Openverse, formerly known as Creative Commons Search before it joined the WordPress project, has passed an important milestone with its support for audio files. The catalog has now indexed more than 800,000 audio files and its development team has taken audio support out of beta. Openverse visitors can now confidently search for and explore audio […]
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A New Multipurpose Block Theme for WordPress – WP Tavern
Olive Themes, a relatively new independent theme shop, has released its third block theme on the WordPress.org directory. Arc FSE is a high contrast, multipurpose theme, designed to enable a broad range of flexibility through support for full-site editing features. The theme features the open source and exceptionally readable Poppins web font in various weights […]
Continue readingWordPress Accessibility Day 2022 Publishes Speaker Lineup – WP Tavern
WordPress Accessibility Day is just one week away on November 2-3, and registration is still open. Co-lead organizer Amber Hinds published an impressive speaker lineup with 40 speakers from 14 countries. She also noted that 40% of the event’s sessions have at least one speaker who identifies as living with a disability. WordPress professionals who […]
Continue reading#48 – Christina Deemer on Making Digital Content Usable for People With Cognitive Disabilities – WP Tavern
Christina Deemer [00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case making digital content usable for people with cognitive disabilities. If you’d […]
Continue reading2022 Web Almanac Performance Data Shows WordPress Sites May Be Overusing Lazy-Loading – WP Tavern
The last two chapters of the 2022 Web Almanac were released this week – Structured Data and Performance, completing the 729-page ebook of the report. The WordPress-specific chapter was published earlier this month with metrics that indicate adoption is growing. The Performance chapter was written by Etsy performance engineer Melissa Ada and Google web transparency engineer Rick […]
Continue readingGet Data Insights to Fuel Your Ecommerce Business
Do your customers zigzag between your ecommerce site, social media profiles, blog, and marketplace product listings? Then you probably find it challenging to gain insights that enable you to craft a personalized experience at scale. Personalized experiences are important—71% of consumers expect brands to deliver them. And 76% get frustrated when this doesn’t happen. Large […]
Continue readingPrivileged – HeroPress
Privileged! That’s one weird way to begin a story but that is where I will kick off. Do not be deceived! I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth nor did I miss a meal in a day, however, there are many others in the community who have a different story to […]
Continue readingGutenberg 14.4 Introduces Distraction-Free Mode, Redesigns Pattern Inserter – WP Tavern
Gutenberg 14.4 was released today with long-awaited support for distraction-free editing, to the delight of content editors around the world. It hides all non-essential UI and clears the canvas for a focus on text-based content creation. The mode can be toggled on in the options menu in the top toolbar. Distraction-free mode hides the top […]
Continue readingEverything You Need to Know About the Leading WordPress eCommerce Tool
There’s no denying that if you want to monetize your site or build an eCommerce store with WordPress, WooCommerce is the way to go. The powerful, versatile plugin currently powers over 6.5 million active online stores, making it the global leader in the world of eCommerce software platforms with a total market share of 36.68%. […]
Continue readingKeep walkin’ soldier Keep movin’ on – முன்னேறிடு முன்னேறிடு
இக்கட்டுரை தமிழிலும் பதிவிடப்பட்டுள்ளது. Over the years, I found myself making less ambitious choices with respect to my studies and career, because I feared that I may not be able to meet the demands of ambitious choices. Eventually, when I quit my Software Engineer position at Novell, it was for the same reason. I could not […]
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