Will Full Site Editing Land in WordPress 5.8? A Decision Is Forthcoming
Yesterday, Josepha Haden Chomphosy announced the roadmap for deciding whether Full Site Editing (FSE) will land in WordPress 5.8. After...
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FSF Doubles Down on Stallman Reinstatement, WordPress Does Not Support His Return to the Board
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is hemorrhaging board members and management following the reinstatement of Richard Stallman. The GPL author...
Disable the WordPress Block Editor’s Fullscreen Mode With a Plugin
On Wednesday, Johan Jonk Stenström released Fullscreen Mode B Gone to the WordPress plugin directory. As the catchy title implies,...
Gutenberg 10.3 Supports Default Image Sizes, Continues Normalizing Toolbars, and Categorizes Theme Blocks
Version 10.3 of the Gutenberg plugin landed yesterday. Users can now define a default Image block size. The development team...
WordPress to Drop Support for IE11 in Upcoming 5.8 or 5.9 Release
In early March, WordPress contributors began discussing the possibility of dropping support for IE11 in the near future after usage...
10up Creates Classic Post Migration Route With Its Convert to Blocks WordPress Plugin
Yesterday, 10up officially announced Convert to Blocks, a WordPress plugin for transforming classic posts into blocks. The goal is to...
Free Software Community Condemns Richard Stallman’s Reinstatement to FSF Board of Directors
GPL author Richard Stallman announced this week that he has rejoined the board of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), which...
WebARX Rebrands To Patchstack, Combines Services To Focus on WordPress Plugin and Theme Security
In 2018, WebARX launched the first version of its security platform and grew to 3,000 users. Earlier this month, the...
Upcoming Changes and Steps for an Overhauled WordPress Theme Review System
On Wednesday, WordPress executive director Josepha Haden Chomphosy posted the next steps forward for themes and reviews for the official...
Gutenberg 10.2 Adds Spacers To Navigation Lists, Lets Users Categorize Template Parts, and Introduces Scoped Patterns
Yesterday, version 10.2 of the Gutenberg WordPress plugin landed. Users can now add a Spacer block between Navigation items, categorize...
Elementor Patches XSS Vulnerabilities Affecting 7 Million WordPress Sites
Elementor users who haven’t updated recently will want to get on the latest version 3.1.4 as soon as possible. Researchers...
Gutenberg Block Manager Plugin Enables Global Block Removal and Recategorization
The world of Gutenberg blocks is expanding. WordPress’ official block directory launched in June 2020 with just 60 single-block plugins....
2nd Annual Atarim Web Agency Summit Kicks Off March 23
Atarim is launching its 2nd annual Web Agency Summit in a couple of weeks. The free event will run from...
Publish Text, Image, and Gallery Snippets With the Shortnotes WordPress Plugin
Yesterday, Happy Prime owner and engineer Jeremy Felt released Shortnotes, a plugin for writing notes from the WordPress editor. The...
User-Friendly Methods for Testing Gutenberg Enhancements and Bug Fixes
Living on the bleeding edge of Gutenberg’s development is not particularly easy for everyone. There is a ton of work...
Gutenberg 10.1 Enhances Reusable Blocks, Updates Social Icons Spacing Options, and Normalizes Image Block Toolbar
Gutenberg 10.1 landed yesterday with several new features, many of which focused on improvements to the interface and user experience....
Recreating the Music Artist WordPress Theme Homepage With the Block Editor
One of my favorite activities each week is to peruse the latest themes to land in the WordPress theme directory....
Chrome is Testing a Follow Button for Websites
Chrome Canary, the browser’s nightly build for developers, has been testing a new Follow button, as spotted on Android by...
