just published: WordPress 6.9 Frontend Performance Field Guide There were many contributors from the Core Performance Team involved […]
WPBeginner Growth Fund Exits Investment in Seahawk Media and Pro Services to Be Discontinued
Back in 2022, I announced that our WPBeginner Growth Fund had taken an investment stake in Seahawk Media, a promising WordPress services company. Our goal was to combine their service expertise with our platform to launch WPBeginner Pro Services and offer our users high-quality development and maintenance solutions across our product brands. During our partnership, […]
Matt: Rothko Chapel Garden
It’s been hard for me to write about Friday because it was so overwhelming, to see so many friends and loved ones and teachers and mentors there, including friends of my late Father’s I hadn’t seen in years, and to be with all of the people who have been driving the mission of the Rothko […]
Gutenberg Times: WordPress 6.9 Dev Notes, WordCamp Canada talks, Interactivity API — Weekend Edition #349
Hi there, We are getting close to the WordPress 6.9 release. Below you find links to published Developer notes. You can also wait for the Source of Truth to be published next week to learn about besides developer changes coming to WordPress 6.9. On a personal note, I had great fun facilitating the first WordPress […]
WordPress Update Broke Your Site? Here’s a 5-Minute Rollback Plan
You update WordPress expecting everything to run more smoothly, but instead…your website seems broken. Maybe the layout has shifted, a plugin stopped working, or you’re suddenly seeing error messages. It’s frustrating, but it’s also very common. Most WordPress crashes look worse than they actually are and can usually be fixed in just a few minutes. […]
Matt: Kanye’s Back
In case you missed it, Kanye has started apologizing for the event he went through. I didn’t comment on it publicly when it happened because it seemed so strange to me that such a beautiful soul, who had created so much life-changing music with so much love, could express such hate. I’ve had close friends […]
Jake Spurlock: Raptorize It: 15 Years Later, Now With Blocks
Fifteen years ago, I released a WordPress plugin that answered a question nobody asked: “What if your website needed more velociraptors?” The Raptorize It plugin took the brilliant jQuery work from Zurb and made it dead simple to unleash Jurassic proportions on any WordPress site. The motivation back then was simple: you’re deep in a […]
Akismet: Version 5.6 of the Akismet WordPress plugin is available now
Version 5.6 of the Akismet plugin for WordPress is now available. In this release, we’ve improved performance, updated the setup process to more clearly explain errors when they happen, and cleaned up and standardized our UI across all of the Akismet wp‑admin screens. To upgrade, visit the Updates page of your WordPress dashboard and follow […]
#193 – Roger Williams on How We Might Reimagine Sponsoring WordPress Contributions
Transcription [00:00:19] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, how we might reimagine sponsoring WordPress contributions. If you’d like to subscribe to […]