Identify and Select Blocks via the Wayfinder WordPress Plugin
Christopher John, a Seattle-based designer and UX engineer, released his first project to the plugin directory yesterday. Announced via Twitter...
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Google Concludes FLoC Origin Trial, Does Not Intend to Share Feedback from Participants
Google quietly concluded its FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts) origin trial this week. The trial was part of Google’s Privacy...
Automattic Acquires Pocket Casts
Automattic has acquired Pocket Casts, a popular podcast listening, search, and discovery app for Android and iOS. Australian co-founders Russell...
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...
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...
Awesome Motive Acquires SearchWP
Awesome Motive, the company behind MonsterInsights, OptinMonster, WPForms, and several other popular products, has acquired SearchWP, a commercial plugin that...
WordPress Biratnagar Announces Plans for Ujwal Thapa Memorial Scholarship
Earlier this week, the WordPress Biratnagar Facebook group announced a WordCamp scholarship in honor of Ujwal Thapa. The goal is...
Castos Picks Up $756K in Funding from Automattic and Joost de Valk to Expand Services in the Private Podcasting Market
Castos, a WordPress-powered podcast hosting provider, announced a $756K pre-seed fundraising round today from Automattic, Joost de Valk, founder of...
WordPress Green Lights In-Person Meetup Events for Vaccinated Attendees
After considerable discussion, the WordPress Community Team is lifting the requirements of the in-person meetup safety checklist for meetups that...
FSE Outreach Round #8: A Developer-Centric Call for Testing Theme JSON Configuration
Round #8 of the Full Site Editing (FSE) Outreach Program began yesterday. Instead of the user-centric call for testing features...
Major Revamp Coming to GitHub Issues
This week GitHub unveiled new features that will be included in a total revamp of GitHub Issues, including project tables...
Gutenberg 10.9 Renames the Query Block, Adds Collapsible List View Items, and Rolls Out Rich URL Previews
Yesterday, Gutenberg 10.9 landed in the WordPress plugin directory. The update overhauls the Query and Query Loop blocks, allows users...
