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 […]
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#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 […]
Continue readingA Free Business Block Theme for WordPress – WP Tavern
WPZOOM is coming in strong with its first block theme approved for the WordPress Themes Directory. UniBlock is a beautifully designed theme that is well-suited for businesses and freelancers. The company plans to adopt the concept of full-site editing in other WPZOOM themes as well, following the release of UniBlock. UniBlock’s default look is sporting […]
Continue readingWordPress Documentation Team to Host Its First Online Contributor Day, October 25, 2022 – WP Tavern
WordPress’ Documentation Team will be hosting an online Contributor Day on October 25, 2022, ahead of WordPress’ anticipated 6.1 release the following week. Milana Cap, who has been volunteering with the Documentation team for years and is currently sponsored by XWP, announced the event this week. “The primary goal is to catch up with a […]
Continue readingWordPress Themes Directory Adds Style Variation Previews – WP Tavern
WordPress.org theme previews just got a major improvement this week with the addition of Style Variation previews. The previews now appear on block themes that include style variations. Themes that have more variations than what fits in the space beneath the preview pane will display all variations in a carousel with little arrows to navigate […]
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 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 readingThe WordPress Community Isn’t Ready to Leave Twitter – WP Tavern
Elon Musk has bought Twitter in a $44B deal that closed this week, tweeting “Let the good times roll,” on Friday after taking the helm. Musk fired top executives at the company and tweeted an appeal to Twitter’s advertisers to share his motivation in acquiring what is arguably the world’s most important social network: “The […]
Continue readingHow to Add Header and Footer Code in WordPress
The WordPress platform does a great job to help those without coding experience to implement just about any type of functionality. However, in some cases you’ll need to add header and footer code in WordPress to help third-party services embed its own functionality. The most typical use case for this is to integrate Google Analytics […]
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