Ask the Bartender: What Happens When Block Markup Changes?
I’m a developer that has started developing with Gutenberg recently. There are a bunch of amazing benefits and features, but...
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The Gutenberg WordPress Plugin To Introduce a Table of Contents Block
What was once likely viewed as plugin territory is now a reality as part of the Gutenberg project. Yesterday, the...
Taking on the Major Players, Plausible Analytics Offers an Alternative, Privacy-Conscious Stats Service
Plausible Analytics is not new on the scene. The two-person, EU-based team behind the company has been trying to carve...
WordPress.org Removes Fake Reviews for AccessiBe Plugin
After noticing suspicious review activity for the AccessiBe plugin, accessibility consultant Joe Dolson reported the fake reviews to WordPress.org’s plugin...
WordPress Contributors Discuss Scaling Back Releases: “4 Major Releases Is Not a Viable Plan in 2021”
WordPress contributors are considering scaling back the planned number of releases in 2021. In a post titled “Making WordPress Releases...
Design Lab Releases Artpop, a Block-Ready WordPress Theme
Perhaps the fates have stepped in to prove a point. After I wrote a 2,000-word piece on the lack of...
Elementor to Roll Out Significant Pricing Hike for New Customers
Earlier this week, Elementor announced a significant pricing hike coming in March 2021 for new customers: On March 9th, 2021,...
Gutenberg 9.9 Adds Color Options for Social Icons, Includes Rounded Borders for Images, and Changes the Theme JSON Format
Version 9.9 of the Gutenberg plugin landed earlier today. While it includes several minor UI improvements, the biggest user-facing change...
Newspack Publishes Showcase with 60 Newsrooms Launched
Newspack, a project funded by the Google News initiative and WordPress.com, has published a showcase of 60 news sites running...
Call for Feedback on Theme Review Action, a New Automated WordPress Theme Testing Project
GitHub output of Theme Review Action. Automation. It is one of those dreams in the minds of many reviewers from...
Upsells, Barriers, and the End/Beginning of the Quality $free Themes Era
The WordPress.org theme directory is becoming little more than a crippleware distributor. I suppose it was inevitable given its reach,...
GitLab Drops Bronze/Starter Tier in Pricing Update
This week GitLab announced a pricing change that eliminates its Bronze/Starter tier in favor of a three-tier subscription model. The...
