For the past few weeks, members of the Advanced WordPress Facebook (AWP) group have been discussing methods of combatting Stripe Card Testing fraud. WordPress developer Jon Brown opened the topic after seeing fraudulent charges on five different websites, including four using WooCommerce and one using the Leaky Paywall platform. “All five were on Cloudflare with […]
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6 Best WordPress Gamification Plugins in 2022
Searching for the best WordPress gamification plugins to boost your site’s engagement? WordPress gamification is the idea of applying elements of game playing to your WordPress site, such as point scoring, leaderboards, awards, quiz results sharing, and so on. Obviously, WordPress doesn’t include these types of features in the core. But with the help of […]
Continue reading7 Best WordPress Plugins for Sitemap Creation
Wondering which WordPress plugin is best for sitemap creation? Sitemap helps you ensure your web pages are indexed properly and increases online visibility. Sitemaps are like a “roadmap” of your website, allowing search engines and humans to navigate and read your content more effectively. XML sitemaps and HTML sitemaps are two formats of sitemaps created […]
Continue readingLast Call for the 2023 State of Open Source Survey – WP Tavern
OpenLogic, a company that provides technical support for enterprise open source infrastructure, and the Open Source Initiative (OSI), the nonprofit stewards of the Open Source Definition (OSD, have collaborated to put together the 2023 State of Open Source Survey. The annual survey collects data from professionals to identify trends in the adoption and challenges of using […]
Continue readingWordPress Rebrands FSE as “Site Editor” – WP Tavern
While WordPress’ site editing capabilities have been in development, the term full-site editing (FSE) has been widely used but sometimes poorly understood outside of contributor groups. Three months ago, WordPress’ Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy proposed renaming FSE to something more user friendly. After a lengthy discussion, Haden Chomphosy has announced the decision to use […]
Continue readingEasy Digital Downloads 3.1 Adds 10 New Core Blocks, Introduces Email Summaries – WP Tavern
Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) put out a big release today, following several maintenance releases and the last major release in July. Version 3.1 introduces 10 new core blocks available to users who are running WordPress 5.8 or newer: Buy Button Order History Products Registration Form Login Form Download Terms Receipt Confirmation Cart Checkout (Beta) These […]
Continue readingA New Multipurpose Block Theme for WordPress – WP Tavern
Themeisle, longtime masters of the multipurpose WordPress theme, has launched its first block-based theme with the same trademark style and flexibility of its previous products. The shop currently distributes its Hestia (100K+ installs) and Neve (300K+ installs) themes on WordPress.org, commercializing pro versions with upgrades and support. Raft is the latest addition to the lineup. […]
Continue readingHosted WooCommerce Solution Coming to WordPress.com in 2023, Following Recent Launches from GoDaddy and Bluehost – WP Tavern
WooSesh kicked off this week with a keynote session from WooCommerce CEO Paul Maiorana, who gave an overview of the current state of the ecosystem. More than 3.4 million websites use WooCommerce, according to Builtwith, including 25% of the top million online stores. It is by far the most popular solution among WordPress sites with […]
Continue reading#46 – Nick Diego on Why You Should Be Excited About the Possibilities of WordPress Blocks – WP Tavern
[00:00:00] 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 themes, and in this case, why you should be excited about WordPress blocks. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, […]
Continue readingWordPress 6.1 RC 1 Released, Ready for Testing and Translation – WP Tavern
We are less than three weeks out from WordPress 6.1’s official release on November 1, 2022. RC 1 was released this week, marking the hard string freeze, which means 6.1 is ready to be translated. The features landing in this release are heavy on block and site editor improvements that will bring users a greater level […]
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