WordPress 6.6.2, released on September 10, 2024, brings 15 bug fixes to Core and 11 to the Block Editor. Led by Tonya Mork and Vicente Canales, with Aaron Jorbin mentoring the team, this is a short-cycle maintenance release ahead of WordPress 6.7, scheduled for November 12, 2024. Core Fixes This update addresses 15 Core issues, […]
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WordPress is a massive open source tool that relies on thousands of volunteer contributors to create and test updates before they go live. Q: What are the biggest issues you face in testing WordPress releases? Anne: The biggest issues probably come down to… I always want people to test earlier than they do. We have […]
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So who wins the battle to become the best WordPress hosting overall? Okay, I know that everyone’s hosting needs are different, so instead of pointing to one “best” solution, I’ve opted to highlight the top hosts based on what they’re likely best suited for. Here’s how they stand out according to the research presented about […]
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Automattic’s Community Engagement Specialist, Devin Maeztri, has announced that the WordPress Community Team will close all inactive meetup groups by September 16, 2024. Over the past month, the team has been working hard to reactivate recently inactive WordPress Meetups. “This project comes in response to recent data revealing that nearly half of our groups are […]
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If you like ambitious projects, I think this news tidbit will be right up your alley. In late August, Matt Mullenweg and Automattic announced plans to migrate all of the existing Tumblr websites to WordPress. Given that Tumblr hosts more than half a billion blogs (yes – that’s a “B”), I think this might just […]
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If you haven’t checked out Learn WordPress lately, it’s probably a good idea to do it today. This free educational hub has just had a serious glow-up, and I’m here to give you the scoop on why it’s worth your attention. 👋 What’s Learn WordPress, anyway? For those who might not know, Learn WordPress has […]
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The popular WordPress Multilingual plugin, WPML, which is installed on over 1,000,000 websites, has patched a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability (CVE-2024-6386) that researchers have classified as “Critical,” with a CVSS score of 9.9. Users are strongly advised to update their websites to the patched version, WPML 4.6.13. Security researcher Mat Rollings (stealthcopter) discovered and […]
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At some point during the natural lifecycle of a company, cultivating customers takes priority. As such, your support services become a key battleground. Live chat plugins are one way to offer your customers practically instant access to your support team. They let users talk to either a real person there and then, or a smart […]
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If you’re looking for a way to deliver an online course, complete with all the traditional tools and features of a learning management system, then some of the learning management plugins available for WordPress might be able to provide all the functionality you need. By installing the free WordPress content management system, and then one […]
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When I first started writing about anonymous functions in WordPress back in January, I didn’t anticipate it spanning over three articles reaching into the fourth month of the year. But here we are. That said, this final article in the series aims to help provide a short introduction to a number of technical ideas both […]
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