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WordCamp Asia 2025 Scheduled For Next February in Manila, Philippines
Posted by WP Tavern on March 11, 2024 at 6:24 am

WordCamp Asia 2025 Scheduled For Next February in Manila, Philippines

WordCamp Asia has unveiled its host city for 2025 – Manila, Philippines. After Bangkok and Taiwan, it is Manila’s turn to take…
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Which WP Theme is Best? Fun With Theme Download Stats
Posted by WP Tavern on March 8, 2024 at 7:36 am

Which WP Theme is Best? Fun With Theme Download Stats

Today I embarked on a mission to figure out which WP.org themes are used the most and why.  As you likely know,…
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WordPress.org Strongly Urges Theme Authors to Switch to Locally Hosted Webfonts
Posted by WP Tavern on March 7, 2024 at 11:08 am

Synced Pattern Overrides punted, Font Library approved, as WordPress 6.5 nears release

As the WordPress 6.5 release date is just around the corner, contributors have been racing to complete work on a few outstanding…
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WordPress Developer Docs Shows Off a New Block-Based Redesign
Posted by WP Tavern on March 6, 2024 at 11:09 am

WordPress Developer Docs Shows Off a New Block-Based Redesign

Over the years, WordPress’s developer documentation, originally the Codex but now the WordPress Code Reference, has served the project well. However, there’s…
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Certain WP Form Plugins Make Accessibility Easy
Posted by WP Tavern on March 5, 2024 at 4:36 pm

Certain WP Form Plugins Make Accessibility Easy

According to the WAVE web accessibility tool, Gravity Forms scores a perfect score out-of-the-box for their front-end forms. Same with Ninja Forms,…
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Cwicly’s Unexpected Farewell: Founder Decides to Discontinue Development
Posted by WP Tavern on March 5, 2024 at 10:24 am

Cwicly’s Unexpected Farewell: Founder Decides to Discontinue Development

In a shocking development, the Gutenberg-based page builder Cwicly’s founder Louis-Alexander Désiré has announced that the team is discontinuing the Cwicly development…
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Gutenberg’s Project Leadership Sits Down with New Outreach Team to Discuss Problems with the Site Editor
Posted by WP Tavern on March 4, 2024 at 2:49 pm

Gutenberg’s Project Leadership Sits Down with New Outreach Team to Discuss Problems with the Site Editor

What do you get when you put a handful of outspoken WordPress developers, agencies, product owners, and community advocates on a video…
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WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 5, What We Learned, Where We’re Going
Posted by WP Tavern on March 1, 2024 at 2:10 pm

WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 5, What We Learned, Where We’re Going

In this last episode about the Kerala WPPhotos Festival I talk not only about the project, but also where this project is…
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Reflecting on WordCamp Phoenix 2024: Struggles, Successes, and the Road Ahead
Posted by WP Tavern on March 1, 2024 at 1:07 pm

Reflecting on WordCamp Phoenix 2024: Struggles, Successes, and the Road Ahead

Seven months ago I registered for & scheduled a trip to Phoenix Arizona for a non-WordPress-related event! Crazy, right? As luck would…
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Acquisition Alert: Kestrel Acquires Seven Barn2 Plugins
Posted by WP Tavern on March 1, 2024 at 12:03 pm

Acquisition Alert: Kestrel Acquires Seven Barn2 Plugins

Katie Keith, CEO of Barn2, announced that Kestrel has acquired seven plugins from her company for an undisclosed amount. She had tweeted…
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