[ad_1] Many in the WordPress developer community were surprised to learn that WordPress.org is rejecting plugins with the “WP” prefix in the name after Joe Youngblood tweeted the rejection note he received. Although that restriction was put into place approximately seven months ago, there was no official communication on the change. WordPress is now claiming […]
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A Second Look at ElmaStudio’s Aino Theme and Companion Block Plugin – WP Tavern
[ad_1] I am about a month away from my second anniversary writing for WP Tavern. There has been one project that I have followed since the beginning of this journey. In some ways, we are learning the ropes and growing in this block-based WordPress era together. In 2019, just before taking on this role, one […]
Continue readingGoogle Site Kit Plugin Ships Hot Fix for Critical Error That Caused Broken Websites – WP Tavern
[ad_1] Google published an update to its Site Kit plugin for WordPress this afternoon with a hot fix for a critical issue affecting an unknown number of users. Reports of broken websites were popping up on Twitter and in the plugin’s support forum on WordPress.org. Users affected by the issue reported having a critical error […]
Continue readingEmoji Toolbar Plugin Brings an Emoji Picker Back to the WordPress Editor – WP Tavern
[ad_1] Earlier today, theme.es released its Emoji Toolbar project to the plugin directory. It is a simple picker that integrates with the WordPress Rich Text toolbar, allowing users to insert emoji directly from the editor interface. After Nick Hamze pulled his Emoji Conbini plugin from WordPress.org last year, there has been an emoji-sized hole in […]
Continue readingThe Best WordPress SEO Plugin in 2021?
[ad_1] Trying to choose between Rank Math vs Yoast SEO as your WordPress site’s SEO plugin? In 2021, these are the two most popular SEO plugins and both are great tools that can help you set your site up for success in Google’s rankings. However, there are some notable differences between Yoast SEO and Rank […]
Continue readingTermly Acquires GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner, Turns Free Plugin Into a Commercial SaaS Product – WP Tavern
[ad_1] Company A sells its plugin. Company B picks it up and moves forward with an overhauled version that looks and feels much different than the original. Users are outraged by the changes. It seems to be a repeating theme in 2021, almost as a rule rather than an exception. Last month, Termly announced its […]
Continue readingPublishPress Adopts Organize Series Plugin – WP Tavern
[ad_1] PublishPress, makers of the PublishPress and PublishPress Blocks plugins, have adopted the Organize Series plugin from Darren Ethier. Organize Series is a 15-year-old plugin for organizing and displaying posts in a series, useful for novel writers, educators, magazine sites, and anyone breaking their longer content up into a series. image credit: PublishPress PublishPress is […]
Continue readingRevisions Extended Plugin Lets Users Schedule Updates to Published Posts – WP Tavern
[ad_1] WordPress has long had the ability to schedule content to be published in the future, but it can only make immediate changes to posts that are already published. If you want to schedule changes to published content, a plugin is necessary. Corey McKrill, a full-time sponsored contributor to the WordPress.org Meta team, has developed […]
Continue readingIdentify and Select Blocks via the Wayfinder WordPress Plugin – WP Tavern
[ad_1] Christopher John, a Seattle-based designer and UX engineer, released his first project to the plugin directory yesterday. Announced via Twitter to high praise, Wayfinder is a block outline solution for the WordPress editor. Like similar plugins, the goal is to make it easier for end-users to select nested blocks, which can sometimes be tough […]
Continue readingPrivate Note-Taking and Journaling With the Hypernotes WordPress Plugin – WP Tavern
[ad_1] Ella van Durpe, a core WordPress contributor and software engineer at Automattic, released a note-taking plugin earlier today. Hypernotes is a simple custom post type that allows end-users to take private notes or serve as a journaling tool. I have seen similar plugins in the past. I even began building one years ago before […]
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